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macbook pro 15" 2017

  1. M

    Advice? Mid 2017 MacBook Pro 15" Logic Board worth replacing?

    Hi, everyone! I recently purchased a used 15" MacBook Pro mid 2017, and thankfully purchased an extended warranty. I sent it in for battery complaints and they ended up finding an issue with the logic board, fans, AND battery. The question is this: They have offered to either repair or refund...
  2. roxics

    2017 Macbook Pro wouldn't turn on - but then did

    I had closed up my laptop a couple days ago and when I went to use it yesterday it wouldn't turn on. It had been plugged in the whole time. It lives on my coffee table usually plugged in. But this time it was unresponsive. I noticed the little duck bill power plug was slightly gapped and that...
  3. K

    Cannot update from 10.13.3

    Hi, today I bought a new macbook pro 15" 2017. There was preinstalled 10.13.3 (17D47) version of mac os. However, I am not able to update to 10.13.5 which is the latest available version of the os. App Store says "No Updates Available". I already downloaded manually updates from Apple support...
  4. J

    Run LG Ultrafine 5K & 4K from CalDigit TS3 Dock

    I have a 2017 15" MBP and one of each of the LG Ultrafine 5k and 4k monitors. I wanted to try and run these from my CalDigit TS3 Thunderbolt dock (using the 4K in portrait and the 5K in landscape), but it looks like it's not working as I expected. CalDigit specifies that the dock can support one...
  5. DJKillerKeemstar

    Very Slow Pixel Response Time on MacBook Pro 2017 15"

    Hi all, I just recently got a new MacBook Pro and was messing around with it when I noticed that there was some severe ghosting on images that were dragged across the screen. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this and if it is normal behavior. Here's a video showing the slow...
  6. A

    Slow Finder Preview of RAW files

    It takes Finder much longer to load RAW (in this case .CR2 from a Canon 7D) files on my new 2017 MacBook Pro 15" (2.9 GHz 10.13.4 up to date OS) when tapping the spacebar to preview the file than my 2012 MacBook Pro 15" running Mountain Lion. Any way to speed up these previews on the new...
  7. A

    Slow Finder Preview of RAW files

    It takes Finder much longer to load RAW (in this case .CR2 from a Canon 7D) files on my new 2017 MacBook Pro 15" (2.9 GHz 10.13.4 up to date OS) when tapping the spacebar to preview the file than my 2012 MacBook Pro 15" running Mountain Lion. Any way to speed up these previews on the new...
  8. jeanha124

    Just got the Macbook Pro 15" 2017 512gb (help)

    Hey, just got the Macbook Pro 15" tb with the financing option from Barclays I was wondering, how can you check what the speed of your wifi connection is. I felt like my download speeds were a lot slower than I thought it should've been. Also, I know that the return period is in 14 days, but...
  9. Z

    Feedback requested from maxed out 2017 MBP 15" owners

    Hi, I'm about to purchase a maxed-out 2017 15" MBP (3.1Ghz/16GB/2TB/Radeon 560) and would appreciate any feedback from owners of the exact same model etc. In particular, I would welcome any thoughts on battery life and heat, fan noise etc. specific to this model. My assumption was that the...