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OS X El Capitan [OT]
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TimeEffect
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Haha, Im so conflicted. Itd be $87 for a new charger. Seems too high for a charger, but I know Ill regret it dearly if the phoney version breaks
I guess Ill have to pony up the cash. Thanks people
I guess Ill have to pony up the cash. Thanks people
TimeEffect
Member
Im thinking of going all the way here. What's the best option for a new battery? Mid 2012 macbook pro
Valkyr Junkie
Member
If you have an Apple Store nearby, I'd bring my charger in and see if a genius will take help you out and replace it for free. It's not unheard of.
Last year (or maybe it was 2014) I brought my 2008 MBP charger in, and the guy replaced it for me for free. I think there may have been a warranty extension for those model chargers, but still, it was several years old at the time.
Last year (or maybe it was 2014) I brought my 2008 MBP charger in, and the guy replaced it for me for free. I think there may have been a warranty extension for those model chargers, but still, it was several years old at the time.
infiniteloop
Member
I just had a look at my resume and was flabbergasted by its broken layout. What the hell was I thinking the last time I edited it, I thought.
But it turns out that everything is just fine when I open it in Pages. It's just that Quick Look is displaying it wrong.
So, let's add Quick Look to the list of broken shit in OS X that will never get fixed.
But it turns out that everything is just fine when I open it in Pages. It's just that Quick Look is displaying it wrong.
So, let's add Quick Look to the list of broken shit in OS X that will never get fixed.
TimeEffect
Member
Thanks. Keep in mind that the magsafe wire is flat out torn apart. The wire are exposed. That's the only real problem, and I cant get it back in lol
It's like this, but so bad that it no longer charges:
It was so bad that I could sometimes even here electricity popping from the exposed wire/see sparks lol
Since apple didn't release any new Macs at the recent apple event, is it likely they will have another event soon, or will they not come until WWDC or even later now?
I need to pick up a new Macbook at some point in the next few months, but macrumors buyer's guide says "Don't buy" for all of the Macs. Unfortunately I can only wait so long.
I need to pick up a new Macbook at some point in the next few months, but macrumors buyer's guide says "Don't buy" for all of the Macs. Unfortunately I can only wait so long.
infiniteloop
Member
new MacBooks are rumored to be out fairly soon, maybe by the end of the month.
For macbook pros, looks likely to be around WWDC.
I did this recently, given that you know what you do/have done in 1 hour it will be exactly like it was before.
Chip N Chance
Member
Whats the best way to back up my itunes library? I usually just re-download everything, but i realized that some stuff was removed from the store and thus cant be downloaded. Thanks.
iTunes Match, upload to Google Play Music and clone your hard drive with SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner.
TimeEffect
Member
So about my charger
I messages the ebay seller and she reassured me that it is genuine. I was a bit skeptical still
Product arrived...it seems real. Weighs about the same. Has the apple logo. Had all the print on the charger itself, though one section has different certification logos or something
Only difference is the magsafe wire. The material feels a lot softer.
Anyway, the ebay seller does promise a 1 yr warranty
I figure that if it lasts even just the year, Ill be happy.
Instead of spending $100 on the official charger, I can hopefully have this one last a year, and if it breaks again, I can pay up another $25
I intend to get a new macbook sometime next year anyway. Ive had mine since 2010.
Hopefully the thing doesnt catch on fire or destroy my laptop somehow
I messages the ebay seller and she reassured me that it is genuine. I was a bit skeptical still
Product arrived...it seems real. Weighs about the same. Has the apple logo. Had all the print on the charger itself, though one section has different certification logos or something
Only difference is the magsafe wire. The material feels a lot softer.
Anyway, the ebay seller does promise a 1 yr warranty
I figure that if it lasts even just the year, Ill be happy.
Instead of spending $100 on the official charger, I can hopefully have this one last a year, and if it breaks again, I can pay up another $25
I intend to get a new macbook sometime next year anyway. Ive had mine since 2010.
Hopefully the thing doesnt catch on fire or destroy my laptop somehow
Stories of electrical fires and even electrocution deaths from bootleg chargers have scared me off them forever. The fakes look good on the outside but open them up and you'll see why they are so cheap and dangerous.
Watch this video, especially around 6:50. Be sensible about this please.
TimeEffect
Member
Man. I did some of my own video searches and apparently i just have a very convincing fake
I hope I can return this and get my money back
Good luck but you knew it was a fake when you bought it. You were told that Macbook chargers are never cheap and the eBay negative feedbacks explicitly said it wasn't genuine.
If you'd have taken the advice given to you (that you sought out!), this ordeal would have cost you $80 instead of $105.
TimeEffect
Member
There is a company in canada called rasfox that openly sells third party macbook chargers.
Would they be a safe alternative? They would seemingly have to confirm to canadian safety standards. And they have solid reviews and have been making mac products for 13 years...
I know I should shut up and get the official charger, but the $100+ price is crippling. I cant spend money like that right now
Would they be a safe alternative? They would seemingly have to confirm to canadian safety standards. And they have solid reviews and have been making mac products for 13 years...
I know I should shut up and get the official charger, but the $100+ price is crippling. I cant spend money like that right now
TimeEffect
Member
I know, but it was too late by then. I had already purchased it and it was shipped. I stupidly believed that it was genuine because I didn't think that such a popular seller could sell fake products.
I am mad that ebay hasnt taken them down or flagged them. I am pretty sure this seller is lying to me about a number of things. The biggest red flag was that the product came from hong kong and not california like advertised.
He had exceptionally positive reviews, but I looked at the negative ones and they were about the fake charger.
It's my fault. Thanks for all the patience
No problem dude, more than anything else just don't want to see you get hurt.
eBay don't care, as long as an auction listing doesn't contain certain words that immediately alert them like modchip, almost anything goes.
TimeEffect
Member
Argh. I put too much faith in ebay. I hope this seller shows me some mercy.
I contacted apple and will take my broken ass charger to a genius bar and hope for a merciful price on a new charger
I contacted apple and will take my broken ass charger to a genius bar and hope for a merciful price on a new charger
holygeesus
Banned
Holy shit-balls I need some help setting up iCloud mail to work in Mail.
So, I've enabled 'Mail' in iCloud settings, set-up an @icloud.com email address, which then automatically installs an email account in mail, for said new iCloud.com address *BUT* it is setting it up as a POP account for some reason, which of course means that I can't receive any mail, and there doesn't appear to be any way to manually edit the settings for this account.
Please, please someone help before I lob my Macbook out the window and go back to Windows
So, I've enabled 'Mail' in iCloud settings, set-up an @icloud.com email address, which then automatically installs an email account in mail, for said new iCloud.com address *BUT* it is setting it up as a POP account for some reason, which of course means that I can't receive any mail, and there doesn't appear to be any way to manually edit the settings for this account.
Please, please someone help before I lob my Macbook out the window and go back to Windows
holygeesus
Banned
So I had to reinstall my whole system from scratch, instead of simply being able to flick a switch and change email account type. Way to go Apple.
I'm using the German localization of OS X. I always have.
So, uh, why is part of the restart dialog suddenly in English?
Wait a minute. I just realized that the text on my lockscreen ("Enter Password", "Cancel") is in English too. Why?
gingerbeardman
Member
Have you confirmed all your language settings are correct?
TimeEffect
Member
OK, so Im looking how much money I can get from tax returns and considering student discounts for Macs, and I'm thinking to myself that if Im going to shell out $100 for the Macbook charger, I may as well get a new Macbook (2010 model) and give my mom this Macbook.
Is it a good idea to hop on now? $1500 for a Macbook Pro with 128 GB...which is half of what I have now. Will I be able to swap HDDs of my Macbooks? That way I can use the HDD I have now, which is twice as much, and have a new Macbook.
Thanks
Also, if you guys dont mind me asking in this thread-- the XPS from Dell seems like the best Windows alternative, but does anyone know how well built the hardware is? I want to go with Mac because the hardware is like a tank.
Is it a good idea to hop on now? $1500 for a Macbook Pro with 128 GB...which is half of what I have now. Will I be able to swap HDDs of my Macbooks? That way I can use the HDD I have now, which is twice as much, and have a new Macbook.
Thanks
Also, if you guys dont mind me asking in this thread-- the XPS from Dell seems like the best Windows alternative, but does anyone know how well built the hardware is? I want to go with Mac because the hardware is like a tank.
OK, so Im looking how much money I can get from tax returns and considering student discounts for Macs, and I'm thinking to myself that if Im going to shell out $100 for the Macbook charger, I may as well get a new Macbook (2010 model) and give my mom this Macbook.
Is it a good idea to hop on now? $1500 for a Macbook Pro with 128 GB...which is half of what I have now. Will I be able to swap HDDs of my Macbooks? That way I can use the HDD I have now, which is twice as much, and have a new Macbook.
Thanks
Also, if you guys dont mind me asking in this thread-- the XPS from Dell seems like the best Windows alternative, but does anyone know how well built the hardware is? I want to go with Mac because the hardware is like a tank.
I would wait, the laptops are getting a refresh soon. Maybe in June at WWDC.
You won't be able to swap the drives; everything is sealed in tight on the newer Apple laptops. 128GB is okay for a second computer but it's a bit small if it's your only machine.
gingerbeardman
Member
Several times, I posted about a weird IO-related issue in here. Hasn't happened in a few months, but yesterday I experienced it again.
Just like the last few times, from one second to the next both keyboard and trackpad stopped working. The actual OS was still running fine. Tweetbot, for instance was still updating with new tweets. It's just that clicking or pressing keys didn't do anything at all. Putting the Mac to sleep and waking it again fixed it, fortunately. I remember at least one instance where even this didn't help, so I had to forcibly turn it off by holding the power button.
Just like the last few times, from one second to the next both keyboard and trackpad stopped working. The actual OS was still running fine. Tweetbot, for instance was still updating with new tweets. It's just that clicking or pressing keys didn't do anything at all. Putting the Mac to sleep and waking it again fixed it, fortunately. I remember at least one instance where even this didn't help, so I had to forcibly turn it off by holding the power button.
teruterubozu
Member
Ugh my charger is getting frayed too. Why are these MagSafe chargers so cheap and shitty? Fucking $80 a pop.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Apparently it's the fault of them being so pressured to be green. They don't use PVC in their rubber shielding which is what's used to make rubber tougher.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
That was my theory, but someone commented that the old ones were also shitty.
Proper strain relief would be a good start from Apple they have only been making modern laptops for 25 years.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
I don't think strain relief would help anymore. These cables are really brittle. And they can shred anywhere along the entire wire, usually in multiple places. The rubber just expands way too much. Strain relief isn't going to help.
And I still have my old wires. They're all still intact. But useless because they're old wires. My old iPod wire is still perfectly fine. As is the one that came with my older laptop and the MagSafe wire with the L shape that I preferred so much.
Use better rubber. Please. FFS.
In all my apple-owning, I've only had one 30-pin dock connector go bad on me - and that still works, just the rubber has split so I can see the wire mesh underneath, but that is still intact.
the kind of wear I see from people is typically that the wire mesh is also all twisted and frayed, which means it has taken some abuse. Sure, maybe it's close to normal handling, I don't know - I don't baby mine and generally I'm fine, but I do use proper care and don't just toss things around and get things twisted up in general.
the kind of wear I see from people is typically that the wire mesh is also all twisted and frayed, which means it has taken some abuse. Sure, maybe it's close to normal handling, I don't know - I don't baby mine and generally I'm fine, but I do use proper care and don't just toss things around and get things twisted up in general.
User 479360
Banned
Three questions, one of which is likely dumb:
1) Why does my magic mouse eat batteries much moreso than my keyboard? Is it because it's always on, waiting to be used, when the computer is sleeping? Seriously, I use this thing quite a bit and often leave it on in sleep mode.
The magic mouse will have 7% battery left after a couple of weeks and the keyboard will still be at 97%. It doesn't deplete daily, but the discrepancy is weird. That's what I wonder about, not the length, really.
2) When I use Chrome, I sometimes lose the mouse's hand icon. I then have to double-click to open things.
It comes back after a little bit, especially if I go to another browser for a second.
3) Can you get viruses from pictures in Craigslist ads?
1) Why does my magic mouse eat batteries much moreso than my keyboard? Is it because it's always on, waiting to be used, when the computer is sleeping? Seriously, I use this thing quite a bit and often leave it on in sleep mode.
The magic mouse will have 7% battery left after a couple of weeks and the keyboard will still be at 97%. It doesn't deplete daily, but the discrepancy is weird. That's what I wonder about, not the length, really.
2) When I use Chrome, I sometimes lose the mouse's hand icon. I then have to double-click to open things.
It comes back after a little bit, especially if I go to another browser for a second.
3) Can you get viruses from pictures in Craigslist ads?
anonymous_abc
Member
So my photos library is growing too large, I've been fighting an increasingly futile battle to keep some free space on my MB hard drive.
I don't think Photos is sustainable as is for organising (all) my photos.
What are my options? How have you handled this situation in the past?
The most obvious would be to just ditch photos entirely and go back to organising my photos in a file system, but that just seems like such a waste and hardly innovative and user friendly...
I don't think Photos is sustainable as is for organising (all) my photos.
What are my options? How have you handled this situation in the past?
The most obvious would be to just ditch photos entirely and go back to organising my photos in a file system, but that just seems like such a waste and hardly innovative and user friendly...
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
Can you just store photos on an external drive? I personally use Lightroom to dump all my photos.
I would think that this is because the mouse has to be constantly monitoring for tiny movements (and capturing/responding too a much larger breadth of information) whereas the keyboard can essentially lay dormant until a key press which will wake it up.
gingerbeardman
Member
You might want look at two apps:
JPEGmini (jpeg optimisation) http://www.jpegmini.com
Clusters (file compression on demand) http://latenitesoft.com/clusters/
Both of these together have reclaimed me over 100GB on a 620GB system.