macbook

Hi all, I’m new here but would love some help. I have an early 2014 MacBook Air that has thunderbolt 1. I have just bought a new dell usb c monitor.(Dell U2419HC) I want to connect my 2014 MacBook Air to this. What is the best way to do this? The monitor has a built in hub(with 4 downstream...

As the title states I'm looking for a monitor to connect my MacBook pro as I'm beginning day trading stocks, and want a more of a desktop feel for productivity purposes. What's a decent monitor within the 25-30 inch range I can get for an affordable price? No more than $300 dollars. Also, what...

I’ve seen the user review thread for the new macbook air, but most seem to have either the i5 or i7. Anyone who is actually using (or has used) the base model, I would appreciate your honest review! *EDIT* My i3 will be arriving soon. Once I do get it, I'll probably add to this post with my...

I've heard of "staingate" and screens getting scratched/dented from keyboards. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm getting a 2020 macbook air - do you think I will have the aforementioned problems?

Hi, I’m wanting to buy the 2020 macbook air, as pretty much everything about it suits my needs/wants perfectly... However, I’ve been seeing a lot of negative reports regarding the fan/throttling issues (some saying it idles at 100 celsius??) For context, I’m a college student who will be...

Hi Guys, I have a 2019 MacBook Pro 15" with the latest version of Catalina installed. My laptop used to be silent and the fan would ramp up with heavy usage, however I installed McAfee and after the install I realized the fan/disk noise never fully went back down, it just stayed constantly...

Hi all, I am a 12 inch macbook superfan - had mine for 3 years and used it 8-9 hours a day to run my business making video tutorials for education and creating a website - also used it as a teacher. Love the portability, fanless design. Last month my macbook burned out (the battery life was...

So now that the iPad Pro can be paired with a full featured Magic Keyboard case, and even cheaper iPads also have 'laptop-like' keyboard with trackpad cases, I must question the actual purpose of ARM-based MacBooks, which seem like coming sooner rather than later. Of course we won't know until...

Hi, I'm currently trying to upgrade my 2012 MacBook Pro 13" (non-Retina) and change some of the internals. Last year, I upgraded my failing 750GB HDD that the laptop came with to a 500GB SSD. Now I'm looking to swap out the computer's internal optical drive for a second drive - a large-capacity...

Hi all, Looking for some assistance hopefully :-) I purchased a 2nd hand Macbook Pro 2011 A1278 about 8 months ago. Everything worked fine with the laptop for months, about 2 months ago the laptop suddenly stopped charging the battery. The laptop can run from mains power alone (disconnect...

Hi everyone! I just bought a refurbish 16" MacBook Pro 2.3Ghz /16GB/ AMDRadeon 8GB /1TB and it looks amazing! I setup all my apps including (FCPX and Luminar 4). I tested ran GeekBench and and Cinebench and got a score! It was lower than what its suppose to be. My MBP 16" wasn't throttling but...

Hi folks, I have a fairly old Macbook Pro (I think it's 2011/12). I was using it last night then the battery cut out. When I went to charge it up and power up, it gave me this screen (pic attached). Do you know why this has happened, and do you have any advice as to steps I should take? I...

Hello everyone. I’m new to the site and I’ve been a Mac user for the last 15 years. My job is forcing me to use a PC so I no longer use 15-inch MacBook Pro’s for everything. I want to purchase the air, but I can’t decide between the i5 and the i7 model. After doing a considerable amount of...

Hello, i want your opinion on buying old iMac or Macbook pro.I never had neither pc or laptop but i would like to buy one now. Most of my job i get done via iphone so my needs are very low and modest. I would use it only for youtube, mail, hbo, spotify and ms office. I found one iMac from 2008...

Hello, I have just added an external monitor to my MacBook Pro 16" and have a few questions: 1) When using my actual MacBook when I use safari and go to a website and want to log in I am able to use keychain to input my password, when using an external monitor and keyboard this isn't an option...

Hey there! So I upgraded my MBP hard drive to an SSD. After 4/5 months it would randomly freeze and beep 3x times (RAM from what I have read). Now it keeps freezing after only 1 minute after it starts and doesn´t make any sound. I already did a format of my disk (after 30 attempts, it would...

Hi all. I've been writing and producing music on and off the past 4-6 months but especially recently as It's coming together much more. I've been doing this all in Garageband on iOS. I've not hit too many major limits but so far some things I want to do need major work arounds which take much...

Macbook Pro 15 2018 Touchbar não inicializa - does not boot the system Macbook Pro 15 2018 com touch bar. Peço desculpas pelos erros de Ingles, nao escrevo fluentemente. Ao apertar o botao de ligar o computador liga mas nao apresenta nada na tela nem luzes no teclado. (Sei que ele...

The lighting cable is starting to have power issues and cannot charge my Macbook due to stretching it experiences by the way its connected. I really miss older models that had the Awesome MagSafe charging option! Has anyone purchased anything charging its MacBook magnetically and that is happy...

Hello everyone! My family is currently sporting a late 2009 iMac (yup). It's nearing the end of its road. It's been a brave warrior, but after many years, I need to look into a replacement machine for family use, including some typical home/office use and occasional light engineering work...