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    How to Unlock Your MacBook Pro

    Although you can easily reset your account’s password after you’ve successfully logged in to your MacBook Pro, the password can’t be reset if you are not able to log in at all. In such a case, you can reset your password from the Recovery Mode. Here’s how: ■Get to Recovery Mode Power on your...
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    How to Connect a MacBook Pro to another Mac

    Below are the few pre-requisites that must be met before you can connect your MacBook Pro to another Mac computer. ■Both Mac computers must be on the same Wi-Fi or wired network ■Both Mac computers must have unique computer name ■Person using the source Mac computer (MacBook Pro here) must have...
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    How to Transfer Files from Old Mac to a New MacBook Pro

    Your documents and other data can be easily transferred from your old Mac to a new MacBook Pro using Migration Assistant, a built-in utility in Mac operating systems (macOS High Sierra at the time of this writing). However, before you begin migrating your data, make sure that the following...
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    How to Re-Install Mac

    You may have a couple of reasons to consider re-installing Mac, namely your currently installed instance became unstable, the system files of your Mac got corrupted and aren’t repairable anymore, Disk Utility failed to repair the hard drive errors from within the operating system, etc...
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    How to Disable macOS High Sierra Upgrade Notifications

    Although Apple strongly recommends to upgrade your current OS X to its latest version (macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 at the time of this writing), you may want to hold on for some time to get users’ reviews about its performance. While waiting, you might get annoyed by the upgrade notification that...
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    How to Fix MacBook Pro That Won’t Boot

    Some of the reasons your MacBook Pro fails to boot include: • Its battery couldn’t store enough power to start • Some issue with the power management system • It couldn’t recognize the correct startup disk to boot from, etc. Since your MacBook Pro doesn’t start, there’s nothing much you can do...
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    5 Secret Lid Settings For MacBook Pro

    All Mac Book Pro computers are, by default, set to sleep mode when the lid is closed. This means that your computer is expected to automatically go to sleep as soon as you have closed the lid, provided you have not altered the default settings. But, you may want to change the lid settings to...
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    Razer kraken 7.1 v2

    Ive just bought the RAZER KRAKEN 7.1 V2 MERCURY • DIGITAL USB GAMING HEADSET and haven't noticed it says on the box pc/mac is there any way i can use this on xbox one???
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    Mac Book Pro 2008 - Software Update

    I have a mac book pro from 2008. I was thinking about a software update but i`m scared to do that - would you risk to do such an update or would you just keep the "oldtimer" original
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    Horizontal red lines and won’t startup

    My MacBook Pro 2011 is having an issue where when I turn it on, there will be faint red horizontal lines all over the screen. Also the mac will not startup and the progress bar will only reach about 25% then freeze. If you are aware of a solution to this issue please let me know. Thanks for...
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    What is my Ufi password

    Someone has messed with my mac book pro n now all I get is a black screen with a white padlock asking for a password I don't know
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    Upgrade my laptop or bootcamp my mac ?

    I have an hp laptop with following specs Core i5 5200U 4 gigs tam Nvidia GT 940 m and Macbook pro 2016 with i5, 8 gigs of ram and pcie ssd 256 gigs I'm an engineering student and I have to work on softwares like solidworks, catia and ANSYS. As these softwares are not available on mac, what...
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    Installing software to new Mac computer

    I have the EOS digital Solution Disk, but I can't install it in my current Mac computer (installer doesn't work). Thanks in advance for any help.
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    Cannot install MAC antivirus software on MacOS High Sierra Desktop

    Have tried to install two free versions of MAC antivirus software. The installation completes successfully, but nothing happens. Using the Finder, I found the app but when I double click on it, nothing happens.
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    How much is my old laptop worth?

    Hello, The logic board has just died on my old mac. Would anyone be able to give me a ballpark figure for it to be sold for spares/repair? The charger is hanging on by a thread! Thanks Martin Mac Book Pro Late 2011 - 15 inch - Processor: 2.4GHz i7 - Memory: 4GB - Graphics: Intel HD Graphics...
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    Microsoft Project Alternative for Mac - Need Recommendations

    Good evening, I'm working with a user that has a Mac and apparently Microsoft does not make Project for OS X. Does anyone know of a free alternative software that can view .MPP or any other project files? Thanks, David
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    how to change default location on my Mac

    How to change default location on my mac
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    MAC VLC Problem

    I can only get VLC to work on a PC using Explorer. I want to use it on my MAC but no matter what I do I can never get it to work even though I download the for MAC version. What am I doing wrong?
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    Solved! MacBook shuts down when not connected to MagSafe charger

    My sister's Early 2015 MacBook Air won't turn on with the power button on the keyboard or by opening it. It only turns on when connecting the charger. Before logging into the computer, the charger LED shows red, and when she logs in it shows green. The power bar at top says 100%. The System...
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    um my mac book air's keyboard is not working and i need it for school work the keys that don't work are m,j,k,l,i,o,p i am now

    um my mac book air's keyboard is not working and i need it for school work the keys that don't work are m,j,k,l,i,o,p i am now using the home computer and this is really not working for me i really need it for my school tomorrow or I get a behaviour report this is so bad i need it fix quick...