Questions tagged [hardware]
Matters involving physical computer components, circuitry and parts, as opposed to matters of software or computer programming
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Possible to force MacOS from switching input audio source while plugging in headphones?
It's usual to have the audio sources (both input & output) switched automatically when a new hardware is plugged in (headphones, speakers etc. into the 3.5 mm headphone jack). But what I want is -
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Why Apple gave the M1 a M prefix [closed]
I was looking to the Apple Compare Ipad Models site using the Wayback Machine and I saw that before the late 2018 there was a chip that was given the M prefix(The coprocessors with and after the A7 ...
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Vertical scrolling is lagging and snapping to a virtual grid
The hardware is a refurbished iPhone 12 Pro Max, unknown history. Up to date iOS 16.
Here is how the vertical scrolling feels all across the system: horizontal axis is time, vertical axis is distance ...
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How to tell from the hardware if logic board is Core i5 or i7?
I have a faulty logic board that I removed from a MacBook Pro, 13 inch, Late 2016; my problem is that I forgot to mark down if it was an i5 or i7 logic board before removing the part. The board has ...
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MacBook Air M1 - What is this spare part of the display called?
I broke my display by closing it while something was left in the gap between body and display panel. There seems to be some sort of sticker covering the lower part of the display and I wonder if this ...
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Repair Macbook Keyboard
I have had a problem with my keyboard for over a year. Most of the time the letters between E and O don't work, so I'm forced to use another keyboard. I have noticed that pushing on the keys can help ...
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M1 MacBook Air playing both channels of audio out of the left side
My late 2020 M1 MacBook Air has picked up a new quirk: audio from both the left and right channel is only coming out of the left side speaker. What's odd about it is that if I play a "stereo test&...
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MacBookPro 13” Retina Early 2015 system overloading
I have an Early 2015 MacBookPro 13" which I use actively. The specs are as follows:
3,1 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7
16 GB 1867 MHz DDR4
Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB
I mainly use it for ...
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Which key mechanism do Apple Magic Keyboards use?
Apple currently has 2 different Magic Keyboards:
A2449 Magic Keyboard with Touch ID
A2450 Magic Keyboard with Lock Key
I'm trying to decide between the two. I don't necessarily need Touch ID, but I ...
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Keyboard and fan problems after battery replacement in 2017 MBP
I just replaced the battery in my 2017 Macbook Pro (no fancy bar above the keyboard). I used the Egoway battery for A1708, which is the model number shown on the bottom of the computer. I had read ...
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Diagnosing failed Wi-Fi on 2018 MacBook Pro
I tend to collect MacBook Pros as I upgrade. I recently dusted off a 2018 MBP because I needed an Intel processor (my current Mac is an M1), and it seems the Wi-Fi no longer works.
That is, the system ...
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Very poor performance of Apple AirPods Pro 2nd generation
I guess it took me this long (almost 2 months) to recognise in plainer terms that my new AirPods Pro (2nd generation) have consistently had severe connection problems and overall really poor ...
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The uniqueness of Neural Engine of Mac, among the chip industry/market
From Wikipedia:
The neural engine allows Apple to implement neural network and machine learning in a more energy-efficient manner than using either the main CPU or the GPU. However, third party apps ...
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2009 iMac Display has thin transparent vertical lines
I recently got a 2009 27 inch iMac. I noticed the display has weird thin transparent vertical lines shown in the photo below.
The lines don't obstruct anything, and are less visible the farther you ...
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Is ST-TCDMMAM dock compatible with Macbook pro M1 2021? [closed]
I just got a Macbook Pro M1 2021 model and I am looking for a compatible dock for it.
I have found this product but before ordering it I would like to know if its compatible with the specific laptop.
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Constant beeping and erasing words, not typing after hours of use (MacBook Pro 13-inch, 2017, four thunderbolt 3 ports)
I have a five-year old 2017 MacBook Pro with 8 GB of RAM. After hours of use, and never on startup, my MBP continuously beeps, and it does not stop for several minutes.
While it is beeping, I can't ...
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What is the silver checkered circle on the iPhone 14 camera panel?
Here's the image for reference:
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No way of having Internet Diagnostics on MacBook Pro 16
I'd like to run Internet Diagnostics on my MacBook Pro 16 2019, but for reasons that puzzle me, I really can't. When I shutdown, press the power button and hold the D (or even Option D) key nothing ...
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Why do some accessory brands have pin 3, pin 2-3 or pin 6-7 removed from Apple's Lightning connector?
As you know, the Apple lightning cable has 8 pins on each side, but some accessory brands have some production of the same lightning cable as Apple but its have fewer than 8 pins. They have removed ...
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Escape key press isn't registered on M1 Macbook
On my 14" M1 MBP running MacOS Monterey, pressing the escape key suddenly stopped registering for exiting dialogs or entering the command mode in VIM. I opened the on-screen keyboard in System ...
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I have 8 logical cores, so why is the value of machdep.cpu.logical_per_package 16?
I have a MacBook Pro 15-Inch "Core i7" 2.8 Mid-2015, running Catalina 10.15.7 - detailed specs here:
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-2.8-15-dual-...
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Macbook Pro key rubber part broke [duplicate]
I have an M1 MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021). I was cleaning my keyboard by removing the keys and trying to clean the dirt underneath. I had already successfully cleaned a few keys, when this happened: I ...
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Best strategy to change SSD in old MBP
I have two old Macbook Pros (late 2013, identical model).
A is not needed anymore, has a broken battery and touchpad but 1 TB SSD.
B is still in use by one person (for simple browser stuff that's ok) ...
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iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017 won't boot after RAM upgrade to 64GB
Currently my iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017 has 4 x 8GB DDR4 (2400MHZ) OEM RAM installed.
I wanted to max out the RAM to the full 64GB allowed for my model, so I purchased 4 x 16GB DDR4 RAM (2400MHz) ...
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How can I find the minimum wattage requirement to charge a MacBook?
I was in an electronics store and needed to know if any of their powerbanks would charge my 2019 MacBook Pro. The powerbanks outputted 20 watts, and I know if a MacBook is provided with too low ...
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Is the speed the same when the chip is the same?
If two Macs use the same chip the compute speed should be the same correct? What would the difference in speed be between:
2022 Apple MacBook Air Laptop with M2 chip
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iPhone SE 2020 (iOS 16.1) NFC reader not working
My phone is about 2.5 years old, and in that time the NFC reader has worked without problems. But recently my phone stopped being able to read NFC chips - such as wireless payment.
I've tried to ...
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Communicating with plotter / vinyl cutter driver issues (Summa)
I have a 'vintage' plotter SummaSign D610. It has a serial connector (TrippLite This one). I connect the serial cable to an FTDI adaptor. This converts it to USB, USB-C on my Mac (running Big Sur 11.6....
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Cinema HD Display Screen Blemish
I have an oldish Apple Cinema HD Display that I haven't used in a while and that I want to connect to my Mac. When I connected it, I discovered this weird whitish tarnish.
How could this have ...
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Pentalobe Screws alternatives for MacBook Pro Unibody
I have a MacBook Pro Unibody mid 2012 15'' with several Pentalobe screws used to attach the Motherboard. Unfortunately, I lost some screws after replacing the Keyboard. While I still have most of them,...
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MacBook Pro 2016 screen goes black once it is opened [duplicate]
I have tried all the NVRAM and SMC recommended fixes, but none have fixed it.
I need to open the screen slowly. After it passes ~45 degrees it goes black. To bring it back I have to close it again and ...
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Can't replace iphone battery because of stripped screw head
My iPhone X battery needs replacing but the Apple Store said one of the screws has been threaded and can't be removed, so they can't take it apart and replace the battery.
The fact that the only place ...
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USB components connected through a monitor stop working
I have started experiencing a strange problem. I have a MacBook Pro 14" 2021, and an LG UltraFine monitor that's connected to it through a thunderbolt cable. The monitor charges the computer. It ...
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How hard is it to replace keys on a MacBook Pro 14’ (2021)?
This is possibly a duplicate if the difficulty of changing the keys for keyboard for a MacBook Pro hasn’t changed since 2016 but even then, my question differs slightly.
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Does my 2020 MacBook Air have an external magnetic field that might be erasing a magnetic stripe pressed against the bottom? If so, where?
I keep a thin paper booklet with a magnetically encoded stripe in the same thin protective case as my 2020 MacBook Air (1.1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5), and when it's in my backpack it's pressed to ...
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Writing successful invitation to tender
I use macbook air for work and privately for many years. Every time I use to buy these laptops privately. However, I got recently funds to buy computers for my research group at university. Quite ...
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Why is a haptic motor used for trackpad clicks on the m2 MBA?
I understand it with the iPhone SE because it would add waterproofing. But the MacBook isn't actually waterproof. So what is the benefit? And isn't it another electrical component to burn out or ...
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MBP 2019 13" 4x Thunderbolt 3 ports (electric ESC button)
A novice here. I got a PC repair kit to open my titular MBP machine to clean under the trackpad. After success, I closed it and everything working normal.
Found a missing washer, opened it again to ...
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Extremely low system speed [duplicate]
I have a MacBook Pro 13" Early 2015. Recently, my keyboard has broken. It first reported spurious hits, then after a few days nothing, so the computer was usable only with an external keyboard. ...
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2011 Macbook Pro a1286 power issue
I recently dug up my old 2011 mbp and it had graphics issues with the AMD Radeon HD 6750M, so I disabled it with the infamous
nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00
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Macbook screen is not perfectly smooth
Several days after purchasing a MBP M1 Pro I noticed that the screen is not perfectly smooth. I wasn't able to capture this on camera.
If I turn off the screen, and then look from the side so ...
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13" Mid 2015 Macbook Pro Retina completely slows down on low battery and shuts off at 5%
So recently, I was given a 2015 13" Retina Macbook Pro with a completely dead battery. I replaced it with an iFixit battery and immediately noticed some strange behavior. First, it drains a bit ...
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Is there any reason to expect that a USB floppy drive marketed for Windows will fail to work with a Mac?
Someone else asks about using a USB floppy drive on a modern Mac, and the answer is that they "still work". This implies that the answerer is talking about a USB that previously worked on a ...
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Keys '9', 'o', 'L', '.' not working in MacBook pro
All of a sudden my keyboard keys 'o', '9', 'L', '.', '-' and right arrow stopped working. Even on Keyboard viewer when pressed respective keys are not getting highlighted. In Safe mode, Recovery mode ...
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Computer and Internet Extremely Slow and Fan Constantly Running Audibly: 2016 15" Macbook Pro
My computer is a 2016 Macbook Pro. The battery service warning came on, and I did my research and determined the battery was at the end of its life. At the same time the fan was always running audibly,...
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Macintosh IIsi Hard disk pinout
A simple one if you know the answer: how many pins does the SCSI interface on the Mac IIsi have.
I thought I could just pull drives from my SE/30 collection but it sounds like that's not the case. ...
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My macbook doesn't turn on by attempting lot of times [duplicate]
I am having a issue with my Macbook where it doesn't turn on (power-on) randomly, And turns on randomly by attempting lot of times to open it, what issues could I be possibly be facing? My laptop is ...
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Can a Mac Studio's RAM be upgraded?
Looking at a new upgrade with the Mac Studio and the M1 Max Chip running 32gb of RAM. It indicates that the RAM can be configureable to 64gb. Can I purchase the 32gb option and later on upgrade to ...
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MacBook Pro 2015 with 2013 Logic Board Boot Camp Error
Attempting to use Windows on my Mac using Boot Camp. I upgraded my Mac's storage. Using 1 TB of space: 600 GB for macOS, 400 GB for Windows, only to get the same error message of "Your device ran ...
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Memory error occured after AHT
I have MacBook Pro 6,2 mid-2010 15-inch with Core i7 2.66GHz, 8GB Ram, 240GB SSD. Since it doesn't support a later OS than High Sierra it became useless and I wanted to use Linux on it, but before I ...
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