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Resolved My mid-2012 MBP has been unusable for a long time.... question.
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The "grey bar" is the bezel. The older MacBook Pros and the older MacBook Airs had the all-silver physical bezel, one which was significantly thicker than the current black bezels on today's MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros.
How to enlarge the window and make it fill your screen:
How to Resize a Window on a Mac
How to enlarge the window and make it fill your screen:
How to Resize a Window on a Mac
- Move the pointer over the resize corner in the bottom-right corner of the window.
- Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse. The window grows or shrinks as you drag the mouse.
- Release the left mouse button when you're happy with the new size of the window.
The resize corner can be any of the corners, top-left, top-right, bottom-left or bottom-right.
Exactly! I usually use whichever one is most convenient.....and often the one at the top left is.
You'll have a black border around the screen, the bezels, just as shown in that photo, yes. You'll still have plenty of viewing space with your content filling the screen. Right now for instance I have my screen so that Macrumors and this particular page are filling it.
Yes, the border (bezels) on your 2012 MBP are significantly thicker (larger) than the ones on any of Apple's current MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air. When you finally get a chance to see the current machines in person, it'll give you a much better idea of what to expect!
There will be a lot of changes from your 2012 MBP, yes..... I have not paid all that much attention to what specifically is new about the current 2020 MBA, but you should be able to find the basic description on the Apple site -- read the tech description, read the specific description of the model in which you are most interested. ALSO, look on MR and read posts from actual users who have already purchased the 2020 MBA and see what they have to say in various threads here, too......
One thread, for instance:
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One thread, for instance:
Are you happy with your 2020 MBA?
Are you happy with your 2020 MBA? It seems like there are a ton of complaints about the heat or fan sound. if you are happy, what are your specs? Does it over heat or do you have fan sound?
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You're welcome. Unless one is very wealthy and money doesn't mean a thing, it takes time and thought during a decision-making process when buying something that is fairly expensive such as a computer. I always analyze everything to death before finally making up my mind and then making the purchase. Back in 2015 I went through this when trying to decide if I should go with a MacBook Pro used as a desktop replacement rather than the iMac I'd thought I'd be buying that year....
As it happened, that was a good decision for me at that time and so three years later in 2018 I again analyzed everything and then went with a 2018 MBP and carefully reflected on the specs it should have before ever walking into a store and seeing one in person. It is important to ensure that the machine one is about to purchase will actually fill one's needs, so looking at the specs and the possibilities and also reading others' comments on their experiences with that model really can be very helpful.
As it happened, that was a good decision for me at that time and so three years later in 2018 I again analyzed everything and then went with a 2018 MBP and carefully reflected on the specs it should have before ever walking into a store and seeing one in person. It is important to ensure that the machine one is about to purchase will actually fill one's needs, so looking at the specs and the possibilities and also reading others' comments on their experiences with that model really can be very helpful.
Quite frankly, the ONE thing I would NEVER do with an older computer about which reliability I was beginning to become concerned would be to enter into any beta program. You were very fortunate that nothing disastrous happened!
I just thought of something. If I unexpectedly got to go out to buy my MBA, would it be advisable to get a mid-2020. I ask because my luck with mid-year MBPs is horrible. I won’t include the time table of when Macs are released. I’m sure you all know aready. Or do SSDs have a longer lifespan in general and I just have horrible HDD luck?
Buy the 2020 MBA rather than the older (2018?) MBA, yes. Don't worry about the time frame in which a particular model is released. Apple just fairly recently released the 2020 MBA and so my guess is that there won't be another refresh for quite a while now, probably not until 2021, if then.
I have not had any problems with lifespan on any of my machines with SSDs, and in fact my first-generation MBA, which was my first machine with an SSD, is still going strong even though it was released in early 2008. I don't own the machine anymore, I gave it to a friend who to this day is quite happily using it.
I have not had any problems with lifespan on any of my machines with SSDs, and in fact my first-generation MBA, which was my first machine with an SSD, is still going strong even though it was released in early 2008. I don't own the machine anymore, I gave it to a friend who to this day is quite happily using it.
I have a 2015 13" MBP and a 2015 27” iMac, the SSD in both is still going strong after 5 years of constant use. I suggest getting the AppleCare+ for your 2020 MBA.
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AppleCare is a MUST as far as I am concerned! For me, it is important when buying a machine or device which I’ll be carrying around or wearing a lot of the time, or when buying a machine which is primarily all soldered together on the logic board so that if one thing goes wacky, the whole thing goes wacky.... The new T2 component which is included now on all new MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros can be problematic and there are people who have had to have their machine repaired because they did a software update and something went wrong with the process, affecting that T2 thing or the entire logic board...... AppleCare is well worth the extra money!
You have waited a long time, indeed! Yes, it's been easier on my budget, too, being at home so much, although I have bought stuff from Amazon and I notice that I'm buying more at the grocery store than I normally would, but some of that is due to the fact that I'm not going as often so therefore I need more when I DO go.
I've been thinking about a new lens for my camera and originally had intended to get it last month but decided that it would be a good idea to wait another month or so, especially since our weather has been so lousy most of this spring so far anyway and I wouldn't be able to get much use out of the lens until I can really get outdoors more frequently and spend some time walking around the area finding interesting things to shoot. Even better will be when the stay-at-home order is lifted and I can go other places besides my own neighborhood, too!
I've been thinking about a new lens for my camera and originally had intended to get it last month but decided that it would be a good idea to wait another month or so, especially since our weather has been so lousy most of this spring so far anyway and I wouldn't be able to get much use out of the lens until I can really get outdoors more frequently and spend some time walking around the area finding interesting things to shoot. Even better will be when the stay-at-home order is lifted and I can go other places besides my own neighborhood, too!