Is there any reason to wait several months for the next OS update? I presently use Snow Leopard on all my machines, but using ICloud on my IOS devices is pushing me to a download of Lion. I just don't want to pay for it again in June or July.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), MacAir, IPad, Iphone 4s
I have a MacBook Pro ca. 2010. It's on 10.7.2. For the past few months I've been fighting this particular problem, and have not been able to get a solution on other Mac forums. Hopefully someone here has some insight. Every time I start or restart the Mac it restores the desktop, including the dock and apps, to a state from a few months ago. It opens Safari, iPhoto, System Preferences and the Real Player Downloader (which I just this moment deleted). iPhoto immediately wants to repair its database, Safari opens the tabs that were open that day, and System Preferences goes to Network. Â
I have tried deleting the folders in /username/libraray/application saved states. I have locked that folder. I have unchecked the option in Preferneces, and I always uncheck the option to save states when shutting down. Based on a suggestion from a user elsewhere I repaired disk permissions on the hard drive.Â
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
My Samsung SE-S084F dvd burner, used with lion for months is now suddenly unsupported... how can it be possible? I can now read cd/dvd but trying to burn them gives me "Internal error". Disk Utility report: "Burn support: not supported". I burned my last dvd three days ago, running lion 10.7.3. The only thing I can think of is a software update done few days ago, something about java. Samsung says that lion isn't officially supported, but i've used it a lot and I know it works…  Things that i've tried:1) reboot2) firmware update3) many different burning software including "drutil" from the shell4) I've tested the device on another computer (ubuntu 11) and it works like a charm Additional information (drutil info):
Vendor         Product                         Rev
TSSTcorp     CDDVDW SE-S084F     TS00Â
Interconnect: USB
SupportLevel: Unsupported Â
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Any burning software, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have a Seagate 2TB External HD I'm using for a Time Machine backup. I have used Carbon Copy Cloner in the past. Is there any reason to partition this drive and do a dual backup?
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
i was trying to install PreSonus Studio One v.1 and then i upgrade it to v.2 and both of them crashes for no reason?
Process:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â studioapp [4407]
Path:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â /Applications/Studio One 2.app/Contents/MacOS/studioapp
Identifier:Â Â Â Â Â com.presonus.studioone2
Version:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2.0.4 Build 17496 (2.0.3)
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The audio on laptop is off for no apparent (muted) reason.
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MacBook Air, iOS 5.1
Title says it all. Is replacing the HDD normally a while you wait repair? If it helps, this is a unibody late 2008 15" MacBook Pro. Store I'll be going to is the huge one in Beijing.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm starting to get the upgrade itch again, with the added "pressure" of my cousin looking for a new laptop that will last 2 years or so. She's looking at the $999 MB, but my Santa Rosa 15" MBP with almost a year's worth of Applecare left seems to have roughly the same specs, and I'd sell it to her for ~$500. I'm still trying to figure out of it's a good idea or not, but I'm leaning ever-so-slightly for the new laptop (15" mid/high, possibly 17"). As they say, always put together a pros and cons list, so here's mine:
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Consider this my first ill informed, new to Mac OS question. Just received my new iMac today and while poking around it seems I do not already have iLife '11 installed, but a previous version of the suite. How do I go about updating? Should it be included? Do I have to actually wait to get a physical disc?
View 2 Replies View RelatedSince Apple is releasing new Bootcamp drivers sometimes within the next couple of months, should I wait for it, and only install Win 7 in Bootcamp then? Or will it be pretty much the same if I install it now, and simply update Bootcamp when the time comes? What I mean is, could the current drivers have any adverse effect on the installation of Windows 7? If so I would rather not install now. But if not, I might as well install it now and just update the Bootcamp drivers once Apple releases them - will it be the same?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have created a simple Automator action which says 'when files are added to folder Dropbox>Camera Uploads, import them to iPhoto'.The problem is that as the files are added to Dropbox one at a time (by the Dropbox servers, after they are taken on my Android phone and the Dropbox app auto-uploads them), this means there is a gap of 30-60 secs between photos, and more for a video. The end result therefore is iPhoto has each photo imported as a separate 'Event', rather than all the photos imported as one event.Â
What I'd like to say is 'wait for 5 minutes after the most recent photo/video was added, before importing all the photos/videos just added in that batch'. That way instead of iPhoto receiving each file one at a time and importing them separately, Automater will wait until the folder falls silent, indicating the import from the phone has finished, and only then will it import all the photos taken as one event.Â
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Macbook Pro, 2.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 450GB HD
I have a late 2011 Macbook pro with the most updated OS X Lion. My problem is whenever I turn off the computer and turn it on I get the spinning wait cursor. It takes about 7 minutes or so before the cursor will go away and I can use the computer again. From then on it will work well until I need to access something in finder, whether its clicking on the finder icon or opening a folder - then it will appear again for 30 seconds or so (occasionally the spinning cursor won't go away so i am forced to turn off the notebook). It's not every time I access finder but its pretty close to 50/50. I backed everything up an external drive and reinstalled the operating system however the problem was not fixed and I still get the spinning wait cursor when I start up the notebook and about 50% of the time when I access finder.
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MacBook Pro
Any ideas how I might get my MB to start. I open the cover and press the powerbutton. The wait-state icon comes up and spins and spins and spins.
View 4 Replies View RelatedEvery time I switch on I have to choose my WiFi network and wait for it to connect.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011)
My macbook pro 15 (early 2011) running Mavericks is very slow wait spinning circle/cursor appears way too often. Â
Any configuration changes or other actions I could take to speed it up. I took the following EtreCheck after boot up before launching Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat Pro and Safari (I have stopped using Chrome).Â
EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)Report generated July 1, 2014 at 10:13:27 AM EDT Hardware Information: MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) (Verified) MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2 1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores 8 GB RAM Video Information: Intel HD Graphics 3000
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I was let down when I found that I had to reformat my MBP 13" after 6 months of use. I also had Bootcamp installed but I found that my MBP would take a long time to boot into OSX and when I did, I had a lot of spinning beach balls. Even my Bootcamp began giving me errors. After using the utilities to find out what the health issues were, I found that my repairs to the hard drive were unsuccessful and I had to reformat.Mind you I had a time machine back up, but I was frustrated that after just six months of owning the MBP I had to reformat. It brought back memories of dealing with Windows. I mean, if I have to do this again in 6 months, I mine as well use Windows since I basically did the same thing then too. (And it was cheaper!)
View 2 Replies View RelatedThe admin name requires an è but for some reason i can't type it in
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
My macbook is a week and a day old. It is the newer whitebook with nvidia and all that. Coconut battery says its 123 months old? why is this? The only thing i can think of is that apple possibly had a used macbook come in and they switched out some parts and changed it to the new one? btw it was bought new at best buy.
View 5 Replies View RelatedGot a question about the battery in my wife's white Macbook. I just downloaded (and ran for the first time) Coconut Battery and it reports the following info:
Current Battery Charge: 5281 mAh
Maximum Battery Charge: 5281 mAh
Current Battery Capacity: 5281 mAh
Original Battery Capactiy: 5020 mAh
Battery-LoadCycles: 60
Age of your Mac: 8 months
Now, I'm no rocket scientist, and I'm definitely not complaining, but how in the world does my battery have More capacity now than it did when it was new? Is this an error in Coconut? System Profiler reports the same capacity and my research online seems to concur that 5020 mAh was the original capacity.
This seems to be the case, but was wondering if anyone knew for certain?
View 3 Replies View RelatedSo I got my Macbook Aluminum 13 inch 2.4GHz for a few days ago, and I just downloaded coconut, and it says that my Mac is 6 months?! And my battery mah is like 4200, with 6 cycles. Is this bad? and should I get a refund?
View 12 Replies View Relatedit's been exactly one month that I've used my magic mouse and it died out already
Has anyone else experience this? I was under the impression this mouse was great on battery, correct me if i'm wrong but I read it can last up to 4 months on a single set of double A batteries?
So now I am going to get some new rechargeable batteries. What are a good kind to get that last pretty long?
I had my Mac book off for a few months, I went to turn it on today and it is not working any idea why?
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MacBook, Mac
OS X (10.5), not sure about the os x version
I have a MBA, and have decided that I want to have Windows on it as well, since although I hate Windows and love OSX I use quite a lot of Windows only s/w, and I only want to carry one computer.
Couple of questions though:
How big a partition does Windows really need (I have 128GB SSD, about 80GB free right now)?
If I get a new MBP a few months down the line, how easy is it to move the copy of Windows to that? And do they honestly expect me to pay �250 a time to install Windows on two laptops if I decide to keep the old one, even though they are both for me and would never be used at the same time?
This is an honest question, I don't want to cheat anyone, but I'm not exactly made of money, and the price of the Windows os scares me!
What is the best way to finance a MacBook? I was looking at the deferred interest for 12 months from Barclay's on Apples site. However, I have not calculated how much interest that would really be but is it a guarantee that they would give me enough credit limit to cover that MBP I would want?
View 24 Replies View RelatedA few weeks ago I had problems with my iMac freezing and also had a few Kernal panics. I ended up doing a disk utility with the actual startup disk and since then it worked for about 10 days but just recently froze again (while in Firefox) and started making a continuous loud beeping from the speakers and kind of a staticy sound...so I turned it off but now it won't stay started. I hear the "bong" noise and then see the apple logo and the bar under apple logo starts to come on but disappears And then it powers down to black screen and off. I have tried putting disk in but it spits it out at startup I have also tried Resetting pram and smc...I hope I did that correctly I believe I did? What other steps can I take?
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iMac
why don't java security update show up in software update? macbook pro with mac os lion
View 2 Replies View RelatedAre there any cons to purchasing a refurbished MacBook Pro? My original has been on its dying leg for the past few months. Had it since 2003! I'm not in a position to spend so much money on a brand new MBP. Has anyone bought there Mac refurbished?
What has been your experience thus far?
The first couple kernel panics I had appeared to have been caused by Trend Safe Web Surfing for MAC i have since uninstalled that and it keeps panicing.. programs i always have open
- safari
- firefox
- skype (text chat only .. never video)
- Outlook for Mac
- Adobe CS5 Dreamweaver  Â
there is never anything consistent about when it happens
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I updated with the latest Lion patch yesterday and since then Entourage has either hung or taken a very long time to update from our 2003 Exchange server (I have MS Office 2011 but as you're probably aware, there are issues integrating with a 2003 Exchange server). how this might be fixed, short of updating both our 2003 Windows Server to Windows Server 2008 x64 and Exchange to 2010 so I (the only Mac user out of 85 staff) can use Outlook 2011?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
