HT1529 Part 1: Will a Late 2008 Unibody MacBook upgrade to Maverick?  Will I be able to install 64 bit Windows 8 on Bootcamp?

Part 1: Will a Late 2008 Unibody MacBook upgrade to Maverick?  Will I be able to install 64 bit Windows 8 on Bootcamp?

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  • Will Late 2008 Unibody Macbook Pros support 8gb RAM

    I was just wondering if now with the ram increase, the late 2008 Unibody Macbook Pros will be able to support 8 gb of RAM now that new model supports it?
    Thanks
    Message was edited by: ofon68

    No.

  • Can i get osx yosemity on my late 2008 unibody-macbook ?

    can i get osx yosemity on my late 2008 unibody-macbook ?

    Sign up for the beta program at http://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram. Only the first one million applicants can download Yosemite, so you may be too late.

  • I have a late 2008 unibody Macbook Pro with PCI express slot.

    I have a late 2008 unibody Macbook Pro with PCI express slot, running MAC os 10.6.8 . also I have a Sonnet Tempo Sata Express card plugged in. but only one port works at about 100/mbs with an external HDD.  2nd port wont work, anyone can explain? thank you for your help!
    (Ps: the port at the bottom of the express card works, one on top doesnt)

    AirPlay Mirroring is compatible with OS X Mountain Lion > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404 Make a backup, open App Store and purchase OS X Mountain Lion

  • Late 2008 Unibody MacBook Pro Battery Bulging

    Hi,
    As of a few months ago, I noticed that my MacBook Pro felt as though no matter which surface it was on, it would never sit there straight. Upon further inspection, I have noticed that the casing which covers both the battery and hard drive is being pushed out of its ordinary position.
    Taking the battery out reveals that it is beginning to swell and bulge which is causing this problem. While it isn't an enormous bulge like some I've seen on the Internet, I still consider it a safety issue and would rather not continue using it in the event it continues to develop and potentially explode.
    I called Apple support today to ask them what I can do about getting it replaced. Given that I bought this machine when it first came out in late 2008 without any additional warranty, I am a few months out of warranty.
    After being diverted to three different people from various departments and being put on hold for at least 45 minutes, a customer relations woman told me that Apple could not cover it. As a gesture of good will, she offered a discount coupon for my next purchase from Apple. I'm yet to receive such a coupon, but that isn't the point of this post.
    I want to know if there's anything I could possibly do for Apple to replace this battery - I know it's a long shot, but I'm currently a student and I don't really have $199 lying around to replace a battery which shouldn't be preparing to explode on me.
    Any suggestions would be appreciated!

    I'm copying my message from another thread, since this one is more "specialized".
    Thanks for understanding.
    Not so good news here (Croatia).
    I own a late 2008 MBP unibody. Bought in December 2008, so now 5 months out of warranty.
    I had the same battery bulge issue as described earlier, along with the trackpad not working problem (when I remove the battery, the trackpad works normally).
    A few days ago I contacted the Apple authorised reseller and distributor for Croatia, and got the answer which can be roughly described as "Buy yourself a new battery, we can't do anything".
    I was persistent and the person in the Croatian Apple Service department, after having an online chat with "someone from Apple", gave me the "case number" and said I could try contacting Apple directly (although they ARE Apple's distributor/reseller) - but still, they can't and won't do anything about replacing the battery free of charge.
    Of course, I mentioned the safety issue, and I was really polite and calm - but still nothing.
    Thanks to this thread, I called the Apple UK's Customer Service.
    I spoke to 3 different persons there (they had a completely different approach than the Croatian ones, congrats!), tried to reach the Customer Service directly, and finally spoke to someone. But, the answer was still - we can't help you. I got the new case number, but still - nothing, no offer for the replacement battery or anything similar.
    Yes, I will pay for that 1.5 hour long conversation.
    When I finally asked: does this mean that Apple oficially claims that bulging "good, healthy" batteries is a normal thing to happen, I got no response.
    My battery's health is GOOD, it has around 33 (yes, 33!) cycles since the machine was mostly used at home with external Cinema display/keyboard/mouse attached. When I try to put the battery back in, the trackpad is pressed from beneath so it's unusable; and I even can't close the back lid since the battery is deformed.
    Yes, every time, I did mention the fact that I am a loyal Apple customer since 1992, and I own exclusively Apple computers, currently in posession of 9 Macs and 3 iPhones and responsible for many people "switching" to Apple (friends, colleagues etc). This is the FIRST time I have ever had any technical issue with an Apple product and I am really disappointed now.
    The only useful information I got was from the last person over the phone in UK, and that is - that I should write a letter (not an email) to the Customer Relations - Apple Operations Europe, located in Hollyhill, Cork (Republic of Ireland).
    Finally, I contacted the Service Manager from Apple Croatia, who was extremely unconcerned about the whole thing and said "You can call the newspapers, you can call whoever you want, we won't do anything until Apple says we should replace it".
    So, NO battery replacement exception code.
    At least not until I write that letter to Ireland.
    P.S. I did, as asked from the UK's Customer Support, e-mail the System Profiler info, clear photos of the swelling battery, and iStat screenshot showing the battery's status/health. It didn't help to resolve this issue.

  • Late 2008 unibody MacBook Pro + 6GB RAM + Snow Leopard = Kernel Panic

    Hi,
    I've been trying to install Snow Leopard on my 2.8Ghz MacbookPro unibody (late 2008) with 6GB of RAM (4GB+2GB module).
    At first, I did an upgrade of my existing Leopard drive, and when booting back in 10.6, everything was crashing (could not open a single web browser but Safari, for instance), and I was getting kernel panics each 10 minutes.
    Then, I erased my boot disk and tried a clean install - I was getting kernel panics when installing! After 5 tries, it finally installed, and then I couldn't get through the welcome wizard the first time it boots.
    So I removed the 4GB RAM module, and re-installed a 2GB one, and then everything was fine, not a single problem.
    Take into consideration that that 4GB ram module was working perfectly under 10.5.8 (even while using the computer under a lot of stress) and passed all the hardware test.
    Has anyone been successful at running Snow Leopard 10.6 on a late 2008 Macbook Pro unibody and 6GB of RAM?

    Wow, this is really interesting! I own a UniBody MacBook Aluminum 13" 2.4 GHz 5,1 (October 2008) and ordered a 4 GB RAM module from OWC to max out my system to 6 GB for virtual machine use. I'd just performed a clean install of Snow Leopard a couple of days ago and was excited about the new operating system along with that additional RAM. But guess what? When I inserted the new 4 GB stick I suffered a kernel panic within minutes! I tried moving the module around between the two slots and inserting it on its own without the additional 2 GB module and the same lockups occured every time!
    Who ever would have thought this might be a problem with the new operating system rather than an incompatibility with the new module? OWC even agreed to refund my purchase but before I send the stick back I'll go ahead and install the original Leopard operating system and try again. Based on your experience I'm convinced the new stick will work and prefer more RAM than a newer operating system. Thanks to all of you for having posted this; I'd have never suspected an issue with Snow Leopard otherwise. In fact, I was hoping to be able to upgrade to 8 GB of RAM with 10.6. Turns out we may be better off with 10.5.8, at least for now!

  • Superdrive problem (Late 2008 unibody Macbook Pro)

    Hi guys.
    Basically I have had this problem for the last 2 months with it working once after I installed more RAM and opening up to find quite a dusty interior of my unibody MBP. I cleared out the dust installed the RAM, tried a DVD and it worked for the first time in a few months.
    I then tried upgrading to Snow Leopard using the SL disc and it didn't work. I have a youtube video describing the issue and when I tilt the MBP on it's side I also get a clicking noise from the DVD superdrive. **I also have the exact same issue with a late 2006 model MBP**
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIUkDOeRHlI
    So here is the issue, I am not under warranty anymore and I was thinking of using compressed air to try and clear out dust that is perhaps lodged inside the drive, but maybe you guys have some better ideas or maybe if it's dead just order a new drive and swap it myself?

    Compressed air is more likely just to redistribute the dust inside your drive than to remove any of it. A drive cleaning disc would have a more focused effect, and using one often solves what may seem to be a serious hardware problem. Pick one up at any Radio Shack or other electronics outlet.
    Don't move or tilt your computer while a disc is spinning in the drive. Gyroscopic forces will cause the disc to scrape against internal parts of the drive, possibly damaging both.

  • Mountain Lion on 2008 Unibody MacBook Pro?

    I am currently running OSX Lion on a late 2008 unibody macbook pro that has been upgraded to 8GB of RAM.  It runs perfectly and I am a little woried that upgrading to OSX Mountain Lion might make things run slower or less smoothly.
    Is anybody running Mountain Lion on a system similar to mine?  Is it slower?  Faster?  The same?
    Thanks in advance,
    ---Tim

    Correct. You can partition the drive and create a separate volume that has about 300 GBs, then clone to this partition. Here's how it's done:
    To resize the drive do the following:
    1. 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.
    After the main menu appears select Disk Utility and click on the Continue button. Select the hard drive's main entry then click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    2. You should see the graphical sizing window showing the existing partitions. A portion may appear as a blue rectangle representing the used space on a partition.
    3. In the lower right corner of the sizing rectangle for each partition is a resizing gadget. Select it with the mouse and move the bottom of the rectangle upwards until you have reduced the existing partition enough to create the desired new volume's size. The space below the resized partition will appear gray. Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.  (Note: You can only make a partition smaller in order to create new free space.)
    4. Click on the [+] button below the sizing window to add a new partition in the gray space you freed up. Give the new volume a name, if you wish, then click on the Apply button. Wait until the process has completed.
    You should now have a new volume on the drive.
    It would be wise to have a backup of your current system as resizing is not necessarily free of risk for data loss.  Your drive must have sufficient contiguous free space for this process to work.

  • HT2368 Hello, I have MacBook Late 2008 (Unibody). And I can't install this firmware, need help. Thanks

    Hello,
    I have MacBook Late 2008 (Unibody). And I can't install this firmware MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.5
    Need your help.
    Thanks

    Also, according the the 1.4 update page here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL974
    It will update the Boot ROM version (on MB 5,1) to MB51.007D.003.
    Yet I have (MB 5,1) Boot ROM version MB51.007D.B03. Weird again!
    What a mess Apple. Considering how important firmware updates are you'd think they could make this a little clearer.
    Anyways, again, I don't think we need it.

  • Late 2008 aluminum Macbook Pro (15in 2.4GHz) using 8GB of RAM

    Hi everyone,
    I have a quick question to ask, What I'd like to know is why the Late 2008 aluminum Macbook Pro motherboard has a chipset (Nvidia) that can support up to 8GB of RAM but Apple are stating that the system can do only 4GB?
    According to NVidia, The motherboard is fully capable of using 8GB of RAM but has been limited to 4GB by Apple and that this can be resolved by a simple EFI update.
    The links below show a well known Apple parts dealer running tests on the system using 8GB RAM and claims that the OS X can read it perfectly but the programs will not use more then 4GB of the RAM.
    I really don't understand why Apple would limit the system to use only 4GB of RAM and if Apple have any plans on releasing an EFI update.
    Thanks for reading guys
    ----Links----
    (http://blogs.computerworld.com/nvidiasays_new_macbook_pro_can_do_8gb_ofram)
    (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/24/new-macbook-pro-does-not-support-8gb-ram-for -now/)
    (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=6493933&postcount=49)

    I really don't understand why Apple would limit the system to use only 4GB of RAM and if Apple have any plans on releasing an EFI update.
    Economics 101: So if you want 8GB, you have to go buy a new MBP and pay another grand for the memory. After all, they are in the hardware business, right?
    Dave M.
    MacOSG Founder/Ambassador  An Apple User Group  iTunes: MacOSG Podcast
    Macsimum News Associate Editor  Creator of 'Mac611 - Mobile Mac Support'

  • 2008 Unibody Macbook with 2560 x 1440 external display ?

    Hello to all,
    This is my first post here but I have used many times the forum to find out usefull information. I am considering buying an external display for my Macbook, but I am hesitating for two reasons:
    I read on some page that there could be performance issues with using a high resolution on this rather "old" machine:
    http://superuser.com/questions/265125/27-apple-cinema-display-slows-my-macbook
    I have upgraded my MB to 8 GB memory (and a 750 GB HDD but I doubt that makes a difference).
    My MB model is this one:
    http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/specs/macbook-core-2-duo-2.0-alumi num-13-late-2008-unibody-specs.html
    I mostly use it for Web browsing / Office software / iPhoto / movie watching
    So first question is: Can anybody confirm whether it will be OK to run my MB with a display of this resolution (similar to Apple Cinema Display), either with the laptop closed or opened?
    Second "bonus" question: According to what I read here and there, it seems that I would need to use a miniDisplayPort to DisplayPort cable or a mDP to DVI-dual-link to ensure full resolution. I own a miniDP to HDMI cable (and HDMI to DVI converter), any chance that I can use it with full resolution ? I didn't find much user feedback on this point yet.
    Many thanks for your answers !
    Matthieu

    Well, I went ahead and bought the display I wanted, so, yes, I can display 2560x1440, with this MB. It is a bit slow on some applicaitons but it may be due to the dual display, I bet if I use it in clamshell mode it should be OK for most applications.

  • Where can I buy a larger hard drive for my late 2008, 15" macbook pro?  From reviewing questions and answers on the support community it would appear that having Apple remove the old and install the new hard drive is recommended.  But how/where?

    Where can I buy a larger hard drive for my late 2008, 15" macbook pro?  From reviewing questions and answers on the support community it would appear that having Apple remove the old and install the new hard drive is recommended.  But how/where?

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities
    You can install the new hard disk yourself if you want to. You just need a 2'5" SATA II hard drive, which is compatible with your MacBook Pro. You can buy one at OWC > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/ You can filter hard drives by computer, so press a "Click to view all...", choose your computer in the sidebar and it will give you the compatible hard drives.
    There are different brands for the MacBook Pro. The most recommended are HGST and Seagate, which have good reputation. A 7200 rpm hard drive will give you extra performance

  • Cover/Case for 13" Late 2008 Aluminum MacBook?

    I have a 13" late 2008 aluminum MacBook and am trying to find a cover/case (preferably the hard shell) that will fit it. I read that they are no longer made for this model so it will be hard to find. The websites I found that offer cases for this model were not able to say that it would be a guaranteed fit. After seeing so many reviews about how they don't fit this model, I am hoping that someone on here could direct me to a website that sells ones that will for sure fit.

    Go to OWC's site,
    You'll see the selections on that page. Great company. No hassle returns and great support.
    DALE

  • Is it possible to install a 8 GB of RAM memory to a late 2008 aluminium macbook?

    Is it possible to install a 8 GB of RAM memory to a late 2008 aluminium macbook?

    Apple's stated maximum is not always the maximum the hardware will support. If the 4GB modules were too expensive when this MacBook was manufactured, then there would be no point in offering 8GB as an option.
    I'm sure there are other explanations also, but all that really matters is that the maximum amount of memory your machine can handle is 8GB.
    ~Lyssa

  • Can i use the drive SEAGATE 320GB 7200RPM SATA Laptop hard drive in my late 08 unibody macbook?

    I have the opportunity to buy this drive new from a friend.  They bought the drive for a pc but prior to its arrival the pc went dead and they just bought a new macbook pro 17 inch, and offered this drive to me for a crazy good price.  I have the late 08 unibody macbook.
    Thanks in advance for the response.
    Mike

    To reformat it you have to.....
    Instructions
    things you'll need:
    Hard Drive
    1
    Open the system drive, usually titled "Macintosh HD." Open Applications, then Utilities and double click the "Disk Utility" program to open it. A window will open giving a list of all the drives currently mounted on the computer.
    2
    Select the disk that needs to be formatted on the left. It is not possible to format the startup disk unless the system has booted from the Install Disk. It is important to note that formatting the startup disk will permanently erase the data stored on the disk. If you are planning on erasing the startup disk, back up all important files and applications.
    3
    Click on the "Erase" tab to the right of the list of drives. The window will now display the options for erasing the hard drive and formatting it to work on the Macintosh computer.
    4
    Select the Volume Format from the pop-up list. In most cases it's best to leave it at "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" as this is the default. This setting is the best option for running Mac OS X. If there are other requirements for the disk, then select the format that best suits your needs. If you have questions about the formats, refer to the Apple user's manual.
    5
    Name the hard drive. Type a name for the disk in the field where it asks for the name. This name will always appear when the disk is mounted on a Macintosh computer.
    6
    Click the erase button. A window will open asking to verify the erase procedure. Click the erase button in this window to start the process of erasing the disk. Once the process is complete, the drive will appear with the name it was given on the left side of the window with the list of drives and on the desktop of the Macintosh computer.
    Hope that helps!

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