A thin Mac with either an 11-inch or 13-inch screen and no optical drive.
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Trying to connect a Korean IPS (2560x1440) to a Macbook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012, 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5)
I'm trying to get a Macbook Air to work with a Korean IPS. It's not a big deal -- I have it set up on my Linux machine, but I'd like to be able to watch some videos (Amazon Prime HD) that don't work ...
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Can the ambient light sensor be adjusted to shut off the keyboard backlight?
I have a 2011 Macbook Air and I find that the ambient light sensor does a great job of setting an appropriate backlight brightness level. It's particularly good at not blinding you when you open up ...
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MacBook Air screen switches off randomly
Title says almost all of it, and no, it's not that my display sleeps after inactivity. It was 5 seconds after touching the keyboard, last time. It's done it twice so far.
Other thing is that when you ...
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Windows7 (through bootcamp) poor sound quality problem
I installed windows7 through bootcamp on my macbook air(2011).
(and also installed windows driver from bootcamp)
Everything is OK, but one problem - Sound quality is very poor.
(maybe phone or radio ...
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Thermaltake External HDD USB 3.0 docking station gets unmounted
I'm using a Thermaltake External HDD USB 3.0 dual drive docking station on a Mac Air. I can see the files and seem to be able to copy small files fine. When I try to move a lot of files it gets ...
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Keeping the mac awake when running certain applications?
I need to keep my MacBook Air awake when running certain applications. But when I put the display to sleep, often the whole system suspends after a few minutes.
Specifically I run Air Video Server on ...
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IPS Monitor Turning On and Off with a 13" 2012 MBA
I just received this monitor from monoprice. It works great with my 15" Retina Macbook Pro. On my Macbook Air it turns on and off every 4~5 seconds. It's extremely regular.
I took my Air to an Apple ...
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USB wifi antenna for MacBook Air
I am still having my problem with 109 wifi radios around my location, all with low signal.
I live in a apartment complex that provides free internet, but signal is very low at my location. The owner ...
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Macbook Air doesn't recognize external display
Problem
When connecting an external non Apple Display to my macbook air with an VGA to thunderbolt adapter the external display won't show my Desktop. Instead it will only show for a second my ...
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2012 Mac Book Air with 27 inch Korean monitor
Has anyone gotten one of those Korean monitors to work with a mini displayport to dual link DVI adapter? I've tried 3 adapters with no luck.
Here is the monitor I bought: ...
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Disable Office for Mac 2011 First Use Registration
I'm setting up some macbooks for use in a cart for a school. Students would share the computers. When users first run any office applications, they get a window saying that they need to put in their ...
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Sleep and Hibernate Disabled (Greyed Out) in Boot Camp 4.0 on 2012 MBA
Just installed Windows 7 and Boot Camp 4.0 on a brand new 2012 MacBook Air and I'm having display issues where the screen will go dark (but still backlit) and won't turn back on. You can hear the ...
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Macbook Air 2012 memory upgrade
I've won a 4gb RAM Macbook Air yesterday.
I know that the RAM is soldered to the motherboard, so therefore non user upgradeable.
I was wondering whether my nearest Apple Store could perform an ...
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Google Chrome not responding on Lion
I have this irritating issue with the latest version of Chrome on my Air running Lion.
At least once a day it ceases to work. It doesnt freeze or crash, it just will not search or go to any sites. If ...
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Webcam's color goes wrong
I've brought a Macbook Air few months ago. I didn't get to test its camera when I brought it. I'd gotten too busy with works and today was my first time running the application Facetime to test my ...
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DNS issue with Microsoft Sharepoint
I am having this issue on my MacBook Air but not on my Windows machine or even my Windows virtual machine on the Macbook Air.
Client uses Microsoft SharePoint for documents and logs. I was given two ...
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Not able to log into the LINE VOIP service using a MacBook Air via wifi at home
I have a MacBook Air with Corei5 and it is connected to web through a netgear wifi router at home. I am able to connect to the web without any problems but I am just not able to log into LINE using ...
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Remote Install Mountain Lion for MacBook Air
Let's say I have an disc or ISO of Mountain Lion on a Macbook Pro. And I have a Macbook Air (with Leopard). How can I install Mountain Lion on the Air?
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Cannot install OS X from OS X Utilities on early 2008 Macbook Air
I recently acquired an early 2008 Macbook Air with a completely wiped hard drive, so there's no OS currently on the machine. It boots up into Recovery Mode I think it is, and a window comes up saying ...
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Cannot access backups in Time capsule
I have a Time Capsule which I originally used with a MacBook Air running Snow Leopard.
Now I purchased a new MacBook Air with Lion and am trying to transfer my old backups on the Time Capsule and I ...
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Macbook Air running Windows w/two monitors
I am trying to run two monitors on my new MACBook Air using Windows 7. When I connect the second monitor the display defaults to the lowest resolution setting and will not change. Also I can not run ...
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MBAir 13" 2011 blinks after open lid
I have a 2011 MBA (13", 10.7.2, 256 GB). Very often, when I open the lid (and the MacBook is sleeping) the system freezes for 2-3 seconds, then the display blinks; after that, the system waits 1-2 ...
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Macbook Air backlight occasionally powering off
Started a few months ago, and it's definitely not to do with sleep mode as I've checked but my MBA will drop the backlight then shut the screen off completely. Never had anything spilt on it, seems to ...
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Why is the connection to my NAS really slow/unstable via local network IP but not via dyndns-IP?
I'm having a problem to connect my Macbook Air to my NAS. The NAS has Debian installed and can be reached by any other computer in the network.
I can find the NAS on Finder. The NAS is listed in the ...
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iTunes slow to read from SD Card in Macbook Air
I've recently bought a Macbook Air and I'm using a 64GB SD card to store my iTunes library there, so iTunes is constantly reading from the SD Card. The first times I used it I was quite disappointed, ...
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SMC reset while MBA in sleep mode?
I've memory blackouts, I guess I need to pay more attention to things...
Anyways, I did a SMC reset, and than I got paranoic that maybe I didn't shut it down and laptop was actually in sleep mode.
...
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Why does my Terminal window close automatically?
I need to use my Terminal window on a MacBook Air but it closes about 10 seconds after I open it. Is there a setting or is it possible another program is causing it to close? If I type quickly I can ...
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MacBook Air 2012 Mini DisplayPort not working with HDTV
I'm trying to connect my 2012 11" MacBook Air to my Panasonic p60st60 1080p plasma HDTV using a new Monoprice Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter & 6' HDMI cable.
My TV displays a "No signal" ...
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Why do only my original photos sync to my iPhone and not the edited ones anymore?
Since I have moved a lot of my iPhoto library to an external HDD, when I sync my iPhone, I no longer get the edited version of the photos on my iPhone. I can manually sync the photos and I get all ...
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Internet connection problem wifi working fine but unable to ping anything?
I just came to a different country and suddenly I am having strange issues with my macbook air 2012's wifi. It seems to detect the wifi networks without issue but refuses to load any webpages or ...
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MacBook Air 2012 SD Card for iTunes library to save reads/writes
I subscribe to a lot of video podcasts some very short, a minute or so, and some very large, half gig. I fly 8 hours a week minimum and this is the content i watch on the plane. Since files are ...
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Internal Mic stopped recording voice, but hears case/keyboard touching
Since this morning I am unable to record my voice on my Macbook Air 2012 internal microphone but the microphone can hear me touching the keyboard, the Macbook case…
I tried to tweak system ...
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“No connected camera” error using MacBook Air
I have a friend with a 13" MacBook Air. He upgraded to the new software in the App Store about a week ago and now, when he is using anything that uses his built-in camera, it says "There is no ...
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Screen Saver Pics Out of Focus after Update
After updating my 13 inch Mac Air to ML 10.8, the screen saver pictures are now fuzzy/out of focus. All was good before the upgrade. Any ideas?
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MacOS X installer and Disk Utility does not recognize the SSD drive on MBA 1,1
I've tryed to upgrade my original MBA with SSD (item on eBay), but Disk Utility in the MacOS installer does not recognize it. I've tryed to boot from Ubuntu Live USB, but GParted does see it too.
How ...
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Battery specs for MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Retina MacBook Pro
I am trying to figure out if I can ship a MacBook over her to Europe via an APO box.
On Apple's website it tells me the watt-hours of each model, but it doesn't say how many cells.
Here are the ...
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Time Machine backup with Mountain Lion
I have a 500 gigabyte Time Machine that I have used with my MacBook. This machine is not functioning now and I have transferred all hard disk files to my new Mac Air with Mountain Lion. When I try to ...
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How to convert late 2008 MBA SSD Drive to external enclosure?
My late 2008 MBA SSD does not work in a Samsung 2.0 USB enclosure. Tried connecting to MBP and a lenovo, does not see the drive. I am looking at another enclosure from ows- USB 2.0 Enclosure For use ...
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Dell monitor connected to MBA 2011 (HD3000) - It judders slightly
I've connected the Dell U3011 monitor to my MacBook Air via DisplayPort to MDP cable.
Everything is fine, and the screen looks good. But: The "OS X motions" are not as smooth as on the MacBook ...
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Spilled Milk on my Macbook Air
I spilled milk on my MacBook Air about 2 months ago. I just took out the SSD and it works fine, though my macbook is still malfunctioning. (It doesn't start.). What potential issues do I have? I know ...
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Boot camp on new MacBook Air keyboard lights keep flashing
I have a 2012 MacBook Air. I have Windows 7 installed via Boot Camp. The issue I'm having is, the keyboard backlight level keeps going from low to full bright randomly.
On boot, the backlights are at ...
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Ubuntu Macbook Air no access to boot when holding OPTION
I have installed ubuntu on my Air and have it running for over 6 months now. Today I run a software update and grub wanted to update and I selected it to not change anything / update and well it did! ...
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DVD Plays on MBP 10.8, doesn't on MBA 10.7
My sister has one of the new 11" MacBook Airs running 10.7, and recently got an external DVD drive in order to watch DVDs on it.
Most films work fine but there are a couple that when opened in DVD ...
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Macbook Air waking from sleep
I have Macbook Air (mid 2011). I closing it to sleep, but it doesn't sleeps (or maybe sleeps some time). After couple hours it becomes hot and starts fan extremly.
I'm using Mountain Lion 10.8.2. ...
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Slow file transfer between Macbook AIr and Time Capsule
The Problem:
I want to copy files from my MacBook Air to my Time Capsule but it is taking a long time. I calculated the rate to be 1.5 Mbps which is very slow. In other forums they say the rate is ...
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How to connect a Macbook Air to external projector and display
I have a 2012 Macbook Air 11. I connected it to an external LCD projector, using a mini-DisplayPort-to-VGA adaptor, to project my slides, and it worked well. But when connecting it to another ...
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Macbook Air Turbo Boost feature: can improve PDF rendering speed?
I would like to know if the Turbo Boost feature of Macbook Air (1.7 -> 2.6 Ghz) can affect tasks like PDF rendering. If yes, in which extent/way? What is the comparison to Mac Mini with fixed CPU ...
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Typing over selected text replaces some text to the right
In OS X (both Lion and Mountain Lion), I notice that when I select text and type over it, not only does it yield the expected result of replacing that text with the typed text, it often also replaces ...
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iTunes Music on local hard drive and maintain Movies alone in external hard drive
I'm always wired to my Macbook Air. So I need music all the time on my local disk.
But I don't need movies all the time on my machine. I would rather maintain all my movies & tvshows on my ...
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No internet connection on iPhone when using Macbook Air 2011 Internet Sharing
I have searched far and wide for an answer to this problem, yet none of the solutions I have seen posted have worked. I connect to the internet using a USB Modem on my MacBook Air mid-2011 model. I ...
