2011 13' processor

which specific intel i5 processor is in the new 2011 13' mbp?

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Mac mini gives start-up chimes, fans run, etc, but display says "no signal" was working until this randomly happened?

So, I bought a Mac mini the other day- an "open box" item from Best Buy (Mid 2011, i5 processor, 2GB of RAM running 10.8)
Anyhow, it was working fine all day, i had transfered all my itunes library over to the new Mac mini from my MacBook Pro, and put the programs I wanted onto the mac mini. (Including plug-ins etc.) It was working fine, even with 2GB of RAM.
Anyhow, it started to get kind of sluggish, so, I closed all the programs (I assumed this was because it has 2GB of RAM, and I had been pushing it pretty hard all day), and checkd "About this MAC" Low and behold, it said only one RAM card was in, and it was a 1GB card. Well, that explains the eventual sluggishness. Further though, I think it means that once of the RAM slots is messed up.
Problem A) One of the RAM slots/cards is not working properly.
Problem A.5) I actually have two 2GB sticks of RAM that I pulled out of my 2011 MBP which will work, so, my plan is to upgrade to that RAM once I get the RAM card/slot information squared away.
When I opened up the case to try to switch cards, or address Problem A.5), I noticed that one of the clips for the Mac Mini's RAM was broken. Perhaps this is why one of the RAM cards was not being read?
Problem B) One of the clips that holds the top RAM card in place is broken.
After I had seen this, (I didn't actually do anything to the RAM, since I know Apple doesn't cover anything if you broke it, so I want to be able to say that I actually didn't touch anything- my guess is the people at Best Buy may have broken it?) I reconnected the Mac Mini, and was going to get the email and calendar set up, as that was all that was left to get set up. Oops.
After reconnecting, restarting, everything a few times, the same problem presented itself.
Problem C) even checking all connections, thoroughly, etc, the Mac Mini chimes on, fans start whirring, etc, but the display reads "no signal." Tried reconnecting the display, disconnecting, etc, nothing worked. I knoe the display works because I hooked it up to my MBP and it worked fine.
So, I've got a few issues going on, and an appointment at the Apple Store in Providence, RI today at 7:45 PM.
But, does anyone know anything about any of these issues? So I may be able to try to tackle some of them on my own before going in? Or, what to expect from the Apple store?
Thanks guys- any help is greatly appreciated!
-Andy

Hi,
my guess is the people at Best Buy may have broken it?)
My guess is since it was Open Box, somebody bought it, broke it trying to replace RAM, then returned it as they no longer wanted it.
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), if that doesn't work, try a Verbose boot, CMD+v
But the new Mini's use RAM as VRAM, so I think it's the RAM/slot issue

Is there a way to format Safari text into a language other than American?

The other day I was mystified when the spell-checker in my Word 2011 word-processor seemed to go bananas.
Despite all my language settings in Word being set to 'English (UK)', the spell-checker kept insisting on checking my document in 'English (US)'.
It eventually turned out that the reason for this was because I had copied & pasted some text from a website into my document using Safari as my browser.
When text is copied from Safari, (or, at least, my installation of it), it seems it is always formatted in American English, and this then requires re-setting of the document's language after each paste.
I have tested doing exactly the same thing, (same text on the same website), with the Firefox browser, and I find that text from there does not affect the language settings in Word, and that all my document remains in English (UK) as it should.
Is there any setting in Safari that I can adjust to prevent it insisting that any text copied is in American please?

Yes, thanks Tom.
I was fairly sure it was thus anyway, but I did check as you suggest, and British English is at the top of the list.
I'm pretty confident that this is a Safari-specific issue; as I say, when I do the same thing with Firefox I don't have the problem.

FireWire External Drive - Read Only Filesystem

I have a strange issue that I have not been able to resolve. I have an external hard drive connected to my iMac that has a read only file system. I have used it for years without issue. It switched to read only just recently.
Here are the details:
27-inch, Mid 2011 iMac
Processor 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB
Software OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
The drive in question:
Mount Point : /Volumes/DATA
Capacity : 2 TB (2,000,054,960,128 Bytes)
Format : Mac OS Extended
Available : 450.83 GB (450,826,641,408 Bytes)
Owners Enabled : No
Used : 1.55 TB (1,549,228,318,720 Bytes)
Number of Folders : 15,989
Number of Files : 84,118
As you can see, everything is set to Read & Write. However when I try to remove a file, I get:
$ rm -f test.file
rm: test.file: Read-only file system
If I try to write a file I get:
$ touch test.file
touch: test.file: Read-only file system
I have run the First Aid utilities and everything checks out OK:
The volume DATA appears to be OK.
Rebooting does not fix the issue either. After searching here and the interwebs, I haven't found a solution. Only references to FAT/NTFS formatted drives.
Is there anything else I can do that I missed?

Thank you Linc & MrJavaDeveloper!
I'm not throwing these suggestions out the window, but they would also be exhiiting some other symptoms too. With indexing issues, it shouldn't impact the inode or anything dealing with the filesystem.
The good thing is that the data is all still good and is readable.
First Aid is still the name of the tab in Disk Utility :-)
Regardless, I got impatient and I didn't have a spare drive to copy the data off of it so that I can rebuild this drive. So I nuked it and recreated the partition. Now I have to wait a couple of weeks for my restore from CrashPlan to finish :-P.

How do I go back to OS 10.6.8 on an iMac with OS 10.7.3 pre-installed?

Hi, I bought an Apple refurbished iMac (late 2011, i5 processor) to replace my dying 2005 iMac. It came with OS 10.7.3 pre-installed and no installation discs. I want to go back to OS 10.6.8 to be compatable with ProTools LE 8.05.
I have a Snow Leopard Mac Box Set. The installation disc is OS 10.6.3. When I try to start the new iMac from the Box Set installation disc, I get an error message:
"You can't use this version of the application install mac OSX with this version of Mac OS X. You have install Mac OS X 23.1.1"
Can anyone suggest a way for me to revert from OS 10.7.3 to OS 10.6.8?
Thanks,
Greg

Thanks for the reply. I was afraid this might be the case. However, I think the new refurbished iMac must have originally come with earlier version of the OS and 10.7.3 was installed during the repairs. I found a work-around:
- Made a disc image of the iMac running 10.6.8 and saved it to an external drive
- Connected the external drive to the new iMac
- Started the new iMac from the emergency partition created by 10.7 (Command R while starting)
- Used Disc Utility to erase the main partition of the new iMac and install the disc image of the old iMac
The new iMac now restarts in OS 10.6.8 and all the programs open. Not the ideal solution, but it worked.

How to Backup your HD and Reinstall Lion

Hello to all,
I'm a Student of Informatic Engineering studiying at UCAB in Venezuela.
I have a Macbook Pro 13" late 2011 and needed of windows and ubuntu because some projects at University needed to be developed in those OS. I did the Bootcamp to add Windows to my MacBook Pro, and did an extra partition to the Macintosh HD to install the Ubuntu. All Sucess and finished the semester. Now i dont need these OS no more because i won an Acer and now i have Windows and Ubuntu in that laptop so i want my Mac only with OSX. Besides now the OSX is startint to act funny, so i think its about the triple partition (and i dont like my apps in OSX closing for no reason, and the system is getting a bit slow).
So, my question is:
1.- How do i Backup my Macintosh HD so i dont lose all my installed apps and data.
2.- Can i use Time Machine on any External Hard Drive?
3.- How do i clear all my hd so its like brand new, and Reinstall Lion (because when i bought the Mac it didnt came with an OS CD)
Thanks for any help you may bring me..
I'm Sorry for any misspelled word, English is not my main Language.
MacBook Pro 13" (Late 2011)
Specs:
Processor: Intel Core i7 2.8Ghz
Ram: 16GB 1333 Mhz DDR3
HD: 750 GB (Macintosh HD: 550 GB, Bootcamp: 160GB, Ubuntu: 40GB)
Graphics: Intel HD 3000

1.- How do i Backup my Macintosh HD so i dont lose all my installed apps and data.
2.- Can i use Time Machine on any External Hard Drive?
3.- How do i clear all my hd so its like brand new, and Reinstall Lion (because when i bought the Mac it didnt came with an OS CD)
1. Use Time Machine - it's on your Mac.
2. Yes - if the external has enough space.
3. After you back up, use the steps described in this Macworld article to make a clean install of OS X. Basically you reboot while holding down the command and R keys and proceed from there.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1167870/hands_on_with_mountain_lions_os_x_recove ry_and_internet_recovery.html

My iMac is sooo slow... Why??

Hi,
I have an iMac bought in 2011. Processor: 3.2 Ghz Intel Core 13 / OS X Lion 10.7.5 / I have 1.33 TB FREE out of 2TB
Its so slow! when starts its almost a minute to start using it, the same when "it goes to sleep", every time I touch my keyboard "it wakes up" instantly but I have to wait to be able to use it. the same, every time I launch and app.... is sooooo slow!
What can I do to make it better?? I don't have loads app or anything, as you can see I'm not using even half of its memory!! so, why?? Help me!!
I want it to install Yosemite but I'm afraid it will make it worst!
any suggestions? solutions? ... anything??
Thanks in advance!!!!
Romi

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iMac very slow
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I7 3770K vs i7 3820 - Video Card suggestion?

My use : 90% Photoshop / LightRoom , 5% Premiere , 5% other, do NOT game at all.
Hi Guys,
My Budget for CPU is around $300-350 , what do you guys recommend? 2011 socket or 1155 that can be over clocked?
I have another problem with Graphic card, I want to have 2 monitors and a TV (3 total) now from what i understand Nvidia cards only support 2 out and ATI cards dont play nice with Premiere, considering my budget on Video card is around 250$ , do you guys suggest, i go with Nvidia and 1 monitor + TV, ATI and since i dont use Premiere TOO MUCH its ok? or any other option i am missing? for nVidia i was thinking GTX 570, good choice? ATI i got no idea ! any recommendation is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your help.

I'm going with the 2011 socket for my own build, but I've noticed that the costs involved with that platform are higher overall, as it is considered a higher "bracket." Be warned that Ivy Bridge processers (which all go on LGA 1155) such as the 3770k you are considering don't overclock nearly as well as Sandy Bridge does/did. Despite this, I hear that the 3770k is still a nice CPU, and will likely give you quality performance even without overclocking. The 3830 is currently the only 2011 socket processor in your price range; the next step up leaps both in performance and cost - the $500+ range.
5xx (Fermi) series cards can only run 2 monitors, correct. However, the 6xx series Kepler architecture cards can simultanously run up to 4 displays (3 if in 3D).
With a $250 budget, I would recommend looking at the GTX 660. Performance wise, it will sit a little lower than the GTX 570, but it has the advantages I mentioned above. Otherwise, if you are willing to stretch the wallet a little bit, the GTX 660 Ti is a fantastic performer for $275-300 and is arguably better than the 570, plus improvements in power consumption and heat dissipation.. (Note that the cards I linked to are not recommendations for a specific card per se, I just grabbed the currently top rated card from each model at Newegg).
Hope that helps,
Kristofor

Graphics troubleshooting Macbook Air

To whomever can tell me what I need to do to fix the following problem I am having: My screen occasionally to almost constantly - turns gray (so that I can still barely see what is on the monitor) and a solid black line @ 2 inches in width or streaks of black appear along with this at the same time. I am unsure what to do, I have read a good bit on graphics display in Macbook Air 13-inch, Mid 2011, but I am unsure exactly how to fix my problem. Any help, advice, or guidance will be much appreciated!
Computer Specifications are below:
I have a Macbook Air 13-inch, Mid 2011 with
Processor 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Software OS X 10.9.4 - Mavericks
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 384 MB
VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 10
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x0116
Revision ID: 0x0009
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 1440 x 900
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
Thank You!
Beth Johnson

Please make a Genius Appointment and take it in for service. We can't fix a hardware problem.

MacBook Pro 13 " going slower in performance after Installing LION OSX

Hey Guys ,
I had noticed some problems in my MacBook Pro 13" which I bought in the MID of 2011 ( i5 processor ) , I had purchased and installed LION OSX and observed after installing that my Backlite ( Keyboard ) dont get on when I start up at the LOG IN , which used to work in SNOW LEOPARD .
Booting takes SO SO SO long as when comapared with the previous OS .
Heating Problem is also a must to mention .
If you guys know how to reduce these problems please help me out !
Thank You .

I'm curious if you ever found a solution for this issue. I recently purchased the SanDisk Extreme II 480GB, replacing my OWC Extreme Pro 240GB. The OWC never experienced the "slow to wake" issue whereas the SanDisk drive does, consistently. To make sure I'm having the same symptoms, this is what happens to me: Put the mac to sleep (either manually or letting it do it on its own, waiting for the led to pulse showing that it is asleep), then wake it up (press a key on the keyboard), the logon screen shows almost immediately but as soon as I try to type the pinwheel/beach ball shows up, I wait between 20 and 30 seconds and then I'm able to type and all is well.
I contataced SanDisk and their support was horrible. They simply told me "contact MAC for this issue" (no joke, not "contact Apple" but "contact MAC", in all caps). I explained that it works fine with the OWC drive just not the SanDisk. They replied with another article showing that all macs have trouble waking from sleep (not true). I replied again indicating that I've never had this issue with any of my 3rd party drives, only this SanDisk. Then the replied simply stating that all mac's have issues with 3rd party hard drives when waking from sleep. At this point I threw a fit and yelled at my screen, even though it wasn't my screens fault.
In any case, their support has not been willing to do any actual troubleshooting. I'd love to return it and I might have to - but as you stated, it's annoying to have this issue but the performance is fine the rest of the time.
Thanks for any input you have.
Bryan

Adobe Elements Premier will not run - Application Error

Installed the combined Adobe Elements 12 (Photoshop and Premier) package. Adobe Elements Photoshop runs fine. The Elements Premier comes up with an Application Error. I have a custom computer that runs flawless
Specs follow:
SABERTOOTH X79 Socket 2011 X79 ATX Intel Motherboard
High Current Gamer 750W Gamer Power Supply HCG-750
Core i7 3820 LGA 2011 Boxed Processor
135MM Fan CPU Cooler - Blue LED
Several Hard Drives
including two Caviar Black 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
12X SATA Blu-ray Burner with 3D Playback
Full Tower ATX Computer Case
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x 16 Video Card
140mm Performance Case Fans
Vengeance Series 16GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit
Any idea what is causing the problem?

Woofer
If you go to Computer/Manage/Event Viewer/Windows Logs/Application, do you find an error corresponding to this issue.
If so, does the error message there give you further insights into the issue and how to correct it?
The Elements Premier comes up with an Application Error.
What are you doing when you get the above "Application Error"?
a. Double clicking the desktop icon of the program?
b. Selecting Video/New Project in the Welcome Screen?
c. Other?
Are you running the program Run As Administrator and from a User Account with Administrative Privileges?
Latest version of QuickTime installed on the computer with Premiere Elements?
Video card/graphics card with latest driver version according to web site of the manufacturer of the video card/graphics card?
Please review.
Thanks.
ATR

Premiere Pro error message [/Scully64/shared/adobe/MediaCore/Backend/Make/Mac/../../Src/Sequence/Tra

Hello,
Does anyone have any ideas for a solution to the following Premiere Pro CS 5 error message? Any tips/ideas would be appreciated! Full error message below:
Premiere Pro has encountered an error.
[/Scully64/shared/adobe/MediaCore/Backend/Make/Mac/../../Src/Sequence/TrackItem.cpp-177]
Error message occurs when editing/cutting out parts of footage to intergrate into a timeline sequence, when this error appears unable to continue using Premiere
Footage contains MP4 and AAC (audio)
using Premiere Pro CS5 v5.0.4, running on Mac OS X 10.9.1 (Marvericks) on Macbook pro (early 2011) with processor speed 2.7GHz (Core i7), 64-bit, 500 SATA, 4GB memory.

1. I did use PluralEyes to sync it, its a 3 camera shoot plus separate audio capture. I am running the latest version of Plural Eyes 3.
2. as far as I know I'm up to date on everything, I am running an 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 iMac with an AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2048 MB graphics card, with 10.9.2
3. It was triggered by a specific clip, which oddly enough was a clip that Plural Eyes didn't sync with the audio, I was able to trim the clip in the timeline, then it worked fine.
However, I just started a new project and I am having the same issue.
4. Tried the new sequence trick, didn't work
5. Tried this as well, no luck
Seems like the only work around was to trim the clip, then I was able to do what I needed and had no other problems on that project, but like I said it has no reappeared on a new project. For clarity sake it is different footage but shoot on the same camera, just on a different date

Mac Mini dual core or Mac Mini quad core server for normal use ?

Hello
I am looking to replace my desktop work computer from my 2011 i7 quad core 2.0 MBP for a Mac Mini because it was actually made for desktop use and my minidisplayport - dvi adaptor just broke ( I think because to many unplugs and plugs from the laptop to the monitor ) .
I work in Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Aptana, Netbeans, open 20 + tabs in chrome, firefox so I need a bit of performance
I have no use for Mac OSX Server, I just want to be at least as fast as my MBP. I can see that the 999$ Mac mini has the same processor as my MBP ( 2.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 ) but no dedicated video card. Also, the 800$ Mac mini has a video card BUT just a dual core - 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 .
What do you think I should get ? I don't play games, I have windows for that anyway. Would the dedicated video card make much of a difference ? ( does photoshop or mac use it much - openCL etc. )
Thanks!

You might also consider the Apple only available Mini
which has a 2.7 GHz i7 dual core which has dedicated
graphics. Also, all the 2011 i7 processors (Sandy Bridge)
are hyperthreading.
As for dedicated graphics, they are really only needed
for high end gaming or 3D rendering apps. It will
make no difference with the software that you mention,
as they are more CPU intensive.

Mac Os X Lion Crashes after resuming from Sleep

Hi Everybody, i'm experiencing an issue on my 13'' MBP Early 2011 (i5 processor, 4GB RAM, 750GB HD SATA). My MBP often got stuc after i resume from my monitor sleep. I'll explain it in a better way: After i resume from sleep, there's at first a black screen in which the mouse can move, after that the mouse becmes the classic loading wheel and it freezes copletely, remaining in this situation. I thought it was a screensaver compatibility issue, but the problem stand still after i uninstalled screensaver and deactivate the screensaver options. I think it's a problem with Lion with the HD, but i have no evidence of it. Can Anyone help?
Thank you in advance,
Daniele.

Whenever someone comes to me with crashing and freezing on waking up I look at 3 things and typically in this order:
(1) Hard drive - usually if it is the hard drive SMART has already given a warning if the drive is actually failing or running Disk Utility reveals problems - often problems that cannot be fixed. Also, when the crashes are related to the hard drive there may actuallly be nothing wrong with the drive and a simple erase and reinstall will fix it.
(2) Software issues - the old trick of creating a new account and logging into it to see if the problem is in your account or global helps. Looking in console to see if there's an error message logged just before the crash can be instructive - or not. Often the crash occurs before an error is logged. Sometimes reinstalling the OS is the solution - that's where having a FireWire hard drive is helpful. I can just boot with it and see if the computer still crashes on waking. If not I know to reinstall the OS.
(3) RAM - marginal and faulty RAM can be the culprit in many cases. The frustrating thing about RAM is that RAM tests seldom give false positives, if the test says you have bad RAM, you do. Unfortunately when the test reveals nothing wrong the RAM might still be defective, just not enough for the test to catch.
However, past history has led me to put RAM at the top of the list after an OS upgrade. Marginal RAM has been the culprit of many crash on wake problems with previous OS upgrades. I especially recall Leopard and Snow Leopard being affected - at the shop where I sometimes work we did a lot of RAM warranty replacements after those two upgrades. And here at the support forum we saw lots of people complaining of crash on wake problems coming back and saying, "Yep, got my RAM replaced and all is well." So if any of you are like me and upgraded your RAM, if you have the original RAM sitting around swap it in and see if the crashes stop.

OS X Yosemite upgrade for MacBook Pro

I know some people have found updating to OS X Yosemite an issue so I thought would check with the experts.
I have 17-inch, Early 2011. Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7. Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3. Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63). Hard drive 750GB and 600GB free space.
I am very happy with Lion and am not clear if I need to upgrade or simply continue as I am?
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.

Not an expert, but one problem is apparently Apple has stopped releasing security updates for 10.7. There was a major security patch released for 10.8/9/10.
Below is a way to fix it for 10.7 or go to System Preferences/Date & Time and turn off Set Date and Time Automatically.
NTP patch for 10.6 and 10.7
One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won’t have to go though the revert process.
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