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Bob Morales posted:You’re ruined and now can’t ever go back Well, it took a week.  It looks like there isn't a high-resolution option for my 2012 Mini, so that blows. I'm moving it out into the music studio and will really be just using it with Logic going forward, but even Logic looks gorgeous in retina...
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My unexpected shutdown problem persists through a fresh high sierra reinstallation. Previous shutdown cause: -128 (unknown shutdown cause) Oddly enough I can't reproduce it in Windows 10. Ran UEFI memtest86 for 12 hours, no errors. Is it possible to run an extended apple diagnostics loop with these newer machines? If I bring it in for service they'll just want to replace the logicboard for $$$.
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eames posted:My unexpected shutdown problem persists through a fresh high sierra reinstallation. Ask them to triage it. You’re going to need to be able to replicate or else it’s a waste of time. Or ask for Capture Data from AppleCare. Then next time it happens you run it and send them the logs. Easy peasy Edit: by the way - most likely video card or just MLB in general. Or liquid. It’s always liquid. Dr. Video Games 0050 fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Nov 1, 2017 |
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Hoping this is the right thread but hopefully easy question; My work has tasked me with getting the marketing department a MacBook Pro to use for InDesign/ Photoshop work. Is the basic level 13” MacBook Pro good enough for that? And the only difference between the first two models is the SSD size right? Also, probably another stupid question but can a iMac and a MacBook talk to each other relatively easy like using AirPlay? Thanks for help all
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Empress Brosephine posted:Hoping this is the right thread but hopefully easy question; Dunno about the first but yeah, AirPlay should work fine.
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Empress Brosephine posted:Also, probably another stupid question but can a iMac and a MacBook talk to each other relatively easy like using AirPlay?
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Nov 3, 2017 14:58
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Just like easy to move files between etc. can you do remote connections easy? i saw teamviewer works also so not a huge deal if not
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Empress Brosephine posted:Just like easy to move files between etc. can you do remote connections easy? i saw teamviewer works also so not a huge deal if not If your computers share the same network it shouldn’t be much of a problem to move files between them, independent of their OS. Macs with Bluetooth also have stuff like Airdrop but I don’t know that Airdrop is really a “workplace solution” that can handle lots of different people signing in.
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Empress Brosephine does your workplace not have an IT department?
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Thanks for the helpful all. Our IT department refuses to work with Macs so I kind of inherited this problem lol
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get them to buy you one, because you need to test, obvs i work in a MS shop, they spent over 3k CAD on my Surface Book, i would be a lot happier if they bought me a rMBP ;o
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Empress Brosephine posted:Thanks for the helpful all. Our IT department refuses to work with Macs so I kind of inherited this problem lol Nerve Staple the drones until they get the message that you do as told not as want.
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Empress Brosephine posted:Thanks for the helpful all. Our IT department refuses to work with Macs so I kind of inherited this problem lol That sucks and your IT Department is a bunch of jerks. If they're going to be working with Adobe programs, get the teams version and you'll get cloud storage for the team. Probably your best bet for collaboration. Your other option is something like a 2 disk Synology NAS, maybe ask them if that's ok to use for the department and if they'll set it up for you. Matt Zerella fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Nov 3, 2017 |
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Nov 3, 2017 15:42
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Yeah I’m making them set up a NAS so we’ll have that at least and a convo of Dropbox etc
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Also maybe you guys can help me with a simple Mac problem on another computer; when you hit the icon menu for WiFi on a existing MacBook, it constantly shows looking for WiFi, is there anyway to stop it from doing that? Or is that a function of hitting that icon? Thanks!
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What dual monitor setups do people have for their MBPs? Both of them connected via HDMI-to-Thunderbolt? It would be one of the newer MBPs.
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My wife needs a new OSX laptop for working on science stuff. She uses large uncompressed images from some special lab scanner, Adobbe Illustrator for designing diagrams for her papers, small-medium sized databases and analysis via R and her keynote presentation are usually 1GB+ in size. We are currently looking at 16GB RAM and 512GB HDD on a 2017 macbook pro, but I'm not sure which processor to go for or how hardware intensive her work really is. Any pointers?
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Nov 4, 2017 12:56
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What does she use right now?
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Mu Zeta posted:What does she use right now? A mid 2013 Air which is clearly struggling with loading large image sizes and the calculations in R. It's really hard for me to judge if it's just a RAM size issue or how processing power dependent the stuff she uses is. She's also quite used to stuff taking ages to load so her perception is quite skewed.
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sounds like a pretty typical scientific / numerical computation workload the 15 inch rMBP will be fine. 16gb RAM / 512 storage is the sweet spot with these machines. there really doesn't exist a more powerful portable mac unless you hackintosh, so there's nowhere to go from there i mean the iMac Pro that is coming out will crush multithreaded workloads, but also doesn't fit in your bag
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and don't bother with the BTO option for a faster base clock on the chip IMO it's a total waste of money, rMBP is limited by thermals, putting a slightly hotter chip in isn't going to do anything. it's 300 or 400 bucks for a slight boost in base clock. dumb.
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Thanks for the input! I guess the 13" is not really a good option because they are all dualcore right?
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Have you considered the 2016 model https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1293727-REG/apple_mlh42ll_a_15_4_macbook_pro_with.html It's $2100 for the 15" with 512 ssd and 16gig RAM Also if she's coming from a Macbook Air, she's going to hate the new keyboard. I know I did. Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 13:21 on Nov 4, 2017 |
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13 inch is a good option for a lot of people, but it's not what i would recommend for a multithreaded numerical computation workload it will be fine if she's currently using an Air .... but you get a lot more headroom with the 15. IMO it's your best option, if you don't want to compromise.
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the best solution of course is for her department to buy her a dual-CPU xeon machine with 200gb of RAM that lives on a gigabit network somewhere
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Pivo posted:the best solution of course is for her department to buy her a dual-CPU xeon machine with 200gb of RAM that lives on a gigabit network somewhere Haha yeah, that would be the best solution. Thanks a lot for the advice, I'm not sure if I'll be able to make her consider a 15" due to portability, but at least I can give her solid advice now.
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Mu Zeta posted:Also if she's coming from a Macbook Air, she's going to hate the new keyboard. I know I did. these days do you post in this thread mainly to find opportunities to poo poo on the new keyboards and imply that your allergic reaction to them is the only one people can possibly have? It sure seems like it, and it's kinda silly tbqh
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I haven't tried the new keyboard but I was kind of taken aback by peoples' stories about how easily the keys can break due to dust getting in. As a rule I never buy first gen apple products. Though, in the case of the 15" original RMBP – which I did buy – when it had a screen flickering problem Apple agreed to give me a replacement with a discrete GPU. At the time apple was phasing out discrete GPU's from the RMBP line and the only one that had one was the balls-to-the-wall fully specced out model. Basically I bought a laptop for €1500, it broke two and a half years later, and I received a laptop worth €2700 new at no cost. That level of customer service is why I'll always stick with them. Also I didn't have Applecare because European mandatory warranties are sick.
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Pivo posted:the best solution of course is for her department to buy her a dual-CPU xeon machine with 200gb of RAM that lives on a gigabit network somewhere It's actually quite feasible to buy a dual 8-core Sandy Bridge system with 128GB of memory for less than the new MBP would cost, if you're not averse to refurb parts. Eletriarnation fucked around with this message at 07:45 on Nov 5, 2017 |
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I prefer the new keyboard now it’s really nice. Been using it for like three months now and I haven’t had any issues with the keys. The left fan on this MacBook Pro is making a small rattling noise. How often do you guys have to clean the fans? Was going to open the thing up tomorrow and see if it’s just dust or what.
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I'm searching for an easy solution to a 2-monitor+MBP setup. I remember having to plug both my monitors in through Thunderbolt last time I had a 2-monitor setup, is there anything more efficient these days? Is getting a dock worth it?
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Do you have a new MBP? Just get two video adapters gently caress a dock
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Bob Morales posted:Do you have a new MBP? Just get two video adapters gently caress a dock If it's not a 15" or 13-inch TouchBar, then he has no place to plug in a power adapter.
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Binary Badger posted:If it's not a 15" or 13-inch TouchBar, then he has no place to plug in a power adapter. Use the Apple USB-C to HDMI adapter, you can also use a charger with that
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Empress Brosephine posted:Also maybe you guys can help me with a simple Mac problem on another computer; when you hit the icon menu for WiFi on a existing MacBook, it constantly shows looking for WiFi, is there anyway to stop it from doing that? Or is that a function of hitting that icon? Thanks! It's a function of hitting the icon. It's searching for all available wifi APs to give you a list.
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Pollyanna posted:I'm searching for an easy solution to a 2-monitor+MBP setup. I remember having to plug both my monitors in through Thunderbolt last time I had a 2-monitor setup, is there anything more efficient these days? Is getting a dock worth it? Which resolution do the monitors have? There is an adapter that lets you hook up 2 hdmi monitors to one thunderbolt port but I think the max res output is 1920x1080 each.
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just get the dock
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Can you guys confirm that the 2016 MBP is perfectly fine and there's no reason to spend an extra $500 to get the latest 2017 model? It looks like I'll miss out on 10-bit H.265 hardware encoding and 4K HDR playback, and maybe a bit more of an already great battery lofe? Big whoop I guess?
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I think they also improved the keyboard a little bit.
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