Got internet, Macbook says otherwise

I have Cable Internat connection and i use it just fine with my Mac Mini but when i unconnect it fom the Mini and connect it to the Macbook. My macbook says theres no ISP, Internet or Server. I pretend i dont have a mac mini and just try connecting it to my macbook still no luck. I reboot, network diagnostics, assistant, i just cant seem to get my macbook to connect to my cable internet. It asks for a DHCP or a Username and password which i talk to the Cable providers saying that i dont need that info. I just want My macbook to connect automatically.

Typically with cable modems, you need to power the cable modem off when you switch to a new computer. Cable modems "remember" which computer they are attached to, so you need to "reset" them by powering them off first.
So, try powering off your cable modem, disconnecting your Mini from it and connecting it to the Macbook...then powering it back up.
Another option would be to purchase an inexpensive Ethernet router which would allow you to have both computers connected to your Internet connection at the same time, so you wouldn't need to switch back and forth.

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Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ If you’re running OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the page that opens.
Drag or copy — do not type — the following line into the Terminal window, then press return:
sudo tmutil disablelocal
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I just got a MacBook Pro...when should I plug it in?

I just got a MacBook Pro, and have never had an Apple Laptop before. I have an iPod touch and iPad, but this is my first laptop. Should I let the battery run down before charging it? Should I plug it in while I work?

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Should I let the battery run down before charging it?
NO, never do that on purpose. See below
Keep it plugged in when near a socket so you keep the charging cycles down on your LiPo (lithium polymer) cells / battery, but not plugged in all the time. When not being used for several hours, turn it off.
And best "tip" is if its near a socket,...plug it in as long as you can (especially at home) since cycle count on the battery are the "miles that wear out the tires (battery)", however again, not plugged in all or most of the time.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
"Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time."
While cycle count is commonly seen to be the “miles” on your Lithium Ion pack cell in your Macbook, which they are, this distinction is not a fine line at all, and it is a big misconception to “count charge cycles”
*A person who has, for example, 300 charge cycles on their battery and is recharging at say 50-60% remaining of a 100% charge has better battery usage and care than another person who has 300 charge cycles at say 15% remaining on a 100% charge.
DoD (depth of discharge) is far more important on the wear and tear on your Macbook battery than any mere charge cycle count. *There is no set “mile” or wear from a charge cycle in general OR in specific.    As such, contrary to popular conception, counting cycles is not conclusive whatsoever, rather the amount of deep DoD on an averaged scale of its use and charging conditions.
(as a very rough analogy would be 20,000 hard miles put on a car vs. 80,000 good miles being something similar)
*Contrary to some myths out there, there is protection circuitry in your Macbook and therefore you cannot overcharge it when plugged in and already fully charged
*However if you don’t plan on using it for a few hours, turn it OFF (plugged in or otherwise) ..*You don’t want your Macbook both always plugged in AND in sleep mode       (When portable devices are charging and in the on or sleep position, the current that is drawn through the device is called the parasitic load and will alter the dynamics of charge cycle. Battery manufacturers advise against parasitic loading because it induces mini-cycles.)
Keeping batteries connected to a charger ensures that periodic "top-ups" do very minor but continuous damage to individual cells, hence Apples recommendation above:   “Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time”, …this is because “Li-ion degrades fastest at high state-of-charge”. This is also the same reason new Apple notebooks are packaged with 50% charges and not 100%.
LiPo (lithium polymer, same as in your Macbook) batteries do not need conditioning. However...
A lot of battery experts call the use of Lithium cells the "80% Rule" ...meaning use 80% of the charge or so, then recharge them for longer overall life.
Never let your Macbook go into shutdown and safe mode from loss of power, you can corrupt files that way, and the batteries do not like it.
The only quantified abuse seen to Lithium cells are instances when often the cells are repeatedly drained very low…. key word being "often"
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Proper treatment is still important. Just because LiPo batteries don’t need conditioning in general, does NOT mean they dont have an ideal use / recharge environment. Anything can be abused even if it doesn’t need conditioning.
From Apple on batteries:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446
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Ok, so I just got my Macbook laptop today and because I have never owned a Mac product i just had a few questions
First off, is it safe to be plugged into the internet right off the bat or do I need to go out and buy some antivirus software? i have heard from some people that macs have built in antivirus and that they are also just in general less likely to get a virus then your average pc.
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They do make antivirus software for macs. If you really are that worried about it, go to:
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Macbook Says Airport Card is Uninstalled?

I bought a Spring 2010 13" Macbook Pro refurbished from Apple in late April of 2011. Two weeks later the airport card failed and Apple installed a new one for me. Everything was fine until July 28th 2012, since then i've had nothing but problems with both the airport card in my computer and the service at the local Apple store.
Sometimes when I wake my computer back up the WiFi symbol isn't connected and it says something along the lines of "No Airport Card Installed" or "Airport card Uninstalled". At this point I have to make an Genius Bar appointment and drive to the Apple store and they give me some kind of band-aid solution that only works for the day, or just a couple hours and then I no longer have internet again.
I went through this process (no connection, Genius Bar appointment, and then my airport card fails later that day or the next day) about 5 times. Sometimes two appointments with the genius bar in the same day.
Finally one of the Geniuses recommended that pay $107 for a new airport card and this would fix the problem, so I did. When I got my Macbook back it worked for 3 days, so then The Genius bar gave me yet again another band-aid solution (zapped my P-Ram or something) and sure enough it worked for a day and then I lost connection again.
I brought it back again and one Genius said they would take it in, look at it and go over the whole computer carefully. He also said that it is not an Airport Card issue, but possible a connection to the airport card. He also said that I might need to buy yet another part, but that the $107 I already paid would go toward that part, which I appreciated.
So I got my computer back 2 days ago and all they did was install another Airport card and today my Aiport card failed again. Did they even listen to me? When I got it back from them and told me they put a new airport card in I said we talked about this and that wasn't the probelm, and they just corrected me and said that it was the problem. What?! They didn't even read over any of the notes they took down from my last visit!?
I have been to the Genius Bar about 7 or 8 times now (I would have gone more but I was out of town for a week) and I'm not getting the right answer for a busted computer that I have only had for about a year. Are they keeping something from me? This has been an awful experience despite how kind everyone acts at the apple store.
Thanks for reading, I hope someone out there has a solution for me.

Given your experience I believe it's unlikely the problem is due to a failed AirPort card. You replaced it twice and it failed twice. I would pursue another cause, but there is nothing left to do on a MBP except to replace its logic board.
If you did not purchase AppleCare your warranty has now expired, and a new motherboard will approach the cost of a brand new MacBook Pro. Considering the circumstances, I would appeal to a Genius to consider the repair efforts conducted so far and discuss the most inexpensive solution. Good luck!

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Without doing something like that they could easily say it is damage not covered under the normal warranty.
God knows what the repair center did and did not do to it while it was there.
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I had got used macbook pro 2011 ... but system preferences is not working , I'd tried to reinstall the OS using the internet recovery but I got message that my id does not had os x lion purchased ...
how I can fix the system preferences "
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If the machine shipped with OS X 10.6, you need the installation media that came with it: gray installation discs, or a USB flash drive for a MacBook Air. You should have received those media from the original owner, but if you didn't, order replacements from Apple. A retail disc, or the gray discs from another model, will not work.
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