ILap or similar to MacBook Pro?

Is anyone using iLap or something similar for the MacBook Pro? I am looking for something similar to allow the computer to cool while holding in my lap. Thanks!
http://www.raindesigninc.com/ilap.html

The 15" PowerBook one works great, it lines up exactly with the edges. The aluminum matches the iLap almost exactly, I use it a lot. Sometimes I don't when I'm doing minor tasks. If you're wondering:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/88756806@N00/
The white cardboard thing is a 'template' of the exact measurements of the MacBook Pro. If you want real pictures of it (haha) sitting on the iLap, I'll take 'em & post some.
Hope this helps.

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Advice Needed - What's more important: Number of cores, RAM, Processor? Comparing similarly priced Macbook Pro's from 2012 - 2013

What is more important? Cores, RAM, Processors etc?
There are several models available right now on the apple store that are similarly priced but offer different specs.
I'm looking to purchase a secondary Mac for making music (house/techno in Logic) on the move and to be able to carry out basic work tasks.
The models at similar prices available are:
Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro 2.9GHz Dual-core Intel i7
Originally released June 2012
13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1280-by-800 resolution
8GB (2 x 4GB) of 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
750GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm
8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Intel HD Graphics 400
Refurbished 15.4-inch MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-core Intel i7
Originally released June 2012
    15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1440-by-900 resolution 
    4GB (2 x 2GB) of 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
    500GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm
    8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 512MB of GDDR5 memory
Macbook Pro 13-inch: 2.4GHz with Retina display Dual-core Intel i5
2.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz
8GB 1600MHz memory
256GB PCIe-based flash storage1
Intel Iris Graphics
Built-in battery (9 hours)2
Which should I go for? Is retina all together a better machine and a good enough update, or should i go for a 2012 model which is almost maxed out like 15.4?
Any advice and experience of these machines is appreciated.
Thanks,
kkd_ldn

kkd_ldn,
because the RAM in the Retina models is non-upgradeable, I’d say that RAM is most important on the Retina models.
All of the models above will perform basic work tasks well; I haven’t tried making music on my Mac, so I don’t know what the bottleneck there might be. If it’s CPU-intensive, then the 15-inch quad-core model might be the best choice, despite its slower CPU speed. You can upgrade the RAM on the non-Retina models if RAM turns out to be a bottleneck.

MacBook Pro (2011) 13" keeps crashing with Yosemite 10.10.2

My MacBook Pro8,1 (early 2011) "Core i7" 13" started crashing after I upgraded and installed the free Yosemite 10.10.2 from Apple. Has anyone else with a similar model MacBook Pro laptop experienced this problem in general? Problems with Yosemite started soon after the upgrade install... the startup would get to full boot up after several restarts then crash after a time. At first I thought it was a conflict with other applications. Then after days of trouble shooting and even changing to a new Samsung EVO 250 SSD the problem still recurred repeatedly. I have re-installed the original install CD numerous times checking disk utility, partitions, etc. and got Snow Leopard 10.6.6 installed OK. Then I would update all that I could clicking updates on the Apple menu icon up till OS 10.6.8 and some other applications. Up till that things seemed to be OK. As soon as I downloaded Yosemite OS 10.10.2 and installed it...then all the crashing problems began. I could get into safe install every now again then restart only to get in a startup crash loop. I've repeatedly check my new SSD with disk utility and volumes are OK. I've run virus checks with no infection. I've run a hardware test (provided on one of the original CDs) with only good result. So I'm really baffled when my understanding is MacBook Pro of my vintage can accept OS 10.10.x as it doesn't appear to be OK on my laptop. Perhaps it clashes with my virus checker (MacKeeper) or some other application. Can anyone shed light on this problem or have a similar problem?

You probably have some software that you keep installing that is not compatible with Yosemite. The first thing you need to do is remove MacKeeper, which is a scam. See:
Ongoing MacKeeper fraud
Beyond that, it's impossible to say what might be causing the problem without more information. I would suggest downloading EtreCheck:
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
Run it and post the report that it generates here.
(Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com.)

Has anyone successfully installed OSX, Windows 7 and Linux on macbook pro 8, 2

I just want to know before I take a shot at this, if there are any success storys of this or similar model macbook pro
also i want to do this while having a shared partition for music movies and pics to share between the 3 os's
also i would prefer all efi, but understand that i will most likely have to at least have windows in bios mode
so please post your fails and successes as this may help me
idk if any tianocore bootduet works on macbook pro either if anyone knows more about that please post
and i will post my results and attempts
also the linux i will use will most likely be ubuntu
one more thing, when i first got this macbook, the superdrive wasnt recognised in ubuntu so it would boot, then fail while trying to load the files
so i tried many things, couldnt get even cd combined with usb to work, so i waited, now with the recent release of 12.04 LTS, ubuntu will boot just fine on my macbook so i know it can now be done

No problem installing on my windows 7 x64 systems. Try uninstall AIR seperateley and then reinstalling it. Then reinstall IB. Note the more recent help systems also run Air so you can test that as well.
I believe this is the url for air (or try off the adobe home page)
http://www.adobe.com/go/EN_US-H-GET-AIR
you need to make sure you get the most recent as IB and AIR are more current then the ELEMents installs.
Don't uninstall elements.

Enable remote disc on Macbook Pro 2011.

So I know this can be done on a Macbook Air but I want to do it on my Macbook Pro. I'm testing the functionality for a friend whose similar model macbook pro has a superdrive that seems to be gradually dying. On my own machine I've tried following the terminal commands listed in this post
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=455975
The post is as old as 2008 however it seems to be confirmed as working as late as April this year. Yet for me it doens't work at all. I've enabled disc and dvd sharing on a machine on the same network (I haven't entered those terminal commands but I don't think I need to for the machine being used as the server/sharer) I've tried variously switching the disc and DVD sharing on and off on my machine (the client machine) and still can't see any remote disc. I've even tried looking in the sidebar at the laptop which has the disc in it and can see only it's publicly shared folder and no disc. What's happening here?
Surely this functionality can't only be possible on the MBA, that'd be pretty ridiculous since they both use the same OS and have the same network capabilities and understand the same filesystems and the MBP even has the ability to share the discs. I hope they haven't prevented this from being possible on other machines, I can't see how that would be a good idea.
Anyone know how to make it work? I noticed in the forum post that one of the two steps had become unnecessary later down the road, should I reverse that step?

No.
Different format... http://www.blu-ray.com/info/
"While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray."

Clean up on macbook pro

I am a previous windows user and I did disk clean ups on my old windows laptops and I am wondering if there is anything similar on macbook pro which I own and use now?

No.
Maintaining Mac OS X - The X Lab
Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk - The X Lab

Re: I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro which has been running slow for a while. After looking at responses to similar problems I have downloaded and run EtreCheck and will post the output. Please can someone help me with what it all means.Thanks in advance

I am having similar problems here is my etrecheck:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated September 18, 2014 10:54:44 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 4:57:11
Disk Information: ?
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (472.13 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ?
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Problem System Launch Daemons: ?
[failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents: ?
[failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
Launch Daemons: ?
[failed] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[running] com.fitbit.galileod.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.prosofteng.DGMonitor.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
Spotify
Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper
Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins: ?
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Check version
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
Safari Extensions: ?
Searchme
Amazon Shopping Assistant
Ebay Shopping Assistant
Slick Savings
Audio Plug-ins: ?
AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.8
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      17% mds
      5% Google Chrome
      2% Google Chrome Helper EH
      1% WindowServer
      0% ps
Top Processes by Memory: ?
209 MB Google Chrome Helper EH
160 MB Google Chrome
89 MB Google Chrome Helper
63 MB mds
57 MB Dock
Virtual Memory Information: ?
301 MB Free RAM
1.87 GB Active RAM
640 MB Inactive RAM
1.21 GB Wired RAM
2.95 GB Page-ins
52 KB Page-outs

Here are some of the results from console:
9/19/14 11:12:45.808 AM UserEventAgent[11]: Captive: en1: Not probing 'busecure' (protected network)
9/19/14 11:12:45.811 AM configd[16]: network changed: v4(en1!:149.125.79.239) DNS Proxy SMB
9/19/14 11:12:46.168 AM netbiosd[233]: name servers down?
9/19/14 11:31:11.536 AM spindump[937]: Google Chrome [285] timed out, and it's responsive
9/19/14 11:33:30.000 AM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=946[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
9/19/14 11:47:00.954 AM mdwrite[962]: [ERROR] [0.000s] com.apple. UBItemStatusNotification.c:805 _do_UBItemStatusNotificationRegisterURLs() can't find realpath for "/Users/paolocuyno/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~system~spotlight/mdlabels", was blocked at "/Users/paolocuyno/Library/Mobile Documents": 2 (No such file or directory)
9/19/14 11:47:00.955 AM mdwrite[962]: [ERROR] [0.001s] com.apple. UBItemStatusNotification.c:805 _do_UBItemStatusNotificationRegisterURLs() can't find realpath for "/Users/paolocuyno/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~system~spotlight/mdlabels", was blocked at "/Users/paolocuyno/Library/Mobile Documents": 2 (No such file or directory)
9/19/14 11:47:43.656 AM WindowServer[89]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
9/19/14 11:47:57.656 AM WindowServer[89]: disable_update_likely_unbalanced: UI updates still disabled by application "Finder" after 15.00 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds). Likely an unbalanced disableUpdate call.
9/19/14 11:48:10.259 AM WindowServer[89]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 27.60 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
9/19/14 11:48:33.043 AM coreaudiod[139]: Disabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is active
9/19/14 11:48:33.049 AM coreaudiod[139]: Enabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is inactive
9/19/14 11:49:36.887 AM WindowServer[89]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
9/19/14 11:49:47.244 AM WindowServer[89]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 11.36 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
9/19/14 11:50:23.926 AM WindowServer[89]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
9/19/14 11:50:37.713 AM WindowServer[89]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 14.79 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
9/19/14 12:29:26.072 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[149]: (com.apple.printtool.agent[557]) Exited: Killed: 9
9/19/14 12:29:26.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 557 [printtool]
9/19/14 12:30:25.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
9/19/14 12:30:26.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
9/19/14 12:32:12.000 PM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=1006[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
9/19/14 12:33:06.523 PM spindump[1007]: Google Chrome [285] timed out, and it's responsive
9/19/14 12:34:18.901 PM coreaudiod[139]: Disabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is active
9/19/14 12:34:22.799 PM coreaudiod[139]: Enabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is inactive

I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro which has been running slow for a while. After looking at responses to similar problems I have downloaded and run EtreCheck and will post the output. Please can someone help me with what it all means.Thanks in advance

I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro which has been running slow for a while. After looking at responses to similar problems I have downloaded and run EtreCheck. Please can someone help me with what it all means.
Thanks in advance.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated 19 September 2014 08:07:14 GMT+8
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:4:29
Disk Information: ?
Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (147 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.4 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.4 - SDK 10.4) Support
[loaded] com.sophos.kext.sav (9.1.55 - SDK 10.7) Support
[loaded] com.sophos.nke.swi (9.1.50 - SDK 10.8) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.autoupdate.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.configuration.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.intercheck.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.notification.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.scan.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.sxld.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.webd.plist Support
[running] com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist Support
[running] com.sophos.uiserver.plist Support
[running] com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[running] com.amazon.music.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[not loaded] jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
TomTomHOMERunner
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins: ?
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.2.1.977 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 10.0 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
Safari Extensions: ?
Ultimate
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Perian Support
Trusteer Endpoint Protection Support
Time Machine: ?
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 297.29 GB Disk used: 160.38 GB
Destinations:
Data [Network] (Last used)
Total size: 2 TB
Total number of backups: 99
Oldest backup: 2012-04-20 17:05:32 +0000
Last backup: 2014-09-18 23:49:25 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2 TB > (Disk size 297.29 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      6% InterCheck
      5% iCalExternalSync
      3% WindowServer
      2% CalendarAgent
      2% SystemUIServer
Top Processes by Memory: ?
152 MB SophosScanD
147 MB InterCheck
106 MB SophosAntiVirus
66 MB Dropbox
57 MB com.apple.iTunesLibraryService
Virtual Memory Information: ?
161 MB Free RAM
1.55 GB Active RAM
1.41 GB Inactive RAM
902 MB Wired RAM
611 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

Uninstall Trusteer software
http://www.trusteer.com/support/uninstalling-rapport-mac-os-x
Remove Sophos
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21069437#21069437

Started a similar string before. When I select a recipient in Messages on my Macbook Pro the name shows up in red and says the recipient is no longer registered on iMessage. I know that they are registered. Is there a problem with Contacts?

Started a similar string before. When I select a recipient in Messages on my Macbook Pro the name shows up in red and says the recipient is no longer registered on iMessage. I know that they are registered. Is there a problem with Contacts possibly. The previous help has been appreciated but the problem persists.

Hi,
Try iMessaging your own iPhone and see if your account is actually logged in.
It can appear "enabled" and On line but sometimes it is not.
Also try sending from your iPhone (number) to your Apple ID and see if it gets to the Mac.
If it does not use the Sign Out button.
Then shut down the Mac
On restart add back the Apple ID to the iMessages account settings.
I also just checked My wife's iPhone as she popped up red.
It turned out her iPhone did not have Messages On.
10:00 pm Tuesday; January 28, 2014
 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

I have just transferred my iTunes library from a hard drive previously connected to a windows laptop to a MacBook Pro and now all my options for editing info are greyed out. I have seen the answers if still using windows but could find a similar situation

I have just transferred my iTunes library from a hard drive previously connected to a windows laptop to a MacBook Pro and now all my options for editing info are greyed out. I have seen the answers if still using windows but could find a similar situation to this one.

Eels290776 wrote:
if my external hard drive is not connected to either of my machines, and I download something onto my iMac and then something different onto my Macbook, where are my machines going to be storing the new downloaded media
when the drive is not connected, +iTunes media folder location+ will default back to <MacintoshHD>/users/<yourname>/music/iTunes/iTunes music (or media)
and when I next connect the external hard drive how will I easily get the newly downloaded media onto the external HD
you'd have to point +iTunes media folder location+ back to the external via preferences > advanced > iTunes media folder location, then file > library, organize library > consolidate files
and essentially, to have it easily readable on both machines?
in that case it might be best to copy the entire iTunes folder to the external. then, on each machine, launch iTunes while pressing option on your keyboard. when prompted, click on +choose library+ and navigate to the iTunes folder on the external.
note only one iTunes can access the iTunes library @ a time !
also, make sure the external is mounted on either machine before launching iTunes.
JGG

2011 MacBook Pro, 64 bit i7 quad core, upgraded to Lion OSx, Bootcamp installed with Windows 7, wanting to install Windows 8 (don't ask), tried downloading/installing bootcamp 5.0.5033, error message something similar to bootcamp doesn't support this Win

2011 MacBook Pro, 64 bit i7 quad core, upgraded to Lion OSx, Bootcamp installed with Windows 7, wanting to install Windows 8 (don't ask), tried downloading/installing bootcamp 5.0.5033 (both on the mac/windows partitions (actually using a parallel to run Windows)), error message something similar to bootcamp doesn't support this Windows
So the question is am I doing something wrong? Should I just try and install windows 8 through my windows 7 partition and see if I can use the bootcamp 5.05033. Or do I solely have to use the bootcamp to install Windows 8? I'm not too familiar with bootcamp and how it runs.

if you're using parallels and full bootcamp then you're making it 100% more troublesome for youself then it needs to be
bootcamp is running windows directly on the hardware this give full memory and cpu and 3d video game power
running windows in parallels is running a virtual machine where one can't run powerful games and the like but one can have it in a window and change fast between osx and windows
parallels as the only virutal machine (as far as I know) support not have the operating system as a file on the osx harddisk but can access a bootcamp parition as virtual machine but without the benefits bootcamps provides
it's a service parallels provide for those who want both to play games in normal bootcamp and sometimes use windows in a virutal machine
just install it like a normal virtual machine and you need not worry about bootcamp drivers and the likes
plus it would mean that the windows part would be a part of the timemachine bacup of osx
which it is not when it's in bootcamp

What 3rd party companies are there that offer a photo printing service for ipad2 users? I suppose I am looking for a similar service to iPhoto on the MacBook pro but so far I've had no joy. I'm uk based.

What 3rd party companies are there that offer a photo printing service for ipad2 users? I suppose I am looking for a similar service to iPhoto on the MacBook pro but so far I've had no joy. I'm uk based.

Are these the kind of thing you're looking for:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lifepics/id323705153?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/walgreens-for-ipad/id430444027?mt=8
Matt

My 2008 MacBook Pro screen has now got interference across the whole screen. It looks similar to a pre-cable interference from bad reception. What is the problem here?

My 2008 MacBook Pro has interference across the full screen. It looks similar to a pre-cable TV screen with bad reception. Any idea of what the problem might be?

Took it to the Apple Store, they determined it's my screen that's messed up (they connected to another monitor, and since the lines didn't mirror onto the monitor it couldn't have been my GPU making the lines but rather the screen itself), so not connected to my wifi issue or a potential logic board issue, so I'm going to get my screen, wifi card, and trackpad (it's been failing too but that wasn't urgent at all) replaced for $330 using their flat-rate repair service which is much better than I imagined in terms of price.

I recently updated? to Lion from 10.6.8(snow leopard), and things seem to be running slower. Has anyone had similar problems? I have Feb 2011 Macbook pro 13" 2.3 Ghz.

I recently updated? to Lion from 10.6.8(snow leopard), and things seem to be running slower. Has anyone had similar problems? I have Feb 2011 Macbook pro 13" 2.3 Ghz.

As Shootist pointed out, the system uses more power.
However, initially it will reindex the hard drive for spotlight, which will slow things down temporarily.
It also must rebuild caches that eventually will speed things up.
If it has completed indexing the hard drive (no dot pulsing in the spyglass), then there might be something wrong.
Start by booting into the Recovery HD (a partition created with Lion that has Disk Utility and reinstallation options) by holding down cmd-r when you restart. You can let go when the gray screen appears.
When it boots, select Disk Utility and Repair the drive.
If that doesn't speed things up, try re-installing the OS from the same Recovery HD. It won't delete any of your files, but it has helped some people whose Macs ran slow after installing Lion.
Also, how much memory do you have? Lion needs RAM so maxing your Mac out might also help.

Is there not an app similar to the iTunes movie trailer app for the mac? i perviously owned a macbook pro and had a built-in app for movie trailers this was one of my favourite parts of the mac system.

i am trning to find the movie trailer app that was built in on my late model macbook pro. if this isnt still an option, i would like to know my other options.

There is a way to see (in small window) short bits and parts of video movies, where they exist, in the iTunes application from the store page in there. My older Mac with earlier version of iTunes lets me browse Music, Movies, TV stores, from the sections on the iTunes application; years ago there was more direct content. They used to have a site page for some of those clips... I haven't looked lately.
A screenshot of a video clip ^ from the iTunes Movie store, via iTunes in my Mac.
If you browse the items for sale/rent, a few have a tiny triangle on them and this opens the little window where a preview runs. A few actual movies will have an option to see a preview or trailer-like video in a similar small window that opens up over the store screen.
The older iTunes application in earlier Mac systems had various other features. In order to view movie trailer kinds of content streamed from the internet, you may have to look into a third party application or a web page.
There may be a list of applications included with certain models of Mac portables
and if you can find that name, that may be a talking point. The Store has lists of
what software may be included in the most recent Macs in each products info.
{There was no mention prior to your reply...
that you did not want to make movies, btw.}
Good luck & happy computing!
edited.

ILap or similar to MacBook Pro?

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