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macbook pro "13 2014

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    No backlight screen when booting Macbook Pro 13" mid 2014

    When I start up my macbook pro the screen stays black (I can see it is doing something when shining through logo with flashlight) after a few seconds (when the horizontal line is building up) the screen lights up. And everything is OK. When in reboot mode, recovery mode and also safe mode, I do...
  2. TheBassBagwhan

    Battery replacement confusion

    Hi everyone, sorry for the newbie confusion but I'm asking about my wife's laptop ... we're talking a 2013 13" MacBook Pro A1398 model, and the battery is behaving very badly -- won't last for long, constantly needs charging, and the machine itself has gremlins which my research suggests is...
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    What do you guys think about 2023 MacBook Pro? will there be a notch?

    I want to upgrade my 2014 macbook pro to another macbook pro next year (either 13" or 14") but there are two things stopping me now: The notch on the 14" and the touchbar on the 13". Do you think Apple will remove the touchbar from 13" too? since they removed it in the 14"? I dont know what...
  4. Reggaenald

    MBP display not working

    The display of my MacBook Pro completely dies some two minutes after turning on the machine. I get the , I get the progress bar and login screen. I log in. And either shortly after I'm in or during the start up process the screen goes black. No backlight, not even the screen itself without the...
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    MBP 13" Mid 2014 - Cursed Screen

    Hi All! Long time lurker, first time poster here. I have a mid 2014 13" MBP that I'm considering replacing the battery of, and wondered over the course of planning this, whether or not I would be able to fix a screen issue that I've lived with for the past ~5 years, shown below ! Lol so...
  6. niranchan

    Macbook Pro Battery

    Hi, I have had my Mac Pro since 2014. However, last week, I got a message saying that battery service is recommended. I enquired at the authorized apple service center and they told it'll cost me approximately INR 59K (US $770) to fix it. Are battery replacements this expensive? Any plan B...
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    Need advice. Upgrade 2014 MBP internals or buy M1 macbook Air?

    Hello, I am currently a student in med school (still have 2 more years to go). I'm currently using a 13" MBP base model from 2014. I'm currently facing a little slowdown and I'm often running out of space because it is only 128GB. Now my question is: should I spend 150USD to upgrade my SSD and...
  8. kmoreau48

    Hard drive in optical bay not shown in disk utility after Big Sur update

    Hi all, After updating to Big Sur, I found out that my Macintosh HD hard drive is now split in two Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD - Data At first I thought everything was working properly but then I realized they are actually the same hard drive. I can't find my second hard drive which is...
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    MacBook Pro (retina, mid 2014) restarts twice...something to do with FileVault?

    I recently updated my mid-2014 MacBook Pro (retina) to Big Sur. Since this update, I noticed two odd things when I restart my computer. It takes noticeably longer to actually power back on and start up. Once you hear the noise, see the screen get power, and see the Apple logo, it comes to the...