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Quantum of Phallus posted:lol if they remove the headphone jack from the iPad you won't be able to use it on a stand in portrait An excellent opportunity to sell an Apple branded stand for $79
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Quantum of Phallus posted:lol if they remove the headphone jack from the iPad you won't be able to use it on a stand in portrait If you orient it so the Lightning port is at the top, the screen will rotate to be right-side up.
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Sep 16, 2016 15:35
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Mister Speaker posted:I'm looking to install OWC Data Doubler kits in both of my MBPs, but a friend told me something that freaked me out - he said part of the kit's frame has to be filed down or else it will make contact with something on the logic board and short it. This terrifies me. Is there any truth to this? Is it only for certain models? For the record mine are both 8,2s. I installed an OWC Data Doubler tray in my mid-2012 MBP. No filing of parts required, no logic board problems 3 years later. This was what I installed (in case we're looking at different brands/models): https://www.amazon.com/OWC-Doubler-...a+doubler&psc=1
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Bought some generic optical bay HDD thing on Amazon, didn't get it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058AH2US/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Seller said they will refund my $ if I remove the bad review. For $4 do I even care?
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Bob Morales posted:Bought some generic optical bay HDD thing on Amazon, didn't get it. That's some poo poo. Quote their message in your review unless amazon has a policy against it.
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Sep 16, 2016 16:55
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Bob Morales posted:Bought some generic optical bay HDD thing on Amazon, didn't get it. http://www.ebay.ie/itm/For-Apple-Macbook-Pro-Unibody-2nd-HDD-SSD-SATA-Hard-Drive-Caddy-Optibay-9-5mm-UR-/400991704037?hash=item5d5cf7d3e5 I bought this one! Works perfectly
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Weedle posted:If you orient it so the Lightning port is at the top, the screen will rotate to be right-side up. What? I don't understand any of this. How does the headphone jack affect the stand? Or is this a joke?
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Zwille posted:What? I don't understand any of this. How does the headphone jack affect the stand? Or is this a joke? The headphone jack is on top so removing it would mean that if the iPad is on a stand, the bottom-facing lightning port can't be used to plug in headphones. That said, I don't plug in my headphones to my iPad unless I'm traveling with it, in which case it's not on a stand. However, if you bought the MiStand+, which you really should, you can use it however you goddamn please because that stand is amazing. 
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I have some Logitech computer speakers that are like 12-14 year old When I hook my iPad up to those I use the headphone jack. They're getting shity and if I don't have the speakers positioned right I get a ton of static and the volume control is really touchy but I haven't went and bought a $150 bluetooth speaker to replace them with.
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Sep 16, 2016 18:50
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Bob Morales posted:Bought some generic optical bay HDD thing on Amazon, didn't get it. Did you try and contact the seller before leaving the negative review? If not, then I would take it down and let them fix the problem. BTW I bought that exact same optical bay and it's sitting in a drawer unused if you want me to send it to you.
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Sep 16, 2016 18:52
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Queue the next Retina MacBook CPU as the A12, macOS ported to the A12 chip, Apple says 'gently caress you' to Intel ..again
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Jeez, the iPhone 7 doubles the Samsung S7 in single core. It's roughly the same for multicore, but I'm not sure if that's because Samsung uses an octacore processor or not. Granted some of those cores are for graphics or low-energy purposes.
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I Am Crake posted:The headphone jack is on top so removing it would mean that if the iPad is on a stand, the bottom-facing lightning port can't be used to plug in headphones. Ah, gotcha, thanks.
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Binary Badger posted:Queue the next Retina MacBook CPU as the A12, macOS ported to the A12 chip, Apple says 'gently caress you' to Intel ..again Yah, I'd be amazed if Apple wasn't moving towards building its own laptop CPUs at this point.
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I'm trying to find a keyboard stand for my Magic Keyboard on Amazon but I'm not having any luck. Ironically, Apple sent us an extra laptop and I need to return, and for shits and giggles I took it out of the box and I'm currently using it as a keyboard stand for my keyboard and it is PERFECT. Perfect height, perfect angle of the keyboard, etc. Everything only is either, a) made of a laptop and has a ridiculously tall 'lip' that prevents the laptop from falling off of the holder, or b) doesn't have an adjustable tray that allows the keyboard angle to be adjusted. Anybody have any good sources for a decent keyboard stand? Screenshot for giggles 
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Saladman posted:The graphics card in my 2009 27'' iMac went out (IIRC the Radeon HD 4850).
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The geekbench score was an eye opener, but I'm always skeptical of synthetic benchmarks. Workload responsiveness is all that matters in the end, right? I mean, poo poo-posting from my 12" rMB is just as fast as it would be from an iPhone 7, but you can bet your rear end that running a development or rendering environment would be preferable on that MacPro, sluggish on the rMB, and impossible on an iPhone. All I'm saying is horses for courses when you look at these numbers. Also, those MacPros were Ivy Bridge class Xeons, yeah? There are still tonnes of people running Sandy and Ivy Bridge desktops that are perfectly happy with the performance. A Kaby Lake Xeon isn't gonna let us download hentai any faster/better.
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krooj posted:The geekbench score was an eye opener, but I'm always skeptical of synthetic benchmarks. Workload responsiveness is all that matters in the end, right? I mean, poo poo-posting from my 12" rMB is just as fast as it would be from an iPhone 7, but you can bet your rear end that running a development or rendering environment would be preferable on that MacPro, sluggish on the rMB, and impossible on an iPhone. All I'm saying is horses for courses when you look at these numbers. The only reason someone would upgrade for performance in the past few years would be for the onboard graphics. We've pretty much hit the point where 95% of people would be perfectly fine if CPUs stayed exactly the same for the next decade.
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What's the best way to test my 2012 rMBP battery? I feel like it's starting to run down a bit and wanted to know if I'm crazy or not before spending the money for an Apple battery replacement.
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Violator posted:What's the best way to test my 2012 rMBP battery? I feel like it's starting to run down a bit and wanted to know if I'm crazy or not before spending the money for an Apple battery replacement. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201585 First check the number of cycles it has, the battery is rated for 1,000 But more importantly I would look at the 'full charge capacity' and compare that to what it was new. For example, the machine I'm using right now has almost 1500 battery cycles, the battery only has about 3300 capacity compared to when it was new it had 5600. So of course the battery only lasts about half of what it was originally rated for. If your numbers look good than I would make sure you don't have programs running that would be sucking up all your power. Look at the Power tab in Activity Monitor to find those.
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I don't know about 'test' but if you go to Apple Menu > About This Mac > System Report > Power, it will tell you your battery's full charge capacity in mAh as calculated by the computer, and how much you have left, and how many cycles you have. It also gives you a 'Health condition'. If it's normal, it's still within the design parameters, but then again your battery may be miscalibrated, apparently these controllers sometimes get confused, which is why you see iPhones powering down at like 20% sometimes and people complaining about it - the assumptions the battery controller made were false. Anyhow, that should give you a rough idea. What do you mean "run down a bit" anyway? Like, it doesn't hold charge like it used to? How many cycles does it have (also on that aforementioned screen)? Are you using any new applications that might be very taxing - for example, Safari is a lot more efficient than Chrome when browsing on the go, literally a difference of hours of battery life on my 2015.
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Crazy idea but you could also unplug it and see how long it lasts with a typical work load.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Crazy idea but you could also unplug it and see how long it lasts with a typical work load. I was hoping for something a little more controlled to see if I'm within normal ranges. Like Apple says 10 hours for web surfing, can I use a similar test to see what my results are compared to their optimistic baseline? Bob and Pivo, based on your suggestions everything reports fine. My Cycle Count is only 362 (which blows me away since I've used this thing daily for almost four years in a crap ton of locations), my Full Charge Capacity is 7219, and my Condition is Normal. I've just been noticing that during "normal" activities like web development, I'll have Safari + Mail + BBedit + Tower + Transmit + Photoshop open and I'll get roughly 3 hours of use before I have to plug in. I'm guessing (a) my main apps are more power hungry than I realized and (b) my battery "issue" is all in my head. I know Adobe's apps are terrible, but maybe Tower polls the network a lot and Transmit obviously keeps connections alive. I'll start keeping an eye on the Energy usage and probably turn off the menu bar's battery percentage display. Thanks for the awesome info, really appreciate it.
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The fact that there are drivers for AMD RX 460 and 470 in Sierra at least point to new hardware coming out eventually; looks like it'll be those two for MacBook Pros and iMacs.
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Sep 18, 2016 18:23
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So should you sell your Retina Pro now or wait for the new announcement?
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Bob Morales posted:So should you sell your Retina Pro now or wait for the new announcement? You might be able to retain a couple hundred bucks in resale, but uh - what if Apple don't release them this year. Fun times.
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If you're even thinking about selling it, you obviously don't need it that bad, so just do it.
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Binary Badger posted:The fact that there are drivers for AMD RX 460 and 470 in Sierra at least point to new hardware coming out eventually; looks like it'll be those two for MacBook Pros and iMacs.
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Sep 19, 2016 23:09
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My late 2013 is still ticking along great. No plans on upgrading unless there's a massive boost soon (hahahah)
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Yeah my 2013" RMBP is still chugging along great – no issues, even with the battery (touch wood). Just got a henge dock as well and as that's so nice I'm even more reticent to upgrade.
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Meanwhile I'm in need of a 4th logic board on my late-2013 rMBP 
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Hot Dog Day 42069 posted:Meanwhile I'm in need of a 4th logic board on my late-2013 rMBP That's hosed – as far as I'm aware Apple gives you a new machine after three repairs right?
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Entropy238 posted:That's hosed – as far as I'm aware Apple gives you a new machine after three repairs right?
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Hot Dog Day 42069 posted:Maybe. At this point I'm selfishly waiting for a refresh before I push for a replacement. smart
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Entropy238 posted:That's hosed – as far as I'm aware Apple gives you a new machine after three repairs right? Maybe back in like 2007 I don't think they care anymore unless you're a real rear end in a top hat to the staff and want to get rid of you.
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WilWheaton posted:Maybe back in like 2007 At least in CA, lemon law states they have to replace a machine upon 4 of the same repairs.
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Replacements are still offered, though rarely. You'll need three repairs that required being without the computer at least one night- same day repairs do not count towards the three repairs. These repairs need to be within one year of each other. Replacement may be offered if the need for a fourth repair is verified. Replacements should not be offered while you are outside of AppleCare, but that's really at the Genius / managers discretion. There's some more to it than that but that's the main points.
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I definitely recall in another yob, those liquid cooled G5 monstrosities that shat themselves into a puddle of watery green goo were being replaced at one point with 1st gen Intel Mac Pros.
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Xabi posted:Can someone recommend a hard drive for backing up my iMac? It's got a 3TB Fusion drive. I remember there was some talk earlier about different brands and why some of them were better but I can't seem to find it. FCKGW posted:The talk was how they're all the same and it doesn't really matter. Just get whatever is on sale. Bullshit. https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q2-2016/
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