I have a macBook pro 2008 15 inch screen (aluminum body)I have a BIG FAT Aperture library now (25000 images+) and the current config (4 GIG working memory) is just squeaking by I have been told you can expand the working memory to 8 GIG with OS X- the manual however says max 4.better a hundred or so for new memory than 2K+ for a new machine?
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IPAD, IPhone, MacBookPro
Am buying 13" MBA w/ 128 drive 4mb ram. Performance? I have been using 27" iMac. How much difference can I expect? Any hints on improving performance?
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And putting in a ssd as the main drive and keeping the 750 gb for storage purposes. That or possibly just upgrading the ram and the hard drive to something higher than 5400rpm. Should I just start with ram upgrade, should I just upgrade the hard drive to something with higher rpd or go solid state. Also what brands do you recommend?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 4gb ram, 2.2 ghz intel i7
I'm looking to improve my gaming performance. I run The Sims 3, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life 2 and a few other games natively on my MacBook Pro 13". By no I means do I care for getting unrealistically high performance, but I would like to know how an SSD would effect gaming performance. Would it give a notable increase in terms of FPS? or responsive?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
I have a 13" mid '09 MacBook Pro. How do I improve it's graphic performance for gaming? I have version 10.7.4. On my buddies system he can go to system prefrences > Energy Saver > Optomize for better graphic performance, but I don't have this option...
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI've got an iMac that's a couple of years old, and time (along with software) has taken its toll on the speed of my iMac. I've run Onyx, I've downloaded a utility that lets me set time machine to run once a day instead of every hour, but I'm still not happy with some of the slowdowns I get. So, my question is what will give me the best performance bump?:
1 - Clean install of 10.5
2 - Add more RAM (currently I only have the 1GB it came with)
3 - Upgrade to 10.6
4 - Something else I'm not considering
When 10.6.1 include new ATI Kext.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy system (sig) has been relatively sluggish for a few months now. Right now I've only got Firefox, Snak, iTunes and Adium open and it's just prodding. It has a decent amount of ram that should be able to handle relatively easy computing like this.
So, my question is, what can I do? Should I just re-install? I wouldn't really mind doing that. I have all day off, and fresh installs are fun but I have a good amount of stuff on here. I have an external where all of my important stuff is, so a fresh install wouldn't be a bad idea in that way.
This machine is pretty old but I'd like it to be snappy like it once was.
Are there little things I can switch off or something?
I currently have some good headphones and use the front jack. How do I hook up the three speakers? Do they all plug into one jack in the back? And what about the subwoofer, does it need a special jack.Final question: is there something I could purchase to improve the sound that wouldn't be too expensive? I.e. is there some USB extension or sound jack item that I can buy, which will improve sound performance, and plug the speakers into that?
View 6 Replies View RelatedMy PowerMac plays most small videos (640p) on YouTube just fine, as well it does an OK job at playing slightly larger videos in Quicktime. I would like to not have to worry about Flash any more. With the new 10.1 beta 2 I notice a nice boost in performance, almost tolerable. If I install a graphics card that supports Core Video will it free up the CPU? How can I tell if a card supports Core Video? As well, what cards do you recommend? Is it difficult to flash a graphics card to work with OS X Tiger in a PowerMac G4?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have the base model 15" MacBook Pro from January 2008 (2.4 GHz Santa Rosa, if I recall correctly). My wife's MacBook just died, so she needs a new computer. She uses hers for checking email, surfing the Web, iPhoto, iTunes, etc. I use mine for the same, but also for hobby-level photography, music recording (GarageBand now, but eventually Logic), and art programs. We're considering two options: 1) She gets a new MacBook, and I keep my current MBP. 2) I get a new 13" MBP (the base model has the same size hard drive and amount of RAM as my 15" MBP) and she gets my old MBP. 95% of the time, I keep my MBP connected to an external monitor, so the extra portability of the 13" would suit me fine. My wife never connects an external monitor, so she'd be thrilled with my old 15". My question is whether the current base-model 13" MBP has any performance or feature benefits over the 2008 MBP that would warrant spending the extra $200 over just buying a new MacBook for my wife.
View 7 Replies View RelatedWhen playing DVDs on the Apple Air USB DVD player, the video can get quite jumpy when the screen image is complex. Pans are especially challenging. This is when the computer is driving a 1920X1200 external monitor.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a MacBook Pro 15inch (mid 2009). Since a couple of days the battery menu shows: "Service battery".
CoconutBattery says: capacity 71%, 384 load cycles, 32 months old.
Do I have to change the battery? Or is it possible to improve the capacity? Someone told me to take the battery out, boot and hold down Alt+Cmd+P+R and put the battery back in! But is it possible to take out the battery of a MacBook from mid 2009?
My Macbook Pro, along with what seems like all multitouch trackpads on Windows, has problems scrolling. In OS X, scrolling is smooth, predictable, and natural. In Windows, the page jerks around as if it's having a spaz attack. Does anyone know if there are any drivers or software that would improve the behavior of the multitouch trackpad in Windows?
View 5 Replies View RelatedWhat is left for me to upgrade that will improve my MacBook's (2007 - Intel) speed the most? I have a 2007 MacBook that has the maximum amount of RAM installed already (2 Gig). I've upgraded to OSX 10.7 also.. It's sometimes sluggish when trying to run Office 2011 or Windows XP under VM Ware Fusion?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 2.1Ghz Intel, 2gig RAM,
I accidentally trashed two of my icons on my icon bar I didn't put them in the trash but when I clicked them they turned into wads of trash. I don't know how to find them now?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I just started running windows 7 on my MacBook Pro [late 2008 Unibody]. I just read that Boot Camp 3.1 fixed a lot of the issues i'm having [messy trackpad, performance issues]. However, that update only comes after upgrading to Snow Leopard [I'm running Leopard on the Mac side].
Is upgrading to Snow Leopard the only way I can have access to these improved drivers?
Moreover, will this upgrade require a reinstall of Windows?
With an influx of Dolby Digital enhanced HD content making its way to the iTunes store, and subsequently Apple TV, Apple is reportedly working on an update to QuickTime that will improve support for 5.1 channel audio. People familiar with the matter say the Cupertino-based electronics maker tapped its vast developer community on Tuesday to begin testing versions of QuickTime 7.6 for Windows, as well as both Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
The pre-releases, which reportedly carried build number A26, ranged in size from about 20MB to over 60MB, but were consistent in that they delivered the same series of enhancements requiring evaluation. In particular, those familiar with the software say Apple has requested that developers test the release extensively with multi-channel encoded audio tracks that feed unique content to each surround sound channel. Developers were also asked to put some weight on MPEG-1 playback and conversions, as well as encoding and playback of audio tracks in the AAC and Apple Lossless formats.
QuickTime 7.6 is one of only a handful of remaining updates planned for Apple's existing QuickTime architecture before the company turns the majority of its focus to QuickTime X -- a complete overhaul to the media software with optimized support for modern audio and video formats that should result in extremely efficient playback.[URL]
I'm just meandering through the tutorial for Scrivener (which kicks arse btw) and they said that Scrivener (like Pages) has problems importing the formatting of .doc files, and that "this is a limitation of the standard Cocoa OS X text importers." Does anyone know whether Snow Leopard will improve these text importers? This seems to be a large reason why people buy Office rather than iWork, so I'd hope Apple are working on this...
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs there any way (software) to improve iMac sound? In many occasions I think it is so low...
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View 8 Replies View RelatedApple store contact number need to improve, i cant key-in my area code, its 089, but apple store only can key-in 2 number, and even i also cant key-in my mobile number as well.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI finally got a .AVI file of a video I have been looking made back in the late 90s. However, the video quality is choppy, but the audio is great. Is there a way to improve the quality of the video so that the pixels are not looking blocky and moves according to the audio?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI've always had a MBP, so my extensive music and photos collection can't live on the laptop. I've always kept them on 2 externals and suffered some slow downs due to the setup. I just ordered a 27" iMac i5. I'd like to keep my 130GB collection now on my iMac. I use a buncha photoshop/ Lightroom. Was curious if I was to partition say 150GB for pics and 100GB for music if that would help out the computer at all? I really have no idea, just seems like the imac wouldn't have to sift through anything to find my pics when I go working on them.
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy boot time is 34 seconds, I counted from the moment I hit the switch on button to the moment it enters the OS.
I remember I was able to boot Windows XP in 17 second before on my Pentium 4 many years ago. I would like to improve my boot time, is there anyway to do it?
My MacBook is almost three years old and is getting very sluggish. I will be upgrading to a MacBook Pro next year but in the meantime, would a clean install improve the speed? I have all my files backed up on an external hard drive. I'm not necessarily looking at restoring from backup, as I think it would be nice starting out "new" and only copying over things I need need from my external. What do you think? What are the pros and cons of a clean install?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm using Mac OSX 10.7.3. Since a few days, I've some trouble with Time Machine. When TM would create a new backup in the normal hourly loop it creates the message: Time machine has completed the review of its backups. To improve the reliability time machine must create a new backup.
Now I've to options:
1. I can create a new backup later
2. create a new backup
I don't want to create a new backup, I want to use the old one. I still have enough space on my backup volume. I'm using the Airport Extreme and a WD hard drive.
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MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.3), Time Machine
Is there really a "Late 2008" model? If so, what is the difference.I ask because I recently got a MacPro and according to Apple's hardware test, it is an Early 2008.
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