Air drop don't work on 4 yr old macbook pro's
I just downloaded Lion on my 4 yr old macbook pro and air drop is one of the features that wont work because my mac is to old in the computer world. I am trying to now find out what else am I gonna not get out of this and why didnt they say that kinda tacky.
Any feature specific requirements are listed on the Specs page. Airdrop needs a newer network card that can run in two modes at the same time.
Similar Messages
-
I do I get iwork 08 to work on my husband's macbook pro? I had an older macbook pro and he gave me his newer macbook pro. So, I transferred all the stuff on my old macbook pro to his along with me being a new user/administrator, etc. Now, when I try to create documents or try to print out something, iwork doesn't work, b/c I am logged on as a new user. Help!
He did have iwork installed, but it won't work for me. When I transferred it to myself as new user, if gave me a trial period of 30 days, I was wondering why that was. After the 30 days, it said that I needed to put the serial number in from the iwork boxi or if I bought it from the app store, a serial number could be given to me. Also, if I didn't have the box or the serial number, I could buy one? My husband got the computer in 2008 and had the iwork 08 software and installed it. Now, I guess since it has transferred over to a new user, I have to buy another iwork just to print out anything? I don't get it.
-
Air Drop doesn't work on any of my devices since installing Yosemite and OS8. What is the problem?
Air Drop doesn't work on any of my devices since installing Yosemite and OS8. What is the problem?
Mac Basics: AirDrop lets you send files from your Mac to nearby Macs and iOS devices - Apple Support
Use AirDrop to wirelessly share content - Apple Support -
App Store and mail don't work in mavericks on a Mac Pro mid 10
App Store and mail don't work in mavericks on a Mac Pro mid 10
During the day more and more functions of my MacPro (mid10) are down. Icons disappear, mail pop out every time, app store doesn't even come up, wifi connection to other devices like ipad and macbook air fails.
Any suggestion to come over this terrible upgrade?App Store and mail don't work in mavericks on a Mac Pro mid 10
During the day more and more functions of my MacPro (mid10) are down. Icons disappear, mail pop out every time, app store doesn't even come up, wifi connection to other devices like ipad and macbook air fails.
Any suggestion to come over this terrible upgrade? -
When I switch my time capsule to 5.0ghz mode the range of my wireless network drops significantly. Near the Time Capsule my Macbook Pro works fine, in my bedroom I have almost no signal. In mixed mode it works fine both placed. Any ideas on how to get 5.0 working? I thought 5.0Ghz was supposed to have a wider range. Do I need to change a setting on the Macbook Pro?
Thanks, WI'm not sure if you understand that 5 GHz has some upsides, but also some very significant downsides.
The upside is that the 5 GHz signal will allow faster speeds.
The downside is that you must always give up something in order to gain something else.Unfortunately, the marketing hype about 5 GHz does not go into very many details about this.
In the case of 5 GHz, the 5 GHz signals are much weaker than 2.4 GHz signals, so they do not travel as far or penetrate any obstructions like walls or ceilings nearly as well as 2.4 GHz signals. In many cases, in order to get good 5 Ghz performance, you literally have to have almost a line-of-sight relationship between your computer and the wireless router.
If you have a new dual band router, which broadcasts both a 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz signal simutaneously, your Mac will connect to the best signal quality automatically depending on its location in relation to the router. In the same room, without any obstructions, it will connec to 5 GHz. But, take the laptop down the hall a few rooms and around the corner and the Mac will connect to the 2.4 GHz signal because at that location, the 2.4 GHz signal is not only stronger, it is also faster. -
Can the apple external disc drive that I just got for my air also work with my late 2007 macbook pro? The internal disc drive broke after apple care expired, natch.
No, sorry. it won't work with the 2007 MBP. You can replace the optical drive yourself - just go shopping at OWC.
Good luck,
Clinton -
After some advice, I am new to Apple and looking to purchase either the MacBook Air 13inch with 256GB and 8GB mem or the MacBook Pro 13inch with retina 256Gb and 8GB mem. I am an assistant principal in a primary school and also studying my masters at university. I don't play computer games and I don't watch movies. I do store photos and videos of my kids and music on iTunes. I also like browsing the net with numerous windows open, check email etc. I am really wanting long battery life as I do a lot of my work on the couch - not close to a PowerPoint. Would the air do the trick or will it soon be outdated as Apple move towards retina display? Both air and pro seem very thin - almost the same? And not much difference in weight either so both very portable which is also a necessary requirement. Just can't help dreaming about that 12 hour claimed battery life. Any helpful advice/opinions, very much appreciated. Thanks
It's not likely that you'll get 12 hours in reql life. Those benchmarks are set under very strict controlled conditions. Kind of like mileage per gallon claims on cars. If 16GB of ram is an option at all I'd highly recommend you get that. As far as storage 256GB isn't alot, consider storing some things on an external thunderbolt real
-
Migrated to Macbook Air. Apps now on both new and old macbooks. How?
I have just used the migration software to tranfer to a late 2011 Macbook Air (Lion) from a late 2009 Macbook Pro (Snow Leopard). My intention is to sell my old Macbook Pro.
After migrating, I now have apps (ex. iLife, iWorks, Office, etc) that appear and work on both machines. I only purchased one copy of the software, so how does this work? I want to leave some software on the Macbook Pro for the person buying it. Can I have duplicates, and will they work on both machines simultaneously? Can I just uninstall the software I no don't want to "share"?
Thanks!Migration Assistant doesn't erase anything from the source computer. That is left for you to do. Yes, just delete the software from the old computer. Note: Some licenses permit software to be installed on multiple computers but limit its use to one at a time while others permit installation on only one computer. Still others might permit installation on several computers. Confusing....
-
If I buy a new MacBook Air will the Apple Store help me transfer everything from my old MacBook Pro?
Will Apple help to copy over all the settings, apps, programs, files, etc. from an old MacBook Pro 15" on OS X 10.6.8 to a new MacBook Air 15"? Will it work easily and painlessly? Will they help me set it back to factory once everything is copied so that it can be sold or given to someone else? Will they charge for this?
I want to get the new MacBook Air 13".
The current 15" 2.53 GHz MacBook Pro Mid 2009 has the following specs and OS:
Mac OS X version 10.6.8
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,4
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP53.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.49f2
Serial Number (system):
Hardware UUID:
Sudden Motion Sensor: Enabled
According to Apple's serial number identifier it's this: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP544
Thanks.You sure about this? https://www.apple.com/why-mac/better-support/
"Purchase a One to One membership at the same time you get your new Mac from an Apple Retail Store, and you won’t have to spend hours transferring all your stuff. Just bring in your old PC, and we’ll do it for you. A Specialist will move all your files — email, contacts, music, photos, documents, calendar, desktop items — and make sure everything is exactly where it should be. One to One costs just $99, and it includes a year’s worth of one-hour, face-to-face training sessions. It’s like getting a head start before you start."
This is really disappointing. Buy a $3,000 computer from them and then buy another one for $1,000+ and all they want to do is screw you over, nickle and dime you and price gouge you on setting it up. -
I would like to use my work exchange email on my macbook pro. But I cannot install it. I have no problem my work email on my iPhone or iPad. My work IT person does not know what is wrong. Why I try to set up the email I get the message that it cannot connect to this server.
Try going into System Prefereces then Mail, Cintacts & Calendars then click on the Microsoft Exchange link on the right. Type in your email address and password and allow it to set it up automatically.
Make sure your Mac is updated to the newest version of Mail.
If that still fails then I suggest you switch email clients. I don't care for the built in mail program. IMHO it is very buggy. -
The uploader that allows me to uplaod my photos from Iphoto is no longer working consistantly. WHen I have a sight that where I am supposed to " CLICK HERE TO ADD PHOTOS" and I click, nothing happens. Sometimes after 45 seconds it might open up the IPhoto page but then the page is frozen and the cursor can't activate any thing on the page. I cannot scroll down the photos , make a selection or close the page. Another 60 seconds may goby and then the IPhoto site will close.
I use it for Ebay and also things like uploading photos for making photobooks and playing cards. I have done quite a bit to try and sort this out and I am at a loss. Not really very computer smart either! Emptied cache,restarted,checked security,looked at Java....and called Ebay for help. I really do not want to add another browser, like FireFox, as I didi that before and it interferred with the MAIL account. Any suggestions?
I have a 3 year old MAcBook Pro...and of course my telephone assistance has expired.
Thanks for any response.The uploader that allows me to uplaod my photos from Iphoto is no longer working consistantly. WHen I have a sight that where I am supposed to " CLICK HERE TO ADD PHOTOS" and I click, nothing happens. Sometimes after 45 seconds it might open up the IPhoto page but then the page is frozen and the cursor can't activate any thing on the page. I cannot scroll down the photos , make a selection or close the page. Another 60 seconds may goby and then the IPhoto site will close.
I use it for Ebay and also things like uploading photos for making photobooks and playing cards. I have done quite a bit to try and sort this out and I am at a loss. Not really very computer smart either! Emptied cache,restarted,checked security,looked at Java....and called Ebay for help. I really do not want to add another browser, like FireFox, as I didi that before and it interferred with the MAIL account. Any suggestions?
I have a 3 year old MAcBook Pro...and of course my telephone assistance has expired.
Thanks for any response. -
I just bought a MBA and I need to move my photos and itunes to an external hard drive (from my old MacBook Pro) because they won't fit on the Air. I got the photos moved fine and I followed an online tutorial to move the necessary files for itunes, but it didn't work. The files copied fine, but when I tell iTunes on the Air to look at the external drive for the library, it doesn't find anything. What I copied was the entire iTunes Media folder. So, how do I move the necessary iTunes files from my old Pro to a external drive so I can access them from my new Air? Whew!
iTunes- How to move the library to an EHD
After you move the library you need to open iTunes by first depressing the OPTION key then launching iTunes. You will be given a choice of which library to use. This can then be made a permanent change, if you wish, in the Advanced section of iTunes preferences. -
I have a problem with Imovie. Just brought an macbook 15 retina , iLife install and Imovie was working. I than did a data migration from my old macbook pro and now it crashes on start up. I tried to re-install from app store but no option to re-install, just installed and it greyed out.
Well, my two-month-old MBP has no qualms about booting from a no-name external USB HD I put together...
Given that is is a common point of failure, I would imagine a large Apple Store should keep a stock of HD's on hand.
Now since you're a bit desperate and the genie pops up til Saturday and you seem to be the enterprising kind, let's try an experiment: if you have room enough in the external HD and assuming it isn't a Time Machine volume, why don't you plug it in, stick the Install CD and see if the installer lets you select the external drive as the install target. If you can install Leopard on it, on top of the backup without reformatting, and the Mac can boot from the drive afterwards, at least you would have some functionality restored and would be able to pull your stuff from the internal HD. Apple says booting from USB drives is not supported but that does not equate to not possible; some brands do work. Risks? Always. You can always lose your backup. Like I said, a challenge for an enterprising gal....
Next time around, consider having a bootable external clone at hand for rainy days. I keep three myself...
P.S. Since I'll be in the Dallas-FW area in late June, I can volunteer with the confetti.... -
I have a 2 year old MacBook Pro and the superdrive has stopped working, it won't take discs in as if there is one already inside but iTunes or the dvd player doesn't recognise that there is a disc inside and if there is it can't be ejected, i have tried shutting down and restartinf while holding down the trackpad, as recommended on some forums but that has done nothing
It might be a huge coincidence but the drive was working fine before i installed lion?Installing Lion would not cause the superdrive to stop working. Are you unsure as to whether or no a cd/dvd is inside? Something may be broken inside and you should consider bringing it in for service.
-
I recently bought a MacBook Air. I migrated the info from my old MacBook to the new Air. None of my contacts migrated. I still have them on my old Macbook, Ipad and iPhone. How do I get them to the new Air?
You can copy the iWeb application from the desktop machine to your new MBA. But if it's iWeb 2 it won't work with Mavericks or Mt. Lion. Also copy the Domain.sites file from the desktop to your MBA as that's the file with your webstite files in it.
Happy New Year
Maybe you are looking for
-
Please help!
-
/* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in
-
Problem in refreshing jinternalframe
Hello, In java code I have added jtable to jinternalframe and on each button click I have to show new values filled in jtable which is in jinternalframe.But I am getting new jinternalframe next to original jinternalframe.I want new jinternalframe to
-
My carefully-chosen custom colors in iCal do not transfer to my iPod Touch. I use 7 different "calendar" colors in iCal, but on the Touch that becomes 5 colors and NOT ONE matches what was assigned in iCal. Is there any way to correct this problem? I
-
Hi, We have SMS gateway integrated with our SAP CRM instance,where we have Business Partners of diiferent countries.Requirement is to link the SMS language based on the selection of language at the Business Partner. Need help to know whether this is