upgrading

Does anyone feel like purchasing an iPhone from Apple has been made overly complicated these days? I have an XR that I've had since 2018 and I'm thinking about upgrading to a 12 or 13. Looking on Apple's site, they have a myriad of purchasing or financing options. Im considering trading in, but...

So I was thinking about upcycling at the same time as I was looking at my old A1038, the acrylic 20-inch Apple Cinema Display, in its new home (I did some in-home re-arranging last month, and now both my ailing-but-still-running Power Mac G5 and ACD live in a different room, in a different work...

Hello Apple and Mac friends. There seems to a major bug with macOS Monterey whereby it doesn't mount .dmg .iso and images when you double click it, it also doesn't mount the external volumes, like USB external drives or USB flashdrives. This wasn't a problem in Big Sur or Catalina. I'm using...

Hello there, I'm about to replace the GPU on my Mac Pro 5,1 and I have a few doubts. First of all, here's the current - 100% working - situation: - Mac Pro 5,1 - 6-Core 3.46GHz - 32GB Ram - Flashed AMD R9 280x - LG 34UC99 34" Monitor (via Display Port) - USB 3 PCIe card - Upgraded Wi-Fi and...

hi folks, got a tricky question. so I got an iMac mid-2011 21.5 with RAM: 4 gb Processor: i5 2.5 Ghz HHD: 500 gb the computer itself doesn't have any kind of flaws, just that it's a bit too slow. I wanted to upgrade it with an SSD 500 GB and maybe 8gb of ram, but yesterday, on eBay, it showed...

Is it worth going from an SE to a Regular sized 8 in 2019? Thoughts?

I've been wanting to switch to a Mac for video editing for a really long time and now I finally have the ability to do so! I feel like any iMac I buy is going to be an upgrade from what I've been using, but I want something that I can upgrade even more later on down the road. I'm a multimedia...

I'm going to upgrade from mid-2012 macbook pro 13' to 2015 mbp 13'. Main concern for me is a heat. My current 2012 model runs at 60-70C (cpu). I think thats normal, however touching the warm palm rest drives me crazy. (Palm rest sensor shows 34C and battery 37-40C). Are these temps improved...

Hi guys, If you ever wanted to know how much money you actually save when upgrading every second year instead of every year, checkout this video.

My iPhone 6 128GB is showing signs of slowness - Scrolling in apps, menus, the battery is very very poor etc. Had since new and it is showing age. Now the question is, do I pick up an iPhone 7 plus 256GB second hand for around 30% off retail price (£620 second hand versus £919 new) and sell the...

Hi all, I've a doubt: what's the impact on a macbook pro 13 inches no touchbar i5 + 256GB + 8GB RAM vs a pimped one, i7 + 512GB * 16GB RAM? Is the battery life affected by the upscale components and how? Thanks!

Hallo, I have a question for the iMac specialists/upgraders amongst you: I am wondering about a very specific logic board screw (arrow in the image below), which secures both the bracket for the HDD as well as the logic board (image taken originally from iFixit): iFixit states that this...

My 2014 MacBook Pro and my 2010 Mac Pro are both still running OSX 10.9.5, mostly because of some specific software compatibility issues and because I use these machines for work and am always hesitant to upgrade. Now, the time has come where the compatibility issues of not updating have gotten...

Hi everyone! This is my first post in a long time... I used to have an old 2007 Macbook Pro with 2.2Ghz Core2Duo processor and upgraded to 6 Gb RAM . With the years and the numerous OSX upgrades, it became really slow. So slow that it made me swear like never before. Photoshop would hang, the...

Hello I have a late 2011 13" MacBook Pro laptop with 512 GB hard drive 4 GB ram. Is there a way to make it more powerful with compatible parts to be able to video edit effectively. I've heard that I need a bigger laptop to use programs effortlessly. Will any data from my laptop be lost in doing...

Model: MacBook Pro 13 inch 2010 Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo RAM: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB Storage: 250GB HDD OS X: Yosemite 10.10.5 Hi, I have been looking into upgrading my current laptop with some much needed performance boosters, but am not sure...

I recently upgraded my mid-2010 27" iMac with a new Samsung 850-Evo SSD and am running into a weird problem. The install was easy with the adapter I used from OWC with the thermal sensor, nothing out of the ordinary occurred, no breaks, no broken display cable. SMC and PRAM all reset. When I...