When playing WOW my MacBook air's fan comes on and stays on until shortly after I stop playing. is
When playing WOW my MacBook air's fan comes on and stays on until shortly after I stop playing. is this normal? Never comes on at any other time. Thanks.
Thank you, but I followed all instructions to reset the SMC and it has not helped. Looks like I'll have to take it in to Apple for repair.
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When I put my Macbook Air to sleep the screen often stays black. Who can I stop this? What did I do?
So when I leave my Mac open or even when I close it, the screen often turns black and when I enter or I use my trackpad nothing happens. What can I do about this?
Supposedly there are moisture sensors inside the case that change color when they are exposed to a certain amount of moisture. There does not have to be any other sign of water damage for Apple to void the warranty.
I to have suspicious both ways when someone posts this type of thread. Does Apple do this just to get out of repairing a faulty Mac? Did the poster actually spill something on their computer and just blocks that out of there mind? Did someone else spill something on there computer and never mentioned it, cleaning it up before the owner noticed.
Moisture damage can happen is many different ways. Like so many peopple today they carry their computers in a Backpack. That backpack can get rained on, they carry water bottles in it along with the computer. Since te Air intake is close to the bottom on the unit and the unit does not sit to far from the surface it is placed on any water spilt around it, especially the back of it, can eassily be sucked into the air intake area or water from spraying the screen for cleaning can drip down into that same area and then be sucked into the air intake system. -
When I open my MacBook Air the keyboard comes up along with the screen and does not stay still?!
When I open my MacBook Air the keyboard comes up along with the screen and does not stay still. So I need to hold down the keyboard while i open it. Other than that it works fine despite the fact that the fan noise some times is loud and sometimes it's getting warm at the base. I wonder if this can be fixed if i go to one of the apple branches.
Yes. Take the computer to the Apple store to have it fixed.
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MacBook Air is just flashing on and off but not working after trying updates
This morning I got notification that I was supposed to update my MacBook Air with both update for iTunes and update for Firefox.
I hit yes to both.
Now I am just getting a constant flashing on and off and blank screen alternating with brief picture of the Apple with bar underneath it.
Have turned on and off several times and still won't work.
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I don't think that the iTunes and Firefox updates could do this, but it looks like the logic board is damaged. What happens when you press Shift key while your Mac is starting? -
Recently my iPad started doing an odd thing. When I go to Google and touch to type something the keyboard appears, but immediately disappears. When I touch the second time the keyboard comes up and stays up. Any idea why it is doing that and anything to do about it?
Did you try rebooting the iPad? It can cure a lot of really simple little hinky issues.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up. -
When I run multiple Microsoft powerpoint files at a time on my MacBook Air, it simply gets hotter and generates little noise (most probably fan noise). Will this make any effect on life span of MBAir??
Theoretically, yes.
Heat, and heat cycling certainly do take a toll on even solid state components. I have several "very old" Macintosh computers, and the logic boards exhibit the effects.
The fan too, running at higher speeds, does eventually cause wear. More than anything, the higher airflow leads to a higher propensity for dust accumulation on the fan, and the heat exchangers.
In practical terms though, maybe not so much. If you plan on having your computer exhibit a reasonable useful life before you retire it or upgrade, you may never experience any of the detrimental effects. I rarely use a computer longer than 3 years, before I sell, give it away, or just stop using it.
Personally, I wouldn't worry about it. Your computer is well designed to give you a long life, even in the manner in which you describe. Take care of it, but use it for what you bought it for. Nothing you mention is in any way, abuse. -
Why am I having trouble running Adobe Flash Player 11 on my 2011 Macbook Air? I've downloaded and installed it repeatedly; yet when I try to open certain images online or play certain Youtube segments, I get the message, "You must have Adobe Flash 11..." My computer tells me it is installed and running.
If you're sure you've installed the latest version of Flash, take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried. After each step, relaunch Safari and test. For a "missing plug-in" error, start with Step 5.
1. If you're only having trouble with YouTube videos, sign in to your YouTube account and load this page. You may see a link with the text "Leave the HTML5 Trial." If so, click that link.
2. If you're getting a "blocked plug-in" error, then from the menu bar select
▹ System Preferences… ▹ Flash Player ▹ Advanced
and click Check Now. Quit and relaunch your browser.
3. Triple-click the line below to select it:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
Right-click or control-click the highlighted text and select
Services ▹ Open
from the contextual menu. A folder should open. Delete the following item, or anything with a similar name, if present:
Flash Player (failing).plugin
You may be prompted for your login password.
4. Re-download and reinstall Flash. Download it from this page:
Adobe - Install Adobe Flash Player
Never download a Flash update from anywhere else.
5. If you get a "missing plug-in" error, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Security
from the Safari menu bar and check the box marked Enable plug-ins.
6. Select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
from the Safari menu bar. If any extensions are installed, disable them.
7. In the Safari preference window, select
Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data
Close the window. Then select
▹ System Preferences… ▹ Flash Player ▹ Advanced
and click Delete All. Close the preference pane. -
When waking up my macbook air from sleep, display will not turn back on.
My mid 2011 macbook air running lion is having some issues. The display, after the laptop has been woken up from sleep, will not come back on. The rest of the computer is fully functional as when i press the volume keys, i can hear the sound that it makes, the keyboard brightness keys also work. Theonly way i can fix this at the moment is doing a force shutdown and turning it back on again. If anyone has an answer to this it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.Having much the same problem with my 2011 11" Air, running 10.8.2 and wondering if you ever got any resolution on this. I've had the same issues through several versions of Mountain Lion.
My display does come up, but what I see is my login screen (I have it set to require a password on wake), but with a beachball, and I can't type in the password field. I can tell that other processes are running (for instance, just now I could hear a YouTube video playing) but I can't make it respond to input.
I've also had times where I put it to sleep by closing the lid, only to come back some time later to hear the fan running and everything unresponsive.
I've reset the PRAM, reinstalled Mountain Lion, reset the SMC. I'm purposely not running a lot of extra software.
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New 2012 11 inch macbook air's fans remain on while in sleep
i purchased my new macbook air about two weeks ago and last night, i put my computer to sleep and noticed that the fans remained on. since then, ive reset the pram and the smc but it still keeps the fans on. i'm not sure if it should do this and i just didn't notice or if it's actually supposed to do that. any feedback would be apreciated.
i've also just noticed that this only occurs while it is connected to the charger. when it is unplugged, it goes into sleep properly but as soon as i plug it back in, it starts up again. i have no intention of reinstalling lion due to the imminent release of mountain lion. please let me know if i should take it back to the apple store. thank you.
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How can i disable imessage from automatically starting up when i turn on macbook air?
how can i disable imessage from automatically starting up when i turn on macbook air? i dont know my imessages to pop up on my laptop when it turns on. But i dont want to disable imessage totally on my macbook.
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
First of all, check that Messages is closed when you turn off your MacBook. This is so important because, by default, OS X will reopen all opened apps the next time you start your Mac.
Apart from that, when you go to > Shut Down, or > Restart, in the window you see to restart or turn off your MacBook, unmark "Reopen windows when logging back in". This will avoid that your Mac opens all opened apps the next time you start the MacBook, so Messages won't start automatically at startup -
When I connect my Macbook Air to my TV via the thunderbolt outlet and using a Mini Display Port/HDMl adaptor, the only image that appears on the TV screen is that of my Air background. There is obviously a signal getting through to the TV, but it is not sending images of anything else, and am unable to watch video through my Air. Any advise/suggestions?
This is called "extended desktop mode". It's an extension of the desktop off to the right (by default) of your MBair screen. Grab an app and drag it off the right side of your MBair screen and it will appear on the TV.
To mirror your MBair screen on the TV you can press Command F1. This will toogle between mirror and extended desktop.
You can find all the settings in System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement tab.
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Captfred -
I purchased a macbook air from someone on craigslist, and when i try to download iPhoto, it tells me that these apps were already designated to another apple id. any way to reset the app store from thinking it's still alligned with him? Lion was reset already, but this isn't. If i download on my mac mini, will i then be able to retrieve the download on my air?
Hi...
On the MBAir drag the iPhoto app to the Trash, empty the Trash.
Then try purchasing and downloading iPhoto.
You can re download iPhoto on all your authorized Macs. To authorize the MBAir, launch iTunes. From the menu bar click Store > Authorize This Mac. You will be prompted for your Apple ID and password.
Open the App Store. From the menu bar click Store > Sign In
Click Purchases from the top of the App Store window.
Select which apps you want to re download. Then right or control click where you see Installed then click Install.
Make sure and use the same Apple ID used for the original purchase. -
I purchased keynote, numbers, and pages when i bought my macbook air in late september. the december update will not load because it says i do not own the software and returns an error messgae 100. i have read manuals and looked over the web but i cannot figure out how to get this software update to identify that i do own these three pieces of software. they are installed and usable. any ideas would be appreciated before i call apple support.
This is my first mac so i am still learning...
thanksFirst, make sure you are logged into the App Store with the same AppleID that you used to purchase the apps.
If that is not it, look in the App Store under Purchases. Are they there?
If not, go into your account in App Store and click the link to show hidden purchases.
If they are still not there, use the support link in the App Store.
If they do show up, copy all the apps to an external drive, then remove them from your Mac. Go to the App Store, Purchases, and install from there. -
I just bought the new MacBook Air a few days ago and my Internet connection is so slow. My iPhone's connection works fine when connected to the wifi but the MacBook connects for a few seconds then drops completely. What do I do? I tried connecting it to my phone's hotspot and it works perfectly. I'm a new Mac user so I have no idea what to do. I have Comcast xfinity cable and Internet. Thanks for the help.
Your warranty includes 90 days of phone support. Contact Apple.
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When is the new macbook air coming..??
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