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  1. Hamid1984m

    the operation couldn't be completed. com.apple osinstallersetup.linkfiledownload error 3

    Hi I have a MacBook Pro A1278 that was running on a HDD hard drive and was wery slow, I decided to replace its hard drive with a SSD drive. Then I should install clean macOS, after booting up with a flash usb drive and afew progress I encounter this error! Please help me, I examined overs and...
  2. Krutav

    Upgrade Your MacBook's Wireless Card! (WiFI AC + BT4.2) (Open Source Guide!)

    If you're like me and still holding on to a Unibody MacBook from 2010 - 2012, you'll have noticed that the wireless connectivity can be lacking on these models! While this guide won't cover Macbooks made in 2009 and prior (at least not yet), I will be focussing on Macbooks made from 2010...
  3. B

    Wrong Serial Numbers! Macbook Pro 2010?

    Hi everyone, I run a small IT repair firm and I’m working on a customers Macbook Pro 2010 (2.4Ghz Intel Core i5, Intel HD Graphics 288) running 10.13 which has a problem - seemingly it's had a bad SMC upgrade. (They bought it several years back from eBay) Right now the machine won’t boot unless...
  4. M

    MacBook Pro 2017 crash on sleep mode

    Few weeks ago my MacBook Pro 2017 has started to crash each time it should have enter sleep mode: after 1 minute of inactivity, the screen turns off and few seconds later the computer starts up with this message on black screen: "Your computer restarted because of a problem". When I login, I...
  5. Dawnabee

    Decrypting File Vault & Firmware password

    Just wondering if anyone experienced this. I tried to turn off the file vault on my macbook pro 2012. Usually it will ask a password to turn it off. I was playing around with terminal and when i tried to turn off the file vault started decrypting. My question is when it’s done decrypting will i...