HT204347 MacBook transfer questions

If someone uses my warrantied MacBook pro with another hard drive will they receive my warranty for that computer?my best friends MacBook pro was ruined and I contemPlated letting her use mine and simply transfer her hard drive into it and mine into an older MacBook pro my friend has.the older one has no more warranty and my pro that I may let my friend use is fully covered.she will receive the full coverage ad not me anymore correct?

By the way they are all 13 in A1278 MacBook pros.two 2011 and one 2009

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MacBook Black Question

Hi, I have a black 2008 MacBook black that has a faulty logic board. The machine is still under AppleCare and I have an appointment to take the machine in to my local store to be looked at.
My question is will Apple repair or replace the logic or the entire mac as it is a failed graphics card. If they replace the Mac would I be right it thinking it won't be a black model?
Any idea what Apple would do with hardware that was upgraded after purchase and not the same specs as the newer machines?
Thanks!

Nick,
If you've added RAM or put a bigger hard drive in the computer, you need to remove them & put the originals back or be very, very clear with the folks at the Apple store because they probably won't know to transfer them to a new machine if they replace yours.
Talk with the folks at the Apple store before you bring in the computer for repair and ask them what you need to do with your upgraded hardware in order to still have it once your computer is repaired/replaced.
~Lyssa

General Macbook Pro questions...

I am VERY new to the Mac world and had a few questions. Any answers are greatly appreciated!
*The bottom of my macbook pro gets hot. I was told not to set it on my lap or another soft surface because it doesnt allow air in or out. My question is, I have bought a carbon fiber protective case for it. Is that ok to use or will that also prevent the flow of air?
*Is it ok to use my macbook pro while it is pluged in? Meaning will it damage the battery in any way If I use it while it is charging?
*Does any one have any tips on preventive maintence? I would just like to know is there anything I can do to keep my investment in top performance.
Thanks for any answers!

The laptop does get hot, more so with greater activity and using the higher-performance graphics cards. Generally-speaking, a protective case will impede some heat transfer and MAY cause overheating, though presumably the manufacturer of the protective case has tested it to see if there's a problem. It's not so much a matter of air-flow (there's no vents/fans there), but radiant dissipation. The aluminum unibody is very robust, so you may not want to use the case anyway.
It's perfectly fine to use the computer when it's plugged in. It won't damage the battery in any way or reduce the battery life. However, it's good to, every once in a while, exercise the battery by using it up completely and then recharging (maybe every month or two).
There's really no preventative maintenance required. The system should perform any system maintenance periodically and independently. The only thing you really want to look out for is that it's best if you never let your hard-disk get > 90% full.
As for Time Machine, it's not "like a hard-drive". Time Machine is a versioning backup system. That is to say, it maintains a copy of your system and past versions of files on that system. If you delete a file (or e-mail message) by accident, you can recover it through Time Machine. When the user activates Time Machine, they see the current window filled with messages/icons and a bar indicating various points in time. You slide your mouse over the bar to select a particular point in time, and it restores your files to the way there were at that time. It's not a conventional backup solution (like mirroring the
disk), but it does solve a problem. You might prefer more conventional backup solutions, such as mirroring the disk to create a bootable backup disk.
You can use your old WD external 2TB drive from your Windows PC with your Mac. If you intend to use it exclusively with your Mac, I would suggest that you reformat it using the Mac filesystem (HFS+) and a GPT-type partition table (what Macs use, but also high-end PCs and servers).

Mid-2013 Macbook Air: question about the battery life

First of all, I'm sorry if these questions have been already asked, I've looked around and I've seen some answers, but none that fit my specific case.
I have had this computer since December (Macbook Air, 13'', Mid-2013), I've been using it for a month now. At the beginning, I used to use it until my battery was low (between 10 and 20%) and then charge it. Then I learnt that it's better to keep it plugged as much as possible (I have read this in other discussions and on the Apple page). The problem is that my battery is no longer a 100% of its capacity according to Cococnut Battery. It started with 99%, then back to 100%, then 98, 97... and now it varies from 97 to 98 (right now it says that my computer's current capacity is 6948 mAH). I don't know if this is normal, or if this is caused by the use I used to give to my macbook air at the beginning or by any other thing. I also have 19 loadcycles already. Besides, I have noticed that sometimes it jumps form 100% to 99% of battery pretty fast when I don't have it plugged, and I'm not sure if that happened before.
This is my first time dealing with a macbook and I don't know how these things are supposed to work, and I'm worried my battery might have any kind of problem and that's why itdoesn't have full capacity anymore, since I've been using it for only a month.
Also, sometimes it takes a little while to shut down. It usually takes 2 seconds, but sometimes it takes longer, maybe 20 seconds (first the screen turn white, then the loading icon appears and then it finally shuts down). Is this normal too for macbook airs?
Thanks for the help!

Those are only averages, for purposes of the battery 97 98 99 and 100 are the 'same thing'........theyre all estimates.
Normal on shut down, sometimes you can see a few seconds, sometimes 10, 15 seconds shut down.....depends on what and HOW much its shutting down before poweroff.   Normal.
ON BATTERY USE:
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.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
"Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time."
General rule to remember of Lithium batteries is:
Never drain them LOW & dont always/often store them HIGH
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"
Contrary to what some might say, Lithium batteries have an "ideal" break in period. First ten cycles or so, don't discharge down past 40% of the battery's capacity. Same way you don’t take a new car out and speed and rev the engine hard first 100 or so miles.
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
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
Storing your MacBook
If you are going to store your MacBook away for an extended period of time, keep it in a cool location (room temperature roughly 22° C or about 72° F). Make certain you have at least a 50% charge on the internal battery of your Macbook if you plan on storing it away for a few months; recharge your battery to 50% or so every six months roughly if being stored away. If you live in a humid environment, keep your Macbook stored in its zippered case to prevent infiltration of humidity on the internals of your Macbook which could lead to corrosion.
Considerations:
Your battery is subject to chemical aging even if not in use. A Lithium battery is aging as soon as its made, regardless.
In a perfect (although impractical) situation, your lithium battery is best idealized swinging back and forth between 20 and 85% SOC (state of charge) roughly.
Further still how you discharge the battery is far more important than how it is either charged or stored short term, and more important long term that cycle counts.
Ultimately counting charge cycles is of little importance. Abuse in discharging (foremost), charging, and storing the battery and how it affects battery chemistry is important and not the ‘odometer’ reading, or cycle counts on the battery.
Everything boils down to battery chemistry long term, and not an arbitrary number, or cycle count.
Keep your macbook plugged in when near a socket since in the near end of long-term life, this is beneficial to the battery.
Peace

Video transfer question for older mac 10.5.8

I am trying to figure out how to transfer video from my JVC GR-D770U video camera to my PowerPC G5 running 10.5.8. I have the proper firewire cable but have been unable to find answer for my question on the internet that is specific to my situation.

docone wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to transfer video from my JVC GR-D770U video camera to my PowerPC G5 running 10.5.8. I have the proper firewire cable but have been unable to find answer for my question on the internet that is specific to my situation.
... I dont have iMovie and cant find a version that works with my older OS.
The camera videos are on a Digital Video Cassette tape, not a card.
Use iMovie with your Firewire (IEEE 1394) connected mini DV camcorder.
iMovie 6 HD is part of iLife '06, works great with older miniDV camcorders,
and is compatible with your Mac OS X 10.5.8. You will need to install
iMovie '06 before you can use the downloadable latest update from the link.
If you cannot find it locally, this old version is available on-line, including Amazon.com.
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Video died on my MacBook Pro, question on Time Machine

Hi -
The video died on my MacBook Pro (2007 - after some research I see there was a recall on it due to a manufacturer's defect). I hadn't backed up in a few months - so would like to back it up before I take the computer into the store. I have mounted the MacBook Pro on another computer by pressing Option + Power and all seems fine on the hard drive. I did try to run Time Machine though, and the computer doesn't seem to recognize that it has backed up on this same drive previously - it wants to back up the entire computer. Is there a way for the MacBook Pro to recognize the firewire drive and run Time Machine as it did before? I am running OS 10.6.8
Thank you!

I had done that as well (used Carbon Copy Cloner too! ) but I was concerned in the case I had to buy a new computer with a later OS (and being unable to mount the old drive/OS on the new computer to transfer the data - I ran into that issue earlier) - but I see now there is also a Migration Assistant that can help with that if I do indeed have to buy a new machine. Thank you!

Log and transfer question

OK I was wondering if when I import AVCHD from my hard drive if the original files would be damaged at or removed at all. I just had a slight issue, and was wondering if that would be a problem. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

my apologies. I have a 750 gb. usb harddrive that I use for storage, and a Sony Handycam hdr-cx7. I thought that maybe I could drag all of the contents from my memory stick into a folder and import them as needed using log and transfer. What made me ask the question was basically what is the transfer part. I'm sorry if I'm wasting your time. Anyway, I did that with some test AVCHD video and it came out OK, but tonight when I went to import it again, because I didn't save my work (I was just messing around) it gave me a message that says, ""08:5:29" contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media." This may be my procedure problem, but it is nice to have the storage option. Thanks again.
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MacBook A1181 Question and Emergency.

Hello. My Uncle gave me his MacBook A1181 three days ago with a problem. I've read some forums online and my problem is that the MacBook had an overheat problem. What happened was my uncle was using it and all of a sudden it shut off completely, and the bottom was very hot, and could only turn on and work fine when plugged into a charger.So what happened was I looked into the logic board and noticed a large amount of dust trapped in the fan and heat sink. I've cleaned it out. Disassembled the fan, cleaned it, vacuumed the rotors, and am reassembling everything back together. And I thought that also it was a problem with the DC board. As I was CAREFULLY getting the DC board out I had to take off the logic board first. And as I was removing it CAREFULLY, I noticed that 1 of the four tiny metal brackets between the Audiojack and Battery adapter plug to the logic board was missing, and I found it laying against the wall of the bar holding all of the side ports. And my emergency is.. DID I JUST KILL THE COMPUTER!? It's 1 out of the billions that are on the board. None of the little connectors on the Battery Plug Adapter are damaged.. So I want to know if I killed the computer? :c and the DC board seemed fine. Battery could charge. Nothing strange. But I need to know. Do I still have to replace the fan? Or do I need the fan and a whole new logic board? :c help would be VERY much appreciated! If anyone thinks it might be a problem with the DC board anyway, I'd be happy to know the reason why. And the charger I had got fried. So before I do anything I want to know what you guys think.

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Backing up/transfer questions

im switching to my new macbook air, how do i back up my bookmarks and add them onto the safari on the new mac air
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is there a best way to transfer my whole iphoto library? i understand its a complicated database and want to do it properly
thanks

1. If you are going from one Mac to another, just follow the instructions when you first start the computer, and Migrate. Everything will come over.
2. Do you have an external drive? If yes, and it it the same size as the internal, google Carbon Copy Cloner, and use it to make a bootable clone (this is the primary backup, in my opinion. Anything else is secondary, in safety, and in use). If you have an external twice the size of the internal, try Time Machine. It will prompt you as soon as the external is recognized, to start TM.

Pc to macbook transfer

I bought a macbook. First time mac user. My former home computer is a dell desktop pc. It got infected and started shutting itself down after a few minutes so I took it as an opportunity to buy a mac.
There are hundreds of photos and years of emails on microsoft outlook I would like to transfer over but I do not have the chops to do that.
I own a macbook, time capsule and microsoft office which has microsoft entourage. I also signed up for that mac protection service.
Can somebody point me in the right direction?
That you people.

I thought I would post up how I transfered my photo's over to my Mac. I understand this sort of thing is second nature to most of you guys but it was new to me. The following is for and beginner computer person who stumbles unto this site.
To transfer photo's from my desktop ps with XP.
I bought a 4 gig tiny plug in thing called a thumb, but others seem to call it a memory stick.
I plugged it into a hole in the front of the pc.
On the pc I clicked on 'start', then 'my computer' then 'pictures'.
On the top of the pc I clicked on the top tabs until the drop down gave me a chance to click on 'select all'.
Then I right clicked on my mouse and selected copy.
Then I went down to the 'start' again and clicked on it and selected 'my computer'.
I was looking for a symbol that identified the 'thumb' or memory stick. When I identified it I clicked on it, when it opened up I put my cursor in the blank window and right clicked again and selected 'paste'.
I then started copying the photo folders.
It looked like it was going really well until it got close to the end. I ran out of room. Arrrrrgh
Not one to panic I selected all the files already copied on the memory stick and deleted them.
I went back to the my pictures file on the pc and did some much needed edits. I ended up deleting not needed videos and photos.(Note, a larger memory stick would work)
I then repeated the above process and Bob's your uncle.
I them took the memory stick out of the pc put it in the mac and a few clicks later and the photos started copying.

ITunes library transfer question

Everyone,
I create a Libary on my MacBook Air it has 2000 songs. I want to move this to my Mac Book Pro machine and then Sync it with a new purchased iPod Touch. Can this be done and how. Do I just copy the iTunes Media folder?
I tested this and it copied to my Mac Book Pro by coping the iTunes Media folder at the file level to the Music ITunes folder on my Mac Book Pro held down the option key and selected the library. It opened fine on my Mac Book Pro just fine. Then I decided to test coping it to a device. I have a very old iPod I choose some songs and sync it. Worked fine can listen to the music on the iPod but when I go to iTunes all the music from the iPod is grayed out. I can play it from iTunes. WHY?
Steps that I want to do
1. I create my iTunes library the way I want it on my MacBook Air.
2. I copy it (is there a special way) to my MacBook Pro open iTunes holding down the option key choose this library and it should work where I can play music in iTunes.
My exact question is this.
If I purchase a 32GB iPod Touch can I plug it into my Macbook Pro and Sync it and it will copy the music over will the music from my library play and work on both in iTunes and on the newly pruchase iPod Touch.
I am trying to fine this out before purchasing the iPod Touch.
Are they coming out with new modeled iPod Touches in Oct? Should I wait is my question.

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and here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518

KANBAN Stock Transfer Question.

Hi All,
I am using kanban stock transfer stratergy(Mvmt type -311) to transfer my stock from one Sloc to another Sloc. I have given one fixed quantity and everytime that quantity is tranferred between sloc's. Now, My question is can give a tolerance limit to that kanban Quantity.
For example, If my kanban quantity is 500 Pc's can I provide a tolerance limit of 10% so that I can transfer the stock anywhere between 450 and 550. Please let me know if this functionality is possible.
Thanks in advance,
Sushil

Hi,
As per standard SAP Practice , there is no provision of adding tolerance to Kanban Qty but you can replenish 450 /550 by manually editing the Kanban quantity in Kanban Correction.You can do Kanban correction in PK31n or directly by right click & selecting Kanban correction in Kanban Board screen.
Other way is you can use Event driven Kanban for one time replenishment of 450/550 so that you need not disturb the main Control cycle of Classical Kanban.
Even as per my knowledge, there is no BADI for Kanban which can help your requirement.So pls try above.
Hope this helps.
Revert if still any doubt.
Regards,
Tejas

VERY Complicated iTunes/Time Capsule/Library Transfer Question

Hi all-- looking for some help before I move my beloved iTunes library (over 500GB) from an old PC to a brand spanking new MacBook Pro and a 1TB Time Capsule.
I want to store the music files on the Time Capsule and access everything wirelessly. When I am away from the apartment/TC, I'll usually have my iPod on me-- which I would just plug in and access it through iTunes.
MOST important would be to have everything transfer over and run clean and fast, without weird errors etc. If I can keep my old playlists/play counts/date added etc, great but not necessary.
Any thoughts on the best solution? Do I transfer/copy over using the new sharing function in iTunes? Or is it safer to just connect the hard drive to the computer/time capsule-- and from there, do I make a folder on the TC my default iTunes folder?
Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated-- I went Apple (I also just bought an iPhone) for seamless and fast solutions, so I am hoping all this works!
Thanks,
Andrew

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and here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518

An interesting song transfer question

I'v recently bought a Macbook Pro 17" a few weeks ago, and today I got an iPad 2. I purchased one album from the iTunes store using the Macbook and imported a bunch of songs into the iTunes library via CD's that I legitimately bought onto the same Macbook Pro. So far so good. But when I try to sync the CD imported music from the Macbook Pro on over to the iPad 2 via the iTunes sync'ing process, the songs don't seem to show up on the iPad 2 itself. But when I click on the iPad 2 device icon from the Macbook's iTunes view, it seems to show that all the songs are on there on the iPad 2. I go over to the iPad 2 and I can't seem to see the songs from the CD to save my life. The one album that I purchased from the iTunes store on the Macbook shows up on the iPad 2 just fine. Is there any way to see the CD imported songs on the iPad 2? Or is it that the only songs I'll ever see on the iPad 2 is whatever I bought on iTunes?
Thanks in advance for any answers to this question!

Folks - here's what I have just learned - my entire music library has itunes files in mpeg-4 format AND windows media audio files as well. In other words, all of my albums have each track twice.
So it shows up as 35 GB on my IPOD classic - but when I copy my library to the external hard drive it copies each song twice (once in itunes format and once in Windows Media Player format) - meaning I have 70 GB of space being used for 35 GB of music.
Any ideas on how to fix this mess?

Older MacBook Pro Questions

Im trying to sell my MacBook Pro so I have three questions.
1. The battery died so I need to replace it, what is the best one/way to go about it? I have seen some products on eBay but they kinda worry me.
2. What should I do before I sell it, as in clearing everything off the system?
3. How much do you think I could get for it?
MackBook Pro OS 10.5.8
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
250GB HDD
Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT
VRAM 256MB

While checking on Craigslist you may be able to find some batteries for it. This may work because you can test them out and have the person let you test them out before you give them money for it. As long as things work, you should be okay. As far as the price, you are going to want to look for an average and what you think you want to get out of it. If you aren't totally sure, put a price that you would like with an idea of what you'll actually take and put it OBO and if someone doesn't want to pay the price you have they'll give you some offers if they want it. From that point it is all a matter of what you actually want to get for it. If you want to take what they are offering for it, then it's up to you and you can sell it at that price. If not then you hold onto it longer so you can get what you want to get for it.

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