I have been annoyed recently from how laggy and slow my macbook pro has been lately...is there anything i can do to speed it up or get it back to where it was?
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MacBook
Pro
Last night my fan kicked into high gear all of a sudden. I shut it down overnight and when booting up this AM I find it still running on high...quire noisy, of course. Is there something overheating? How to make it run at normal speed?
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I can't seem to find anything that applies to me or I can understand. I'm currently using Transmission for torrents and Safari for browsing, but my general internet connection outside of downloads seems to be fine.
So i have no problem with my Mac just note that!
My mac is fast and fine..
But if i come to download something on my Mac or Xbox, it is slow as fudge :P
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The download is only 400MB
My iMac's Internet Sharing since one week still be very slow. I have a realy fast Internet on my computer, so, that's not a problem. I use IS for my iPad and it opens only 1-3 pages, then it just stills loading. One week earlier I could watch films etc, so it worked. The same problems are also with catching it on my iPhone, so the problems is by iMac. It writes "connection timeout" or something like this.
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iMac, iOS 5.1.1
Sorry for the title but I couldn't think of anything better. Hopefully I'll be able to explain my problem. I have a MPR 2.53 ghz, 4 gig ram, I'm using Safari 4.04. I am using the WIFI at a guesthouse in Thailand (but I had the same issue in China, Vietnam ...). I ran a speed test and it said download 7mb/sec and upload about 1mb/sec. I have an "app" that says bandwidth in 1.3kb/sec out 1.0kbs. I thought maybe it was Safari so I downloaded and installed Firefox. firefox gives me similar speeds. When I downloaded Firefox though I had a download speed of over 1mb/sec. But as soon as it finished downloading the speed went back to around 1kb/sec. I have rebooted my MBP many times. I did some Google searches but didn't find anything helpful.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a MPR 2.53 ghz, 4 gig ram, I'm using Safari 4.04. I am using the WIFI at a guesthouse in Thailand (but I had the same issue in China, Vietnam ...).
I ran a speed test and it said download 7mb/sec and upload about 1mb/sec. I have an "app" that says bandwidth in 1.3kb/sec out 1.0kbs. I thought maybe it was Safari so I downloaded and installed Firefox. firefox gives me similar speeds. When I downloaded Firefox though I had a download speed of over 1mb/sec. But as soon as it finished downloading the speed went back to around 1kb/sec. I have rebooted my MBP many times. I did some Google searches but didn't find anything helpful.
I am an iphone and ipad user and have just bought a MacBook Air. I have transferred items purchased bought on the ipad and iphone to my library and all my apps are appearing in iTunes on my new MacBook. However I cannot seem to use/launch the apps? They are not appearing under Finder > Applications and do not appear on the Desktop as I would have expected them to appear. Where are these apps or can I not use them on the MacBook?
Info:MacBook Air, iOS 5.1.1
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external hard drive, iOS 5.1
I have recently purchased a MacBook Pro, previously using a windows based laptop . When I've tried to upload some music from the macbook to my iphone 4 I keep getting a message that its synched with another itunes library and all the content will be erased. I've deauthorised the old laptop, how can I get some new music transferred over to the phone?Â
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011)
On my old IMac i purchased 3 movies and a season of a tv show. when signing into iTunes on my new macbook air it wont allow the download of theses movies or tv shows. it says to check the connection and the connection is fine. what should i do?
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
I upgraded to Maverick on a previously owned Macbook Pro OSX 10.9.4, and when trying to get updates, the previous owners's Apple Id shows and their password is required. what canI do?
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), previously had mountain lion
My MacBook Pro has just stopped recognizing my Apple Mouse and Wireless keyboard. I just did an update. It is showing my bluetooth icon as unavailable.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have a MacBook Pro (13", 2.2GHz, 2GB RAM) that I had previously partitioned. However, 20 GB wasn't enough; I soon outgrew that meager amount. Today, after receiving AoE3, which I couldn't install due to lack of space, I broke - I decided to fix my situation. I tried installing to an external HDD, which didn't work (the only drives I have are all Mac-formatted and can't be seen/read on W7). I then tried WinCloning my partition, deleting the partition, and increasing it. However, I realized I could only add 8 more GB - hardly enough, as 2 of those would be sapped by AoE3 immediately. So I mounted the .winclone, imagescanned, etc. etc. until I finally restored an ancient 80GB FireLite with the .dmg I had just created. Now, however, I can't seem to be able to load my computer off of this drive. Any suggestions, comments, or solutions would be incredibly appreciated.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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iMac,iPhone4,iPad1,iPodTouch3, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
I used this iPod (new) previously on my husbands PC. I recently purchased a refurbished iBook G4 and it works great with the exception of not recognizing my iPod! When I plug it in, it give me the error message: Disc Insertion - The disc you inserted was not readable by this computer. What does this mean? It has been a while since I've used a mac. I've tried restarting my iPod both off and on the mac with no change. I'm worried I'll lose all my music. Have also tried repairing and verifying with no results.
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