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  1. ashleykaryl

    Struggling 2018 mini

    I have a 2018 intel i7 mini running Sonoma 14.4.1 with 32 gigs of ram that I purchased 4 years ago when they had the 2020 refresh. It always ran smoothly enough until a few months ago when it started to struggle with seemingly simple workloads. This has slowed down my productivity significantly...
  2. F

    Black screen on 15" late 2013 to mid 2014 logic board swap

    Hi! I just replaced my late 2013 15" MBP 2.3GHz logic board to a mid 2014 2.8GHz (661-00680). The replacement board looks mint, like new. The charging light on the cable works, the fans are spinning up, but I'm getting nothing on the screen and no boot up sound. I tried a SMC reset, PRAM...
  3. Alvin777

    Will Non-Apple Earbuds Get Damaged if Used on an iPhone SE?

    Hi Mac friends. I plan to swap (pray she says yes, I'll pay for both deliveries on my side and hers) my 'Like New' condition, rose gold iPhone SE (2016, 16GB) which I just bought from a Craigslist type (but she has 5 star reviews) shopping platform... plan to swap it with her 'Like New' gold...
  4. Z

    MBA 1,1-6,2 Swap Logic Board MacBook Air 13" 2011

    I got a macbook air mid 2011 that's running linux and I love the form factor and everything about it but it only has 4gb of ram and that's a small problem for me these days. I was wondering if I could upgrade the logic board to something with 8gb of ram. If I'm correct I could easily change the...
  5. M

    Why do Apple Silicon Macs use swap even when there's plenty of RAM available?

    Have a look at this video: He's building an Xcode project which is using almost 16GB of RAM. Despite having 64GB total available, there's still 6.5MB of swap being utilized. I don't experience this at all on my 2019 16" with 64GB RAM (I do, however, experience heat and fan noise ;) )...
  6. T

    Display Arrangement Changes Automatically

    I have a MacBook Pro that I use on the go as well as my "desktop" machine connected to 2x 27" monitors via a thunderbolt dock. I can't seem to figure out why when I disconnect my MacBook and go to work and then come back and plug it back into the dock the display arrangement changes. The left...
  7. toby25panaga

    Is it possible to upgrade the logic board of my MBA 13 2014?

    I got a MacBook 13 2014 which is working well as I changed the battery out. Since it is in the A1466 model, is it possible to upgrade it by swapping the dual-core 2014 logic board to a 2017 logic board? Will there be no hardware or software compatibility issues?
  8. D

    Resolved RAM Usage, Swap Files, SSD Degradation...

    There have been a lot of posts on the above subject scattered throughout the Apple Silicon, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro fora and so I decided to delve deeper into the close to 9-year-old 512GB SSD of my heavily used MacBook Pro that has 16GB RAM. So far I have established that at a typical time...
  9. M

    Is my M1 MBA using too much swap memory? Why is my Intel MBP not using as much?

    The following Activity Monitor screenshots were taken on idle. M1 MBA 8GB RAM 256GB SSD Monterey: * CPU Load * Memory Pressure * Disk Intel 2019 MBP 16" 64GB RAM 1TB SSD Catalina: * CPU Load * Memory Pressure * Disk I use my M1 MBA purely for streaming (mostly YouTube) or...
  10. phillies3429

    M1 16GB RAM and SWAP Memory Being Used

    I got a refurbished M1 MacBook Air from Apple and went for the 16GB of RAM. I look at the activity monitor and to my surprise 2.40GB SWAP memory is being used. Should I be concerned? I only have 11 safari tabs open. Nothing else really running in the background other than music. Thoughts? Thanks!
  11. TheSynchronizer

    A list of tweaks & fixes to try if you're experiencing high SSD writes on M1

    A list of tweaks/fixes to try to fix excessively high writes on M1 Originally all suggested by me in ssd swap - high usage of Terabytes Written, doing these has reduced my M1 daily SSD write from ranges of 350-500GB to 25-50GB, while maintaining the same heavy workflows and not losing any...
  12. G

    logic/motherboard swap (need to upgrade a late-2011 chassis)

    Hello, I'm trying to determine what the latest version logic/motherboard is hot swappable with a late-2011 chassis. One w/o integrated RAM or retina. I'm kind of sure I can go to Mid-2012, which will do the job for Pro Tools First system requirements (Mojave 10.14.5 or Catalina 10.15.6 or...
  13. Tyrian Cedar

    The golden SD card format/partitioning on MBA for video editing + backups + storage

    Is the below current Format / Partitioning scheme I have on my SD card that is permanently be attached to my MBA 2013 'good enough', or what commands should one do to get it to stay mounted and high-performing ? /dev/disk2 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0...
  14. imrazor

    Is Intel Optane the 'solution' to soldered RAM?

    I'm not sure where else to post this, so if it needs to be moved please do so. I recently bought a 2017 Macbook Air with an i7 and a 128GB SSD. I wasted no time in buying an adapter and dropping in a 512GB Intel 760p SSD, saving myself a few hundred dollars in the process. The only fly in the...
  15. cserba

    iPhone XR Swap whole content of two iPhones

    Hi all. I would like to get some good ideas, in my problem. How can I swap whole content between two devices? I have an iPhone Xr 64GB and an iPhone 6 Plus 64GB. On both of my phone I use the same apple ID, only that I separate apps on them, phone contacts, pictures, mail accounts, etc. The...
  16. gtx3r

    Swap Logic Board MacBook Air 13" 2013 to 2017

    Hello, I am curious if it is possible to swap a 2013 Macbook Air logic board with a MBA 2017 logic board. I saw some post at (Upgrade MacBook Air A1466 i5 2013 logic board with a newer one 2015) claimed that he successfully installed a 2015 logic board on a 2013 MBA body. Since the logic board...
  17. R

    SWAP is not being used.

    HI I have a Mac desktop with 4 GB of RAM installed. I only have four programs running but it is using almost all of my RAM. The SWAP shows as 0 (zero). It appears that it is not using the SWAP at all and the unit will hardly run if I try to open another app. Is there a way to get the SWAP...
  18. YannikMarian

    Swap content of 2 MacBook Pros

    Hi all, newbie here so hopefully this is the right sub-forum! Here's the situation: I have two MacBook Pros (late 2013; early 2015) and I want to swap both systems, meaning that afterwards MacBook A should contain B's data content / configurations etc. and vice versa. Basically only the...
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    Macbook Pro 13in Motherboad in 15in Macbook

    I recently spilled water on my 15in MBP and now the motherboard is dead. I do have a 13in MBP that was replaced when I got my 15in. Is it possible I could do a straight motherboard swap? I know I would be loosing performance power but its hard to go back to the 13 after having the 1
  20. Gmoore6550

    MacBook Pro Motherboard swap mod?

    Is there a way to swap motherboards on the mac book pro late 2006 with the 15 inch screen, to a newer one With a better processor? Thanks in advance