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Just bought our first Mac!!!
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It's like an extension cord, if your laptop is far away from power outlet then you can use it with your charging adapter (remove the other plug from the adapter to use this cord) to charge your mac
If you remove the little plug on the charger, you can plug that in as sort of an extension cord for the wall charger.
I can honestly say after having this new laptop for just under 24 hours, I am loving this and can not see ever going back to a windows based laptop.
Hi, welcome to the Mac world. It may sound corny, but it's true....IT JUST WORKS! How do you like the Force Touch trackpad? Try this, Go to Safari and open up a site. Force press on any word and the definition and thesaurus info pops up. Force Press on any name and a bio pops up with links to videos etc. Force press on any link and a preview pops up without having to leave the page that you are on. Force press on any file on your laptop and you get a preview of whats in that file.
Enjoy your new computer, the hardware is superior as is the OS, in my opinion. And the support you get is unparalleled
Enjoy your new computer, the hardware is superior as is the OS, in my opinion. And the support you get is unparalleled
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Congratulations! Hopefully your mac lasts longer than your PC's. The 3 newish Macbook pros we have have been repaired at least once or twice unlike my 6 year old PC which never had a problem. They rarely even leve our desks too oddly and they were all problems with the laptops hinges and display. I have a new macbook pro 15" retina that needs to be repaired again for the usb not working on the right side.
If you will be traveling a lot, i recommend a a sleeve or something that will prevent pressure on the laptop that could cause display issues! Who knows, maybe I just got all the bad apples. Good luck!
If you will be traveling a lot, i recommend a a sleeve or something that will prevent pressure on the laptop that could cause display issues! Who knows, maybe I just got all the bad apples. Good luck!
Thats the charger extender, the part that connects to the wall can come off and you can slide that wire in and it will be much longer.
It's an extension to your charging cord, pull the head off of the power brick and attach that for extra length.
I will have to try that tonight when I get home, I haven't used the force touch to much yet but I will give this a try tonight.
Look closely at the square charger for the laptop. Unplug it first. Then, notice that you can slide off the plug part of the charging adapter, and connect that longer plug provided by Apple if needed.
Yup, felt like an idiot that I didn't catch that at first, but a few people on here pointed it out quickly lol
I am absolutely loving it, I cant believe I let the price keep me from buying one for so many years. Will never go back to PC again
OP:
One bit of advice re the MBPro retina display:
When you close the MacBook, to store it or carry it around, be careful about putting to much pressure between the screen and the keyboard.
The anti-glare coating (at least on earlier versions) was susceptible to damage which sometimes looked due to "too much contact" between the face of the display and the lower portion of the Macbook (keyboard, trackpad, etc.).
Don't freak out over this, just something to be aware of and "take care against".
Otherwise, enjoy the new Mac.
Don't get frustrated, sometimes it will take a little time and experimentation to learn "the Mac way" of doing things vis-a-vis Windows...
One bit of advice re the MBPro retina display:
When you close the MacBook, to store it or carry it around, be careful about putting to much pressure between the screen and the keyboard.
The anti-glare coating (at least on earlier versions) was susceptible to damage which sometimes looked due to "too much contact" between the face of the display and the lower portion of the Macbook (keyboard, trackpad, etc.).
Don't freak out over this, just something to be aware of and "take care against".
Otherwise, enjoy the new Mac.
Don't get frustrated, sometimes it will take a little time and experimentation to learn "the Mac way" of doing things vis-a-vis Windows...
Don't think anyone mentioned this yet, but please do these two things:
1, Enable Find My Mac. That way, if someone steals it or you lose it, you will be able to track down or lock the Mac from a computer or iOS device.
2, if you have any sensitive data on your computer, turn on FireVault. It will prevent people from booting to your hard drive at all if they don't have the password, and the data will be encrypted, so no one will be able to access it without said password.
1, Enable Find My Mac. That way, if someone steals it or you lose it, you will be able to track down or lock the Mac from a computer or iOS device.
2, if you have any sensitive data on your computer, turn on FireVault. It will prevent people from booting to your hard drive at all if they don't have the password, and the data will be encrypted, so no one will be able to access it without said password.
Got a rMBP yesterday with Best Buy four hour sale for $250 off and another $100 off for an open box.
No way I'm keeping the IPP for $799 plus additional accessories over this one. Loving it!
No way I'm keeping the IPP for $799 plus additional accessories over this one. Loving it!
That was one of the first options it asked me, I enabled that right away. I cant remember if I had to turn the firevault on or off when I was trying to get it to allow me to show my user ID and my wifes user ID at boot up to choose.
My wife is getting annoyed with me because I am being so anal with it, But its a beautiful laptop and when she tried tapping the screen to point at something I got annoyed lol
Hey guys, how do you copy and paste on this thing? On my old Windows laptop Id right click to copy a link and paste it, I can't figure it out on here lol