hardware

I have 2 21.5" LG ultrafine 4k display (22MD4KA). The only way to modify display brightness has always been... using the brightness keys on Magic Keyboard or from Control Center. Since I upgraded to macOS Sonoma 14.4, the OS does not allow changing display brightness through "Settings" app...

I ordered an iphone 8 replacement screen (from ali) and I noticed an extra cable connection. Does any one knows what this cable is for and if I can connect the display replacement to the iphone 8? Kind regards,

Hello guys, Last night while browsing on internet, my mac air m2 made a POP sound and heavy shut down. FYI it was not being charging neither it was over heating. After shutting down a really bad smell came out of it, like burning plastics. I contacted apple support as I do have warranty. It's...

Hello all. Please bear with me. This is pretty important to me and I’ll try my best to describe the situation. CURRENT: - Mac Studio, Monterey 12.6.8 - 3 Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ G3 (model DTLPG3) hardware encrypted drives. All 3 drives have been updated/formatted on the Mac Pro with the...

I’m looking for a hardware solution (custom buttons) either off the shelf from a company/individual or a diy instructions. I’d like to have large “panic button” styled buttons for quick navigation for use on my iPad Pro (1st gens) to navigate a custom iOS app I’m working on… Any insights...

Hello Mac friends. On this Late 2015 iMac 5K w/ Monterey latest (iMac's firmware hav all been updated), I've reset he SMC and NVRAM/PRAM, I've reset the Bluetooth using Terminal, I've diagnosed it with the built-in Hardware Diagnostics which says everything is ok but does the screenshot indicate...

I have a MacBook Pro 9.2 (mid 2012) running Ventura 13.0.1. I have a 1gb external drive that uses usb. I want to use my Firewire 800 instead for greatly increased read/write speeds, but can't seem to find an adapter or data cable that I can use in my firewire 800 port. any ideas or will I have...

Currently my iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017 has 4 x 8GB DDR4 (2400MHZ) OEM RAM installed. I wanted to max out the RAM to the full 64GB allowed for my model, so I purchased 4 x 16GB DDR4 RAM (2400MHz) to replace the OEM RAM from the following link on Amazon...

Having a rather odd issue, with my MBP 16", 32GB, 512GB storage. In short, if I restart the unit, after logging it, it shows the internet is connected. However, any application that needs to get access to the internet, fails. After about a minute, the fans will kick in, and the unit will...

Hello all, Starting this thread to gather thoughts on the new iPhone 14 pro corner radius, now that the phone is in the wild. Four questions, relative to the older corner radius design: do you notice the new corner radius in your day to day use? do you enjoy it aesthetically? why do we think...

About 5 months ago I bought my iPhone 13 Pro Max (never hit or wet), today I noticed how at high volumes (over 80%) sometimes the front speaker produces crackling, (especially when I receive a call or something) and this is very annoying. I decided to go to an apple store and at the genius...

I’m writing this post on a decade-old 13-inch MacBook Pro with absolutely miserable graphics hardware that was miserable the day this computer was manufactured. It used to be that the 13-inch MacBook Pro, a very popular computer in the heyday of this particular model, was abysmal as a gaming...

Will taking my iPhone 7 in and out of my front pants pocket damage the screen from the small metal rivets in the blue jean pants?

When my iMac is asleep, from day one, it has spontaneously made this weird clicking sound. The screen illuminates and the sound starts immediately, it then just goes off by itself and happens again whenever. I have formatted and set up as new multiple times, and it continues to happen. It seems...

I miss the iMacs of 2009-2011. Despite their high GPU failure rates they were easy to get in to and upgrade. Specifically upgrading hard drives with SSDs. It is not an impossible task with 2012-2020 iMacs, but its sort of a one-and-done thing. You can really only remove and replace the adhesive...

I'm experiencing a quick camera flicker whenever I'm opening the camera app at home screen (first time launch). But in the lock screen as well as control center it opens smoothly. Though, it occurs only whenever I'm opening it at home screen after closing it. Any solution would be appreciated...

For a little while, I’ve been working on a project over on the PowerPC Macs forum, collecting serial prefixes on Apple gear going back to at least 1983 and making a list of where Apple hardware components were assembled. I’ve been doing so mostly to have as many known Apple assembly...

I do have the hardware to decode VP9 on my GPU; however my Mac is from 2013, and I am using an eGPU. I would like to play 4K videos from YouTube, but it seems to only be possible via software decoding (at least on Safari). Does anyone know if it's possible to force hardware accelerated video...

Is my iPhone 7 supposed to wobble when sitting on the back of the phone on the table? Is that just the camera bump?

Hi guys! Recently I noticed this weird bulge on the right side of my laptop and I’m not sure what it can be. Some inner parts could be swollen, right? Quite long time ago (about 2 years) my right speaker stopped working and I know that that’s a hardware issue. Should I be worried? Right now I...