So I had 4GB 15" MBP that I'm going to sell and bought a 2GB 13" MBP. I put the "old" hard drive from the 15" into the 13" and it works like a charm. Except it doesn't recognize my admin password as correct. I know I'm entering the correct password - is there any way to resolve this short of re-installing the OS?
View 1 RepliesI'm about a year into the Mac platform after switching from pc. My first Mac was a 17" MBP and I'm looking to get a Mac Pro. Like most I'm waiting to see when the new ones will come out. I have always been curious and just wanted to know can the processors be swapped out like on a pc? I realize this involves mother board issues and whatnot but the processors we're waiting for are the same ones that can be purchased by anyone. I always wondered why someone with say a 2008 Mac Pro could not just simply swap out the processors since the tower itself is still the same. Again, I'm fairly new but just was wondering if anyone knew the answer (s). Thanks again for any insight as I'm trying to really learn and understand the Mac system under the hood so to speak.
View 9 Replies View RelatedWe ordered a 27" C2D 3.06Ghz 27" iMac from the reburb store for $1269.
Tough deal to pass up, basically $269 for the computer when you compare the price of the new CD.
Since the C2Q's are socket compatible, and actually some of them might have a lower TPW will they work?
I just happen to have a few C2Q's sitting around, the Q9500(2.5ghz) and a Q9550(2.83ghz).
Heard it should work but has anyone tried it yet and if not, why not?
I have the possibility to purchase a Macbook Air 1.8 80GB HDD, awaiting a 128GB SSD to be released down the road. Can I have these drives swapped in the future?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI swapped out the old hdd on my old black 2.0ghz macbook to a new one and tried to install OSX 10.5.x but it did not work. I forgot the black macbook shipped with OS-TIger and I do not have those discs anymore. I only have my Snow Leopard disc and the 10.5.x disc.
What can I do? Can I use Time Machine and my external HDD to install the os on the new hdd?
I had a difficult time finding a guide on how to do this, so I just tried to figure it out the best I could. I originally had a 320 gig standard drive called "Macintosh HD". I ordered one of those new 640 gig WD drives, and put it in slot 2.
I went into Disk Utility, went to "restore", and put my 320 gig as the source drive and the new partition on the 640 (which I also named "Macintosh HD") as the destination, and clicked "restore".
An hour or two goes by, and it says it's done. I turn off the mac, pull out the first drive (the 320) and it boots fine into the 640... I tested Mainstage, Safari, and basically everything seemed to be there. I changed the desktop background so I could tell them apart, put the 320 back in, and when I rebooted, it booted off the 320.
This time I went into System Preferences and changed the startup disk (I guess at this point I should have named the partition something different) and it booted up on the new 640 again.
I'd like to format the 320 but am terrified if I did this all correctly. I plan on using it for boot camp. None of the links I found suggested doing it this way, they all talked about third party utilities.
Anyone here care to help me out? Can I go and format that new drive safely? Is there something I can do to preserve the data (just in case) but take away the boot capability?
The a, q, w and z keys on my keyboard have all swapped around (not physically, but when I press 'q' an 'a' is typed etc), none of the numbers and punctuation keys are in the right places either and I have no idea why.
Does anyone know how to fix this (sorry, I can't find where question mark has gone)
I'm running an Intel imac with OS X version 10.5.6
If your 14 days or under on the return policy and bought from Best Buy, check your local stores. Mine got theirs in yesterday. Went over there this morning and exchanged my UMB 2.0 for the 13" MBP 2.26. Didn't get charged a restocking fee and ended up owing only 106 bucks (I went in on Wednesday and price matched down to 1099 which is why I owed money on the exchange).
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just dropped in a WD Scorpio 7200 320GB drive in my mid-2009 mbp. I successfully cloned my previous drive. It took forever to boot the first time and every subsequent time. It takes hours to install the os fresh after wiping it. Not at all how I expected the swap to go. What do you all think? Swap it out for another because this one is a bad egg?
I have done a guid partition and it is formatted in mac os x extended and journaled.
When i boot from my old drive, now in a usb enclosure, everything is fine. However when I access the new internal drive it hangs and just doesn't play well with it at all.
I am fairly new to macs and I am having a problem, my Mac Pro keeps restarting. I had a quadro FX 4800 video card on it, but it apperently was useless for gaming ( had problems with all the games i tried), so i swapped it for a NVIDIA GeForce GT 120. I was instructed that once the card was put in i would just have to start up the Mac and download the drivers. But every time i try to start up it just keeps teling me over and over the mac has to restart. Is there some way to fix this? Would having the Mac dual booted with Windows vista ultimate be a contributing fact to this problem, as that starts up but the display is weird and the graphics card doesnt seem to be registered on the system.
View 1 Replies View RelatedHas anybody just swapped their drive into the new machine and found it just works?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have new macbook pro 13" with ivy bridge released on 6/11/2012. I want to install new ssd in it. I figured out hardware procedure how to put os on new hd.
How do i install os on new clean HD once swapped?
MBP didn't come with installation disc, also i don't have external drive to backup restore.
Is there any way to install os with new hd without using backup? if no, any way i can burn installation disc.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Yesterday I swapped the stock cooler of my radeon HD3870 for a zalman vf1000. Since then, the GC doesn't work anymore (even with the stock fan back). So after a night of check, test and prettty much everything, I'm pretty sure my GC is dead. What I want to know it could be a short circuit? I'm a good mac user and I already did that on others cards (X1900 with an accelero for example.) I talked with xlryourmac and he can't see. I really want to find out a plausible explanation, because I'll probably buy another GC et wouldn't want to do the same mistake twice. I have a Macpro clovertown 2x3 Ghz - 12Gb Ram- Raptor Boot- Raid 3To- Multibridge Pro 2.
View 11 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know which 17" LCD panels from the G5 iMac can be swapped with the Early 2006 Duo Core 17" iMac? My "speculation" is that the 17" G5 iSight equiped iMacs are a likely candidate.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI didn't change my password and I know the one I am entering is correct but it isn't accepting it. Is there a way to reset it?
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Mac Pro
I just completed a migration from a MacBook pro to a mac pro. When I try to log in my old acct on the mac pro my password is not working. When I try the same password on the macbook, works fine.
View 2 Replies View RelatedSo I noticed they're is an update for java today and want the update. It ask me for my password and I type it in and it says invalid. User name is there already when it prompts me. I restarted my mini to see if the keyboard might have been acting weird, but still not working.
View 6 Replies View RelatedSo earlier today i was able to download apps via my iphone off of the app store by verifying my password and everything was completely fine. Then later on, i tried to download another app and was told my password was invalid...tried 3 more times and was still not working. So i figured it might be my phone and i tried my password on my computer and it was still invalid. I immediately checked my bank account and nothing was charged. So i did the whole "iForgot" thing and sent an email to myself to change the password, but i never received anything. So i did the second option which was to verify my birthday, but when i did, it said my information was invalid. I was hoping you guys could give me some advice on what i should do or if this has happened to anyone else.
View 8 Replies View Relatedi'm trying to install a program i got for free onto my macbook pro.
i have to go to my applications > utilities > terminal
i then open up a new command line and enter this:
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
then it asks for my password and i type in my password for my computer, the only password i have ever had for this computer, and the password that authenticates all of the system changes.
Just bought a new macbook air June 14, 2012. Migration from 10.6.8 to 10.7.4 using USB is completed.Problem: In new macbook Air, it display new login name/icon, but he password is not working. I tried all possible password i ever used. But no success
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MacBook Air (13-INCH, MID 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Msn mail account is not accepting my password...can't receive mail......Macbook OSX 10.7
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MacBookPro, iOS 5
If I go directly to gmail and sign in it works perfectly. However I have looked up my preferences and it all appears correct. but every time i go to send out an email it asks for my password then rejects it. I recently have been having strange things happening to my iphone access as well could this be coneccted? I have not changed anything in my settings in a very long time.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011)
I use my AOL screen name as my Apple ID to buy things from iTUnes. Today, it keeps saying I am putting in the wrong password, when it fact I am putting in the CORRECT password.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI recently tried to login to my windows boot camp (Vista 32bit) and it won't recognize my password which I know is correct. I recently changed the login password on the Mac side. Could this be the cause of the problem?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've had this computer a little over 2 months and this is the second time that my password won't work. At first I thought little of it since it worked after the 4 or 5 time, but now it's not working and I can't install system updates. How can I reset the password or will that require wiping the system?
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy email password is not working. How do I reset it or what is the problem?
View 1 Replies View RelatediCloud mail is not working, not accepting my password, can't sign in on any iOS device or via iCloud.com, this is a nightmare as I am self employed and this is my primary email.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
after my computer had been broken I sent it to apple, but somehow I can not login and I am using a guestuser right now. I am pretty sure that I am using writing in the right password but it does not let me in. How can I login again?
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MacBook
Pro
I have a Dual 2ghz PowerPC G5.I'm positive the password is correct because I enter it all the time in my other mac hardware/applications. I tried deleting the mail account them re-adding it, it still rejects my password. I can't update any of my software (nothing is available). I've tried restarting the computer.Safari still works. All my other apps still work. I selected PowerMac as the product on the pulldown menu, I hope that's the same as PowerPC. My OS is 10.4.11
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PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Mail 2.3.1(753.1)
I cannot figure out this keychain password stuff. I don't know what it is and I've tried everything.
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MacBook Air
