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    MacBook Pro 13-inch Mid 2010 partially frozen but mouse intermittent

    Hello guys, on my MacBook Pro 13-inch Mid 2010 + 2+2GB ram I changed from HDD(macOS Mountain Lion) to SSD(empty) and a new keyboard(not genuine), after this process, I did a clean macOS upgraded from Mountain Lion to High Sierra, during the upgrade was some firmware upgrade and it showed...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 4.1 no live sign after updating

    Hey, I just installed High Sierra 10.13 via usb-drive on my mac pro 4.1 early 2009 patched to 5.1. As i don't have a second mac i used a windows made bootstick to have a plain new system. Everything worked fine, so i build in a new cpu: xeon W3680. Also worked fine. After that i wanted to go...
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    Logic board or GPU fail?

    So today I walked on my 2011 iMac having a blue screen, like on that laptop, after reset I got a that screen with yellow stripes. Google it a bit, but couldn't find anything useful, at least other guys with similar issue got apple logo, I don't even have that. Can't boot into hardware test...
  4. rillrill

    Newer Macbook and Macbook Pro keyboard problems

    Okay. Who else is having problems with their keyboard? I have a 2017 MacBook and some of the keys are getting stuck. I have tried using an air compression can, but it does nothing. I took it into a Genius Bar and they fixed it for a day, now keys are stuck again. How many times are they going to...
  5. kenchie

    iMac - fan noise after replacing HDD

    I have replaced the HDD in my 2011 27" iMac (10.11.6) with an SSHD. The fan is now running at full speed due to the new drive not having the relevant sensor information. I have fitted one of these 3rd party sensors but the noise persists. I have tried software solutions such as SSD Fan Control...
  6. AppleMacFinder

    MBP 1,1-10,2 Force 2011 MacBook Pro 8,2 with failed AMD GPU to ALWAYS use Intel integrated GPU (EFI variable fix)

    If you don't have time to read my story (which also describes some interesting technical approaches) just scroll down this thread until a "100% WORKING SOLUTION" text Discrete AMD GPU of my 2011 MacBook Pro 8,2 has finally failed because of the reasons mentioned here (...
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    iPhone 7/Plus Siri can't hear me on new iPhone 7 Plus

    I have a new iPhone 7 Plus that I finally received last week. I noticed over the last few days that Siri cannot hear me and Dictation does not work unless I'm using Bluetooth. Seems to be a hardware issue, it did get splashed over the weekend and I only noticed it not working after that. Of...