How do I turn off Air Drop on my MacBook Pro?

Realy don't like the idea of my MacBook being available to people around me.

Open a terminal and copy & paste:
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -bool YES
restart your computer

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Alternatively, you can try this:
I think this is the best and simplest solution. Open a Terminal window and type (or copy/paste) the following to turn down the startup noise:
sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume="%00"
Press RETURN.
And to restore it to the original value type:
sudo nvram -d SystemAudioVolume
Press RETURN.
That's all folks.

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Restart your Mac.
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For each account listed, uncheck "Enable this account".

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Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
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Go to Messages > Text Message Forwarding, and enable the device(s) you would like to forward messages to.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

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Eject it and remove it.
Select its Desktop icon. CTRL- or RIGHT-click and select Eject from the context menu.
Drag the Desktop icon into the Trashcan on the Dock.

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But I don't seem to get to grips with this in logic ....
I have options of smart ...and so on ....
I want to be able to move eg an imported audio file to start wherever I want so not to snap to the nearest beat or bar...
Anyone know??
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I have F5 to F8 assigned to snap values bar, beat, division and tick. Very handy.
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Note that they are ordered from big to smallest.

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Go to System Preferences -> Sharing. If everything there is turned off, nobody can access any of your files remotely.
For that matter, even if you have stuff turned on, if it's all configured correctly, someone would need to know a password to access anything.
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Whats should be the start up timing and turn off timing in the new macbook pro non retina display?

i brought a macbook pro last week!
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2.6ghz
8gb ram
750 hd
ITS 2012 EDITION !!
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE STARTUP AND THE TURN OFF TIMING !!!
PLZ HELP ME !!!

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can i use it plugged even if shows 100%
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Yes you can use it plugged in even if the battery shows 100%, as per Apple guide on batteries here: http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
They recommend you use the battery and allow it to drain to below 40% of capacity atleast once a month to in their words 'keep the juices flowing' and for longterm storage where you won't be using the device, they recommend you unplug it and let it drain to about 50% before shutting it down and not using it for a long period of time ie: 6 months
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I like having one big long scene and taking small pieces from it as I go along. Plus it seems like after 10 cuts, the importing stops and I have to start all over again.
I just want to sit back and import long pieces of footage without the hassle of hundreds of 5-10 second clips, its going to be very hard to organize.
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But it didn't do that with standard.
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