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My 2015 rMBP had intel and nvidia gpus. 🤷♂️
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# ? Feb 10, 2021 00:42 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 01:55 |
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My 2013 had an nvidia and could do 4K at... 30hz
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# ? Feb 10, 2021 00:56 |
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Quantum of Phallus posted:My 2013 had an nvidia and could do 4K at... 30hz What up fellow late 2013 rMBP haver And it's definitely an Nvidia limitation, since on those machines GPU switching is only for the internal display and all external ports are connected to the NVidia GPU only. IDK how the 2015s work.
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# ? Feb 10, 2021 02:30 |
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Meanwhile, Apple announces another battery replacement program, but this time it's for 2016-2017 rMBPs. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212163 Apple posted:A very small number of customers with 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro computers have experienced an issue with the battery not charging past 1%. So, if your rMBP is one of the bad ones, you'll get a new top case swapped in for free- that's a brand new keyboard, trackpad, battery, and speakers. Good on Apple for taking responsibility for this, but I literally just serviced like four or five 2017 laptops with this issue and all were way out of warranty (or in one case, the user didn't buy AppleCare because he thought it was a bad gamble.) LOL at 'very small number of customers'
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# ? Feb 10, 2021 02:59 |
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Sure four laptops, but you're only one customer.
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# ? Feb 10, 2021 03:44 |
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BobHoward posted:Yes, the iPad doesn't count towards that. Same goes for DisplayLink based USB video cards. If your main purpose for another display is to display fairly static content (say, you want a place to put a PDF you're referring to from time to time while you do your work on other displays), DisplayLink is usually very needs suiting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEhoFz6ldSU&t=143s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1J3lSZfrko Probably not perfect or anything but definitely more useful than just static content.
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# ? Feb 10, 2021 08:08 |
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hopefully they are guilted (lol US regulatory enforcement doing anything about this) into making it like the butterfly keyboard thing in perpetuity, or at least, until OS support runs out. I've been one of the lucky ones with my late-prod 17 machine but it's also been unplugged like, what, 10 times, maybe, since quarantine?
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# ? Feb 10, 2021 19:09 |
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My 2019 16in Macbook Pro (purchased last October) has only 77 charge cycles on it and is giving me a 81% battery health reading. Just reached out to Apple Support and I'm going to a Simply Mac store nearby because most of the Apple stores are temporarily closed for Covid. Anyone have any experience with Simply Mac? I'm hoping they don't gently caress me out of the replacement battery that I need. Also do you guys know if they generally just replace the battery or will they probably just give me a replacement laptop?
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# ? Feb 11, 2021 20:22 |
What did apple support tell you to. do when you called them? To go to an apple certified repair shop?
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# ? Feb 11, 2021 22:21 |
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Nitrousoxide posted:What did apple support tell you to. do when you called them? To go to an apple certified repair shop? I did the online apple support chat and they gave me the option to book with an apple certified repair shop yes.
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# ? Feb 11, 2021 22:23 |
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64bit_Dophins posted:I did the online apple support chat and they gave me the option to book with an apple certified repair shop yes. We used to have a shop like that in the Twin Cities that was pretty great. I’m surprised Apple didn’t offer a mail-in option, but if they’re certified it shouldn’t be any different of a repair as you’d get at one of their stores. If I’m not mistaken, it does require replacing your top case, which includes the keyboard and a few other parts, but I’m not sure which exactly. I think it was Binary Badger who broke it down a page or two back though.
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# ? Feb 12, 2021 00:19 |
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apple will also send you to Best Buy for some things too. that was sorta weird when I did that for a crackling airpod last fall. They didn't fix or replace it there, BB essentially just mailed the stuff for me?
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# ? Feb 12, 2021 00:22 |
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Has anyone else had an issue with 2015 MBPs and blown speakers. I've owned two of them and both had blown speakers, and figured I was probably just playing music with too much bass. But now my work 2015, which has never had anything more than the odd youtube video and Zoom, has had its speaker has blown out, leading me to suspect its something endemic to the model.
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# ? Feb 12, 2021 03:20 |
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nitsuga posted:We used to have a shop like that in the Twin Cities that was pretty great. I’m surprised Apple didn’t offer a mail-in option, but if they’re certified it shouldn’t be any different of a repair as you’d get at one of their stores. Last Chance posted:apple will also send you to Best Buy for some things too. that was sorta weird when I did that for a crackling airpod last fall. They didn't fix or replace it there, BB essentially just mailed the stuff for me? They weren't able to help me because the condition of my battery still reads as "normal" and they're unable to "make an exception as a 3rd party shop" - so he gave me some different apple support number to call for a mail in return. I can either do that or fork over $250 for a new battery installed by the shop. Either way it kind of sucks, but that's more or less what I expected tbh. After fully cycling the battery the battery health jumped from 81%-88% but honestly after just 4 months of use that's straight up unacceptable. I don't think the battery health on this laptop has ever been over 92%, even when it was new. I consulted the support forums and they told me that this is normal? I just waited to see if it got any worse and since then it has been dropping rapidly. I'm going to be super pissed if I can not get a replacement.
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# ? Feb 12, 2021 19:44 |
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64bit_Dophins posted:They weren't able to help me because the condition of my battery still reads as "normal" and they're unable to "make an exception as a 3rd party shop" - so he gave me some different apple support number to call for a mail in return. Gotcha. Sounds like the initial warranty is up, so unless you have AppleCare+, you would be at their mercy. At least I think that’s how it goes with batteries. Almost worth its cost for that alone, but yeah give that number a try and explain what you want. Someone might just listen. Otherwise, $250 isn’t that bad, but I’d probably use it until I couldn’t tolerate the battery life and determine what’s best then.
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# ? Feb 12, 2021 22:39 |
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nitsuga posted:Gotcha. Sounds like the initial warranty is up, so unless you have AppleCare+, you would be at their mercy. At least I think that’s how it goes with batteries. Almost worth its cost for that alone, but yeah give that number a try and explain what you want. Someone might just listen. Otherwise, $250 isn’t that bad, but I’d probably use it until I couldn’t tolerate the battery life and determine what’s best then. I got a replacement processed under warranty. I called Apple support and explained the situation and they processed a RMA immediately. I bought the computer last October so it was still covered under the 1 year limited warranty. I think the Apple repair place just didn’t want to deal with me lol. I’m really not surprised tbh. Apple support really does kick rear end for real.
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# ? Feb 12, 2021 23:34 |
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64bit_Dophins posted:I got a replacement processed under warranty. I called Apple support and explained the situation and they processed a RMA immediately. I bought the computer last October so it was still covered under the 1 year limited warranty. Hmm, maybe I should look into this. I bought an Intel MBP in August (lol) and it's been at 86%-88% since November. Hasn't really dropped but I can tell battery life isn't that great.
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 01:36 |
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FCKGW posted:Hmm, maybe I should look into this. I bought an Intel MBP in August (lol) and it's been at 86%-88% since November. Hasn't really dropped but I can tell battery life isn't that great. I cycled the battery one last time and the battery health on my 16in is now reading at 88% but honestly after only 77 cycles (78 now) that is straight up unacceptable. Having talked to my cousin and two friends that bought new 16in intel macbook pros around the same time (q3 2020) I feel like a lot of these computers shipped with defective batteries straight up. I don't think I've ever gotten more than 3 hours of battery life even in the most conservative of situations.
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 04:44 |
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Do not bother dealing with a shop, IME. Just go straight to Apple support on the phone and have them tell you what to do. Even if you’re not covered by AppleCare/warranty/product recalls/etc, I’d rather have a support manager from Apple tell me that directly than have a clerk at a third party repair shop tell me that they can’t or won’t get me in. Getting to under 88% battery health less than 5 months after purchase does not seem reasonable to me.
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 04:47 |
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duck monster posted:Has anyone else had an issue with 2015 MBPs and blown speakers. I've owned two of them and both had blown speakers, and figured I was probably just playing music with too much bass. But now my work 2015, which has never had anything more than the odd youtube video and Zoom, has had its speaker has blown out, leading me to suspect its something endemic to the model. Have Apple replace the battery ($199) if new speakers are worth it to you. New battery means they replace the entire top case, which gives you a new keyboard, trackpad, battery, and speakers..
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 15:13 |
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Has anyone tried to push 4k /120hz on an M1 mini? Someone tell me it works so I can dump my windows desktop
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 16:24 |
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Walked posted:Has anyone tried to push 4k /120hz on an M1 mini? It will not be a good experience even if it works. The graphics power of the M1 isn't that great. I can tell that it struggles to keep up sometimes even with my 3440x1440p@75hz. I'd definitely wait for next gen if you plan on pushing 4k@120hz
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 16:31 |
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i really struggle to grasp what possible the benefit would be of 120hz in non-gaming applications
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 16:43 |
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Hello Spaceman posted:i really struggle to grasp what possible the benefit would be of 120hz in non-gaming applications https://youtu.be/ZFrkcCufwK4
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 16:54 |
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look at this vr sex haver
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 16:55 |
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Ok Comboomer posted:Do not bother dealing with a shop, IME. Just go straight to Apple support on the phone and have them tell you what to do. Even if you’re not covered by AppleCare/warranty/product recalls/etc, I’d rather have a support manager from Apple tell me that directly than have a clerk at a third party repair shop tell me that they can’t or won’t get me in. Out of curiosity I checked mine and it's at 93% capacity at 37 cycles, that doesnt seem great to me. My machine was manufactured in june too.
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 17:24 |
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my MBP is at 85% it is eight years old
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 17:25 |
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Ok Comboomer posted:my MBP is at 85% I keeps going between 81% and 89% health. It's really weird bc none of the other macbooks I've owned have done this. track day bro! posted:Out of curiosity I checked mine and it's at 93% capacity at 37 cycles, that doesnt seem great to me. My machine was manufactured in june too. My machine was manufactured in April 2020. I really think the Corona supplied batteries were largely defective after seeing countless forum posts about it. I know 3 different people that have bought one since corona popped off and they have all had the same issue but none of them have bothered to get it replaced. Hopefully this works and I can get battery life at least as good as my 2013 rMBP that lasted about 6 hours. I'm lucky to get 3 on my retina macbook pro and it's just not acceptable tbh.
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 17:49 |
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64bit_Dophins posted:
This is my personal machine anyway, I ended up buying this one because my 2015 mbp's battery was pretty much done and it started to hardlock every so often. Thinking about it my work one is a 2019 and the battery life on that doesn't seem half as bad, but I've never really thought about it because my personal machine has mainly been stuck in one place. This thing is gonna get traded in for the 2nd generation AS macbooks anyway so I wonder if I should bother asking apple about it
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 18:08 |
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Ran the 11.2.1 update last night on my M1 Mini and nearly had a heart attack. totally normal update After a few minutes the Apple logo and progress bar returned like nothing happened and the update proceeded as normal. This is… normal… right?
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 18:33 |
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64bit_Dophins posted:I keeps going between 81% and 89% health. It's really weird bc none of the other macbooks I've owned have done this. Not sure how to put this politely, but take it in for a warranty replacement already
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 19:34 |
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Hadlock posted:Not sure how to put this politely, but take it in for a warranty replacement already I already did. They're sending me the box for the return - should be here in the next few days.
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 20:34 |
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Glimpse posted:Ran the 11.2.1 update last night on my M1 Mini and nearly had a heart attack. It's not normal, but also could plausibly be a driver bug or a weird interaction with your particular monitor, so it's not automatically bad hardware.
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 22:01 |
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This is my favorite random harmless bug I’ve run into lately (albeit old Intel Mac on Mojave): I was using Quick Look to skim through some PDFs and this randomly happened on the last two pages of one of them. Maybe 120hz would’ve given me smoother spinning.
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 23:09 |
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EXTRA! EXTRA! SPINNING PDF KILLS MAC USER!
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# ? Feb 13, 2021 23:35 |
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Glimpse posted:Ran the 11.2.1 update last night on my M1 Mini and nearly had a heart attack. There does seem to be something with this update and displays I guess for at least some setups; I have an M1 mini and got a message on my monitor for a bit stating something along the lines of the connected device was outputting a refresh rate the monitor didn’t support. (I don’t recall the exact message.) After a few moments, the message went away, I got the Apple logo, and everything’s been fine since.
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 01:47 |
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My M1 mini only wakes up my monitor maybe half the time now. I have to turn it in manually the other half.
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 02:19 |
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Quantum of Phallus posted:EXTRA! EXTRA! SPINNING PDF KILLS MAC USER! Paperboy on the Mac App Store
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 15:29 |
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Bob Morales posted:Paperboy on the Mac App Store
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 19:04 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 01:55 |
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I completely broke my iPad by kneeling on it under the blanket. It’s warped and the screen is shattered and nothing shows, but it’s on and has sound. I have no warranty. Can apple “repair” this by outright replacing it with another iPad, if I pay the out of warranty service fee?
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# ? Feb 16, 2021 20:48 |