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User 479360
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Apple's engineers say that it's likely my iMac's wireless card needs to be replaced. Anyone have experience with that?
I'm hoping it won't be too pricey.
I'm hoping it won't be too pricey.
Which Model iMac?
User 479360
Banned
21.5 inch, mid-2011
The weird thing is that the problem hasn't been present the last couple of days. The mouse and keyboard have been waking the computer up okay after I desynced and resynced them a couple of times. But, with my luck, it won't last.
Depends if you can do it yourself. If you can, a new Airport or Bluetooth card shouldn't cost much more than £25.
Butts-a-plenty
Banned
Honestly, working out a wired solution would probably be a lot cheaper.
User 479360
Banned
I'm wondering if my friend can do it. The closest Apple Store is an hour away, but there's a repair company 15 minutes from here.
I don't know how much they'll charge, but I asked for a quote.
That's what I'm wondering. I'd need to buy a new keyboard and mouse, though. I have zero wired options.
Boot Camp question:
(MBPR 15", Win 8.1)
When accessing the files on my OS X partition from Windows, the thumbnail preview doesn't work for image files. I assume this has something to do with permission? It doesn't seem to be a cache issue since they still don't work after opening and closing the file (which works fine, and so does copying the files from OS X to Win, although I am no permitted to edit the files from Windows).
(MBPR 15", Win 8.1)
When accessing the files on my OS X partition from Windows, the thumbnail preview doesn't work for image files. I assume this has something to do with permission? It doesn't seem to be a cache issue since they still don't work after opening and closing the file (which works fine, and so does copying the files from OS X to Win, although I am no permitted to edit the files from Windows).
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Instructions are on iFixit.com.
USB Bluetooth and/or wifi will be much cheaper than paying someone to take apart your iMac.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Decided to change my Apple ID primary email and password, I mean haven't changed them in years so why not....
Worst.Decision.Ever
Can't even use my Macbook. Well I can't but if I log out I'm fuuuuuucked, it doesn't recognize my new password or Apple ID email.
FML
Worst.Decision.Ever
Can't even use my Macbook. Well I can't but if I log out I'm fuuuuuucked, it doesn't recognize my new password or Apple ID email.
FML
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Do you see big price cuts on non-refurbished models when new ones are released. Im helping someone buy an imac at the moment and all rumors point to a new release in november, but I doubt most of the updates will be relevant to them. So price would be the only good reason to hold off.
User 479360
Banned
Thanks. I'd have to get my friend to do it if so, because he's much better with taking things apart and fixing them. That and computers.
He's built his own, fixed some for others, etc.
Anyways, I've been lucky so far since I last re-synced the mouse and keyboard, knock on wood. The local repair place wants to charge me about $215 for the piece plus repair time. That's more than I expected.
The Real Abed
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Your OS X username and password is different from your iCloud username and password. Changing your Apple ID won't affect your OS X login. You'd have to change that separately. Unless you mean that's what you did, in which case you could set it up to use iCloud reset your OS X password.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
You can tie your Apple ID and Mac account username and passwords together. New installs offer it as an option.
A call to Apple ID support should get you sorted out, Angelus.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
That's more for the part than I would expect. Also unimpressive about not pricing the repair time, since that's going to make it a $500 job*.
*haven't taken an iMac apart, I have read the instructions.
Edit: double post-- meant to paste this into the previous post. In my defence I am on my phone.
odd request but I was wondering if this was possible.
Can you have a folder thats locally saved on the mac, auto upload to the iCloud drive whenever you add things to it?
Like if I have a work file on my Mac, and I want to create and save a file locally, I then want that file to automatically upload to the work folder in my iCloud drive.
Can you have a folder thats locally saved on the mac, auto upload to the iCloud drive whenever you add things to it?
Like if I have a work file on my Mac, and I want to create and save a file locally, I then want that file to automatically upload to the work folder in my iCloud drive.
You can probably make an Automator action for that, or use Hazel. I'm on my phone, when I get to my computer I can look into it with more detail.
Awesome much appreciated.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
It sucks that iCloud Drive doesn't work like DropBox and doesn't support Symlinks. It's the only reason I don't use iCloud Drive. I prefer having my files where I want them like DropBox allows. I hate how iCloud Drive requires you to put your files in an obfuscated folder in your Library. Plus DropBox has options to exclude folders from certain machines. But I hate DropBox only has one upgrade option which is silly.
Angelus Errare
Banned
You can use your OSX username and password to be your iCloud credentials, if you change your username (email) it fucks up Keychain. I've learned that you have to first make a secondary account, log out the main one. Then change your iCloud credentials then log in. That has like a 50/50 chance of working. It didn't work for me so I had to do a longer way. Had to basically make a secondary account, copy my keychain to it, erase my login key from the keychain on the main account, log out, go online change the email address to the one I want, log in then import the keychain from the other account.
Is there a way to hide certain Hard Drives icons on the desktop instead of all? For Windows I'd rather not have it shown on Mac OS.
Not a massive issue if not, but I'm just curious.
Edit: Nevermind, I managed to work it out from this:
http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-hide-a-specific-drive-from-desktop.1302248/
Not a massive issue if not, but I'm just curious.
Edit: Nevermind, I managed to work it out from this:
http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-hide-a-specific-drive-from-desktop.1302248/
I work at a college campus and we sell Macs in store here.
People still fairly often buy the 13" MacBook Pro non-retina. This computer was last updated OVER 3 years ago and from what I can tell it is now only $100 less than when it had it's last update in June 2012.
are people only buying this thing because of the CD drive? ugh this computer SICKENS me.
People still fairly often buy the 13" MacBook Pro non-retina. This computer was last updated OVER 3 years ago and from what I can tell it is now only $100 less than when it had it's last update in June 2012.
are people only buying this thing because of the CD drive? ugh this computer SICKENS me.
I am pretty amazed it's hung on (I originally thought it'd be gone in 2014, and now it seems likely it might actually make it through 2015), and the fact it hasn't dropped in price makes me think that it's gotta' still be selling pretty well, possibly just to education markets or to people who want to mod them (and yeah, price aside they're still very capable machines for their age with sorta' ugly screens at this point.)
Angelus Errare
Banned
- CD drive
- user upgradeable parts
- cheapest pro model
- Harddrive space relative to the entry rMBP 13" meager 128GB.
My wife employer (a cash strapped school) bought these in bulk for their employees. They wanted the cheapest model, a bigger hard drive, and a CD/DVD drive because they still have education materials on a disk.
So I need some opinions.
I've thought about replacing the hard drive on my 2012 pro, but honestly? I'd rather just get a new machine. The weight and thickness of the pro really hinder portability to me at this point.
I have a couple options.
I really like the new MacBook for a few reasons. The size, the weight, the screen, how it's fanless. My only worry is its power. I like it a lot more than the air, so please don't suggest that. I'd rather have the form factor/no fan of the MacBook.
Another option is to wait for the iPad pro and get the keyboard attachment. But then I really prefer the functionality of a laptop for files and creating power points and word documents are just easier on a laptop IMO.
Maybe it's easiest if I give you guys an idea of what I do and what I need this for.
So I'm a behavior specialist who evaluates clients at both school and home programs. This means I'm usually hanging back, taking notes and consulting. It also means a lot of Time spent writing up reports.
So the MacBook would be nice because I can quick throw it in my bag, go between a school and a Starbucks and not miss a beat. The only difficult thing would be moving between activities at school. That's where the iPad has an advantage. I can easily walk around, holding it, taking notes.
What I use my computer for now..
- word processing
- web browsing
- looking at my photos
- listening to music
And that's about it honestly. I don't do video or photo editing. Just a lot of making reports and putting them into specifics pages online for work.
What do you guys think?
I've thought about replacing the hard drive on my 2012 pro, but honestly? I'd rather just get a new machine. The weight and thickness of the pro really hinder portability to me at this point.
I have a couple options.
I really like the new MacBook for a few reasons. The size, the weight, the screen, how it's fanless. My only worry is its power. I like it a lot more than the air, so please don't suggest that. I'd rather have the form factor/no fan of the MacBook.
Another option is to wait for the iPad pro and get the keyboard attachment. But then I really prefer the functionality of a laptop for files and creating power points and word documents are just easier on a laptop IMO.
Maybe it's easiest if I give you guys an idea of what I do and what I need this for.
So I'm a behavior specialist who evaluates clients at both school and home programs. This means I'm usually hanging back, taking notes and consulting. It also means a lot of Time spent writing up reports.
So the MacBook would be nice because I can quick throw it in my bag, go between a school and a Starbucks and not miss a beat. The only difficult thing would be moving between activities at school. That's where the iPad has an advantage. I can easily walk around, holding it, taking notes.
What I use my computer for now..
- word processing
- web browsing
- looking at my photos
- listening to music
And that's about it honestly. I don't do video or photo editing. Just a lot of making reports and putting them into specifics pages online for work.
What do you guys think?
Go to an Apple store and try out a MacBook for yourself. Personally I hate the mushy feeling keyboard (and by extension the one for the iPad Pro), it's an instant deal breaker and it's a bit underpowered.
I don't know why you've ruled out the MBA as it would be perfect for your needs so that just leaves the MBP.
I don't know why you've ruled out the MBA as it would be perfect for your needs so that just leaves the MBP.
NinjaCatfish
Member
If you're dead set against the Air, and your computer usage is as you said, then the MacBook would probably be the way to go. You'll just be paying for the privilege of having a first-gen new Mac design.
In other news, I installed the beta of OS X 10.11.1 last night and far out, it has noticeably improved the performance of desktop animations on my 2011 MacBook Pro. The HD3000 struggled to do a lot of the animations when I had the machine hooked up to a 1440p monitor previously, but it's way better now. Not quite silky smooth, but it's a heck of a lot better. Has anyone else noticed this in the latest public betas?
In other news, I installed the beta of OS X 10.11.1 last night and far out, it has noticeably improved the performance of desktop animations on my 2011 MacBook Pro. The HD3000 struggled to do a lot of the animations when I had the machine hooked up to a 1440p monitor previously, but it's way better now. Not quite silky smooth, but it's a heck of a lot better. Has anyone else noticed this in the latest public betas?
I'm sitting things out until the .1 public release, as usual. Although I'm hopeful it addresses the weird input box lag people get with 7XXX AMD GPUs (like me) under Yosemite, but it's good to hear reports that their focus on performance has some indicators of being true.
Can try http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php. I used it's predecessor, the Adware Removal Tool, successfully on my SO's laptop after she tried to download an episode of Sex and the City with incredibly bad results -.-
This has to be super-easy, and I'm just not finding it.
I'm wanting to use Chrome a little more often for work but have a huge list of passwords that I need to mange.
Safari does this fine with my Mac's standard Keychain, but despite what all sorts of boxes in Chrome say, it's not just grabbing my Keychain passwords and using them there.
How do I give Chrome access to this info?
I'm wanting to use Chrome a little more often for work but have a huge list of passwords that I need to mange.
Safari does this fine with my Mac's standard Keychain, but despite what all sorts of boxes in Chrome say, it's not just grabbing my Keychain passwords and using them there.
How do I give Chrome access to this info?
I'm on a mid-2011 MBA and updated to .1 around one hour ago, I noticed that desktop dealings in general are feeling even snappier.
I guess you guys are right. Maybe the air is more for me. I get the power and the portability. Is the MacBook significantly more portable than the air? When is the air due for an update?
It's entirely possible the Macbook Air won't ever get another refresh and that the Macbook cannibalizes it, like the original Airs ate the original Macbook. That said, the original Macbook hung around for seven additional updates and the better part of three years before they finally axed it.
With Intel's roadmap all screwed up it's not entirely clear when the laptop lineup will be due for a refresh. All the Mac laptops except the 15" are on Broadwell right now. Skylake successors aren't yet out for most of the models they have.
ashbash159
Member
Looking to get a MacBook Pro to use at work.
I do web development with a little of a basic Adobe Illustrator work (extracting elements from the designers' web designs to use as images on the web).
Unsure which size to get. I'm leaning towards 13-inch, just because I've seen one and it's a good size. Don't know how much storage I should get. I have most of the large image files on the work network drive and use Git for website backups. 128 GB might be enough but I'm not sure.
I do web development with a little of a basic Adobe Illustrator work (extracting elements from the designers' web designs to use as images on the web).
Unsure which size to get. I'm leaning towards 13-inch, just because I've seen one and it's a good size. Don't know how much storage I should get. I have most of the large image files on the work network drive and use Git for website backups. 128 GB might be enough but I'm not sure.
thats a good point I hadn't thought of.
Man, I just really like the form and look of the MacBook. But do you think in 5 years it will really be bogged down because of the limited power? Obviously hard to say but just curious on your thoughts.
128GB is perfectly fine for a second computer in my experience. If you like the look of the 13" go for it, I have an older 15" Mac laptop and the size is a bit impractical for anything other than home use.
5 years would be overly ambitious for the MacBook. The MBA however will easily last that and you'll love typing on it. I am very happy with my 11".
Can you dumb it down in easy to understand terms and explain why the air would last but the MacBook wouldn't?
Air has an i5. MacBook has something that is kinda between a Pentium and an i3. It is going to feel pretty slow pretty fast.
From what I remember the MacBook benchmarks similar to a 2010 MBA so to reframe the question, would a 2010 MBA last 10 years? It probably could (I have a whole bunch of old Macs in my possession that can still do a job) and the MacBook has a faster SSD interface than computers from back then but the web is surprisingly CPU intensive on older computers and I can see it becoming an issue on the MacBook eventually if you want to keep using it as long as possible.
A 2015 MBA will be a lot more future proof and you'll get a great keyboard. You'll never hear its fan unless you are gaming too.
Well, from a repair standpoint, if something broke on that 2010 MBA you had a few more options to fix it. The RAM, processor, and NAND flash are soldered onto the logic board, so if you have a small SSD I can imagine after a decade youd run into some severe issues if youd depleted the viable writing space from heavy disk I/O. 10 years ago a Mac came with 512MB1GB of memory, essentially unusable for any modern task and probably not even web-browsing. Past trends arent the future, but depending on what you want to do with your computer I wouldnt guarantee it to last that long.
With that said there are still happy MacRumors folks who do their computing on G4s, so its all relative.
10 years ago was a very awkward time for Macs. The transitions to Intel, 64bit and SSD* are now over so hopefully our machines will last a lot longer than those machines did. But yeah it's a shame we can't pop off the keyboard and in seconds have direct access to the CPU, RAM, Airport and HDD anymore!
I have a maxed out G4 Powerbook with 2GB and the bottleneck is definitely the CPU. Javascript wrecks Power PC Macs.
*let's pretend those trashy entry level Macs don't exist
Oh I'm sure a Mac today will last longer, given that CPU gains aren't what they used to be. But I don't think it makes sense to expect any computer to last a decade of active use, particularly a portable one. If it does, that's awesome (the 2006 Mac Pros still have some minor useful tasks at my place of work) but I'd see it as a bonus rather than as an expectation.
With that said, I've been hoarding IDE adapters, an SSD, and a "new" GeForce 4 Ti for the MDD PowerMac G4 I got recently off eBay as a machine for classic OS 9/PPC games. Got to actually get a free weekend to tinker with things.
With that said, I've been hoarding IDE adapters, an SSD, and a "new" GeForce 4 Ti for the MDD PowerMac G4 I got recently off eBay as a machine for classic OS 9/PPC games. Got to actually get a free weekend to tinker with things.
Lucky, wish I had the space for one or even a Cube.
My OS 9 and Classic gaming machines are G3 and G4 laptops for that SC/Heroes 3 fix.
Under System Preferences : Displays you will find an option for resolution: "Default/best for display" or "scaled". You can change the screen resolution by clicking on the "scaled" radio box and checking another option.
If anyone is interested in a very good condition 2012 15.4 macbook pro with retina display, I have one for sale in the forum here.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179863768&postcount=19874
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179863768&postcount=19874
If only I had a spare $1700