Battery removal on mid-2010 macbook pro
Macbook pro 15" Mid-2010:
I was curious about what would happen If I were to remove or replace the battery myself. I don't intend on doing this any time soon but when I was having a charging issue with my old power adapter, I took the back off and checked to make sure there were no loose connections that would be causing the problem. Turned out it was a bad power adapter. I noticed the battery said not to remove it and I know from the charts that this is one of the non-user replaceble batteries. Is there some kind of damage that would occure if I were to remove the battery myself. Just from the little glance that I saw when I was looking at it, it did not seem like it would be that difficult to remove. I have no intentions of removing it or replacing it at this time but was just curios as to what issues could occur If I did try to remove it myself. I can tell by looking at the battery that a replacement battery would have to come from apple but other than that I could not see any reason why I could not remove the battery myself.
Thanks Melophage. This is my first apple computer. The last time I touched an apple was back in the late 80s with the Imac. I have been working with PCs since the early 90s. I still repair them and remove Viruses from them. I can tell you how to do all kinds of things on a PC but this Apple is a whole new world. There some things on the PC that I miss but overall I love the Apple world so much better than the PC. I just wish they were not so expensive.
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Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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Quick Summary of Problem: My MacBook Pro is currently shutting down without warning. It would be more accurate to say that the screen goes blank but the machine remains on as can be heard by the fan. Nothing resolves it without powering down and restarting. It has occurred when attached to a power source or via the battery.
My machine specs: Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 15” with 500GB hard drive, 8GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics/nVidia GeForce GT 330M with 512MB, anti-glare 15” screen with max resolution 1680 x 1050). Running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with 2013-001 Security Patch installed.
I have AppleCare which commenced when I first bought the machine in July 2010.
System Profiler says my battery condition is ‘Normal’. Cycle count: 610.
Detailed Summary of Problem: Back in January, my MacBook Pro shut down several times without warning. Each time, I was creating selections on high resolution imagery in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Not long after, I saw the ‘MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7’ relased on Feb 12 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1633) and installed it via Software Update. By coincidence or not, my MBP behaved much better afterwards and the seemingly random blank screens requiring a restart disappeared.
But then I installed the ‘Security Update 2013-001 (Snow Leopard)’(http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1642) via Software Update and that’s the only thing I can really remember changing to my system. Since then, the black-outs have reappeared. As before, I was usually using Photoshop and working with high resolution imagery. However, one time the machine blacked-out, I was simply doing a two-finger scroll on the built-in trackpad whilst in Chrome (Version 25.0.1364.172).
The blackout has occurred twice now not being connected to power, and twice with it being connected to a wall socket. Needless to say, I lost work in Photoshop (even though I’ve begun to save more regularly) and now it feels like it’s a ticking time bomb and I don’t know when it’s going to go off.
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Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
The full crash log can be found at the bottom of this post.
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 1499814 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 3
Anonymous UUID: 64BB09F4-C27C-4BA6-A3C4-EAF953593C01
Sun Mar 17 21:18:55 2013
panic(cpu 2 caller 0x83506c9b): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xa691c000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x81ec2188 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x81ec21bc 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x81ec21d8 : 0x83506c9b (0x8371c28c 0x8378c800 0x8372ae60 0x0)
0x81ec2278 : 0x83621608 (0xe826c04 0xd8e9004 0x100 0x16043000)
0x81ec22c8 : 0x83618601 (0xd8e9004 0x100 0x81ec22f8 0x834f6778)
0x81ec22f8 : 0x83d3b9a6 (0xd8e9004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x1)
0x81ec2438 : 0x836402b5 (0xd8e9004 0xd8eb004 0x0 0x0)
0x81ec2478 : 0x8350fe7c (0xd8e9004 0xd8eb004 0x0 0x0)
0x81ec2518 : 0x8350c55b (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
0x81ec26c8 : 0x8350e58f (0x0 0x600d600d 0x702b 0x81ec26f8)
0x81ec2798 : 0x82b07eae (0xc1d00041 0xbfef0033 0xbfef0034 0x857c)
0x81ec2808 : 0x82b17734 (0x1a699c00 0x1a106300 0x8 0x0)
0x81ec2828 : 0x82b3c322 (0x1a106300 0xb 0x81ec2848 0x2345f4)
0x81ec2858 : 0x82b3cb3d (0xe863000 0x0 0x81ec287c 0x0)
0x81ec2888 : 0x82b1cd79 (0xe863000 0xa4837080 0x0 0x0)
0x81ec28d8 : 0x82aded0c (0x6bbcb000 0x0 0x0 0x3)
0x81ec2948 : 0x82ade40f (0x6bbcb000 0x0 0x2 0x3)
0x81ec2978 : 0x82ad405f (0x6bbcb000 0x0 0x2 0x6be38000)
0x81ec2ab8 : 0x82b0d5d8 (0x6be38000 0x1 0x81ec2bcc 0x81ec2bc8)
0x81ec2b68 : 0x82acffe1 (0x6be38000 0x1 0x81ec2bcc 0x81ec2bc8)
0x81ec2be8 : 0x56da06 (0x6be38000 0x0 0x81ec2e3c 0x81ec2c74)
0x81ec2c38 : 0x56e2a5 (0x82b5e720 0x6be38000 0x160bc588 0x1)
0x81ec2c88 : 0x56eb59 (0x6be38000 0x10 0x81ec2cd0 0x0)
0x81ec2da8 : 0x286638 (0x6be38000 0x10 0x160bc588 0x1)
0x81ec3e58 : 0x21dbe5 (0x160bc560 0x1b4155a0 0x1ecfa8 0x5d43)
0x81ec3e98 : 0x210a86 (0x160bc500 0x0 0xe759570 0xea560e0)
0x81ec3ef8 : 0x216f84 (0x160bc500 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x81ec3f78 : 0x295c57 (0xda5e288 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x81ec3fc8 : 0x2a256d (0xda5e284 0x0 0x10 0x18c5fa84)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(6.4.0)@0x82ac4000->0x82b7afff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.4.0)@0x83c05000->0x84019fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000
com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000->0x8378dfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 27346403042381
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Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST9500420ASG, 465.76 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 5
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However, the issue described by TS4088 is not a soldering problem. It is a Latent Defect -- a flaw built into certain batches of those chips from the day they were packaged and installed.
If your Mac fails the VST test used to detect this Latent Defect, re-flowing the solder is likely to have NO EFFECT on its performance -- the solution is the remove the defective chip and replace with a good one.
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Mid 2010 Macbook Pro will not stay off or asleep
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I have a mid 2010 MacBook Pro will not stay turned off when I tell it to shut down. It will shut down just fine, but a few seconds later it will boot up again. This also happens when I try to close the lid (or just put it to sleep), it will work fine, screen/Apple logo on the back will turn off and the status LED will slowly pulse. However a few seconds later, the LED stops pulsing and the Apple logo will illuminate. If I open the lid I will be greeted with the log in page with zero delay (i.e. its been displaying for a while).
This has become problematic because the computer always be running. If I put it in my laptop bag the computer will get hot as ****. The only way to get it to really turn off is to let the battery die or remove the battery. But this computer does not have the externally removable battery so that is not a trivial process.
The symptoms exist in both Mac OS (Mountain Lion and Maveriks) and Windows 8/8.1. This makes me believe its something in the hardware (or at least a setting in the hardware), not software (I know Apple doesn't care what Windows does, but it is exibiting identical behavior).
I have reset the NVRAM and the SMC with no luck. When I reset the SMC I didn't get a good indication that anything happened though, and was wondering if that is normal. Resetting the NVRAM results in another restart, while its hard to tell if you actually reset the SMC. I reset the SMC by turning the computer off, then holding the power button when it tries to restart (this usually gives me a few minutes where the computer will actually stay off), then pressing shift, control, option and power at the same time and releasing them at the same time. This is how the Apple documentation said to do it. They did not mention how long the must be held though so I presume that doesn't matter.
Anyone experience this/have any ideas?
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Mid 2010 Macbook Pro Graphic Card(GT 330M) Temporary Fix
Have seen lot of Posts regarding this issue to which i found a temporary fix and thought might be helpfull to someone else
I am with a Mid 2010 Macbook Pro
2.66 i7
4gb ram
Nvidia Geforce gt 330m / Intel HD Graphics(228 mb)
Lion 10.7.2
its been above 4 years my mb was working fine untill i decided to do a clean install of Mountain Lion and started facing this Crash Issues,
within this week i tryed to reinstall snow leopard and lion and tryed to overcome this crash issue but noting worked(couldnt reinstall snow bcaz it wouldnt boot for me)
Havent taken it to a showroom or repair centre since i already figured that this issue is due to the nvidia graphic card that came with this mb(but planing to once i save enuf money for a new repair)
for now i am on 10.7.2(lion) and my fix to this issue is gfxCardStatus 2.2.1(the new version of gfx does automatic switching for me which gives me no control)
Bfore this when ever i opend Logic Pro the gfx status automatically moved to Discrete which after a while lead to black screen and a force restart,so i came across this fix and its been working well for me
how to ;-
1 - install gfxCardStatus 2.2.1(google it for download link)
2 - switch energy saver in system prefs to battery saver and select Intergrated Mode in gfcardstatus from the menu bar
Note ;-
- after restart the defualt in gfx bcomes dynamic switching and while selecting Intergrated mode the screen will have white lines and garbled issue.
3 - so bfore restart i quit gfx and uninstall it(move it to trash n empty)
4 - after restart the gfx menu dosent come up on bar so i reinstall it from a extrnal usb or drive or redownload it from internet and install it back n repeat set 2 from how to notes.
Now repeating this process when i open Logic Pro the gfx stays on Intergrated Only allowing me to finish my projects with full concentration and without any black screen or force restarts.
Hope this works well for some one out there.Spill Cleaning
Some liquid has just spilled into your Mac. What should you do?
Do
Immediately shut down the computer and unplug the power cord.
Remove the computer's battery (if you can)
Disconnect any peripherals (printers, iPods, scanners, cameras, etc.)
Lay the computer upside down on paper towels to get as much liquid as possible to drip out.
Note what was spilled on your Mac.
Bring the computer into an Apple store or AASP as soon as possible.
Don't
Don't try to turn it back on. Liquids can help electrical current move about the components of your Mac in destructive ways.
Don't shake the computer (this will only spread the liquid around).
Don't use a hair dryer on it (even at a low setting a hair dryer will damage sensitive components). -
Mid 2010 MacBook Pro no backlight following keyboard spill.
I am new here. Can I get help with a mid 2010 MacBook Pro? It appears to have a LED backlit screen. A keyboard spill left me with a display problem. In bright light at the right angle you can see that the display is still working, but there is zero backlighting available. I have replaced inverters on other machines in the past with this problem, but they were not LED backlit. I think this problem is different. Can someone give me a clue what to do to fix this please? Thank you!!!
I wouldn't be concerned with the backlight.
Spill Cleaning
Some liquid has just spilled into your Mac. What should you do?
Do
Immediately shut down the computer and unplug the power cord.
Remove the computer's battery (if you can)
Disconnect any peripherals (printers, iPods, scanners, cameras, etc.)
Lay the computer upside down on paper towels to get as much liquid as possible to drip out.
Note what was spilled on your Mac.
Bring the computer into an Apple store or AASP as soon as possible.
Don't
Don't try to turn it back on. Liquids can help electrical current move about the components of your Mac in destructive ways.
Don't shake the computer (this will only spread the liquid around).
Don't use a hair dryer on it (even at a low setting a hair dryer will damage sensitive components). -
Hi all... My mid 2010 MacBook Pro took a keyboard spill. It still works but the display is very very dark. A faint image can only be seen at an angle in very bright light. I think this model has an LED screen. Can anyone please tell me what the fix for this is? Thank you sooooo much!
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Some liquid has just spilled into your Mac. What should you do?
Do
Immediately shut down the computer and unplug the power cord.
Remove the computer's battery (if you can)
Disconnect any peripherals (printers, iPods, scanners, cameras, etc.)
Lay the computer upside down on paper towels to get as much liquid as possible to drip out.
Note what was spilled on your Mac.
Bring the computer into an Apple store or AASP as soon as possible.
Don't
Don't try to turn it back on. Liquids can help electrical current move about the components of your Mac in destructive ways.
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Mid-2010 MacBook Pro: freezing and spinning wheel
Hi there,
I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro (I know, old) that's been in very good condition. I upgraded my OS to Mavericks in May, which is when it started being slow and crashing/freezing around twice a week. For example, just doing normal things like surfing the web or checking the Airport or battery life will suddenly freeze the cursor which will then turn into the spinning wheel of death. Sometimes I can wait it out if it's a few minutes but sometimes I have to manually turn off the computer and then turn it back on when it's been hours of no change or improvement. I know it's probably best to downgrade back to Snow Leopard but I'd really like to keep my OS. Are there other things I can do to optimize my Mac? I've tried keeping fewer files on the desktop and emptying out the trash often and it seemed to help for a while. Other suggestions?
Thanks for reading!Wow, that post looks like a mess...I will try to make it more readable.
Thanks for your reply. I had to wait a few days for the problem to crop up again. I followed your instructions to the best of my ability. The thing is that the problem (i.e. freezing and spinning wheel) happened at 8:19 and the closest messages in the Console were are time stamped 8:17 and 8:25. So I will put them here for you to look at if you don't mind:
2014-09-03 8:17:00.034 PM com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: _SendAttachNotification Device 6c:3e:6d:35:85:8d@fe80::6e3e:6dff:fe35:858d._apple-mobdev2._tcp.local. has already appeared on interface 5. Suppressing duplicate attach notification.
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: [EWOULDBLOCK][vnode:0xffffff80243e1780][original:0xffffff80243e1780][callback: 0 count:263 ] onaccessctl_check:1827 result:0 disconnected:0
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: current scan list:
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: (pid 37 [mtmd], vnode 0xffffff80243e1780 [/Users/Rose/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Session Storage/004039.log], [context 0xffffff80236087b0] [result 0] [setup 0] [disconnected 0] [vfsbusy 0]) - 1 waiter(s)
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: available kctl entries: 9
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-unblock: did not find token 7629
2014-09-03 8:25:48.490 PM com.apple.mtmd[37]: handler unblock failed. (status=-1/errno=2/token=7629/fd=5)
2014-09-03 8:25:48.490 PM com.apple.mtmd[37]: attempting to thin because of low free space on Macintosh HD by removing
2014-09-03 18:30:17 -0400, estimate 0 bytes to recover, 1 snapshot can be thinned
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: onaccess_send: NULL target or context; request:0 kctl_entry:0xffffff80234d5000
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: onaccess_send: not SAV_KCTL_REQ_COMPLETE, return ENOMEM
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: onaccess_send: NULL target or context; request:0 kctl_entry:0xffffff80234d5000
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: onaccess_send: not SAV_KCTL_REQ_COMPLETE, return ENOMEM
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: onaccess_send: NULL target or context; request:0 kctl_entry:0xffffff80234d5000
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: onaccess_send: not SAV_KCTL_REQ_COMPLETE, return ENOMEM
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: onaccess_send: NULL target or context; request:0 kctl_entry:0xffffff80234d5000
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: onaccess_send: not SAV_KCTL_REQ_COMPLETE, return ENOMEM
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: onaccess_send: NULL target or context; request:3 kctl_entry:0xffffff80234d5000
2014-09-03 8:25:48.000 PM kernel[0]: sav: onaccess_send: SAV_KCTL_REQ_COMPLETE, intercheck_done()
2014-09-03 8:25:50.584 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[198]: Background: [2070] disappeared out from under us (UID: 501 EUID: 501)
2014-09-03 8:25:52.554 PM sandboxd[139]: ([2068]) assistantd(2068) deny file-read-data /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security-common.plist
2014-09-03 8:27:22.580 PM Console[2087]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
I hope this is not too much text and I hope it makes some sense. The problem happened while I was closing a tab on Chrome, which wasn't anything sketchy, just Facebook, and nothing too unmanagable (it was the only application active). Thanks for your help! -
I have a mid 2010 Macbook Pro, How can I install Windows 7 without an Optical Drive?
For clarity: I have a mid 2010, Macbook Pro. I recently decided to upgrade to a Crucial SSD drive, double the ram (8 gigs), and remove the optical drive in favor of using my old drive as a back up. I am also currently running Yosemite.
I want to install Windows 7 onto my SSD, using bootcamp. Unfortunately I no longer have an optical drive installed, which makes things difficult as Bootcamp does not even give me the option to create a bootable USB.
Now, this is where things get kinda fuzzy:
MId 2010 macbooks use EFI, and are quite capable of booting from USB. How do I know? Because I booted from a USB drive in order to do a fresh install of Yosemite on my SSD.
I have read mutliple forums and threads with claims that folks have had no problems doing this on 2008 Macbook Pros running Snow Leopard. However, what seemed to be required was some clever .plist modding. I have used both text wrangler, and x-code to do this, unfortunately upon booting of bootcamp, bootcamp instantly crashes. Naturally, I can restore bootcamp because I made backups of the .plist file.
It would seem that modffying the .plist file assumes that the option to create a bootable USB device is grayed out. In my case, it is non existent.
I have also read that folks have had success using rEFIt, however rEFIt has been forked to rEFIned, and the developer of rEFIned made mention on his site that Yosemite handles booting differently than previous versions of OSX.
WIth that, I was hoping that some kind person could explain to me whats going on, what I am missing, and what I can do to make this happen just shy of tearing down my MBP and reisntalling the Optical Drive and dusting off my Win 7 disc.
Also, my Model Number/Bootrom is MBP 6,2.
Thanks in advance!Thank you for your reply, and the information. This is what I came up with:
I added the strings as instructed, however when I went to sign the script in terminal, I was told:
/Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app: replacing existing signature
/Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app: code object is not signed at all
In subcomponent: /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents/info.plist
Also, here are screen captures of the lines that I added. Mine are the top string entries:
Thank you for your help, thus far! -
How to get bootcamp to install from USB on Mid 2010 Macbook Pro in Mavericks
Ok, finally ran into my first problem with Mavericks. It's a doozy. Please if anyone has any advice, let me know.
My bootcamp partition was acting a little buggy. I also wanted to make the partition larger, so I went ahead and erased it, made a larger partition and was getting ready to install windows 7.
Unfortunately, little to my knowledge, bootcamp assistant is programmed to not allow installation of Windows via USB if your computer had an optical drive in it's factory delivered form.
I have removed my optical drive in favor of a second hard drive and encased my original superdrive into an External USB hub.
There apparently used to be a solution involving editing the plist.info text document to allow USB installation. However, as of MAVERICKS, this document is now locked and unable to be edited.
I was running windows 7 fine until I scrapped it, and now I have no way to re-install windows short of going through a laborious process of re-installing my optical drive into my laptop, installing, and then re-installing my hard drive back in. The only reason is due to a software bias for my series of laptop because it "used to have" an optical drive.
Does anyone know of any way that I can bypass this issue to get Windows Re-installed to a bootcamp partition on a mid-2010 macbook pro without using the optical drive?
Thanks in advance!Remove the Boot Camp partition only with Boot Camp Assistant, not with Disk Utility.
Install or Reinstall OS X from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on
the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass. Click on
the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Install button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
because it is three times faster than wireless. -
Mid-2010 MacBook Pro '13 Dead.
So I've had an issue for the past week with my Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13-inch. For a little while, it has been losing the time, and shut down randomly a few times, but last sunday, it shut down, and wouldn't boot back up. When I press the power button, I get no signs of life, but a very, very quiet 'ticking' noise (only when held down). Not even the light on the front comes on.
I tried disconnecting the battery, and booting with just the power cord. Again, nothing. I even let the laptop drain overnight, with the battery disconnected, still, nothing.
When I plug in the power cord, the light goes orange, but as soon as I press the power button, it goes straight back to green for around 15-20 seconds.
I've got no idea how to sort this, and it's a pretty big problem. I have considered a trip to the Apple Store, but it's waaayyyy out of warranty, so I'm not sure they'd particularly be able to do anything. Any ideas?
Many Thanks, George.The best thing you can do is take it to an Apple storegenius bar for diagnosis by thetechs, that part of the visit is free. That way you will have a definitive answer to the problem. And then make some choices as to repair.
Go to Apple Retail Store at the bottom of this page, Genius Bar in the upper right of the page that opens, Make a Reservation top center of the next page that opens. Appointments help avoid standing around waiting too long.
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