Tag: macbook
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Loud MacBook Drive Sounds Listen and Compare
Think you have a loud or noisy CD/DVD drive in your MacBook / MacBook Pro? Apple was kind enough to record the noises from SuperDrives installed in MacBooks so that we can compare our drive sounds to that of “normal” SuperDrives.ย In my opinion, the SuperDrives make horrible loud clunky noises completely unbefitting of sleek…
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How to Turn Off Safe Sleep
First find your current sleep setting by opening Terminal in OS X and entering this at the prompt: pmset -g | grep hibernatemode That should return you something like “hibernatemode 3”. Remember this number, send an email to yourself, write it down on a scratch pad, whatever it takes to remember your default mode. Mode…
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Can’t Wake MacBook Pro from Sleep
Open the lid and nothing? Tap keys, change brightness, close and re-open lid and your MacBook still in sleep mode? Solution: Turn off Safe Sleep. Or use Smart Sleep. If you open your MacBook lid and notice that you can’t wake your MacBook from sleep, it’s because of the Safe Sleep system Apple designed. This…
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Pimp my Mac – Laser Etching Personalization
As if you’re brushed aluminum case of your G5 or MacBook Pro didn’t stand out enough already, you can get custom laser etching of designs and pictures on your case now. Check out some of these MacBook Pro laser etched case designs. Share this:
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No Space Left on Device Error
In a follow up to my post about how to dual boot Tiger and Leopard on your Mac, this post is about removing large (unnecessary) files from your hard disk and recovering disk space on your hard drive before attempting to repartition Macintosh drives and dual booting. Many folks have been noticing that repartitioning disks…