Hey, guys, I just ordered my new mac mini, and can't decide on what monitor to get. I thought about a studio display, but I want a larger display, so have been thinking about getting either a samsung g9 57", or the Odyssey Ark gen 2. My problem with the 57" is that it's short (compared to how wide it is), then the Ark almost has a relatively low PPI. I don't do any gaming, just productivity and occasional film watching, but for the price I want the most value. What are your thoughts?

I have an older MacBook pro (2016, running Monterey), and while it's been dying the slow death of "bad performance" it just died the fast death of "screen stopped working"

I've logged out of everything and I'm trying to reformat the thing, but the GUI options pointed to online weren't available in the menus I saw so I went to Terminal during the recovery startup mode.

Trying things like "diskutil eraseDisk disk1" or "diskutil randomDisk disk1" will only tell me what the command does, but it won't actually execute the command.

Going further trying to understand how to use terminal I put in "diskutil zerDisk disk1 force" because a precious attempt to use zerdisk command made it seem like adding "force" or "short" would be the modifier it needed to actually work, instead it gave me "error with zero disk erase: secure erase by writing a run of bytes to an APFS container reference makes no sense (-69490)"

TL:DR, I thought using terminal to erase/brick an old machook should be easy since windows OS couldn't prompt will often nuke your computer accidentally, so doing it on purpose to a mac shouldn't be hard. It is, so short finding an industrial shredder, how do i clear this thing?

Does anyone know how to solve for the MacBook pro 2011 to accept the option command? I want to start from the pendrive but it doesn't work

Would you prefer the MacBook Pro with the larger M4 Pro 48gb RAM and 2tb SSD or the smaller M4 max with 36gb and 1tb? I mainly do video editing and photo editing. Thanks in advance.

I have a 2017 MacBook Air, and dropped a candle on it. All the keys work, but some just barely. I am wondering whether I should take the keys off to try and fix them, or whether I should do some other method (like a hair dryer while I hold the computer upside down so the wax drips out).

I am worried about breaking my keys since it is a butterfly keyboard and quite fragile.

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[SOLUTION] - Delete all Bookmarks, and use "Reading List" instead.

Can you help me? I want the Safari search bar to stop auto filling.

As far as I understand, Macbook with M4 pro can support up to 3 external monitors with lid closed.

If that is true, is there any thunderbolt dock that can connect 3 monitors and at has least 2.5G ethernet?

Hi, I have a Mid 2014 13" MacBook Pro that is not working. I recieved it the other day and it actually turned on and got to the setup page. However it turned off quite soon after and has not turned on since then. I have installed a new battery but it still is yet to boot. Charge indicator shows it is charging and turns green when fully charged. I can even hear a little wiz when I hit the power key as if it's trying to start sometimes then something stops it. Tried literally everything, SMC, power reset etc.

I would assume it would be a logic board fault but I am not really that sure. The MacBook is literally spotless looks like it has hardly been used so I would love to get it working again.

Any help is really appreciated!

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Hello! I’m in quite the pickle - my MacBook Pro (2016) simply will not boot. I was attempting to reinstall MacOS Monterey (the latest version supported) from Recovery Mode after erasing the hard disk and all data on it, but about 5 minutes in, the installer hung on a black screen and the computer, sealing its fate, restarted to the blinking question mark folder (no startup disk) and is now in a concerning state. The only option that works is falling back to Internet Recovery, but attempting to reinstall MacOS Sierra (the factory hardware for this Mac) freezes immediately, restarts of its own accord, and kicks me back to the blinking question mark folder. I’m out of ideas, so any help is appreciated - I likely wont get this serviced, I rarely use it and just wanted to use it for experimentation purposes, so it’s not a huge loss if it’s truly gone for good.

I stumbled on the last step and dropped the thing and now the screen is like this. I’m fairly tech savvy so I think I would be able to reseat a loose display cable, but is that just hopeful thinking?

I got a good price on a MacBook Air with a new battery. How many hours of battery life can I expect? Specifications: MacBook Air A1466 SH, i5-5350U, 256GB SSD, 13.3

Just got my imac G4 with a M4 mac mini and 1600p display upgrade up and running!

I already tried doing shift+cmd+period(.) and it's not working. I also double tap the file I wanna hide and it doesn't give me the option to do it; I don't know if it's because I updated to MacOS Sequoia or what the hell

Hi folks

I've used a Seagate external hard drive to offload a ton of stuff over the last few years but suddenly it's stopped mounting on my Macbook pro. Any thoughts about how to deal with it? It shows up grayed out on disk utility when plugged into both my laptops and running first aid returns an error…

thanks!

2019 MacBook Pro running Sonoma 14.3.1

I have my mac hooked up to an external display. When I swipe with three fingers to switch between fullscreen applications on my laptops built-in display, it works just fine. However, when I move over to the external monitor and do it, it still only switches between fullscreen applications on the built-in monitor. I don't have this issue when the laptop is closed and I connect to two external displays; the monitor that the cursor is on is the one that switches, as expected. The issue is only with laptop monitor + external display.

Has anyone ever had this issue or know how to fix it?

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I have macbook pro 2017 with Ventura 13.7.2. There is no camera other than iphone camera. Tried everthing like smc nvram reset but not worked. Any solution ?

My old computer moves excessively slow. I had a large project in iMovie I was working on. I want to transfer it to my new computer. I cannot figure out how to transfer it but with all the individual files. People tell me to just export the project, but that means I get the video file. I want to be able to still move around the photos and videos as I had not finalized the order of placement. I also had photos and videos that I had not yet "placed" in the movie. This is for a Christmas surprise so would really appreciate someone's help. I can share screenshots if I am not being clear enough.

  Below are the details of my macbook pro. Otherwise its great machine but i need to plug in very often and battery lasts only for 3 - 4 hours. Do i need battery replacement? If yes ...which one is better iFixit or Apple service.

Model Name: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15 Inch, Mid 2015)

  Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Core i7

  Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz

  Total Number of Cores: 4

  Memory: 16 GB

Cycle count: 1870

First of all (seemingly going out of their way to) use an old version of cinebench rhat isn’t optimised for arm, and then showing tomb raider to benchmark, a game which relies on Rosetta

I have a wired  pro mouse... I want to enable secondary click on it. how do I do so? it doesn't show in macOS settings sadly.

Hey guys! So, I recently got a 13" MacBook Pro Late 2011 to use as a secondary laptop. I only planned to do basic stuff like typing or browsing the internet since, you know, it's a 13-year-old computer.

But here’s the issue: it’s super slow. Like, painfully slow. Even the mouse cursor lags like crazy. Opening Finder or System Preferences takes forever, and Safari? Don’t even bother—it’s completely unusable.

Here are the specs: it’s got an i7, I swapped the old HDD for a new 256GB SSD, and it still has the original 4GB of RAM. Oh, and the battery is dead—it only works when plugged into the charger.

Note 1: I ran some diagnostics, and the only hardware issue that came up was the battery. Also, when I boot into Safe Mode, the mouse lag goes away, and everything runs a bit smoother.

Note 2: It’s running macOS High Sierra with no extra software installed, just the default Apple apps. I tried using OCLP, but it made things worse—and the reinstallation process took almost two days.

Does anyone have an idea what’s going on? Could it be a faulty RAM stick? Or maybe the dead battery is affecting performance somehow?

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tldr- physical book or manual for new Mac users??

My dad (59m) just got a new job that requires using a MacBook and Mac exclusively, and in the past he's been only a Windows PC guy. He's already called me many times for help and though I don't mind helping, I want to get him a book for reference on basic things. Was considering one of the Missing Manual books by David Pougue but it seems like there aren't any newer editions. Any recommendations??

Planning to buy a 256gb macbook, and considering to buy an external ssd. How does external ssds work on macbook, is it just forf files or can i put some apps in there and run it while its connected to the macbook? I dont know a lot about computers so can somebody explain this to me in a simple way?