Brand New 13" Mac Book Pro

How long should it take to power up my new 13" mac book pro?

Well it depends on quite a number of factors. Most importantly, how full is the HDD? And is it a mechanical drive, or an SSD? And how much RAM is installed?
A stock model I would guestimate around 20-30 seconds.

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Brand New 13" Mac Book Pro - Slow Internet

I have seen many questions on this but no guidance as to a solution from Apple Why? I am new to Apple computers and just bought a 13" Macbook Pro but do not yet know my way around it. My Internet (wireless) connection is extremely slow (8Hours for a download that took 15 mins on a Windows Laptop!!!), my battery also runs out after a couple of hours from fully charged.
I need detailed instructions in solving this issue - right now I am considering returning the Mac and replacing it with a windows laptop at one quarter the price. Also, why do Apple not have an e-mail support option for Macbook?
Look forward to response

Try turning off IPv6 in your connection settings. Thats what worked for me. Battery runs out after "a couple hours" ? Your battery life will depend on many factors such as, screen brightness, wireless settings, bluetooth, etc. I get about 3 hours with my 15 inch from late 2008.

I'm new to mac book pro need help with the dock

'm new to mac book pro and I accidentally delete from the dock the Utilities and Documents Icon. How do I put it back?
I already tried moving from

Eric's right, but an additional tip;
Make sure the folders and other non-app shortcuts you'd like on the dock go on the right hand side of the little median (looks like a road median), and place them directly between two other items. They will only shortcut onto the dock if you see the Dock make space for it.

I upgraded to a new apple mac book pro and now when I try to download to adobe digital edition I receive this error:Error getting License. License Server Communication Problem: E_ACT_NOT_READY

I upgraded to a new apple mac book pro and now when I try to download to adobe digital edition I receive this error:Error getting License. License Server Communication Problem: E_ACT_NOT_READY

What does that have to do with Digital Publishing Suite?
We’d love to help but if does have something to do with it, please give us
some details.

The New Thinner Mac book Pro "15 in"

Hi All,
Im Simply a PC user,who started to like Applle Products Since i ever Using a iPhone 4
Basically Im a Graphic Designer,Like i told you im a Pc User,I want to upgrade Myself to Mac book Pro.Reading Rumours on Various Website Says there will be New Thinner Mac book Pro Available By end of April,So do you Guys Suggest me to Wait or go ahead and Purchase the Currently available thicker Mac book Pro "15 in"
Please Suggest me
Thanks Guys

It's just how your post reads, that may bother a few folks. You're asking a perfectly legit question, though... which is how to best invest in a MBP, and to me, at least, that's reasonable.
Personally, I love the current MBP design, and I don't know if I'd like something thinner as much. More importantly, though, Apple is going to release OSX Mountain Lion "this summer", and, if I had to purchase a new laptop now, I'd certainly wait until the units with Mountain Lion as the default OS have been out for a while. Hardware isn't supposed to be too affected by major OS releases, but you know, it always is. Apple will make some adjustments to their machinery to ensure ML runs smoothly. Count on it.
Besides, the next generation of displays will probably be better.

New C2dou mac book pros and secondlife

Hi
can anyone tell me if the new mac book proa are compatible with using secondlife and if there is a great deal of difference between basic and second 15 inch model. I take it neither are upgradeable.
many thanks
n

Thanks Linc ......you were right on the money. Your help has been awsome. I spent 3 hours last night doing stuff with out any solutions. May I ask you another question if you have the time and patience please. My orriginal setup was 2 windows laptops with XP on them connected with a timecapsule attached to a router. Hence the time capsule made a wireless signal aswell as being an external hard drive. On one of the laptops i have a printer attached to it which was shared so that the other computer could print documents through the network however the computer attached to the printer has to be on. Do you know what i have to do so these new 2 mac book pros can print to that printer? Thanks again for all your previous help. Nick

New to Mac Book Pro 2011

i just got a new mac book pro. after start up, the cursor can move to icons, but nothing happen, no drawdown showing up. Can anyone help on this? Thanks

I think what you mean is "Tap to click" is not turned on.
Currently you have to actually click down on the physical button of the trackpad to click on an icon or anything else.
To turn on tap to click you need to go into the Apple menu at the top left, then click system preferences, then trackpad. In there you can click "tap to click" and that should take care of your issue.
Regards,
Britt.

Why are the files I migrated over from a backup hard drive locked and inaccessible on my new used Mac Book pro? I used the migration assistant. Running Snow Leopard on a core duo.

My laptop got pinched and I bought a used Mac Book Pro, put a larger hard drive in it and performed a clean install of Snow Leopard on the new drive, after which I used the Migration Assistant to bring over my applications, settings, documents, etc., from my backup hard drive. This hard drivekis not a Ti e Machine drive, it's one I use to clone my computer to regularly with Carbon Copy Cloner. When the migration was complete all my documents, the desktop,and other folders are locked and won't allow me to access them. What to do? Thanks for the help.

Graham Giles wrote:
Have you seen this type of problem before? I think it could be a serious issue for anyone in a similar position.
No; but then, I've not had occasion to use TDM. I've been using firerwire drives for over 10 years, both FW400 and FW800, with no issues except a bit of instability using a B&W G3 machine.
TDM should be safe. Using cautious, manual copying of files from the Target machine to the Host machine should not result in unexpected loss of files or damage to the Target drive's directories. It should behave exactly the same as if it were an external (to the Host) firewire drive.
• I don't suppose there is anything I can do to 'put back' lost items from a separate Time Machine drive which has an up to date backup on it.
There is probably a way to do that - seems to me that's one of the reasons for a Time Machine volume.
On the other hand, if the Time Machine volume is rigidly linked to the now-absent OS on the original drive, there may be no way to effectively access the files in the TM archive.
I know that using a cloned drive would work well in this instance.
I have no experience with Time Machine, so perhaps someone who has will chime in with suggestions.
With the machine in TDM with the other machine, have you tried running Disk Utility to see if you can effect repairs to the drive?

Does anyone else have two ding indentures on the back of there new retina mac book pro?

is that normal?

Yes, I see that.
That is abnormal, either damaged in package or bottom plate damaged somewhere along the line
You just bought it this way and you did not set it down accidentally on anything?
If within 14 days you have can exchange it for another Mac if determined it is factory fault.
or after 14 days:
Contact Apple for appt to have a new bottom plate installed on your MacBook Pro
other possibilities exist after 14 days, but that determination is up to Apple Inc. specifically, I cannot decide what
their decision will be on resolving this, either exchange or bottom plate replacement.
peace

Cannot sign in to Apple ID on new Mac Book Pro.

I bought a brand new 13inch Mac Book Pro last night. However, I am not able to sign in with my Apple ID and password. I have restarted the process various times, I have shut the computer down various times, I have loggen into my Apple account on my other devices to ensure that my password and ID are correct, I have also registered my new Mac Book under my apple account, and I am 100% my wifi password is correct. It's been about 12 hours, close to 20 attempts, and still I am unable to sign in. I keep getting the same message: "Counldn't sign in because of a server error. Try signing in again." Any thoughts?

A new Mac comes with 90 days of free tech support from AppleCare.
AppleCare: 1-800-275-2273
Call AppleCare.
Best.

I can't install any Blizzard games new Mac Book Pro retina.

I just purchased a new 15" mac book pro retina display. I am trying to install any blizzard game just to test out the performance but am encountering a problem. When i unzip the setup files they look like it is going to start installing and then just closes, and goes no further. I have checked on the blizzard forms, and can not find anyone with the same problem. (A similar problem when someone is using a second party unzipping program, but that is not the case for myself) Anyone have an idea why it would be doing this? I can download the files on my old mac book, and install them no problem what so ever.

I have made some progress.... I can print wirelessly from my printer now, but I can't set the printer itself to be wireless. I had to move my printer downstairs to where my router is...which is not that convient. I printed up the page you asked about....and as expected, it says it is off line and there is no IP address. So now I need to figure out how to make my printer itself wireless. I did download the HP driver I needed...but I can't access it to do anything else. It seems l like I am missing a step... or I need to hook up my computer itself to the printer to help get the printer to be wirelss, but I can't hook it up because there is no port for me to do that (no port that looks like a phone jack). I am guessing I would need a different type of cord, but I am not sure what kind of cord that would be! Ugh!

Final Cut X new Mac Book Pro

Hi all,
I have just placed an order for the new 15" mac book pro with the top spec including the nvidea graphics card.
My friend has told me that for final cut x I have gone way overboard and the graphics card will hardly help final cut.
I use Final cut every day it's my main tool and I did not want to compromise on speed but is there any truth in what he says and how do you think final cut x will work on the mac book pro as I've never used it on a laptop before?
Thanks

Tman123 wrote:
My friend has told me that for final cut x I have gone way overboard and the graphics card will hardly help final cut.
Maybe he is thinking of another NLE. The GPU is important to FCPX performance.
how do you think final cut x will work on the mac book pro as I've never used it on a laptop before?
All recent Macs will be happy with FCP – with all but the most complex and ambitious of projects. You may fund the lack of display real-estate limiting (I do…but we're talking old eyes here) and want to look into an external monitor.
Russ

Office 2013 in MAC Book Pro with Windows 8

hello,
i have purchased new laptop Mac Book Pro and installed windows 8
also i have licensed version of MS Office 2013 for home and office; now i would like to know will this is going to work in mac or not? if yes please let me know how to get registered with microsoft
Best Regards,
Fazululla K

also i have licensed version of MS Office 2013 for home and office
Are you using subscription versions of Office? If yes, the subscription entitles you to install Office on up to five machines, including Macs or PCs and tablets.
If it's a traditional version (which need to be activated with a product key), if you want to transfer it to a new machine. You may choose the phone activation and activate the Office. You might check this link to see how to do a phone activation:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us
If you have any issues, or above link doesn’t work for your case, I would suggest you to contact Microsoft Customer Service at
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/customer-service-phone-numbers.
Thanks,
Ethan Hua CHN
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

I bought 2 mac book pros and have time capsule connected to router. Both computers can see time capsule but i can not see other computers.

I bought 2 mac book pros. At home i already had a network with a timecapsule connected to a router and a windows xp lap top connected to it. When i turned both macs on i was able to see the time capsule and the windows xp computer HOWEVER neither mac could see each other......any help would be appreciated.
Nick

Thanks Linc ......you were right on the money. Your help has been awsome. I spent 3 hours last night doing stuff with out any solutions. May I ask you another question if you have the time and patience please. My orriginal setup was 2 windows laptops with XP on them connected with a timecapsule attached to a router. Hence the time capsule made a wireless signal aswell as being an external hard drive. On one of the laptops i have a printer attached to it which was shared so that the other computer could print documents through the network however the computer attached to the printer has to be on. Do you know what i have to do so these new 2 mac book pros can print to that printer? Thanks again for all your previous help. Nick

2011 Mac Book Pro Dual Monitors - what's better, a small TV or LED monitor?

I have a new 15" Mac Book Pro with thunderbolt. I am setting up for some Final Cut editing, and was looking into a second monitor for full screen preview.
What is ideal??? Mini display port out via HDMI or should I go with mini to DVI?
If HDMI is fine, then what is the difference between using a LCD television and using a PC monitor?? Costco has a Samsung 27" 1080p LCD TV and a Samsung 27" monitor with HDMI for roughly the same price ($250).
Any opinions what would work better?
The monitor may occasionally double as a TV or be pulled onto a shoot as a camera monitor, in which case, maybe the LCD TV is better. It also will be used as a full screen preview monitor for Aperture still photo editing.
Thanks

>> You need a broadcast signal going to the HDTV from the MBP. <<
Are you saying that if you want to use the TV to evaluate the broadcast quality of the video then the MBP does not have that capabilty?
Are you also saying that if you just want to display the video on the TV then you can use the HDMI output of the MBP?

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