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Who is keeping 15" Air?
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Wondering, anyone with the 15" air experience some bugginess? Hard to explain, but I noticed when in iphoto, when you usually click on a photo it should expand to become larger, but that is not happening, emails are slower to open. Not a huge issues just noticing here and there (I have the 16gb/512) model.
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The one I returned was doing that in iPhoto, wouldn’t enlarge photos, I have a 24” iMac with apple track pad never an issue with it.
Love my 15" Air. Screen is ev very bit as bright as was my 2020 M1. Sound is insanely great. The 15" screen is my sweet spot
Thanks for this writeup. I've always fancied myself picky about display quality and used to do gobs of Photoshop work for prepress back in the day when monitors could be super flaky. I am with you on HDR—that's a troy and a distraction on the MBP's best I can tell. Apple will need to up its screen refresh game across the board just because I imagine the technology and competition will force it. What would that be? Air motion, maybe.
There is a desktop scheme available in Ventura called Stage Manager. If it is activated, then it will carve out about an inch on the left side of the screen for new windows. If you have copied all your setting from an old machine to a new one, and especially if the new machine has a newer macOS than the old machine, you may have a bit more strangeness to come including display resolution differences and for reasons always mysterious to me, occasional setting that get changed somehow in the transition.
Yes – for example on first reboot, the loading screen after entering password shrinks to the size of the 13 inch air with a black border around the right and bottom. Doesn't happen again, but wouldn't be surprised that this is part of a bigger issue. When the 14" Pro first came out there were some issues that were specific to that device, like glitches in settings.
Hi KP,
Good thread, lots of good info teased out from it!
I've ordered the same config for the missus, but in Starlight, to replace her ailing Windows Laptop.
16/512 is probably way overkill, but the Air has got to knock it out the park in terms of speed etc. as she is coming from Windows and is VERY skeptical about making the switch to MacOS.
Good read this thread, thanks!
Martin.
thank you - appreciated! Tough crowd but good advice nonethelessHi KP,
Good thread, lots of good info teased out from it!
I've ordered the same config for the missus, but in Starlight, to replace her ailing Windows Laptop.
16/512 is probably way overkill, but the Air has got to knock it out the park in terms of speed etc. as she is coming from Windows and is VERY skeptical about making the switch to MacOS.
Good read this thread, thanks!
Martin.
This machine will easily hold up to a windows machine as you describe. Perfect computer for reading on!
what did you return it for another 15?
I am still having the issues, I've noticed if I select the photo and hit enter it wall open in "large" mode, but about half still won't let me "click" to expand to large photo view mode....
I didn't get another one, it wasn't buggy in general, was just when you double tapped a photo in iPhotos it wouldn't enlarge.
Sounds like a corrupted preference. I would do following:
1. Make an new user, login and try the same in new user. If the problem dissappears, some your Photos or other related preferences are corrupted.
3. If the problem persists, I'd do complete erase (of hard drive) and full reinstall. Also, do NOT copy anything from old user folder. Make a new user, then login with Apple ID and your things should be back.
4. Mostly should be fixed by now.
if it doesn't enlarge, maybe it doesn't have the photo in bigger resolution (because it is not downloaded, or etc). You may also trash older library (given that you have iCloud backup), delete photos with all preferences, reinstall Photos and create a new library.
I have a 15" M2 Macbook Air now, it replaces a Lenovo Yoga which was long suffering since 2017.
My other Macs are all powerful Mac Pro desktops. I didn't want another laptop that was going to feel hobbled. It is large enough to feel like a proper computer and not too heavy. Happy with that.
The midnight colour looks great but I suspect it will be like cars with "klavierlack" - will show fingerprints and dirt easily.
My other Macs are all powerful Mac Pro desktops. I didn't want another laptop that was going to feel hobbled. It is large enough to feel like a proper computer and not too heavy. Happy with that.
The midnight colour looks great but I suspect it will be like cars with "klavierlack" - will show fingerprints and dirt easily.
ya not on mine, you have to insistently press the photo about 5 times are more to open. Very odd. No luck at apple either.
This is a great computer, and I really want to keep it -- but I'm having even more trouble believing I can justify it with an M1 16" Max as "desktop," M1 Air (unfortunately 8GB) as laptop, and M3 on the horizon. Wish the damn thing had come out a year ago and I hadn't bought the former, which is awesome but depreciated like crazy.