Breakdown of MacBook?

I have a complicated question! To cut a long story short:
I bought my MacBook in july 2006 in The Netherlands. Now I live in the south of Chile where there isn´t any Apple computer (all Windows). I studying now (programming) and I want to make a living with this, but this will be in a few weeks. Now I don´t have much money! Therefore is there a big chance my MacBook will break down and please some suggestions to avoid this as much as possible?

If there is any weak point for a potential problem, it's your hard drive, which is going on 5 years old. Laptop drives can start to fail around that age. Of course some fail earlier and many go longer. I use SmartReporter which puts a small icon on the menu bar that visually shows me the condition of the SMART sensors in the hard drive (current version requires 10.5, perhaps you can find a downlevel version to work with 10.4). If it goes from green to red, it's time to replace the hard drive. Also, ensure you back your data up regularly, so if the drive crashes, instead of failing gently, you'll have minimal disruption.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573
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rvalezin wrote:
If I need to back-up every hour of my life in order to be able to save everything from something like this I won´t do anything else.....at least we should be able to trust that Apple tests this updates so situations like this won´t happen.
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> 1. If the MBA is connected to the
> a. the Technicolor SSIDs, is the behavior the same (poziom-k testing shows that a second AP causes problems).
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Tue Sep 24 13:06:11 2013
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0xffffff8060193ca0 : 0xffffff80002381d0
0xffffff8060193cf0 : 0xffffff80002383e8
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0xffffff8060193db0 : 0xffffff80003075d5
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How can I tun my Macbook Pro into a wi-fi router? I have no airport/ethernet devices; I've airport utility though.

I'm currently running Mac OS X 10.7.5 and I have no ethernet cable or airport devices. I have airport utility though. Is it possible to turn my Macbook into a wi-fi router under the current settings available?

I think I've figured out a way to do so without any ethernet cable and it's working pretty well for me since then. Although every time I initiate wi-fi sharing from my Mac, it says doing so could actually disrupt my connection (see screen shots); but I'm yet to experiance any kind of breakdown/disruption of my internet connection.
Anyway thanks for your answer and suggestions.

Macbook DVD burn problem

I've a Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard. I just now tried to burn a DVD following the instructions in Mac Help, and it whirred away fine for a few minutes then I got the following error message:
After this message the drive whined and whirred for a couple of minutes more, then self-ejected. The disk had been written to, but turned out to be unreadable so was thrown into the bin. The DVD+RW was straight out of a sealed packet and other discs from that packet worked fine on PCs.
Can anyone advise as to what might be the cause of this error? I don't want to keep wasting discs, if only for environmental reasons. The Macbook itself is some 3 years old but I don't use the CD drive much and when I have done, for reading, it's functioned fine. Is this more likely to be a hardware or an OS error?
This is not the first time, if it is the OS at fault, that I've had trouble burning discs from Mac software, but I can't go into details as otherwise my post will again be deleted for not being "constructive". I'm getting to the stage where to back up my Macbook I'll have to copy to a USB stick (which is pretty slow given USB data rates) then burn a disc on a Windoze PC.
TIA from the hamster

Sorry, I've just noticed that you wrote:
"I can't see your error message. I don't know if apple removed it or what, so I can't really comment on the error."
I included a shot of the error message in the original post as a bitmap, which is still there as far as I can see. In text form, the error message read:
"The disc can't be burned because because [sic] communication between the computer and the disc drive failed (error 0x80020022)"
Which is better than many error messages, but doesn't indicate what might cause the communications breakdown. Plainly the data flow to the drive was interrupted or slowed too much for the drive. I'll look at the disc diagnostics as you suggest.
Googling the error message came up with quite a few results, and it looks like this is a common problem but with no clear solution:
Superdrive error
Apple support
Apple support (2)
And yes, I suppose I should have Googled before posting, but I'd still not have found an answer. I'll try a DVD R rather than an RW and see if that makes a difference - I know that RW disks can be iffy for some hardware and OSs.

Storage Breakdown On iTunes and iPhone Do Not Match Up

I will preface this question by providing the following information:
Computer Information
Model: MacBook Pro, mid 2009, 15 inch
Capacity: 1 TB
OS: Yosemite (10.10.1)
iTunes Version: 12.0.1.26
iPhone Information
Model: iPhone 6 Plus, purchased early 1/2015
Capacity: 128 GB
OS: iOS 8.1.2
Okay here's the problem. I was attempting to sync my iPhone 6 Plus with my iTunes library. I have about 50 GB of music which I normally carry around on my iPhone, which amounts to about half of my total storage. On my latest sync, I was told in iTunes that I do not have enough space to complete the sync. Here's what the display looked like:
As you can see:
> The total capacity for audio is displayed as being 49.67 GB (aprox. 6889 songs).
> The total capacity for photos is displayed as being 6.89 GB (aprox. 10,647 photos).
> The total capacity for apps is displayed as being 5.04 GB (aprox. 110 apps).
> The total capacity for other is displayed as being a whopping 45.08 GB.
Upon seeing this, I'm shocked that the other category is taking up so much space. I immediately go to my iPhone to begin trying to eliminate things that could possibly be taking up all this space. When I take a look at my iPhone usage, I see this:
As you can see, the photos and apps are approximately correct, but the songs are way off. In addition, the free space I have on my iPhone according to iTunes is 6.12 GB. According to my iPhone though, I have 47.1 GB (see the screenshot of my iPhone above).
Essentially the storage breakdown on my iPhone and iTunes does not match up. I'm not sure how to fix this problem without restoring the phone, which I want to avoid doing if I don't have to.
Has anyone else had this problem? If so, is anyone aware of a possible solution?
Thanks.

If it was an iOS bug I would expect to see it on the 3 devices I have upgraded to iOS 8. I don't see it on any. I would also expect there to be thousands of posts and views about it, as somewhere over 100 million users have updated. This is the only thread I have seen, and you are the only one posting about it.
Go to Settings/iCloud. Turn off Find my iPhone. Then go to Settings/general/reset - Erase all content and settings. Check your "Other". I would expect it to be minimal.

Were can I buy parts to fix my own computer (2006 MacBook Pro)

My MacBook Pro is out of warrantee. I know how to replace the fan that has gone bad, but I am looking for the best resource for purchasing parts.

ifixit.com has breakdowns and walkthroughs for all kinds of repairs, and links you to sellers for the various parts and components.

Help with choosing a MacBook Air Model for a college student.

I am a college student and I am debating between the two 13 inch Mac AirBook models that Apple offers. I was wondering if someone can give me a breakdown of the differences and also, which model would be a better fit for a college student?

The two models are described here:
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) - Technical SpecificationsJun 10, 2013
Actually, there is only one model. You can purchase it with 128GB or 256GB of storage. But you can customize other features as well, such as the processor speed and the RAM size.
Asking which model is best for a college student is just like asking what type of car you should buy. It's up to you. In my opinion, if you're going to spend a bit of money to upgrade from the base model, the first place to upgrade would be the RAM size.

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