Apple's line of Macintosh portable computers, first introduced in January 2006.
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Mini DisplayPort and DVI cables not working?
I recently bought a Mini DisplayPort to DVI and DVI/DVI cable to connect to my monitor. However, when I connect my MacBook Pro (late 2009) to the monitor it doesn't work - laptop screen flashes blue, ...
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Kernel panic recurring
I keep getting the following kernel panic. Can anyone help me, please? As a test I have just change HDD to SSD and update memory from 2 GB to 8 GB. All said to be compatible with mac. Upgraded os x to ...
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MacBook Pro won't power on after SMC reset
Some water was spilled on the table and came in contact with my wife's Mid 2009 MacBook Pro near the MagSafe adapter causing the MBP to shut itself off. Based on some recommendations from the ...
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Detecting a drive (dead or alive) loaded in optical bay
I loaded a SSD into the optical bay of my 2011 MBP today, and initially it was picked up just fine - I used disk utility to format it to extended journalled, and set about moving files onto it with ...
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Bluetooth Not Available - Mid 2010 Macbook Pro
I have a 13" mid 2010 Macbook Pro running 10.8.3. For some reason, I started it up the other day and my Bluetooth is now for some reason unavailable.
I've had this problem in the past, and if my ...
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MacBook Pro Lion crashes after a progress bar boot
Basically my MBP started giving me messages (out of nowhere) about how my Memory was too low and that I needed to shut down a few programs before continuing. In the end I was left with only Finder ...
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Black screen when installing Boot Camp?
I recently did a complete wipe of my late 2009 MBP and restore using a Time Machine backup, so I would have uninterupted space at the end of the drive for creating a Boot Camp partition. The Boot Camp ...
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How do I improve my performance of my MBP (2009) after upgrading to 10.8.2
I'm relatively a novice when it comes to computers. I recently upgraded my MBP to the new OS X 10.8.2 and noticed that it's running much slower now. I purchased this laptop in the summer of 2009. ...
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Time Machine stuck on “Preparing Backup”
I have a MacBook Pro from 2009. It came with OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) but I upgraded to 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
A few days ago, I tried to backup my files on an external hard drive, like I have ...
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Wireless Mouse only works with USB hub
I have a Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 and a mid-2012 Macbook Pro (non-Retina). I normally have a lot of USB devices that I need to have plugged in so when I got my Macbook Pro I just continued ...
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Daisy-Chaining a DVI Monitor on a Thunderbolt Display?
I currently have a mid-2012 MacbookPro that is connected to a 27" Thunderbolt display. I also have a 17" Samsung Syncmaster that only has VGA & DVI port on it. So I bought the MiniDisplay-to-DVI ...
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Built-In Trackpad and Keyboard Unresponsive after Sleep or Restart
I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2008) that's currently running 10.7.3. I've been finding that it will intermittently freeze and then I have to shut down and restart the computer, but sometimes ...
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Odd (potentially DNS) network problems on my Macbook Pro (VPN / Network Connect related)
I was reluctant to ask a new question as there appears to be a million dns related questions on here and elsewhere already, but, I think mine might be a bit different.
An example, right now I am ...
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How to disable battery charging?
From the pmset man page:
POWER SOURCE ARGUMENTS
-g with a 'batt' or 'ps' argument will show the state of all attached power sources.
[…] Certain Apple battery calibration tools may ...
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Unable to display 1920x1080 on a 1080 monitor
I have a Macbook Pro 15" i5, and I'm connecting it to a Samsung 40" 1080p monitor.
Previously, it displayed a 1920x1080 resolution just fine, but then I accidentally changed something in the OSX ...
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Macbook pro 2009 2.66 samsung SSD 830 won't boot internally
I'm trying to install a Samsung 830 GB in a MacBook Pro 2.66 (2009). It boots and works perfectly external using USB (im using it now) but not internally, so I was wondering what I have to do to make ...
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Bootcamp HD monitor overscan problem on MBP
I've got a MacBook Pro (Early 2011) set up with Windows 7 64-bit on a Boot Camp partition. I'm using a mini DisplayPort adapter and an HDMI cable to connect to an Asus VH232H monitor. The problem is ...
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install Lion on Imac with macbook-pro HDD copy
Is it possible to do a new lion install on an imac if you copied/cloned the HDD of your macbook-pro (with CCC)?
In theory that is ofcourse, because it won't.
The installer log, mentions:
missing ...
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Huawei device pairing with Mac
I am trying to connect my Huawei phone to my Mac. I get it as a new device and I can see it in the file manager. Now I would like point my Mac to some drivers of this small Huawei device. (I have them ...
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How to disable the Macbook internal display and only use the external display on Snow Leopard?
Preferably without having to reboot etc, use magnets, or open/close the lid + waking it via USB peripherals I would like to have my MacBook display in "projector only" mode. Ideally, I'd like to be ...
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How do I ignore accidental trackpad input on MBP with Windows?
I have a MacBook Pro running Windows 7 and the mouse pointer keeps jumping when I type because of my palm resting on the trackpad. The ignore accidental input option is checked in the Boot Camp ...
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Burning disks fails with error 0x80020022 on MacbookPro 2012
My Macbook Pro is about 22 weeks old and I keep getting this error:
0x80020022 (communication with drive failed) when trying to burn DVDs or "attempt to burn a disc failed"/unknown error -3 in iTunes.
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Bluetooth keyboard causing wifi to freak out, in turn using all of my CPU and RAM?
I paired my Apple Bluetooth keyboard with my Macbook Retina running 10.8.3 today, and noticed that my fan starting running really loudly.
Opening Activity Monitor, it showed that a task, ...
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How can I watch iTunes purchased movie on my Mac if it is missing in my library?
I have purchased Cars 2 HD movie on my iTunes. I can't find it and/or play it on my Mac now. the only option is to buy it once more. I have just one iTunes account. when go to the movie bar in my ...
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Replacing optical drive in macbook with SSD: does it matter where the SSD drive is installed?
I've just replaced my MacBook Pro's optical drive with an SSD. I used OWC's Data Doubler kit. I've moved my OS and all my data onto the SSD, and I'm now using it as my boot volume.
In other threads, ...
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How to fix weird screen issues on Macbook Pro after appr. half an hour of activity?
Recently my couple year old MacBook Pro has been acting up strangely. I generally use it for watching videos. After about half an hour or so of activity, the screen starts to look like this:
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since updating to 10.8.3 on my MBP, my keyboard backlight does not come on until i enter my password
since updating to 10.8.3 on my MBP, my keyboard backlight does not come on until I enter my password and my mac comes up. This makes it very difficult to enter my password at night with low light ...
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Macbook pro evolution between 2011 and 2013 models
Is there an easy way to understand how Macbook pros evolved from 2011 to 2013?
It seems (to me at least) that until the retina display was introduced there were no revolutionary changes in the ...
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Sound device not found on MacBook Pro
I own a MacBook Pro 2012 running OS X Mountain Lion. I use Soundflowerbed. After quitting this software, my master volume in the Audio MIDI Setup was low and kind of disabled. I tried to restart ...
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After years dead, MacBook display suddenly worked, until PRAM zapped
A couple of years ago, I got liquid in my MacBook Pro 5,2 (Unibody 17" Early 2009). After that, the display never worked. Apple Stores and Authorized Repair places insist on me paying over $1000 for a ...
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How to interpret outcome of Apple Hardware Test on Malfunctioning Macbook-Pro/Snow Leopard
Ran Apple Hardware Test from original Tiger install disc to diagnose recurrent worsening inconsistent kernel panics. The Hardware Test hangs up at 35 seconds, while "testing memory." The first time ...
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Where to get older bootcamp drivers?
I recently partitioned my MBP 15", early 2011 model, so I could run windows. I installed Windows XP and now I have no Wifi. I've installed the bootcamp drivers off CD of Snow Leopard and the disks ...
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Is installing a HDD instead of SuperDrive safe?
It's pretty popular to replace ones optical drive* on the MacBook Pro with a HDD, but how serious are the risks?
*In most cases, you'd do this when installing a third-party SSD, but I'd like to leave ...
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Restarting speakers without rebooting?
My MacBook Pro internal speaker has crashed, as it does every few months. I'm sure a reboot will fix it, but wondering if there's any way I could restore the speaker without rebooting? (Setting things ...
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MBP w/ OS X 10.8.3 Performing Quite Slowly Lately
My MBP (2.66 GHz i7, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD) is about two or so years old. It's been running like a champ for most of its life. However, within the past few months, I've noticed a considerable degradation ...
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iMessage, FaceTime, Back to my Mac not working (Mountain Lion clean install)
After doing a clean install of Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro (13" unibody, MacBookPro5,5) and upgrading to 10.8.3 I'm having trouble with iMessage, Facetime and Back to My Mac. I am running Little ...
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MBP early '11 kernel_task over 300% when unplugged
Ok, after reading so many topics and not finding a solution maybe I should join the army of people posting topics about a kernel_task problem with a MBP.
Which MacBook do I own: MacBook Pro 13", ...
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MBP with Mountain Lion 10.8.3 loses connection to system SSD at random times and freezes
So, out of nowhere my 2009 MacBook (2,66 GHz Core 2 Duo, 8 GByte aftermarket ram) started freezing after 200+ days of uptime (sleep time included of course). I had installed a Crucial CT256M4SSD2 ...
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Toggling internet sharing when ethernet cable dis/connected
The room where I'm staying has an ethernet connection, so when I'm there I turn on internet sharing so that my Kindle and phone will have a WiFi connection. But when I'm at work I have to use Airport ...
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Macintosh HD missing after failed catalog btree rebuilding
There is an I/O error in the hard disk in my MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion and as I start it up, a progress bar fills up and then it shuts down on its own. I attempted to recover the files in ...
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MacBook Pro won't connect to wireless internet, though it says it already is!
I am suddenly having problems with my MacBook Pro's wireless connectivity. It has worked flawlessly up to this point: I choose a wireless network from the list, I type the password, and it just ...
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I can't access apple.com from my Macbook
For some reason I cannot access apple.com from my MacBook since last week. Was Lion at that time, so I thought updating to Mountain might help, but no luck. Also a full reset and back to original ...
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Wireless USB adaptors for Macs
We've just got a new projector at work which sports fancy Wireless VGA connectivity. We have a Wireless USB adaptor to connect to it, but there are no drivers for Macs and OS X available for it.
I've ...
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Macbook Pro Early 2011 15 inch, Mountain Lion Booting issue
My Macbook Pro is not booting normally. I tried many options but no success. If I try to recovery mode or try to boot from USB, a blue screen appears. So I can't do fresh install. I checked hardware ...
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Recover GPT Hard Disk files on Windows
My friends 2008(ish) era macbook pro died recently but the SATA HDD is fine, I have removed it and plugged it into a Windows 7 machine. I can see in Paragon Partition Manager that the drive is a GPT ...
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How can I sync notes in iPhone with macbook pro and vice versa by using either bluetooth or using USB cable?
I have iPhone 4 and macbook pro. I have some notes in my iPhone. I would like to sync those notes to my iPhone. How can I sync notes in iPhone with macbook pro and vice versa by using either ...
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Keyboard Shortcut For Entering Screen Saver
How can I enter Screen Saver without wating few minutes? Is there an application I could run, keyboard shortcut maybe? I'm using rMBP running ML.
EDIT: All I found was using Hot Corner as explained ...
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Wifi network not showing up
I have a weird problem, and internet isn't really helpful on that one.
I have a macbook pro and a wifi network. The macbook pro can see plenty of wifi network around, but very rarely mine.
The wifi ...
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USB 2.0 hard disk does not show up
I have a 15-inch Macbook Pro with Retina Display that doesn't work with my USB 2 hard disk. It doesn't mount, doesn't show up in Disk Utility, and doesn't even show up in System Information in the ...
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Momentary freeze in Mac OS X on USB device atachment
This seems to have only started recently, but every time I attach a USB device or removable media (SD Card) to my Mac Book Pro running OS X 10.8.3 there is a freeze in the mouse cursor for a few ...
