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    Is Macbook Pro 13 good for a Master student Robotics and Control Engineering?

    Hi guys, It is time for me to sell my Surface Pro 4 and buy a new sound and powerful computer. About that, I am looking for a shift from Windows to Mac OS, but I am not fully convinced if it could be a good choice because the possibility of having software incompatibilities. According to my...
    • icarlo
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    • engineer engineering mac macbook macos windows
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Cannot install macOS Mojave: error updating firmware.

    I just tried to upgrade to macOS Mojave (from the latest macOS version before Mojave) and I am getting the following error: macOS could not be installed on your computer. An error occurred while updating firmware. Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again. As it suggests, I...
  3. loon3y

    iOS Xcode 9 to Xcode 10 Optimized?

    For me its fine because im on a MacBook Pro 2014 But has anyone on an older iMac 2011-2012 see any optimization? My other colleagues are a bit nervous to update Xcode and have it crawl. Xcode 8 to Xcode 9 saw a significant decrease in performance on older Macs.
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    Water Damage (please help)

    I spilled a little bit of tap water on my 2013 MacBook Air 13" keyboard. I was playing music on it, and it suddenly became unresponsive. Then the music stopped playing and it turned off. I tried turning it on to no avail. At first, I didn't know it was water damage, so I tried all these weird...
    • spaarnah
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    • help mac macbookair please help water water damage
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: MacBook Air
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    Dual Gpu in Mac Pro 5,1

    Hi, I have a Mac Pro 5,1 with a AMD RX560 and now I am going to have another one from other computer, my question is if I can put them together inside and how do they work? I know SLI does not work on Mac but I don't know if there is something similar or the cards just work individual. Should I...
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    OS X Mavericks on mid-2015 rMBP

    Hi everyone, since I like the older ui design more and had some time to spare I started wondering if I could get Mavericks on my mid-2015 rMBP as it has nearly the same specs as the mid-2014 rMBP. I installed Mavericks from my 2011 iMac to an external drive and after tinkering around and...
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    Macbook Pro Humidity Issue

    Hello, I have a Macbook Pro and I think It's having a humidity issue. Yesterday the cover was closed and I left a half-wet shirt on top of it for around 20 minutes, and when I was back it was not opening. I tried rebooting, SMC etc. I flipped it so the keyboard was facing down and after a while...
    • Rteuman
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    • humidity issue mac macbook not opening pro problem water wet
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Gaming on thunderbolt ssd, hdd, etc

    Hi! I have a 2016 MacBook Pro with touch bar but with limited storage options I'm looking to buy an external form of storage (or an internal one I can buy an enclosure for) for gaming. Only problem is, I'm not very knowledgeable about ANYTHING to do with hard drives or ssd's or anything like...
    • helplol
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    • advice budget cheap gaming hdd mac ssd storage thunderbolt touch bar
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    mac acting strange.

    hello everyone, im signed up recently to post this because now im experiencing mac issues. im just a gamer playing a mac sierra ( my dad chose mac. ) and installed the necessary programs for playing, here are the apps i just run: chrome discord steam malwarebytes for scanning seriously, i...
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    Strange timestamp glitch on mac imessage

    Getting a weird glitch with time stamps on imessage on my mac. Running High Sierra. It looks like the stamp is correct for all the messages I send, but the messages I receive have an inexplicable timestamp. Also, the time stamps are 100% correct when looking at the same messages on my iphone...
  11. joaofrn

    macbook pro 2011 white screen even trying boot clean install

    just wanna fix my macbook 2011. not even a new clean instal from pen drive works. still give me an white screen. an ssd with windows installed works on this mac, thas just increadable. i thought at first it was the video card problem and i would have to throw away the macbook but since hes...
    • joaofrn
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    • 2011 mac macboo pro white screen white screen of death
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  12. pierino23

    internal SSD is overheating, how to fix

    Hi all! This is my first post here. I'm on my 50s and I have been playing with hardware since .. 1987, my first mac was the SE. Now I'm on the software side of IT for living and even if I can still do some hacking I can not keep pace with hdw, that's why I'm asking some help here. I replaced...
    • pierino23
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    • mac mini overheat sata ssd
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Mac mini
  13. bladerunner2000

    Why is there no scaling in OS X for high res monitors?

    I recently had to return a 25" Dell U2518D monitor with a native resolution of 2560x1440 after having a hard time trying to work on it (text was too small). But WHY is it that high res screens have no way of adjusting the UI without changing the resolution? Windows does this perfectly fine on...
    • bladerunner2000
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    • external high res mac monitor native resolution retina ui scaling windows
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
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    Do not buy a Mac Pro unless you're willing to wait for a long time

    I don't usually criticise Apple products but there is one I would like to vent out my frustration on the the Mac Pro 2013. You do not have to agree with me, so just hear me out. It will be a long story and an experience for those who hopefully won't have to go through the pain and disappointment...
    • maplingstorie
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    • apple sucks complaint customer service customer support frustrated frustrating mac macpro2013 repairs workstation
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    2018 MacBook Pro (15 Inch) - Screen Coating Wearing Off ...

    I recently got a new 2018 MacBook Pro (15" with Touch Bar) and just noticed that there is an irremovable stain (circle like) in the middle of the screen that seems to be expanding. I think this is related to the screen anti-reflective coating or something like that that was an issue with the...
    • appleuser181
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    • 15 inch 2018 macbook pro mac screen coating screen issue touch bar
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Mac ruined my USB drive

    I had a Sony 8 gb usb drive. Tried to format it on the Mac. After formatting, Mac won't detect usb anymore. Tried First aid and recovery option. Nothing works. Please help
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    Looking to upgrade my Macbook Pro mid-2010

    Hi all, My Macbook Pro 17 specs as purchased when new in December 2010: Apple Model No: A1297 Model ID: MacBookPro 6,1 Apple MacBook Pro Mid-2010 Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 Memory: 8GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M Hard Drive: APPLE SSD TS256B Optical Drive...
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    Install New 2nd Bootcamp Partition?

    I have an early 2008 Mac Pro tower (upgraded Ram & Video) using El Capitain plus a Bootcamp 6.01 Win7 installation on a Separate internal HDD. I want to install a new Win7 partition on my Mac OS HDD (250 GB of free space) while maintaining my existing Win7 installation on its separate drive...
  19. alleas23

    Any dedicated app for wallpaper for mac

    i just purchased the mac from Backpage, previosly i was a widows users. So do not know about the mac much. I loving placing new wallpapers on my laptop skin so is there any dedicated wallpaper app for mac on the app store? please suggest something to me
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    pdf links in notes

    I would like to create a Table of Contents for pdf files (stored on my Mac) in notes. any suggestions ? thank you
    • aharon770
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    • mac notes pdf table of contents
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
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