upgrade concerns

Hello everyone! Just prefacing that I'm a techie and I've been using macs for more than 15 years! (currently on a fantastic M1 Pro MBP) My parents are still rocking a 2017 iMac that a couple years ago I upgraded from the OG HDD to an external 1TB SanDisk Extreme SSD drive. Performances with the...

Hi everyone, I have this old Mac that I still use in my home studio for audio recordings. It's time to get back in the present, I'm consindering to buy a new machine but I was wondering if there's still some juice that could I squeeze from this old battle axe by providing it some new equipment...

Hoping I could get some help or feedback on next steps. I traded in my iPad Pro 12.9 4th generation for a silver iPad Pro 12.9 5th generation at BestBuy earlier today. The plan was to price match from Amazon and save a little money. However, when I went to open the new iPad I noticed several...

(Note: where I live, decimals are denoted with commas rather than periods (primary language set to English, region set to Indonesia). Any numbers I type out are from what my Mac displays, so I'm sorry for any confusion) As per the title, I am currently using a MacBook Air early 2015 (11-inch...

I recently purchased eight GB of RAM to replace the four GB currently in my MacBook Pro. I'm trying to troubleshoot some issues that have arisen after my replacement of the RAM, the battery and an airport card so just focussing on RAM, is there a difference between The RAM specified by apple...

Since release of iPhone 13* and iOS 15, more and more apps stopped supporting / upgrading iOS 12 or older. I have iPhone 6 and have been forced to delete apps or use browser (or upgrade the phone!). Apps provide better experience as browser always lag behind in performance. I hoped Apple would...

Hi I am looking for advice to help me make the decision whether to upgrade from my Mac Pro mid 2010. I use it mainly for: Photo editing Netflix Working from home Occasional Gaming The only reasons I am looking to upgrade are: 1. upgrade my monitors (looking at second hand Thunderbolt...

I have TWO late 2012 Minis - I want to upgrade ONE Mini #1: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 / 16 GB RAM / 500GB HDD Mini #2: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 / 10 GB RAM / 1TB Fusion Drive (2012 Late MAC Mini https://support.apple.com/kb/SP659?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US ) Mini #1 Started running very slowly...

I have a late 2013 Mac Pro with a 4-core CPU. I have upgraded the RAM to 64MB using OWC's dimms. It has worked fine since I bought it in early 2014. The main purposes for this MP are: (1) data science/machine learning model development, and (2) Photoshop and the like image processing software...

hello all would be grateful if i could have so help in solving these problem i'm having with my mac 1. after a shutdown the machine take multiple restart to get back up. it would startup then power off after a few seconds. sometime it would run but no load screen just a low fan speed...

I have maxed out 2010 MacBook Pro 13" (1 TB SSD, 8 GB RAM). Though hardware is in excellent condition, I feel its time to upgrade. I primarily use for software development and advanced amateur level photo/video editing (not professional) using Adobe tools. I am thinking of 2018 MacBook Pro...

Hey everyone, I'm new here and I really considering upgrade my macbook pro mid 2012 A1278 memory. But I'm having a hard time trying to find a compatible memory. I recently found one with these specifications: Brand: Kingston Model: KVR16LS11/8 Memory modules: 1X 8GB Capacity: 8 GB Type of...

Before everything, I did this video to explain my problem, after you can read the rest of the post. --- I have one year and a half with my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), lovely performance, no problem at all until this weekend. Before Note: I´m from Costa Rica, I bought my MacBook...

I have an Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" that runs well but has been a bit slower than I want it to be. A few years ago, I upgraded the RAM from 4GB to 8GB when I started using Adobe software regularly. I still have the stock 320GB Hitachi HDD. Forgive me if I am not clear, I am not very well versed...

I've got an i7 iMac 4.00 ghz with a fusion drive 1 TB Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6. I'm running a Boot Camp partition with Windows 10 installed. I'm also running Apache webserver on the Mac OS. Besides the recent news about the root password being blanked out fiasco I've seen a number of anecdotal...