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macbook pro 16

  1. thedocbwarren

    MacBook Pro 16 and eGPU

    Wanted to get some experiences from the group on using an eGPU. I'm looking for two kinds of experiences, video editing with FCP and BootCamp gaming. Card I'm planning to use is a PowerColor Red Devil 5700 XT in either a Razor Core Chroma or OWC Mercury Helios. Couple things I'm wondering or...
  2. paulashin

    MBP 16" jittery cursor

    I just got my first macbook. Its a MBP 16" 5500M 8GB 32GB RAM 1TB SSD. I bought a stronger machine cause I work with photo/video editting and I wanted a portable beast to work remotely. Coming from windows, I was expecting a good performance considering the specs I bought. To my surprise, when...
  3. I

    Brand new 16" MacBook Pro won't connect to WiFi. Has a self-addressed IP address.

    Brand new 16" MacBook Pro won't connect to WiFi. Has a self-addressed IP address. Only one potential fix to change the MAC address but only works temporarily. Any help is much appreciated. - Details I just received a 16" MBP today, and set it up from Migration Assistant as I've done with many...
  4. tomimar

    MBP 16 - Should I return it? (Battery)

    Hi! I bought my brand new MBP 16 by the beginning of December and I am so happy with it. The screen is gorgeous, the keyboard and the speakers are magnificence and I don't have any of the issues regarding coil whine, pop sounds (fixed in the last MacOS update), ghosting or yellowish screen. Is a...
  5. Chi Zhang

    The macOS dictionary app cannot add new build in dictionaries

    I just got my 16 inch MacBook Pro with macOS 10.15.1, I was trying to add a new build in dictionaries on the dictionary app in the macOS, but once I checked the corresponding box on the preferences of the app, it can not be checked. the box will automatically uncheck. Such as the dictionary "The...
  6. N

    Geekbench 5 question

    TLDR: Geekbench should run better when nothing else is running, however, when I had the CPU blasting, I saw much better results. Okay, so I'd like some clarity regarding Geekbench 5. I had Better Touch Tool running, and for some reason, it was requiring a lot of CPU. Looking at Intel Power...
  7. J

    2019 MacBook Pro 16" - slower Wi-Fi speed compared to 2015 MBP?

    Summary: 2015 MacBook Pro 15 download speed: 76.2 MiB/s (megabytes per second) 2019 MacBook Pro 16 download speed: 48.4 MiB/s (megabytes per second) Remote = remote server on gigabit ethernet Create an test file locally (and then place on the remote server) $ dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile bs=1M...