Macbook Air Problem

My macbook Air storage says that it has 57 GB of "other" i was wondering what it was and how to get rid of it.

It's all the other files on your drive that cannot be classified into the other categories.
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
See Lion's Storage Display.
You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
See Where did my Disk Space go?.
See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.

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I have a MacBook Air with Mountain Lion. I just noticed today that I'm not getting a start-up chime when I turn it on. Also, for a couple of weeks now the following has been happening intermittently: When I open the lid, sometimes I don't get a sign-in prompt and the screen is totally black. I close the lid and open it again, and the prompt appears. Also, sometimes I get a kind of 'ant races' screen (white), so again I close the lid and reopen it and it's ok. I'm worried that something is failing here. I should point out that I'm no expert in computers. I went online to research this and tried an SMC reset, but that didn't do any good. I had resinstalled the operating system a couple of days ago since it had been running really slow since I installed Mountain Lion, taking about a minute to power down. It used to immediately turn off when I hit the power button. I hope these descriptions are clear enough and would sure appreciate any help anyone can offer!

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I have bought a dlink router, at first there was no problem, but later on my macbook air started using up to 40 min. to find the router, now it can't find it at all. What can I do to make my air find the router? I have a another PC with windows 7 that finds it, also my phone has no problem finding it. What is wrong?

toady5 wrote:
I have bought a dlink router, at first there was no problem, but later on my macbook air started using up to 40 min. to find the router, now it can't find it at all.
Hello,
the dlink routers normally cause no serious problems with MAC's. The problem may be located in the settings of MAC and/or Router. Eventually also the Router have only a "hickup".
First Aid
Switch OFF the wireless network on your MBAir
delete the (your) network from the "known networks" list in the System Settings of your MBAir
reboot
rejoin the wireless
You may eventually also reset (start over) your dlink while on ALL wireless units in the net the WiFi is switched OFF.
Give the router a few minutes to run up
Then reconnect all participants one by one. Reconnecting the next one not until the previous have a clear connection to the wireless.
If none of the above solves the problem or you have already tried that, it would be very helpful if you may provide us with some infornation about your infrastructure and settings either in the router and the MBAir.
e.g.
router type
used protocol(s) with the router in your wireless network
used security method
used band (2.4GHz, 5GHz or mixed mode)
eventually used "older" systems in your wireless that eventually need compatibility mode
wireless configuration of your MBAir
and so on. Whatever you think it could be a useful information.
This will be very helpful for us to help you on fixing your problems.
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hi, I have a macbook air 2011 and yosemite but the handsoff dont enable... I try ALL OF tips of the world but nothing.. why apple decide to dont support this mac?

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I've just bought iRig and I can't get it work with my Macbook Air.
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I went to System-Preferences -> Audio and I can't see nothing signed as External Microphone.
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Actually the restriction DOES apply to an audio CD.
From this document:http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2057
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Hi vz290,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If your MacBook Air is beeping and shutting down unexpectedly, the information in this article can help you identify the reason for the beeps:
Mac computers: About startup tones - Apple Support
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Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion's Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

Macbook air problem using airplane power

I was on a Continental 737 using my normal power adapter - when plugged in the track pad would not function properly. It would not respond to my touch. When I unplugged it, every thing was OK. Any one else have this problem?

You may find helpful information in below link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1248
I had the very same problem on one of my visits out of country and resting my palm on the palm rest when using the trackpad solved the problem.

MacBook Air problem please help.

This is soooo frustrating...
I have just turned my MBA on and I had my Samsung camera plugged in.
A message came up, and it was the Bluetooth tool trying to find a keyboard?..... I have no idea why I have never used a Bluetooth keyboard.......
And at the same time my keyboard and my trackpad won't work only the on off button works.
I have rebooted about 5 times and the same thing happens.....
Please help its hugely frustrating.
P.s I don't no much about macs at all.....
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Tom.

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I don't want any answers about "get updates and they need to be on the same network."
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jeanster15,
I think you are saying mirror works sometimes but not others? If that is the case then it is likely interference from a household appliance or something near by knocking your network.
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If neither of these are the case I have mis-read your post.
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When I login to my bank, I get the message: 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied. Have new MacBook Air with Yosemite. How to solve this problem?

When I try to login to the website of my bank, I get the following error message:
403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.
You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.
I have a new MacBook Air with OS Yosemite installed.
What is the problem and how can I solve it?

Some websites require a special client certficate for access. If you don't have that certficate, you'll have to contact the site operator to find out how to get one.
Sometimes the problem is caused by a web server that is configured to request an optional client certificate. Safari treats the request as mandatory. In that case, other browsers such as Firefox and Chrome may be able to connect to the site, because they ignore the request.
The first time you were prompted for a certificate, you may have clicked through a dialog that requested access to the Apple certificate in your keychain that is used to secure the iMessage service. In that case, you may be able to regain access to the site in Safari by doing as follows.
Back up all data.
Double-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
com.apple.idms.appleid.prd
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.
Paste into the search field in the Keychain Access window by clicking in it and pressing the key combination command-V. An item may appear in the list of keychain items. The Name will begin with string you searched for, and the Kind will be "certificate."
Delete the item by selecting it and pressing the delete key. It will be recreated automatically the next time you launch the Messages or FaceTime application.
The next time you visit a site that prompts for an optional client certificate, cancel out of the prompt. You may have to do this several times before the server stops asking.
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