New answers tagged retina-macbook-pro
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The best way is to boot into your current OS X install, and download the Mountain Lion installer from the Mac App Store. When the installer asks which drive to install to, select your second partition.
Internet Recovery is different to the Recovery HD partition.
Generally…
As long as you have a valid Recovery HD partition, trying to boot into ...
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Instead of resenting the SMC (a painful procedure) try this free software.
gfxCardStatus
It is an unobtrusive menu bar app for OS X that allows MacBook Pro users to see which apps are affecting their battery life by using the more power-hungry graphics and
Manually switch to Integrated Only or Discrete Only mode to force one GPU on or the other.
Since I ...
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I use an AppleScript that toggles through 3 of the 'scale' options depending on the current option...
local index1, index2, index3
set index1 to 3 -- 1440 x 900 (Best for Retina)
set index2 to 4 -- 1680 x 1050
set index3 to 5 -- 1920 x 1200 (More Space)
-- Launch "System Preferences", open the "Displays" options and change to the "Display" tab
tell ...
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Sounds like this drive is on its last legs, given that it spontaneously dismounts and then churns. Inexpensive USB3 drives with larger capacities exist for probably less than you paid 5 years ago for this aging drive.
Go for a replacement - you won't be sorry when you really need to restore something important. Why take the chance that the drive will fail ...
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Mail > Preferences > Accounts > Advanced
There is an option called "Keep copies of messages for offline viewing"
If you have that set to All messages and their attachments, then Mail will download your entire Gmail archive, which could be several GB.
I suggest setting that to All messages but omit attachments, then quitting Mail, then deleting ...
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In mirroring mode, both screens need to use the same resolution. The external display probably can't support the huge 2880x1800, so it's lowering yours to match.
In System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement tab, uncheck the mirroring option. Then you should see two separate preferences windows, allowing you to set different resolutions for each display. ...
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Complete answer :
Some options like Sleep and displaysleep, can be modified through Power Saving in the System Preferencespanel.
Wikipedia isn't as complete as the documentation
About the differences with Faiz's pmset :
The rMPB has 2 GPU => GPU switch to save power or enhance performance
The rMBP has no HDD => SMS (uses sensors in the HDD to ...
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Battery Time Remaining is a github-hosted, open source project that aims to solve this problem. From the project page:
Battery Time Remaining
Show the estimated battery time remaining on top of your screen in Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
Why does this project exist?
Apple removed the option to show the battery time remaining in the ...
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I ran into a similar problem. It sorted itself out after I rebooted the machine and also my wireless router--so I can't obviously know which of the two actually fixed the problem. BUT, this does suggest to me steps (4) and (5) of your solution might be sufficient to solve the problem if you've already named the computer in System Preferences.
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Retina DisplayMenu lets you select specific resolutions (both HiDPI and standard resolutions) and is the app that I currently use.
Another option is QuickRes.
Selected resolution in image above is the Best for Retina resolution.
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The home folder is supposed to be owned by the user:
$ ls -l /Users/
total 0
drwxrwxrwt 6 root wheel 204 Apr 13 23:28 Shared
drwxr-xr-x@ 53 lauri staff 1802 May 11 18:00 lauri
If there are further issues, you could try running sudo chown $USER ~ or resetting home folder permissions and ACLs from the recovery partition.
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Turns out that my issue was resolved here: OS X computer name not matching what shows on terminal
sudo scutil --set ComputerName "newname"
sudo scutil --set LocalHostName "newname"
sudo scutil --set HostName "newname"
Flush the DNS cache by typing: dscacheutil -flushcache
Restart your Mac.
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I don't recommend Stealth Mode for this reason, constant pop-ups.
Mac Help says:
If you don’t either allow or deny access, the message remains
displayed, and any attempts to connect to the app are denied.
But in my experience, they dismiss instantly.
Unless you want to manage the firewall with one of the third-party apps--which are certainly ...
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I'm using two of these with a rMBP to cable two external non-Apple displays. I intend to buy a third monitor and cable it via the HDMI port on the right hand side.
If you have a lot of cash to spare, you can daisy chain monitors via thunderbolt. In this process you ...
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I think those high temps are normal for the MBP Retina ... lots of people are complaining about it. My 15" Retina MBP doesn't increase the fan speed until I render a HUUUUGE 3D komposition in After Effects, and even then the fans are not getting at full speed. So I took it to a Store and they tested it and everything seems to be OK. So i guess we just have ...
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Dead pixels aren't necessarily "black pixels". Although it's common that the dead pixel stays black, they also come in different colors and, as in your case, they can change colors too.
The way to tell if it's a software problem is to check if the pixel appears dead right after turning on the machine. If that is the case, it must be a hardware problem ...
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The characters appear when a key is held down, it's the same as on an iPhone to make it easier to type accents and things. Those are alternative S characters.
You can turn it off using:
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
in Terminal.
However, that doesn't explain the overall response rate, just the characters.
For the keyboard rate ...
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I've had this problem on multiple MacBooks (from my old Powerbook 15 from 2003 to prior to finding this question on my late 2011 MBP 13").
Apple has acknowledged it as a bug when pressing the volume buttons during heavy CPU usage way back in OS 10.2! The solution was to go back to preferences and set it back where you wanted.
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Quicktime obeys the Displays preference pane like most other applications will.
The first step to increasing the resolution for recording will be to adjust the settings to have a larger equivalent screen size as I have done in this picture (and you can take things to even larger pixel counts by selecting More Space which in turn makes items like the menu ...
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I wonder if you got a macbook retina case,(http://www.mymacbookcase.com/142-macbook-pro-retina-case-13) if the snapping would snap into the right place
and give the bottom of your laptiop a new surface to rely on and in the end giving it the proper flat botom
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If a unibody Mac is wobbly, I'd have it serviced sooner rather than later. The tolerances inside are crazy tight in some cases, so a warp could cause subsequent damage to sensitive and costly parts. A trained technician can tell at a glance if the damage was external or due to manufacturing issues.
Now, that being said, I've seen dozens of Macs where people ...
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Assuming that the surface you're placing it on is flat then, yes, this is definitely a problem. All four feet should touch the surface and no part of the body should.
I noticed a similar problem with my a Retina 15" after using it a couple of days and exchanged it immediately. The Apple Store employee agreed that this was not right and that maybe it was ...
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Are you sure your table/desk is actually flat ? Did you test it on several surfaces ?
If yes, then I'd go to the Apple Store and had it replaced. This is a premium machine and it should be of good factor. I bet the genius will exchange it or have another one commanded for you if you don't have a standard configuration.
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The thing is, The higher impedance headphones will be much lower quality on a low impedance output such as the macbook. Coming from an audiophile, If you only have a macbook and you dont have the dough to buy a $500 headphone amp, its not worth it! a $150 set of headphones would be better quality than an $800 dollar set without an amp.
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I'm a Windows developer using Parallels 8 to run a Windows 8 VM on a 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 15".
I was able to solve the issues I was having with the Visual Studio applications and other apps (I describe some of the issues I was seeing below) by going to Parallels configuration through 'Configure... -> Hardware -> Video' and setting the resolution to ...
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You need to use an external application to control fan speed in an smart way. "Lubbo's MacBook Pro Fan Control" is the best option to use:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lubbofancontrol/
Don't forget, in order to have smart control on fans speed, just change the value of "CPU Key" to "TC0F". Then restart the application.
Place a shortcut of this ...
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Fixed it. I had a defaults key "AppleMagnifiedMode = YES". After deleting it, I get crisp apps in HiDPI mode.
$ defaults delete NSGlobalDomain AppleMagnifiedMode
(See also http://lists.apple.com/archives/carbon-dev/2012/Jun/msg00003.html for details on the key.)
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