I recently bought a Macbook Air MD760LL/A but the screen keeps becoming dimmer.
Is it because my logic board is dying? If I tilt the screen all the way back, the brightness comes back. Its so odd...
Hopefully there is nothing wrong with this unit...
If I tilt the screen all the way back, the brightness comes back. Its so odd...
thats a clear cut indication your monitor feed cable is bad /crimped / damaged or same at junction with logic.
Contact Apple for appt for full diagnostic and replacing your monitor assembly.
IF you just bought it, return it immediately for another replacement Macbook Air.
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I recently bought a MacBook Air. I migrated the info from my old MacBook to the new Air. None of my contacts migrated. I still have them on my old Macbook, Ipad and iPhone. How do I get them to the new Air?
You can copy the iWeb application from the desktop machine to your new MBA. But if it's iWeb 2 it won't work with Mavericks or Mt. Lion. Also copy the Domain.sites file from the desktop to your MBA as that's the file with your webstite files in it.
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I have just bought a MacBook Air in Madrid, but the keyboard types, for example, ¿ when I hit shift and the semi-colon key, and = when I hit the ! key. What do I have to do to reset it to function normally?
Go>Preferences>Language & Text>Input Sources
Click off the flags of the countries you want--like if you need a British keyboard that has a British pound symbol, pick that one.
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I don't know if my mac book air is frozen, but the screen is gray with the apple logo in the middle of the gray screen, with the 'booting' icon turning round and round. I have switched it off fron both the power and power button on the computer, it goes off, when I put it on, same screen comes on again. Help Please!Take each of these steps that you haven't already tried. Stop when the problem is resolved.
Step 1
The first step in dealing with a boot failure is to secure your data. If you want to preserve the contents of the startup drive, and you don't already have at least one current backup, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data that has changed since your last backup, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to boot. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
a. Boot into the Recovery partition, or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) When the OS X Utilities screen appears, launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in this support article, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
b. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
c. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.
Step 2
Sometimes a boot failure can be resolved by resetting the NVRAM.
Step 3
If you use a wireless keyboard, trackpad, or mouse, replace or recharge the batteries. The battery level shown in the Bluetooth menu item may not be accurate.
Step 4
If there's a built-in optical drive, a disc may be stuck in it. Follow these instructions to eject it.
Step 5
Press and hold the power button until the power shuts off. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed to boot, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Use a different keyboard and/or mouse, if those devices are wired. If you can boot now, one of the devices you disconnected, or a combination of them, is causing the problem. Finding out which one is a process of elimination.
If you've booted from an external storage device, make sure that your internal boot volume is selected in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.
Step 6
Boot in safe mode. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Post for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
When you boot in safe mode, it's normal to see a dark gray progress bar on a light gray background. If the progress bar gets stuck for more than a few minutes, or if the system shuts down automatically while the progress bar is displayed, your boot volume is corrupt and the drive is probably malfunctioning. In that case, go to Step 6.
If you can boot and log in now, empty the Trash, and then open the Finder Info window on your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) Check that you have at least 9 GB of available space, as shown in the window. If you don't, copy as many files as necessary to another volume (not another folder on the same volume) and delete the originals. Deletion isn't complete until you empty the Trash again. Do this until the available space is more than 9 GB. Then reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode.)
If the boot process hangs again, the problem is likely caused by a third-party system modification that you installed. Post for further instructions.
Step 7
Launch Disk Utility in Recovery mode (see Step 1.) Select your startup volume, then run Repair Disk. If any problems are found, repeat until clear. If Disk Utility reports that the volume can't be repaired, the drive has malfunctioned and should be replaced. You might choose to tolerate one such malfunction in the life of the drive. In that case, erase the volume and restore from a backup. If the same thing ever happens again, replace the drive immediately.
This is one of the rare situations in which you should also run Repair Permissions, ignoring the false warnings it may produce. Look for the line "Permissions repair complete" at the end of the output. Then reboot as usual.
Step 8
Reinstall the OS. If your Mac was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade.
Step 9
Repeat Step 6, but this time erase the boot volume in Disk Utility before installing. The system should automatically reboot into the Setup Assistant. Follow the prompts to transfer your data from a Time Machine or other backup.
Step 10
This step applies only to older Macs (not current models) that have a logic-board ("PRAM") battery. Both desktop and portable Macs used to have such a battery. The logic-board battery, if there is one, is separate from the main battery of a portable. A dead logic-board battery can cause a boot failure. Typically the failure will be preceded by loss of the settings for the startup disk and system clock. See the user manual for replacement instructions. You may have to take the machine to a service provider to have the battery replaced.
Step 11
If you get this far, you're probably dealing with a hardware fault. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider. -
What do I do when my MacBook Air is running but the screen won't turn on?
I have had my MacBook Air less than a year and have been using it daily and have had no problems with it until this morning. I opened it and expected my login screen to appear as it usually does and the screen remained black. The computer is running and it is warm, but I cannot get the screen to come on. I have tried holding down the power button, charging it completely, etc. Help!
I'm not sure if this can help but I will explain the problem I had and the steps I took to resolve it. As with many reported MacBook Air start up problems reported, I went through all the reset steps recommended. It started when playing a video that the video froze with a repeated audio playing. After shutting down with the power button I had a hard time booting up the computer. Symptoms would be power on light on with blank screen or power light on with gray screen. My computer would not complete the boot sequence. Then I reset the computers PRAM, SMC and even tried booting in the verbose mode or single mode. Sometimes the computer would boot up and all was well until I did work that demanded more of the processor. On one of those times where I was lucky to get the computer to boot up properly, I then removed and apps or software that I installed that was always working in the background. This reduced the load on the processor.
From here I went to the "Finder" icon then selected "Applications". In "Applications" I selected "Utilities". In the upper left corner of the "Utilities" box I have two drive labels of which the first one was selected. Then the lower middle of the box I clicked on the "Repair disk Permissions" button. The computer did it's work and after a few minutes completed the repair for that drive. I then selected the second drive and did the same.
After this was done I started to use the computer heavily running videos and switching from site to site to see how the processor was doing. I also turned the computer off and on throughout the last 24 hours and had no problems with boot up. Videos are running without any problems. I also had no heat problems. I still use SmcFanControl.
I assume that the additional software I installed to run in the background was loading up the processor to the point of creating more problems. The repair disk feature had cleared up the software problem that was created and now my computer works fine. I do not think is was a hardware problem.
I hope this will help some of you. I have tried for a couple of years to find a solution to my problem and with many options it is difficult to find the right one. -
The mac book air powers up but the screen stays black?
the macbook air powers up but the screen stays black?
Try resetting your SMC and PRAM. If neither work, contact Apple and have it looked at.
Resetting the System Management Controller >>
17" 2.2GHz i7 Quad-Core MacBook Pro 8G RAM 750G + 120G OCZ Vertex 3 SSD Boot HD -
I have just recently bought a MacBook Air. I am looking for an email which I put into a folder on my Mac Pro. The smart folders have come across to the Air, but not the 'On my Mac' folders. Are they lost?
Are you sure that the "On My Mac" folders weren't empty? If all your mail accounts are IMAP, they may have been.
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I have an ipad, iphone 5, and recently bought a macbook air. How do I synchronize all three? Emails seem to be going to ipad only.
I am not very adept at this!murrayfromon wrote:
I have an ipad, iphone 5, and recently bought a macbook air. How do I synchronize all three? Emails seem to be going to ipad only.
I am not very adept at this!
tell us which email provider you use please. -
Recently bought a macbook air and the camera doesnt work
Its super frustrating.
It did work once with skype, but after i tried using photobooth it stopped working completely and now it doesnt work on skype, googlehangouts and neither, of course, on photobooth. The computer is quite new and i attempted using the camera only a few times.
Any idea on what this might be?
Maybe something with updates?juliavalle wrote: Recently bought a macbook air and the camera doesnt work
iSight camera failure after OS X 10.9 Mavericks update might resolve your trouble.
If not, contact the retailer who sold you the new Mac ASAP. It may need replacement or repair.
If you bought directly from Apple on-line, you can Contact Apple's MacBook Air Support or an Apple Authorized Service Provider for help. -
hey guys. my macbook air wont get past the screen with the apple on it during start up. how do i fix this? i have a paper saved on my laptop on need to get at it. thanks guy!
Your boot drive is damaged in some way. If you have an original installation disc, you can boot from that and run Disk Utility. From DU you can select your internal hard drive ("Macintosh HD" is the name Apple puts on it - you may have renamed yours) and select "Verify Disk". If errors come up, try "Repair Disk". If it repairs, then you should be able to restart and boot from it. If it doesn't show up or won't repair, your drive is probably hosed.
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I recently bought a 11" Macbook Air and a 27" Thunderbolt Display.The laptop's power is supposed to come from the display when connected, but the power cable on the display does not fit into the Macbook Air.
If your MBair is a 2012 model, it has a Magsafe 2 power connection. The monitor probably has the old magsafe connection. If this is the case, you need this adapter.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD504ZM/A?fnode=5a -
i bought an IPAD air (32 gb wifi only) from USA just one month ago and the screen is not working correctly(picture attached) and right now i'm in Egypt ,can i send my ipad to service in Egypt and the warranty will work in Egypt or what?
Have you tried a soft-reset to see if that fixes it ? You might be able to get warranty service in Egypt for your iPad, but the warranty includes :
IMPORTANT RESTRICTION FOR iPHONE AND iPAD SERVICE.
Apple may restrict warranty service for iPhone and iPad to the country where Apple or its Authorized Distributors originally sold the device.
As it's wifi-only you should have a better chance of it being serviced under warranty, but there are no guarantees, it might depend upon the repairer.
Egypt authorised service providers : https://locate.apple.com/eg/en/ -
Inconsistent ability to unlock ipad at the strary screen. Sometimes it does sometimes not getting very sick of it freezing and not being able to do anything,bought this just yesterday! Have done the shut down thing but still get frozen out. Just when I think it's all good it happens again. Frustrated can anyone help or is this a faulty ipad?
Try reset iPad
Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears
Note: Data will not be affected. -
When I type it into the finder it does not appear, how can i fix this? Please help!
If you bought the computer new, run the Mac App Store program and you'll find them in the Purchased tab of program. If you bought the computer used from someone you'll have to use the Mac App Store program to purchase them.
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Please help. I was watching netlix last night and my computer just went dark. It began making a beeping noise every second. It would not turn on or all the way off. I tried charging it which changed nothing--not the screen nor the beeping.
if its continuous it cant be every 3 seconds, logically
1 beep = no RAM installed
2 beeps = incompatible RAM types
3 beeps = no good banks
4 beeps = no good boot images in the boot ROM (and/or bad sys config block)
5 beeps = processor is not usable
hardware fault regardless. Still RAM
dead screen, no SMC reset possible, ergo:
Contact Apple for appt. for free diagnostics and drop off at your local Apple shop.
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