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The base OS X is really only about 7GB or so. Add 30GB of iTunes library, some apps, backup of your iPhone/iPad and apps, a couple torrents, you can hit 128GB pretty quick.
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shrughes posted:I think maybe. It should really take 4 MB/s though, if it's class 4. gently caress a duck. I went and got a Sandisk Ultra Class 10 - it's even slower! ~/Desktop/rpi $ sudo dd if=2012-12-16-wheezy-raspbian.img of=/dev/disk1 bs=8m 231+1 records in 231+1 records out 1939865600 bytes transferred in 904.410434 secs (2144895 bytes/sec) ~/Desktop/rpi $ sudo dd if=2012-12-16-wheezy-raspbian.img of=/dev/disk1 bs=8m Password: 231+1 records in 231+1 records out 1939865600 bytes transferred in 1076.078932 secs (1802717 bytes/sec)j I stood in line at loving Walmart for an hour at 10:00pm to return it and it's slower than the first one!  If I copy a file using Finder it peaked at 7.95MB/s, that's more like it. Why would dd be so much slower?
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Dec 20, 2012 05:23
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Bob Morales posted:The base OS X is really only about 7GB or so. Add 30GB of iTunes library, some apps, backup of your iPhone/iPad and apps, a couple torrents, you can hit 128GB pretty quick. AKA add too much porn and you reach the 128MB capacity really fast.
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Bob Morales posted:~/Desktop/rpi $ sudo dd if=2012-12-16-wheezy-raspbian.img of=/dev/disk1 bs=8m Bah, it's the old disk vs rdisk issue ~/Desktop/rpi $ sudo dd if=2012-12-16-wheezy-raspbian.img of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m 1939865600 bytes transferred in 129.712100 secs (14955163 bytes/sec) Time for bed.
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Aren't logic pro files pretty big? I haven't used it in a while but I seem to recall maxing my 2007 mbp quite often with uncompressed logic projects and that had an hdd with something like 250 gb. Cloud mp3s are one thing, but actually producing music is another. I'd want as much onboard space as possible for that. Also, I recall the 2.4 ghz core 2 duo really bogged down the program sometimes. Would an i5 fair better?
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Dec 20, 2012 23:01
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Just a heads up for anyone considering the 2012 MBA or rMBPs, there is a potential issue with resolution when connecting the mac to a tv monitor via HDMI. Found this out first hand with my own recently purchase 2012 MBA. The resolution is no where near 1080p when connected to my 32" screen. Doing a little digging and found several threads, with the most active one being on the Apple support forums https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4080525?start=0&tstart=0 Also note that a fresh out of the box MBA with 128GB hard drive will only have ~100GB of free space. Yes you can clean out a lot of applications to free up space, but this might be distressing for a new user that is not expecting this out of the box. On a plus note though, 1TB external hard drives with USB 3.0 are getting cheaper everyday. So storage should not be a big issue if your willing to go that route.
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Dec 20, 2012 23:17
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Strange, have you checked the display setting and set the hdmi output to second monitor and 1080p? If you set it to mirror your desktop then it will then be whatever the low res you have. Even then it seem to still look great for some reason, guess they probably do some sort of internal scaling.
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Dec 21, 2012 00:54
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Yup, checked that the display setting is set to 1080p. Tried both mirroring and dual monitor setup. In each case the resolution looks closer to 720p. Text is pixelated and colors are not as rich. Apparently this is something to do with Mountain Lion. Some users are reporting that the issue does not occur when running windows via bootcamp or parallels. Heres hoping this is something that will be resolved in a near future software update.
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Dec 21, 2012 01:06
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HarryPurvis posted:
Another nice strong point for Macs is they come with minimal bloatware while with a PC you always have gigs of free trial software and lots of other annoying bloatware.
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Dec 21, 2012 01:54
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HarryPurvis posted:Also note that a fresh out of the box MBA with 128GB hard drive will only have ~100GB of free space. Yes you can clean out a lot of applications to free up space, but this might be distressing for a new user that is not expecting this out of the box. You sure about that? When I first unpacked my 128gb MBA I had roughly 120 gigs of usable space. ~7 gigs and change were taken up by the OS and bundled software. It's hardly 28 gigs.
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OrganizedEntropy posted:Are there still screen issues with the 15" rMBP depending on which vendor the screen comes from? My 2009 15" MBP is packing it in so it may be time for an upgrade. I've got an appointment at the Apple Store this evening to have my current laptop looked at and see how fixable it is. Just received my 15" Macbook Pro Retina yesterday. Am absolutely loving this beast. It's light, extremely fast and the screen is gorgeous. I increased the resolution to the "looks like 1680 x 1050" to cram more text, spreadsheets, etc into the window. It now hurts to go back to my previous Macbook Pro or the 24" monitors on my desktop PC's. Thanks for the advice everyone!
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Dec 21, 2012 06:29
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Electric Bugaloo posted:You sure about that? When I first unpacked my 128gb MBA I had roughly 120 gigs of usable space. ~7 gigs and change were taken up by the OS and bundled software. It's hardly 28 gigs. Thats what I was getting out of the box after applying updates. Currently sitting at 96GB free. All I've installed up to now is Chrome, Silverlight, Adium, and Picasa. No idea what could be eating up the rest of the space other than mac applications like Garage Band, iPhoto, etc.
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HarryPurvis posted:Just a heads up for anyone considering the 2012 MBA or rMBPs, there is a potential issue with resolution when connecting the mac to a tv monitor via HDMI. Found this out first hand with my own recently purchase 2012 MBA. The resolution is no where near 1080p when connected to my 32" screen. Doing a little digging and found several threads, with the most active one being on the Apple support forums https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4080525?start=0&tstart=0
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Dec 21, 2012 07:37
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Bob Morales posted:gently caress a duck. I went and got a Sandisk Ultra Class 10 - it's even slower! Is 8m really the optimal block transfer size for the SD reader/writer?
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Dec 21, 2012 07:56
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Mercurius posted:We were discussing something similar a few pages back regarding awful colours on monitors and it appears to be a problem with miniDP converters when used in Thunderbolt ports. As far as I know, using a straight HDMI cable from a rMBP to whatever the HDMI source is works but using a miniDP->HDMI adapter might not (which doesn't help the MBA owners). The same problem happens using straight HDMI. That's how I discovered the problem myself.
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movax posted:Is 8m really the optimal block transfer size for the SD reader/writer? I tried a couple numbers from 4k to 8m and it seemed like as long as I had something in there, it went the same speed, but if I left it out it ran slower. Didn't make a difference without using rdisk
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Dec 21, 2012 14:36
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Fry's has the 4/128 13" Air for $999 - currenty Ivy Bridge model.
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I'm considering upgrading to a 15" MBPr. Are there any recommendations for a portable DVD drive, preferably one that's powered by a single USB port? I want to be able to use it with Windows machines as well, so the Superdrive is out.
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Dec 21, 2012 18:10
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I got my 2012 mac mini in and I've set it up to be a headless server (actually it' hanging off the back of my iMac so I can go into Target Display mode in case I need to get to the actual UI) . I've mostly been using Screen sharing from the iMac and my MBP to control it, however, occasionally the screensharing will get all kinds of visual artifacts, like black squares or corrupted video. I can usually drag a Finder window around and get it to "Repaint" those areas, but this is pretty annoying. If I connect an actual monitor then the video looks fine on the real monitor, it's just messed up over screensharing. Anyone else experienced this? Is this a hardware problem or a bug?
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echobucket posted:I got my 2012 mac mini in and I've set it up to be a headless server (actually it' hanging off the back of my iMac so I can go into Target Display mode in case I need to get to the actual UI) . I am experiencing the same issue on my headless Mac Mini (2010 or 2011). I haven’t found a way to get around this, although I often use Splashtop on my iPad which is much more responsive than the OS X VNC client. By that I mean that Splashtop fast enough to play games and movies at decent framerates when I’m in the local lan. Why they haven’t released an OS X client for it is beyond me.
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Dec 21, 2012 20:21
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I want to add some storage to my RMBP, mostly to hold my Aperture library. Is a 64GB micro SD card and a Nifty Minidrive the best way to go? Are they even a real thing, or another Kickstarter mirage?
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Is it worth it to get the AppleCare Protection plan for my MBP 13" non-retina? I seem to recall the general consensus to be 'yes' but I just want to be sure before I drop that much cash. (My deadline to purchase is tonight.) And a follow-up question: the Apple people said it was okay if I replace the RAM and HD, but I forgot to ask if it would void my warranty to replace the superdrive with a second HD. Anyone have experience with this? Thanks
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Dec 21, 2012 23:02
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Smutton posted:Is it worth it to get the AppleCare Protection plan for my MBP 13" non-retina? I seem to recall the general consensus to be 'yes' but I just want to be sure before I drop that much cash. (My deadline to purchase is tonight.) Its always worth it to get AppleCare on laptops. I have never NOT used it. Not sure about the warranty issue, but several people I work with have swapped the superdrive for a physical drive and not had problems. Anecdotal evidence though. Worst case you could swap the superdrive back in?
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Dec 21, 2012 23:05
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Smutton posted:Is it worth it to get the AppleCare Protection plan for my MBP 13" non-retina? I seem to recall the general consensus to be 'yes' but I just want to be sure before I drop that much cash. (My deadline to purchase is tonight.) Yes, oh for gods sake yes. Better value if you or someone you know is a student. If you get your power adapter and battery swapped out, it's paid for itself. Or the other most likely to fail components: The trackpad, and the Hard Drive.
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Dec 21, 2012 23:37
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Smutton posted:Is it worth it to get the AppleCare Protection plan for my MBP 13" non-retina? I seem to recall the general consensus to be 'yes' but I just want to be sure before I drop that much cash. (My deadline to purchase is tonight.) It also has the bonus of being a transferrable warranty so it helps the resell value if you play the 2 year upgrade game. Other notes is you can buy the warranty anytime within the 1 year warranty window, Also B&H photo offers a reduced price of $200.
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Smutton posted:Is it worth it to get the AppleCare Protection plan for my MBP 13" non-retina? I seem to recall the general consensus to be 'yes' but I just want to be sure before I drop that much cash. (My deadline to purchase is tonight.) Is your actual deadline tonight? Then you have to buy a physical copy from a store or over the phone from Apple and register it right away.
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Thanks, everyone! I called in and purchased the AppleCare. It's a weird feeling to hope that something goes wrong so that it will be worth it (however, I do also feel a lot safer now). Aaaand I was told that replacing the optical drive with a hard drive would void the warranty, alas!
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Smutton posted:Aaaand I was told that replacing the optical drive with a hard drive would void the warranty, alas! Ok, so then keep all the crap that you pull out of the computer in a safe place along with the tools you'd presumably use to do the optibay swap in the first place. In the event that you must do some kind of warranty thing, swap everything back to factory standard (assuming you didn't turn the optibay into the boot drive) and take it to your nearest fruit stand like the transplant never happened.
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Random question: I have a mac mini early 2009 2ghz model. I am going to hook it up to my TV. The TV has HDMI and VGA inputs and is 1080p. The mac mini has mini-display port and mini-dvi outputs. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2998 quote:In some cases, the "computer" port may be analog VGA, even when the television also has a digital port such HDMI. Despite the VGA connection being analog, it may produce a higher quality result on some TVs, so experiment as necessary.
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Smutton posted:Thanks, everyone! I called in and purchased the AppleCare. It's a weird feeling to hope that something goes wrong so that it will be worth it (however, I do also feel a lot safer now). Another random warranty tip is many big name credit cards offer benefits such as extra year of warranty if you use the card for the purchase. Of course Applecare is pretty useful overall since even if your laptop dies while on travel you can just haul it into a Apple store for a repair or replacement, even for international travel. And Apples tops both customer satisfaction with the final product and also quality of customer support polls for laptops.
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Sometimes my core2duo Macbook Pro doesn't acknowledge that the charger is plugged in and thus doesn't charge. The light on the magsafe plug doesn't light, and the battery icon on the menubar doesn't show a plug. Plugging and unplugging the magsafe a few times seems to band-aid the issue, but sometimes the computer is dead in the morning anyway. Is this more likely a problem with the power supply or the computer's charging circuitry? It's long out of warranty.
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cowofwar posted:Random question: I have a mac mini early 2009 2ghz model. I am going to hook it up to my TV. The TV has HDMI and VGA inputs and is 1080p. The mac mini has mini-display port and mini-dvi outputs. You should use a DVI/DP --> HDMI adapter. Avoid VGA if you can. It shouldn't matter which because they're both digital signal (DVI and DP).
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eddiewalker posted:Sometimes my core2duo Macbook Pro doesn't acknowledge that the charger is plugged in and thus doesn't charge. The light on the magsafe plug doesn't light, and the battery icon on the menubar doesn't show a plug. SMC reset fixes that on my Air (hasn't happened in a while, though). But it could be your charger or logic board. Do you got a bunch of cheeto dust in the magsafe and those pins in there don't spring out?
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Bob Morales posted:You should use a DVI/DP --> HDMI adapter. Avoid VGA if you can. It shouldn't matter which because they're both digital signal (DVI and DP). Also apparently if you connect by HDMI you run in to overscan but that is avoided by connecting to VGA. cowofwar fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Dec 22, 2012 |
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eddiewalker posted:Sometimes my core2duo Macbook Pro doesn't acknowledge that the charger is plugged in and thus doesn't charge. The light on the magsafe plug doesn't light, and the battery icon on the menubar doesn't show a plug. You could try another adapter if you have a spare to see if it's on the adaptor side or laptop? Sometimes the magsafe pins go south and no longer connect in correctly. etalian fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Dec 22, 2012 |
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Bob Morales posted:SMC reset fixes that on my Air (hasn't happened in a while, though). But it could be your charger or logic board. Do you got a bunch of cheeto dust in the magsafe and those pins in there don't spring out? Thanks. I reset the PRAM because, well, I have no idea what it does, but I forgot the about the SMC. Maybe it'll behave for a while. I wish I had another adapter to try, but the other computer in the house has the incompatible silver magsafe for some annoying reason.
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Bob Morales posted:I tried a couple numbers from 4k to 8m and it seemed like as long as I had something in there, it went the same speed, but if I left it out it ran slower. Didn't make a difference without using rdisk eames posted:By that I mean that Splashtop fast enough to play games and movies at decent framerates when I’m in the local lan. Why they haven’t released an OS X client for it is beyond me. http://www.splashtop.com/remote/desktop4mac/download cowofwar posted:I would but I've read a bunch of stuff about people not being able to drive 1080p with this model, it tends to max out at 1080i. Apparently by enabling additional settings you can get the 1080p to work on some TVs but it always works with VGA so I read.
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Is there any list of recommended monitors to use with my 13" rMBP? I just want a nice, preferably larger than 20", screen to put on my desk. I don't know if I should be looking for HDMI or Thunderbolt monitors so any advice would be appreciated.
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Took my rMBP in today to get the screen changed due to image persistence. Should have it back in a few days. Protip: Take a photo of the checkerboard test ( http://www.marco.org/rmbp-irtest.html ) and the resulting persistence before you go. It's generally at its worst after a few hours of use, which is hard to show in a few minutes at the Genius Bar. I showed how badly it was appearing in Photoshop and the guy was cool with changing it. ( http://i.imgur.com/Dglj7.jpg )
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