Does the mid-2012 macbook pro 13" come with a CD or anything like that???

hey guys just wondering...

If you feel the need for having your OS in a physical storage device apart from the Mac's internal drive, you have three choices:
Construct a Lion Recovery Disk on your own USB Flash stick ( http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433 ).
Purchase an official Lion on a Stick for $69 ( http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A?fnode=62 ).
Fudge it, feint a Lion reinstall and concoct your own model-specific Lion Installer on a Stick for free ( https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3786371?tstart=0 ).

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    Whenever I attempt to update preexisting software apps or install new ones, my mid 2012 MacBook Pro w/ Retina display will shut down and reboot itself. Obviously this has gotten frustrating as several of my existing apps are woefully out of date.
    Any suggestions would be most helpful.
    PACOMPat

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    I tried utilizing the methods you mentioned and upon doing so I received the following message:
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    After logging back in, I attempted to download a software update, sadly the system shut itself down and rebooted and I am still unable to install any updates for my out of date apps. I won't return to the States until June, I may have to wait until then to resolve this issue.
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    Pat

  • I have a mid 2012 macbook pro 13 inch with mountain lion and an apple tv2 software version 5.0.2 and would like to use airplay mirroring however it does not show up in my menu bar. i have been to the display settings and it says there are no devices found

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    Windows 8.1 is compatible with the Mid 2012 MacBook Pro with Retina display, and you shouldn't have any problem by installing it.
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  • Does OS Lion 10.7.5 support Airplay mirror of Apple TV 3? I can't find the option in Setting Display on my mid 2012 MacBook Pro.

    Does OS Lion 10.7.5 support Airplay mirror of Apple TV 3? I can't find the option in Setting>Display on my mid 2012 MacBook Pro.
    I've rebooted all 3 devices, still does not work. Both Apple TV and MBP are on the same wifi. And the Apple TV AirPlay option is on. Can someone help? Thank you.

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  • My mid-2012 MacBook Pro has the fan constantly running. As soon as I turn it on. My MBP won't even be hot and the fan is running. How can I fix this?

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  • Mid 2012 macbook pro glitching, freezing, overheating

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              MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
              MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
              1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
              4 GB RAM
    Video Information:
              Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
    System Software:
              OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 1:2:24
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    Hardware Information: ℹ️
        MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
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        1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core
        8 GB RAM Upgradeable
            BANK 0/DIMM0
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        Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 1035
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    You can see HDD and SSD options at OWC. Reliable RAM vendors are OWC, DataMem, and Crucial.com.

  • Please help me find an effective solution for an external optical drive for my Mid 2012 Macbook Pro.

    I have replaced my optical drive with a DataDoubler and they both work fine but the new external optical drive enclosure doesn't work with the optical drive I took out of my Mid 2012 Macbook Pro... Well it does work and recognises my optical drive perfectly, it runs fine but it can't handle some disk installations.
    I have heard that the apple external superdrive isn't reliable for playing DVD's or lasting either. 
    Can I have someone with experience with external optical drives to give me professional advice or just other people with solutions.
    Below is an image of what I have now for an enclosure.

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    Now wasn't that easier than asking us to look for the item for you?
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  • Late 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 15' will not boot an external disk from a Mid-2012 MAcbook Pro. What should I do?

    In order to simplify moving all my files from the previous mid-2012 macbook pro 15' when moving to my new late-2013 macbook pro, i superdup-ed the full hard-disk to an external ssd. Unfortunatelly the new mac resuses to boot from this external disk (i get the grey disk with a line over it). The external disk works just fine so if I boot the new mac from its internal SSD I can read/write the external disk without problems.
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    What I need to do is to boot the new mac from the external ssd, use the same superduper to copy the external content onto the internal ssd.
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  • Mid-2012 macbook pro gets kernel panics when waking from sleep

    Hi all,
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    Anyone have any idea what the problem is? Advice is much appreciated.
    Wed Nov  7 08:40:21 2012
    panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f80966007): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00800004: CFG 0x0fd510de 0x00100406 0xc0000000, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xffffff8104d35000 0x0e7150a2, D0, P0/3
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    0xffffff811c57b2b0 : 0xffffff8000220792
    0xffffff811c57b330 : 0xffffff7f80966007
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    0xffffff811c57b4a0 : 0xffffff7f80a50101
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    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.1.33
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    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
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    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri          7.3.2
    com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.8f17
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          227.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          312
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          227.6
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    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.0
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          561.7.22
    com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC          1.2.2
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.2.4b8
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI          1.1.0
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    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.3.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          195.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          3.2.30
    com.apple.security.quarantine          1.4
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          8
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          195.0.0
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.2.5a5
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          80.0.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
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    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.2.5a5
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.2.5a5
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    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
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    com.apple.NVDAResman          7.3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.4
    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.4
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    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily          1.8.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter          1.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          230.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.0.0
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    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.2.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI          1.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily          2.0.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.4.8
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          420.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.1b1
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          2.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.0.8
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox          177.8
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages          331.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.7.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.18
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4

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