A MacBook Pro announced during the summer 2012 WWDC. The 15-inch screen has a native resolution of 2880 by 1800, making it by far the highest resolution display on a portable computer.
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What kind of adaptor do I need to connect RJ45 / ethernet cable to my Macbook Pro Retina display?
There is no RJ45 / ethernet port on my macbook. I'm not sure what ports can support this and my choices are thunderbolt or USB or HDMI adaptor?
Or should I just buy a mini wireless router?
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How to use my phone number on my Macbook's Messages?
iMessage is very confusing as my email and phone number keeps receiving different messages at random occasions rather than having all messages sent to both. This is very apparent in group messages.
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Disabling HD4000 on MacBook Pro
HD 4000 on my MacBook Pro shared 512 MB RAM from my main memory, which is calculated as part of kernel_task.
My question is simple, is there a way to disable it, stopping it from taking up 512 MB of ...
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OS X Mountain Lion: Change resolution automatically when on battery
I have a rMBP running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
I normally use the display at a 1680x1050. Is there a way to have the display automatically change resolution to the default retina when on battery, and ...
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OS X 10.8.2 max resolution
Does anyone know what maximum resolution (NUMBERxNUMBER) OS X Mountain Lion supports? What happens is that when I use my full 2880x1800 everything looks small. is there a way to use my full 2880x1800 ...
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Can't boot to newly created Recovery Partiton
I am using DeployStudio to distribute my Mac images and when I create a new image the recovery partiton seems to be deleted on the new Retinas. I have followed this in the past, ...
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Other resolution (no scaling) in MacBook Pro retina
What do the other resolutions look like? I know in OS X you can't go down (for now) to really (non retina) at 1440x900 and also in Windows (for no new bootcamp driver) you can't; but I see how in the ...
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How do I get Time Machine to work during Power Nap
I tested Power Nap on my MacBook Pro Retina (Aug 2012) and my Time Machine backup hasn't made any progress. Even the hard drive light is out while the machine sleeps.
Energy saver is at the default ...
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What is the maximum resolution for a second monitor attached to a MBP Retina?
I'm curious if my new machine will support (for example) 3840x2400 retina-quality external monitor in additional to the built-in screen or whether that will exceed the capacity of the video card.
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Is there a Retina Enabled IDE to do some programming on the new MacBook Pro?
From the answers to this question: How does Eclipse work on new Retina MacBook Pros?
It seems that Eclipse on the new Retina a display appears pretty bad. Is there an IDE that currently works well on ...
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How can I make screenshots be true pixels?
It seems like all my screenshots end up being twice as many pixels as they should even though I run the screen in 1920x1200. If I screenshot this editing box, via command + shift + 4 it says about ...
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Windows 8 RP says no network adapter found under boot camp in the new Retina MBP. Can anyone help me get the driver for the network adapter?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6008/windows-8-on-the-retina-display-macbook-pro
"The problem is Apple doesn't provide a Boot Camp driver set for the Retina MacBook Pro yet. I had to use the Broadcom ...
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How long would it take for FileVault to encrypt my Retina Macbook Pro?
I have a Retina Macbook Pro with the following specifications :
Mountain Lion OSX 10.8.2
Processor 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 - 500 GB Flash Storage
286.83 GB of 499.42 ...
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MacBook Pro 13 inch for work
I have just sold my iMac 27 inches for the reason it being too big! I will avoid mentioning the reasons, but...
Now that I have got the exact money to buy the new 13 inch retina one. Problem is I am ...
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Macbook Pro Retina 15" nearly burning my fingers, is this normal?
A few months ago I bought the new Macbook Pro Retina 15" with a 2.7GHz I7 cpu.
So far it's been working fine, but as soon as just 1 of the cpu cores is at 100% the thing heats up like crazy. Heating ...
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Can you color label a file/folder in Finder using a keyboard shortcut? [duplicate]
Is there a faster way to label a selected file or folder without having to right-click and choosing a colour ? Such as a keyboard shortcut or another method to do this ?
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How can I debug a series of piped commands in zsh?
The command
ioreg -lw0 | grep \"EDID\" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6
is not giving any result. Can any one help.
I got this command from an article that maintains (I ...
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Aliased fonts in Picasa for OS X
I just installed Picasa on Mountain Lion, but the fonts are really ugly and aliased:
This is a MacBook Pro with Retina display, if that makes a difference.
Is there something I can do about this?
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Kernel Panic on Shutdown
For a few weeks, every time I shutdown my laptop, It immediately reboots and displays a kernel panic error. I haven't been able to cleanly shut down for some time. The machine is a 15" Retina Macbook ...
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Can Apple's Notes handle pictures pasted from Clipboard?
I was viewing an article and taking random screenshots from interesting parts and pasting them in Notes. Today I open Notes and the pictures are gone, and Notes crashes if I try to select the missing ...
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Parallels window problem
I'm using Parallels on my mac. But when I open a software the font are so small, it's very weird. Can anyone help me out!!!
The picture above is when I open up my chrome, how can I fix it?
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Can Aperture be migrated or reinstalled from iMac to MacBook Pro (which has no DVD drive)?
Can Aperture be migrated or reinstalled a new MacBook Pro which has no DVD drive? Would target disk mode work to simply copy the file? I think Aperture usually runs an "installation" rather than just ...
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Window size of VirtualBox on mac
I'm trying to install Windows by using VirtualBox on mac, but the size of VirtualBox don't fit the size of my mac.
The window size is too small, how can I make it fit my computer?
By the way, I'm ...
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Font smoothing on external display working badly. (rMBP)
I have attached two external monitors to my retina MacBook Pro:
24" Dell 1920x1200 with HDMI->DVI
19" Samsung 1280x1024 with Thunderbolt->VGA
While non-retina enabled apps look just fine (e.g. ...
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How often should I remove the charger from my rMBP?
I want my battery to remain healthy. I used to charge it full then remove the charger after it's done, then put it back on when it goes down to 10% .. However this is becoming hectic and I was ...
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Are the Retina MacBook Pro 15" suitable for PC (Windows) gaming?
I want to buy a MacBook Pro Retina 15" and install Windows 7 or 8 (boot camp) to play games.
Obviously games aren't ready for this 2880x1800 resolution, so I hope I can set the games to run at ...
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Do I need Hibernate option ON for my Retina Macbook Pro?
I have a Retina MBP and have the following settings using pmset -g
As you can see below, standby is 1 and hibernationmode is 3, meaning that I have DEEP SLEEP turned on, after 7200 seconds.
Do I ...
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What is the normal fan speed for the 15'' Retina Macbook Pro?
What is the typical fan speed for a 15'' Retina Macbook Pro ?
I would like to compare it with mine using istatpro
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Text randomly disappears while typing?
rMBP OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
While chatting with friends on facebook, the text randomly disappears and appears at random intervals. I cannot induce the effect manually. It is very frustrating to see ...
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Resolution 2880 x 1800 not available in Windows 8 (VMware Fusion 5)
I've installed Windows 8 in a VMware Fusion 5 virtual machine. Actually, I upgraded the virtual machine from VMware Fusion 4.
I'd like to set my retina MacBook Pro's resolution to the display's ...
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Full-screen games on a Retina Macbook Pro sometimes start strangely
When I start Braid on my Retina Macbook Pro, the game will sometimes start normally, and I can play it, but other times only the bottom left corner of the game is visible, and the graphics look really ...
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How can I make crisper screen shots on MBP Retina?
So we all know that the Retina has a double density screen. As such, when I take screen shots they are 144ppi instead of 72ppi. These are great when I am looking at them in Photoshop, but if I paste ...
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Dual monitor on Macbook Pro Retina: difference between 13 and 15 inches?
Can the HD 4000 of the Macbook Pro Retina 13 easily handle 2 monitor at 1920x1080 or would it be better to buy a Macbook Pro Retina 15 because it has a separate GPU ? At the Macbook Retina's release, ...
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What happened to detect displays?
I'm running Mountain Lion with a retina MacBook Pro with three external monitors attached. Quite often, one or more of the monitors blacks out. Normally, I would choose "detect displays" in the ...
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My new MBP Retina needs to be recharged after 2 1/2 hours
I got my 13" retina MBP a few weeks ago, and used it quite a lot since then. However I noticed that battery drains incredibly quickly, I'm asked to recharge it after 2 1/2 hours of usage.
I'm using ...
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Running 10.6 on an MBP Retina Display
Has anyone successfully managed to run 10.6 (Snow Leopard) off a MBP Retina Display? I've only managed to get 10.7+ running so far from an external disk. 10.6 seems to just do nothing. This is because ...
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VMware Fusion auto-adjusting Windows 7 resolution on MacBook Pro Retina
Finally my company bought me a MacBook Pro Retina (yeah! I feel so lucky!)
I always used Windows (and need it, because of Visual Studio), so I installed VMware Fusion.
I installed Windows 7 as ...
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Cannot update Microsoft Office Word 2011 to 14.2.3 on OSX
I just purchased Microsoft Office 2011 for MAC and installed it on my rMBP OSX 10.8.2 running Mountain Lion. The installed version from purchase is 14.2.0. I tried installing 14.2.3 but it failed due ...
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Retina Macbook Pro BootCamp vs Parallells Performance
I'm thinking of getting rid of my old gaming PC and just bootcamping / virtualizing on my Retina Macbook Pro.
I've tried using a VM (VMWare Fusion) and the performance there was pretty awful, has ...
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Command + C does not always work from the first try in Microsoft Word (Office 2011)
I have no idea why COMMAND + C doesn't always register from the first time. I sometimes try to copy something off Word, but I have to press COMMAND + C more than once for it to register, otherwise ...
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Will 27' 2560x1440 Korean IPS monitor (brand: Crossover) with DVI-D output work with MBP retina?
I have a 15' MBP retina (which has HDMI and Thunderbolt interfaces for connecting to external displays).
I was planning to buy this 27' Crossover monitor (one of those Korean displays that have ...
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The free vs. inactive memory ratio on a Mac with 16 GB RAM has me concerned
I am looking for clarification since I am seeing large allocations of RAM on my Mac. I have 16 GB of RAM and recently installed Windows 7 on Parallels. When the machine runs, I see 3.55 GB Free memory ...
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How do I fix mura issues on my 15 inch retina Macbook Pro with a Samsung display?
My 2.3 Ghz 15 retina Macbook Pro with a Samsung display, seems to have some "mura" spots on the display. I have owned this laptop since July, and just recently have become aware of it.
You only ...
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Shut Down or Reboot Your RETINA Mac with a Keyboard Command
I have seen a shortcut to shutdown mac using key combinations. It includes the use of eject key. But since retina macbooks dont have eject key how do I shutdown/reboot the retina mac.
This link is ...
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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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RetinaPad equivalent for MacBook Pro Retina?
Is there anything like RetinaPad for the MacBook Pro Retina?
Essentially, it would be something that would automate the process of setting NSHighResolutionCapable to true so that text would render ...
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Turn off blurring on Mac Book Pro with Retina display
I think it's already known issue that old applications look blurry on the new retina display, but some look ok, just worse quality. As an example I want you too look on the image below:
It's clearly ...
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Buying a Macbook pro retina 15", RAM or storage? [closed]
I'm a web developer but I use a lot Photoshop and video editing software too and I'm about to buy a Macbook Pro retina 15" 2.4GHz.
I'm not sure if I should upgrade to 16GB of RAM or to 512GB of ...
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Disabling Hibernation AND DeepSleep mode on Retina Macbook Pro reduce battery life?
I am currently on 90%, HDMI connected to 2nd monitor, about 5-6 links open in Safari, terminal running (coding on python), Stickies, Messages, and Mail are running.
My battery has 2h of remaining ...
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MacBook Pro Retina running Bootcamp with 2 external 27" monitors
I am wanting to buy a MacBook Pro Retina but am currently really nervous about doing so. I've read that everything seems to run well on the Retina and is usable as long as you have the latest graphics ...
