MacBook Pro :: Completely Restore It Like If It Was Brand New?
Feb 19, 2012I got this macBook pro From a friend but he had stuff on it and i want to completely restore it. How do i restore it???
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MacBook Pro :: Completely Restore To Factory?
Aug 4, 2009I was wondering if there is anything else I can do to completely erase everything from my Unibody MacBook Pro? I usually do the 7 pass erase and install everything from factory but is there any other procedure I can follow to make sure my computer would be running at its best? I am not sure if it is me or not but my mac used to be faster when I bought it last year even after reinstalling everything from factory.
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Jul 2, 2012just came home from Apple Store today with new computer and superdrive, which is not showing up when plugged in. When I put a CD in it reads it for a few seconds then spits it out. I am on the road so getting to an Apple Store will not be easy for the next week.
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MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Windows On Mac :: Un-partition Hard Drive - Take Windows Completely Off And Restore OS X?
May 16, 2010I've been able to find ways to reallocate space on my hard drive but what if i want to take windows completely off and restore my hard drive to purely OS X? Is there a way to do that also?
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Mar 30, 2012I bought a Mac Book Pro last night. I follwed the set up, completed a migration from my Dell, finished the set up this morning. Now I cannot login to the Mac Book Pro and the log in page has both an apple, and a Dell icon on it. I've tried every password associated with both the Dell PC and my Itunes account.
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MacBook Pro :: Brand New - Battery Only At 99%
Jan 24, 2008So I got a MacBook on Tuesday and am already noticing something screwy with my battery. On Tuesday I replaced the RAM and HD before even plugging the MAcBook in. I then hooked up the AC adapter and reloaded Leopard. Once Leopard was loaded (hour or so later) I noticed my battery was just sitting at 99%. Finally about 30-45 minutes later it git 100%, so I was happy and brushed it off as an initial charge. So last night when I plugged the MacBook in to use it I was back at 99%! I used the laptop for about 2 hours and never went back to 100% on the battery. So what gives? Did I do something wrong with the initial use/charge? Should I try draining my battery and recharging it?
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Feb 12, 2009Now that they have cheaper refurbished Macbooks up, I think I'm going to buy one today.
I have bought many refurbished products before, but never one this expensive. I just wanted to make sure that there is NO difference in warranty, quality or anything when buying refurbished. Simply just a computer that has been refurbished but includes everything as if it were being bought brand new.
Also I am definitely going to buy a new Hard drive for it immediately. I was reading around about the western digital 5400 rpm and 7200 rpm. Is it worth waiting for the 7200rpm or just go for the 5400? And is 500GB the biggest hard drive that I can put in my macbook? I want the biggest possible.
What is the exact drive that is compatible with the macbook?
MacBook Pro :: Getting A DVD-R/DVD R Brand That Works Best?
Mar 30, 2012I have never burned a DVD on my Macbookpro.Is there a brand or type that works best. I'll be placing my pictures on this DVD.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
MacBook :: Brand New Charger Not Working?
Sep 4, 2010I just bought a brand new charger and it stopped working after about the third charging cycle. The light just simply doesn't go on and the computer doesn't read anything.
Weird thing though is that my old charger did the same thing at the end (although if you jiggled the connection it worked)? Could it be my computer? Although I tested the charger on another computer and it didn't work either. and a different charger on my computer worked.
Is this common for the new chargers that there are lemons once in a while?
Could it be because I left the plastic over the charger to prevent scratches?
Will apple exchange it for a new one or are they gonna give me a problem cause I really don't think this should have happened.
MacBook Pro :: Best Brand For Servicing Tools
Dec 17, 2010So I'm interested in building my arsenal of Macbook servicing tools and I'm interested in finding out what is the best brand. I would imagine that tools are rather generic and brand not being an area of consideration. I just want to make sure I buy high quality tools for a high quality machine.
I was looking at the "al a carte" tools from ifixit and powerbookmedic. Seem inexpensive, but I probably wouldn't ever imagine spending more than five dollars for a screw driver anyway... Oh and with a coupon code, I can place 4 or 5 consecutive orders and get each tool for free and only pay shipping/handling
MacBook :: Brand New Battery - 15 Cycles Already?
Feb 26, 2009My macbook battery broke 500 cycles, and the battery life was at about half what it used to be so I ordered what was described as a brand new battery from Westronics, through Amazon. I put the new battery in the machine and checked System Profiler, and it is telling me that the battery has 15 cycles on it already. iStat Nano says the same thing. Is this normal for a new battery to have cycles on it already? Or did I not get a new battery? I just want to make sure I got what I paid for.
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Jun 16, 2009Just wondering if anyone has received their new unibody with Apple distributed SSD, what brand is being used for the 128 and 256gb varieties?
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Jun 26, 2009I was reading in the manual that you can only get 2 4 and 8 GB RAM at a time which is true. I'm thinking about upgrading my MBP to 8 GIGS eventually or 6GB for the time being. Is there a specific brand you would recommed? Will brands effect how effective it will be when installed to a MBP?
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Jun 30, 2009I just bough a 13in MBP yesterday at bestbuy because they let me get my student discount and they gave me an ipod touch for free without the rebate. So When I got home and opened it I noticed a pretty deep scratch in it right above the power button about a half an inch long that wont come out if i try to clean it. My question is do you think that would be enough of a reason to exchange it? I know its only cosmetic but I really dont think that should be there when you buy a brand new computer. What do you think?
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Dec 28, 2009Will using my MBP on an airplane ruin it's hard drive if I lift it up too fast (because the reader/writer head thing will push through the semi-pressurised onto the actual HDD)?
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Jun 7, 2010Just got a i7 MBP and its great (a huge upgrade from my G4 iBook). I started to notice about a week ago that every once in a while my trackpad makes a little ting noise when I click it, or sometimes just when I'm leaning on the computer while typing. At first it was just every once in a while, but now its starting to happen pretty much all the time. I actually used to work at an Apple Store, so i know that they can be extremely lax about replacing little problems on new machines, but I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this problem on their unibody laptops and if anyone thinks i should do something about it. It sounds like something is tapping the glass very slightly from underneath the trackpad.
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Mar 26, 2012My two week old Mac Pro shut downs for no pparent reason. Using the wireless, not plug in to an outlet but battery fully charged. Both times happen within 15hrs. apart.
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5
MacBook Air :: Retrieve Downloads On Brand New Air?
Apr 1, 2012How can I retrieve my downloads from Air?
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MacBook Air
MacBook Pro :: Brand New Just Shut Down Randomly
Apr 8, 2012it shut down on about 75% charge left, the white light down on the bottom right of the macbook pro was flashing slowly. i held down the power button and turned it off, then i turned it on and then it went to the start up screen then went back into the same state as it was before, then i plugged it in and it worked
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
MacBook Pro :: Unable To Log In After Migrating From PC To A Brand New?
Apr 23, 2012Bought a brand new MacBook Pro and transferred all my files from my PC to my Mac using Migration Assistant. When complete, log in says that my password has expired and asks me to put in my old password and a new one. I don't remember ever creating one. I tried using the password that is set up for my PC but doesn't work at all. I am completely lost on what I should do next.
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MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro :: Headphone Jack Won't Fit Into Brand?
Jun 12, 2012i have tried apple earbuds and sony earbuds and neither will fit into the jack. they seem to be too thick for the plug, it looks like there is a gray plastic lining around the hole but i dont know if that needs to be removed.
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MacBook
Pro
Brand New Macbook Pro Is Running Slow
Jun 12, 2012Upon turning it on for the 1st time, the intro screen where it says "welcome" in different languages was laggy and running at low frames-per-second. The setup was laggy as well; there was a delay in typing and mouse curser response. Once setup was compleat and I installed all the newest updates, I notice some improvement, however it still seems to be underperforming. I ran an xbench 1.3 benchmark test and scored an 83. This seems low. The macbook is running 10.6.8...2.2 GHz Inten Core i7...4 G ram...Radeon HD 6750M video card.I installed a valve source engine first person shooter and average 30 frames per second. This seems low in my opinion.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
MacBook Air :: Brand New Spontaneous Crashes?
Jun 22, 2012I just received the 13" MBA last week, and it's crashed nearly every day since then (one kernel panic with that black dialogue window telling me I need to reboot; all the other times it just spontaneously freezes out of nowhere and my cursor / keyboard doesn't jog a response). I called Apple this morning and the guy said he knew nothing about it, took me through some tests, and said hopefully it won't happen again. It just did.
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MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook Air :: Brand New 13" Won't Charge
Jun 30, 2012This is my first ever Apple product, purchased it this afternoon and have been enjoying setting it up. Ran down the battery to about 3%, have plugged it in to the wall to charge and it simply won't. I will run on AC power, but refused to charge. Then for some reason it started to charge about 20mins later, then stopped. Â I have tried several wall outlets that are running other appliances with no issues and checked the adaptor, seems to be in fine condition.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook Pro :: Upgrading The Hard Drive In A Brand New MBP
Sep 6, 2010I have a 500 gig hard drive that was given to me that I'd like to put in it but I'm worried about voiding the warranty. I've looked up replacing it and it seems simple.
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Oct 19, 2010Im looking to upgrade my hard drive, I've heard bad things about both of these drives.. can anyone recommend an alternate that's reliable?
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Nov 27, 2010During the first months of owning my new 15-inch MBP, I had at least three freezes. I remember there being a huge thread about this, which I can't find now. Happily though, my MBP no longer freezes, but I haven't done anything to it (other than software updates). So, was it a software glitch? Everyone were shouting about some sort of controller chip or something before, if I remember correctly...
View 11 Replies View RelatedMacBook Pro :: Brand-new MBP 15" And Graphics Are Jerking?
Jan 1, 2011I just got my first MacBook Pro 15" and noticed some weird graphics problems. First of all, when using Safari, in gmail, the image would become completely garbled. I changed the power settings so that it no longer switches automatically and also stopped using switched to Mozila--no more problems.
Then, this morning, I was doing an image search in google and noticed that the screen picture sometimes got jerky.
MacBook Pro :: Horrible Thermal Paste In Brand New MBP?
Jun 19, 2007Let me start by saying I just bought a brand new, less than a week ago, (from the Apple Store) 17" Santa Rosa MBP with the hi res screen (matte), 160GB 7200 RPM HD, 2.4Ghz CPU and the 256MB 8600 GT. For some more background I am a system administrator and a PC tech so I know what I'm doing with computers (most of the time anyway ). Anyhow, after getting my MBP and installing Vista on it via bootcamp and thoroughly enjoying the dual booting, I notice the thing runs hot. Ok, I do some google'ing and find the various thermal paste horror stories floating around. In windows (I've been spending more time in windows since I got it) I notice that it is IDLING at ~ 53-60C!!! I think perhaps this is not right, something may be wrong with the temp monitor software I use? Well, I use several, one of which is Intel softare called Intel Thermal Analysis Tool that monitors the DTS (Digital Thermal Sensor) in each core, it also will load the pants out of an Intel CPU - ~ 20% higher load than Intel's specified TDC. So for living with the heat for almost a week I decide I must bust the machine open, remove the logic board (mother board for you non apple folk) and see what kind of thermal paste job is in there.
Let me say that removing the logic board from these machines IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!!! It scared the #@#$%$ out of me a few times! I took my time and marked where every last screw went and every cable, even the yellow tape. Once I had the board out and turned it over (the CPU, NB and GPU face DOWN so they can't be seen unless you remove the logic board) the sight was HORRIFIC!!! In my professional opinion they used about 40x too much paste, yes I said FORTY TIMES! All thermal paste is supposed to do is fill the micro groves and pits in the heatsink so VERY LITTLE IS NEEDED! Too much is worse than none. Anyhow, I'm sure you want pics so here they are. Oh, and my idle and LOAD temps dropped by ALMOST 20C!!!
Shame on whoever is assembling these machines as the average user will NEVER fix this and would perhaps think 'this is just how hot it is supposed to run'. I would demand Apple fix this, I would show them pictures etc, etc.
Oh the HORROR!
Now the heat pipe cooling system before:
Here is a CLEAN logic board - From left to right: GPU, North Bridge, CPU:
Proper paste applied - I have some special diamond dust thermal paste that is VERY durable so I used it - I have seen others apply the paste to the chips AND to the heat sinks, THIS IS BAD, VERY BAD!!! ONLY APPLY TO CHIPS.
And finally the cleaned heat pipe cooler:
Mac :: Brand New Macbook Wont Play CDs Or DVDs?
Jun 15, 2009I purchased a Macbook a couple of weeks ago as I am currently traveling and needed a laptop bad.This evening I put a DVD in and it wouldn't play. It didn't even read anything.I then tried a number of variable CDs and the same thing happened.This macbook isn't even one month old and is in perfect condition.Is this just pure bad look and the laser has broken before it was even put to use?
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