MacBook Pro :: Finding System Diagnostic Software For Free?
Sep 30, 2010
I'm very happy with my 2010 MBP 15" i7 -- very slick little piece of kit!
However, there have been a few cases recently where I had to force a hard-shutdown of the laptop (holding the power button for 3 seconds). This is not because of the actual MBP per se, but because of some software that froze and wouldn't let me force-quit them.
Anyways, I'm wondering, since I had to hard-shutdown several times recently, if I should check my OS for any weird happenings? I always, always do Apple > Shutdown, but I've been forced to use the power button recently.
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Aug 19, 2010
I recently bought an used iMac (was purchased new in feburary 2009) in which I knew the screen was not showing any video when I bought it. ( I was okay with that I thought I'd give it a go at fixing) well the problem seems to be within the LCD itself. When I hit the power button I hear the chime, fan spins, and the hard drive does it's thing. I ended up taking the casing off the iMac to where it only shows the bottom half of the insides underneath the LCD. My question is now to diagnose what exactly is wrong with it by using the 4 led lights. I have searched the forums and the Internet up and down for which ones mean what but I have only found out information on older iMacs. When my iMac is off (still plugged in) LED 1 is on. When I turn the iMac on LED 1,2, and 3 are green. Which that leaves the 4th LED not being lit up at all. I suspect this has something to do with the iMac not showing any video but as I said I am not sure because I cannot find any information on it anywhere.
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Feb 18, 2010
I just bought my Macbook and I want to know what you guys would recommend for downloading free music? I know Macs cant get viruses, but I really don't want to put it in any danger.
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May 8, 2012
I was told instead of a recieving a CD I had to download software like iPhoto from iTunes. The only option I see is to pay for it. I was told it was included. What am I missing?
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jul 18, 2010
I want to try playing a game on my MBP. Does anybody know where I can download some for free/recommend popular games?
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Jul 26, 2010
I've been experiencing a variety of problems with my peripheral devices. At first it started with my monitor and I thought it was going out... it was having lines (darker lines, like flickering) all over the screen... but then I realized this happened when I plugged something into my computer... so for example if my external monitor is on, and I plug in my firewire soundcard it starts to flickr...
Then it started to do it when I would plug in my printer... now if I plug in my firewire soundcard my monitor turns on and off... and I'm having sync issues with my soundcard.
I wiped my computer, reset the SMC and the PRAM and NVRAM. How do I test if my mother board is crapping out?
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Sep 4, 2014
Is there a way I can run a diagnostic test on my Macbook Pro and how do I check how much memory I have as well?
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013), iOS 7.1
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Feb 13, 2012
can i get vm player online free for macbook pro to create virtual operating system like linux or windows without rebooting the sysem?
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MacBookPro
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Oct 2, 2009
I'm looking for a converter that will convert a .mpg file to a .mp3 or any other audio type of file.
Haven't seen a converter that is free before for Mac yet.
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Dec 22, 2010
Recently bought a movie off of itunes and would like to burn it to a cd, for those who have done this, what is the best (free) software to help me with this challenge.
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Mar 26, 2006
Just wondered if anyone knows of any free powerpoint viewers? I don't use powerpoint normally and don't really want to buy MS office but some friends sometimes send me jokes or pics set up as powerpoint presentations and I'd like to able to view them at home.
I know there was a version from MS for OS9 but again, I'm running Tiger and don't have os9 in order to run it in classic mode.
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Jun 29, 2008
I am trying to back up my DVDs but have only one more region transition left
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Dec 11, 2008
The reason I need this is for the xbox 360. If you have a flash drive you can watch movies on your tv just through a flash drive. The problem is all my movies are in .avi and they have to be .wmv.
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Apr 11, 2009
I am looking for a free online backup service to back up about 2Gb od files. I use Mozy on my MBP. But their free service is only for one computer. So I am looking for another company for my MacPro. I tried idrive but they seem to have problems.
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Jan 13, 2010
i was wondering if anyone knew of a free file converter for mac so that i can turn my mpeg files to mp4 so that i can watch it on my iPhone?
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Oct 11, 2010
This is the video:
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Its not on a big site site like Youtube so I can't use [URL] or [URL] because they don't work. any free program that allows me to save this video on a .mov or .mp4 format? (not flv)
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Dec 9, 2010
I'm a college student working on a database project for a class where I need to make an ER Model for a final project and I wasn't sure if anyone knew of free modeling software that I could use for Mac? (Otherwise it will be time in the lab using Visio on a PC )
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Mar 18, 2007
anyone know a good free program i can download?
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Jan 12, 2009
Is there any I should be running on my mac book pro or is it safe to still run a mac without any form of virus protection?
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Jan 17, 2009
but how do I buy DRM-free music on iTunes? Do I have to upgrade my current library to DRM-free before I can buy a DRM-free song? Is there a way of telling if a song is DRM-free, such as a icon in the corner? Because for the life of me, I can't seem to find any DRM-free songs, and I have iTunes 802...
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Mar 19, 2009
I am looking for some fun and free casual games for the Mac. Any good ones? Perhaps a tower defence?
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Sep 20, 2009
I want to migrate my Parallels VM to VirtualBox. However, VB doesn't read Parallels VMs. I wanted to use the VMware converter, but the EULA says that it is only for use in migrating VMs for use in VMware software.
So, besides VMware converter, are there any other free tools that will let me convert my Parallels machine for use in VirtualBox? I am running Mac OS X 10.5.8.
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Jun 12, 2010
Is there a free solution to sync iCal to an android phone?
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May 8, 2008
Just picked up the adaptor today and thought it was pretty much a no brainer: plug it in, it works. Not in this case, it keeps getting a self assigned IP address and I can't connect to the internet-although there is a green light next to the ethernet adaptor in System preferences. I have an Airport network set up as a normal scenario. I bought this adaptor only because I am about to take a trip and the hotel only has ethernet in the rooms. I've tried using the diagnostic tool, but it keeps hanging and crashing.
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Jun 22, 2012
I'm having a periodic problem where my network will timeout. Once that happens, I'm unable to connect to the network again by choosing the network. When I run the diagnostic, only the Wi-fi light is green. If I use the assistance, it tells me the password is incorrect even when I know it's correct. I will always connect for a second or two before timing out or being told the password is incorrect. If I purposefully type the password wrong, I'm immediately told it's wrong without the hesitation of connecting for a second. Does anyone have any ideas of what is going on? I eventually get connected but only after going through a laborious process of either created a new network or deleted all the Wi-fi information. Even then, the process is temporary.
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MacBook
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Jun 27, 2009
I just recently bought a white macbook and it came with over 2000 music files is this normal?
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Sep 14, 2010
I just puchased a macbook, And was wondering what are some good free apps/games.
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Dec 4, 2007
Im at a loss. Does one exist? .mkv to anything playable will be fine.
or an mkv player will work i suppose
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Apr 9, 2010
Is there a free way to do this?
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Jul 14, 2010
MacHeist are promoting the new 'Calcbot' application for iPad and iPhone from Tapbots and if you post a promotional messsage for them on your Facebook account you can download a free copy of Socialite.
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Socialite ($30) is a Mac OS X app designed by Realmac Software to make it easy to stay in touch with the social networks and services that matter to you. Browse and update Facebook, Flickr, digg, twitter and more from the comforts of one app. Best of all, it's yours today for free, courtesy MacHeist to celebrate the launch of Calcbot!
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