Ever since I upgraded to 10.6.4 I'm often getting high CPU % - it's getting annoying. It happens while watching YouTube vids, using VMWare etc., and I've also noticed Finder frequently becomes a freakin' CPU hog, bumping the % to 100%. Also, I think my MBP is running a couple degrees hotter in 10.6.4 too. What the hell
View 3 RepliesI upgrade to Lion after being told that it would upgrade my iLife to iLife 11. But that doesn't seem to be the case.
View 1 Replies View RelatedDoes it hurt the computer... If the computer is doing something (watching flash, playing a game) that turns on the fan full speed;Does this hurt the computer? There are a few games I like to play and they turn on the fan at full speed (computer gets hot too, on the bottom.)
View 1 Replies View RelatedHow does the Antiglare screen look? Does it look cheap and flimsy like the matte screens on the pc laptops?This is my first Mac and i'm looking at going all out and getting the top of the line 15". I know I definitely want the HD screen, i'm just not sure which screen looks better. What about a 5400 vs 7200 rpm hdd? Is this upgrade worth it?
View 24 Replies View Related256 SSD - want to upgrade to 512 or larger SSD. is this possible.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 256 SSD - want to upgrade to 512
As title says. Upgraded to 10.6.2. I thought this was supposed to be fixed?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have upgraded from using iMovie but I seem to be having a problem. I am trying to capture HD video from a Canon XH A1s and it works fine on iMovie but no matter what settings I have tried in FCP it always says that it could not connect to the deck and to try and make sure all the wires are connected. Basically it cannot connect to my camera but yet iMovie has no problems how do I fix this? EDIT: discovered a few things don't know if its helpful or not but I notticed: 1. imovie is in fact capture SD using the DV standard even though the camera is capable of HDV (also I have no problems capture DV in FCP ether just HDV )2. If I set the controls to DVCPRO I can control the camera in FCP but I can't capture or see a video preview.
3. No matter what I try it will not let me control or even recognize the existence of this camera in HDV format.Edit 2 : Problem Solved! The camera was set to auto detect HDV or DV and was not working right so I forced it into HDV and now it works fine
I currently have a 17" 2.8GHz MBP, it's the previous edition just replaced in this latest release (purchased about a year ago). I'm considering selling my current MBP and replacing it with the new i7, but I'm not sure it's worth it. I'm a photographer and do all of my editing on this laptop, so any boost in speed *should* help my workflow. I'm also a p/t student, so I qualify for academic pricing, and the free iPod they're currently offering.
View 8 Replies View RelatedUpgraded to Lion on my MacBook Pro. Since then cannot see any external device (USB, CD, etc)
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What steps and considerations do I need to take/make in order to upgrade from Leapord to Snow Leapord or Lion (if that is even possible).
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iOS 5.0.1
I am fighting with upgrading my XCode 4.2.1 -> 4.3.1, but im unable to do so from App Store, which claims i have the latest version everytime.
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I just upgraded my Macbook from OS X 10.6 to OS X 10.7 but have just realised that front row has gone?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 2.4Ghz CD2, 4Gb, 250Gb 7200rpm.
I upgraded my ram with Crucial 8gb kit for my Macbook Pro (Mid 2010). After playing a game I noticed that my fan speed was much higher than it originally was when I hadn't changed it and it was 4gb. I already tried resetting SMC and nothing has changed.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI have a MacBook Pro running OS 10.5.8, attempting to upgrade Adobe CS3 to CS6. Alert states 10.6 is required. Can my laptop be upgraded to higher OS?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Upgrade to 10.6?
Just upgraded my itunes to 11.2.2 and now it will not open. Message pops up saying, "This version of iTunes has not been correctly localized for this language. Please run the english version." I cannot do anything else in iTunes though. It just shows me that message.
What can I do?
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MacBook, Old White MacBook
Was burning a few CDs when I got the notice to upgrade.
Upgraded.
Now it won't burn CDs...
Can a Macbook that runs on 10.4 Tiger be upgraded to 10.6 Leopard?
I bought a used Macbook. It has the following specs:
MacBook 2,1
Intel Core 2 Duo
2.16 GHz
4 GB Memory 667MHz
I reformated the Mac for a fresh start (20GB+ of the space were used up and the seller claimed that everything was erased)
However, the sad news is that the discs that the seller sent me appear to be 10.5.2 Tiger. In the auction, seller claimed that the OS is upgraded to 10.4 Tiger. When I tried to install, I get the error saying that "This software cannot be installed."
So... now it looks like I will have to buy an installation disk?
My question is will this laptop be able to run a 10.6 Leopard (I just put this example in because it seems to be the most popular one or something. I am new to Mac.)? Or will I receive the same error for that 10.5 Tiger?
Currently, this laptop has no OS installed.
would like to say that is my first mac and I am loving it. I've got the new 13" 1.86ghz 128gb and the upgraded ram 4gb. Now I've fully charged it and left it on a further 2 hours or so, following the instructions for calibrating the battery. Now that I'm using the macbook, I'm noticing the battery going down fairly quick, already at 88% after 30mins of use. Is it supposed to go down this quick?
View 24 Replies View RelatedEvidently through automatic upgrades my iTunes has upgraded itself to version 7.7.1 - I just tried to open it and got a pop up window telling me that in order to use iTunes I need OS 10.4.9 (I have 10.4.6). How could it have downloaded for an OS that it won't work with? I don't feel like shelling out the bucks for the OS upgrade, and when I tried to install an older version of iTunes, I got another pop up window telling me I couldn't because a newer version was already installed. I'm afraid that if I dump the newer one I'll lose all my tunes.
View 7 Replies View Relatedpretty set on getting a single processor Mac Pro, 2.8 in the standard configuration.my dual 1.8G5 died a few weeks back, and as patient as i'd like to be about waiting for a new Mac Pro, i don't think i can wait until June...of course, if i *knew* it were march, i might be able to, but who knows...it's all a matter of rolling the dice.my question is this: is it worth spending the extra $150 (or slightly discounted) on the 8880GT video card in terms of "future usage"?i am not a gamer nor need great video power for my things (i do photoshop but no video editing, etc.)
However, i note that a new 8800GT costs in the 230+ range and i wonder aloud if i'm better off buying it now and being set for the life of the machine.my plan/hope: i will keep this machine, just like i did my old Powermac, for hopefully 4-6 years (assuming it doesn't die...if my G5 hadn't died, i'd still be happily using it for another year or two).or should i wait...and maybe a couple of years down the road, buy a faster video card for about the same $150 (or will such a thing be available once new Mac Pros come out)?
So a lot of people are recommending that I upgrade to 4GB of memory on the 13" MBP 2.26ghz, but does it really make much of a difference? I do a lot of photo editing work and occasionally play games like The Sims 3.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm starting my masters program (interactive multimedia) in September and my powerbook won't cut it. So I plan on upgrading. I think of now I want the 17" 3.06 with the 500 GB 7200 RPM drive. My question is can the RAM be upgraded easily at a later date when it won't cost me almost a grand to max it out. Do you think I should go glossy or antiglare?
Also apple always updates the laptop line in september along with the ipod line, do you think apple will update them again even though they were just updated in June? What do you think will be updated? If I go with the above specs, how much faster will the MBP be then my current IMac? (see sig for specs) Will it be significant?
After making sure my Macbook was properly backed up (Time Machine and cloned to external), I put the SL disk in. Waited the 30 minutes for the install and got the language selection window. Then, after clicking continue once or twice I got to the Install Mac OS X window where the hard drive SHOULD have been and that little white box is blank. Disk utility only shows my DVD drive. Not sure what is going on....
Seems that this happens with the original Leopard install disks as well so I am mistaken and this is NOT a SL issue. I did put in a Western Digital 320 gig drive as an upgrade an am pretty sure that I cloned my old drive to it. Wondering if there is a problem with the Mac recognizing the drive or a jumper setting that I need to play with. Apple care has been great and is still on the phone working with me on this.
UPDATE: Installed by putting HDD into firewire enclosure and then back in after install was done. Seems to be working fine now.
I upgraded to Snow Leopard three weeks ago on my rev B MBA but am thinking about downgrading to Leopard again. Reasons:
- Have not seen any 'improvement' from Snow Leopard
- Battery time is slightly worse(!)
- 'Idle' Temperature is also higher compared to Leopard
So I am curious if anyone has seen improvements when going to Snow Leopard or if you are planning to go back to regular Leopard?
i have just upgraded to Leopard ( not snow leopard) from Tiger, and everything seems fine, except my mailboxes in mail have disappeared, although they are still on my web based mobile me account.On the left hand side I have Mailboxes ( greyed out and not working), On my Mac ( greyed out and not working) and RSS feed ( greyed out and not working).
When I try to open a new mailbox from the menu system, I can but the options are for it to be placed on my mobileme account or on my Mac in a "Delivered" folder, which I can't find on my mac anywayIf anybody can give me any advice I would be very grateful.
Following the death of my dual G4 867mhz system, I have been left with an IBM T42 laptop for the last few months on which to work (feel free to Google if you're curious about the stats).
I can't honestly say that I care much for the iMacs and the Mac Pros are beyond my budget so it looks like I'll be going with the next revision of the Macbook Pro.
I've reviewed the Apple website and I'm interested in the high-end 15 inch with the dual video card setup with 512MB of VRAM. What I am not pleased with, however, is that it is also configured with additional RAM and HDD space; both of which Apple charges a premium for.
My line of thinking is that I'll purchase the other two components from third party vendors as add-ons for the base configuration and upgrade the video card either at the Apple store or elsewhere - assuming it's practical.
My question then, can the video card in the Macbook Pro be upgraded?
I recently upgraded to 3.6, and since then I've been having a weird problem. When I start the application, and then go to minimize the window, it minimizes, but a second window appears in place of the minimized one. Anyone else have this issue?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI just upgraded from a G4 running tiger to a macpro desktop running leopard.I have a hp designjet 800ps plotter connected via usb hub. Ever since I upgraded I have been unable to print. I installed the driver for this plotter off the leopard install dvd and then installed the latest driver from the HP website but to no avail. The plotter shows up in the printers list and when I send a file to the printer it says it is printing but then nothing happens. I really need to get this issue resolved so
View 1 Replies View RelatedI upgraded fro 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 and odd things began to happen. The clock disappeared from the finder bar--and would not remain checked in the system preferences window. Then my epson printer stopped printing--even after running their upgrade to lepoard. My network settings would not stay on airport and asked for my password every time I launched the program. So I did an archive and install to 10.5.6 and things are working again.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI upgraded the OS on the iMac to 10.7 now the SPSS program I need for class wont work.
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