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    Slow MacBook Pro (15in, Mid 2012, Catalina, SSD, 16GB)

    Hi all, I have loved using this laptop for the last 10 years but in the last 12months it seems to have become slower and slower :(. I have found Firefox becoming very slow when browsing Facebook and other sites and Thunderbird and Keynote can be incredibly slow - complete stop. Occasionally...
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    2012 audio output

    Good Afternoon, not sure where I wanted to post this, so doing here on MacRumers have seen so much good info here. Background (mid) 2012 MBP running Ventura 13.2.1 through OCLP, Anyway question, I am wondering what is the Audio out put through my headphone jack, as in digital or analog. I have...
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    Worth repairing on a MBP 15" Retina mid-2012 the solder joints of the U8900 chip causing GPU VCore failure ?

    I have a MacbookPro 15" Retina mid-2012 going black screen whenever it switches to the dedicated GT650M NVidia GPU instead of the integrated GPU. This is apparently a well-knowned issue due to the bad solder joints of the U8900 power buck converter causing GPU VCore Failure. It has been...
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    Which is supported longer - iMac or MBP?

    I'm looking at a 2011 27" iMac 2.7 GHz 8GB RAM 1 TB for $625 vs. a 2012 13" MBP (non-retina) 2.5 GHz 4GB RAM 500 GB for $450. I'm wanting to buy this computer for general web use, typing docs and the like, watching videos, and doing some light development work. I have a gaming PC which I intend...
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    MBP problems

    About three days ago I inserted a disc into the superdrive and watched a movie and then took it out and then for some reason the MAC was vibrating and making clicking noises. Like the noise when you move your MacBook to fast or something when using it. Eat keeps vibrating a lot and the only way...