Is it safe to use Chrome in new MacBook Air now?

Is it still crashing?

I've been running Chrome (with the update) on my new MacBook Air in Lion & Mt. Lion with no crashing issues.

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  • HT4905 what is the HDD capacity used in a new macbook air out of the box?

    I tried migration assitant to transfer data from my old macbook air through wifi to my just purchased new macbook air and it took 3 days yet still not done. I finally aborted it. But the MacHDD system disk shows 20GB is still in use. I don't know if some of the aborted old migration data still occupy the disk. Thus this question.

    Yes, Migration Assistant successfuly copied files and aborting didn't erase them. As you've learned, WiFi is not the best way to migrate. I assume you are migrating from computer to computer. You could connect the two with an Ethernet cable and that will be a lot faster. If you are using TimeCapsule as your source you can also connect the computer to it with an Ethernet cable.

  • New Macbook air now paper weight after bootcamp install

    I just got my brand new Macbook air with i7, 8G, 500G SSD and immediately ran bootcamp to install my fresh retail DVD full version of Windows 8 pro. Here is what I did such that now it won't even turn on.
    1. Ran Update to ensure all Mac software was up to date.
    2. Ran Bookcamp and selected to install from external drive.
    3. Set partition to 100G Mac and 400G windows
    4. Installed Windows - no problem.
    5. Can boot from either MAC or Windows. All well except need drivers for windows.
    6. Installing Windows drivers from bootcamp just takes forever. Aborted this method.
    7. Downloaded latest version 5.0.5033 bootcamp drivers from Apple.
    8. Transfered drivers to my FAT32 USB stick.
    9. Restarted in Windows.
    10. Tried to run setup in bootcamp folder. Says computer not supported.
    11. Used Command prompt as Administrator to run bootcamp.msi.
    12. Seems to be installing drivers OK but then oops an error and says it must restart.
    13. Computer shuts down to never to be on again.
    What happened?

    if you cant hold down option key on powerup and wipe the SSD.  and wifi back the system as new.  i know no other option than giving a appt to apple store genius bar for assit
    do you have a bootable copy on external you can restore from??

  • I have all of my data from my old macbook pro in an external hard drive. Basically it's my old Macbook hard drive with external casing. It was working fine before when retrieving files using my new macbook air, now I can't access any files?

    I can't access any of my files, photos, anything form my external hard drive... It worked before now when I plug it in the light comes on, but it doesn't even show up as an external drive, so I can't access anything, I'm worried I have lost everything...

    Huge mistake was only having ONE copy of your data OFF computer,
    most people do it, and its just horrible and the typical reason for serious data loss.
    Likely you have a very common failure (extremely common actually) called SATA bridge card failure, which would be "good" news,
    read about same here:
    Your dead external hard drive is likely fine! Great hope for your 'faulty' external HD
    Never again let yourself have LESS than 2 copies of your important data off-computer,      ever
    1. verify the external HD doesnt show up on another Mac
    if same, you have about a 8 in 10 chance its SATA card failure.......... easy to fix.
    The great news at the end of the tunnel of an apparently failed or failing external hard drive.
    When checked on another computer, and with no need for spending money on data extraction expertise or software, the very likely case is that your external USB or thunderbolt HD is in fact fine, and merely the card interface, or SATA bridge card has failed or is failing.  Keeping a HD dock around handy, or cheaper still a $20 hard drive enclosure or a SATA to USB connector can be a real life saver in getting your drive back to use, when the drive itself is fine, and merely its interface card has gone bad.
    The SATA bridge card inside a USB external HD has a very high failure rate in general
    Typical SATA bridge cards as seen inside a 3.5" external HD with power input (#1), and 2.5" SATA cards (#3, #4, #5)
    What are the realistic odds your HD is perfectly fine?
    There are no hard facts whatsoever, especially since so many people discard their assumed “dead/faulty” hard drives, but a good educated conclusion from years of examining and seeing this issue is that for hard drives made since 2010, and not dropped or generally abused, is that a minimum of 50% conservatively are perfectly fine! I personally estimate however that it likely approaches 60%+.
    Considering how many external hard drives ‘fail’ (rather the SATA bridge more than half the time) each day, that is a very high number of perfectly fine HD that are tossed!
    This is especially common with 3.5” desktop HD that are connected 24/7 with power and see a lot of data transfer. People wrongly conclude that “X” mfg. just made a defective drive, when in fact their 3.5” drives inside the plastic enclosure is 100% fine.  I have personally seen well over 200 of these dead SATA cards and additionally seen 3 fail within a one hour span of doing a large data copies.
    One of the very reason pros use bare HD as inserted into HD docks is not just the saving of space and the need for endless USB cables, but the elimination of the need for this high failure-rate part.
    While the shapes and sizes vary somewhat on SATA bridge cards, they all serve the same purpose and have likewise failure rates
    What exactly is the SATA bridge card in your external HD?
    In the middle to late of 2009, most all external hard drives both in 2.5” and 3.5” reached the shelves in SATA III. These small SATA cards or "bridges" are used to translate between the hard drives’ interfaces and the enclosures' external ports (USB, Thunderbolt, Firewire). Additionally these small bridges not only transfer power but also of course the data. Unfortunately these SATA bridge cards have a very high failure rate as they are burdened with shuffle power and data.
    Literally these little unreliable and fragile cards are the power conduits and the nervous system for all external HD data transfer.
    SATA card as found inside a typical USB external hard drive
    The assumption that the hard drive is bad when its not!
    Countless 1000s of good external hard drives are thrown away each year because the owner thought the HD was bad when it fact it was the SATA bridge card which had failed. This card is removed in a matter of mere second once an external USB HD is cracked open from its plastic casing to reveal the bare HD and the attached SATA card which attaches between the HD and the USB cable.
    To complicate this problem, even many computer professionals do not know that there is a very easy solution to the “failing or dead HD” issue since the hard drive itself is very likely just fine.  Its astonishing that so many highly educated computer repair persons are unaware of this high-failure part, but this is mostly due to the fact that they do not juggle 100s of hard drives and know that of the iceberg that is a “external hard drive failure”, the mostly unseen majority are not a HD failure at all, but a bridge card failure.
    To add to this great misunderstanding is the fact that people assume that "likewise symptoms seen on an external HD are the same as seen on an internal HD, therefore also the external HD must be bad". This is a compositional fallacy of logic. Since internal HD do not have a SATA bridge interface, to conclude similar symptoms "indicate the same failure" is misplaced and incorrect.
    This is all not to say that HD do not fail, they do indeed, and I have seen many 100s of dead and failing hard drives.  Hard drives even under ideal conditions have a life expectancy of around 4-8 years due to ferromagnetic depolarization from entropy.  But of the mountain of symptoms that are seen as “hard drive failures” in comments, posts, and hearsay, half or more of these are not a HD failure at all.
    Once your rescued hard drive is removed from the bad SATA card
    You have several options, but the purchase of a $20 HD enclosure is one option, another is having a HD dock, however this eliminates the former portability in a 2.5" small HD.
    Remember that 3.5” HD require power, which means you need either a HD dock, or a powered SATA card kit as seen at top left in the picture below. 2.5” HD get power from the USB port itself.
    Just remember that the serious downside to the low cost external HD enclosures is THEY TOO contain these SATA cards, and what is worse the cheap ones will fail, often, much quicker than the original factory one did! In which case it is recommended you buy a quality HD USB enclosure
    Rescue tools to use with your extracted HD for data recovery

  • Can Macbook(2007 late) 60W MagSafe Power Adapter be used for New Macbook Air 13" ?

    I just upgrade my old Macbook (2007 late) to the new Macbook Air 13" (2012 Mid).
    The old Macbook have a 60W Magsafe power adaptor, it's T style.
    I am wondering if this kind of old T style 60W magsafe adaptor can be used on my new Macbook Air which is using magsafe 2, if I just purchace a "magsafe to magsafe 2 converter" on the Apple Store?
    Can anybody share your experience?

    Thanks captfred's reply.
    I go to Apple reseller to get the "Magsafe to Magsafe 2 converter" and test it with my old T-style 60W adaptor.
    So far, my new Macbook Air is still working.
    Hope my experience can help other user.
    BTW, I don't know how to change "This helped me" to "This solved my question".
    So, sorry captfred, I can't add your point.

  • Phenomenal new MacBook Air! WOW!

    I have just received my new MacBook Air 13-inch, and I have written this post to let you know that it is truly amazing.
    My heart belongs to the MacBook Pro line, but I just love the Air for short travel.
    I have maxed out the specs, which I strongly recommend. It is lightening fast!
    I had been really worried about having over 150 GB transferred from my MacBook Pro, as I have always loved FireWire target disk mode, but transferring via the USB Ethernet adapter is impressive. What had taken a little over an hour via FireWire target disk mode had taken me just over three hours via Ethernet.
    I do not want to do that everyday, but I am quite happy.
    The speed just rocks!
    I had purchased the original MacBook Air only to mothball it a few months later. This new MacBook Air works for me very well.
    I still do not trust flash/SSD storage, but I am willing to get my feet wet with the new Air.
    Anyway, it does not seem that there are differences between the new and old MacBook Air power cords. Is it safe to use a first generation MacBook Air power cord with the new model? One can do this with MacBook Pros, but I just want to make sure.
    Thank you!

    you can also use any macbook pro power cord with the Air.
    If you've afraid of the SSD, checkout this torture test MacWorld ran on the SSD in the Air
    http://j.mp/f3wBt9

  • Can I connect the new Macbook Air 11" to firewire 800 drive?

    I have a fast Firewire 800 outboard Disk Drive [Oyen 1TB 2.5"] which works flawlessly with my iMac desktop.
    Its portability makes it ideal for use with the new MacBook Air 11" [Lion], as a means of making all my data available while traveling.
    Is there a way to interface the FW 800 port of the drive to the Thuderbolt port of the Air?
    Thanks,

    Sonnet has announced a Thunderbolt to FW800 adapter, and Apple lists this adapter as a featured accessory for Thunderbolt. I called Sonnet and asked when it will be available, and they indicate the end of Sepetember. So, hopefully it's not "vaporware".
    I will be probably purchasing one right away, since I have a couple of Firewire drives that I can then restore full-speed functionality.

  • Migration from old macbook air to new macbook air...beware

    Although spent hours on the phone with Apple and bought necessary cables, they were not able to get migration assistant to work using ethernet.
    You can't use firewire as new macbook air doesn't have it. You can use thunderbold as old macbook air doesn't have it.
    Finally I was told to use Time Machine. After connecting old macbook air backup to new macbook air and using migration assistant, I got a message saying (essentially) 'you can use this from an old mac'. Spent more time on the phone with Senior tech support. They had no clue.
    Finally called the store. Genius said, you can't migrate from old macbook air with Snow Leopard to new macbook air with Lion. You must upgrade old macbook air to Lion first.
    GEEZ, do you think someone at tech support might have mentioned that DAYS ago?

    Tvlguy wrote:
    Finally called the store. Genius said, you can't migrate from old macbook air with Snow Leopard to new macbook air with Lion. You must upgrade old macbook air to Lion first.
    That is bad info.
    The MBA that I am using right now used a TM backup from my old MBP, which was running Snow Leopard. Absolutely no problems using Setup Assistant to import all the apps, data, user settings. The session performed flawlessly, and took about an hour to move everything.
    If at all possible, use Setup Assitant, rather than Migration Assistant. The transition will be seamless.

  • When I login to my bank, I get the message: 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied. Have new MacBook Air with Yosemite. How to solve this problem?

    When I try to login to the website of my bank, I get the following error message:
    403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.
    You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.
    I have a new MacBook Air with OS Yosemite installed.
    What is the problem and how can I solve it?

    Some websites require a special client certficate for access. If you don't have that certficate, you'll have to contact the site operator to find out how to get one.
    Sometimes the problem is caused by a web server that is configured to request an optional client certificate. Safari treats the request as mandatory. In that case, other browsers such as Firefox and Chrome may be able to connect to the site, because they ignore the request.
    The first time you were prompted for a certificate, you may have clicked through a dialog that requested access to the Apple certificate in your keychain that is used to secure the iMessage service. In that case, you may be able to regain access to the site in Safari by doing as follows.
    Back up all data.
    Double-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
    com.apple.idms.appleid.prd
    Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
    Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.
    Paste into the search field in the Keychain Access window by clicking in it and pressing the key combination command-V. An item may appear in the list of keychain items. The Name will begin with string you searched for, and the Kind will be "certificate."
    Delete the item by selecting it and pressing the delete key. It will be recreated automatically the next time you launch the Messages or FaceTime application.
    The next time you visit a site that prompts for an optional client certificate, cancel out of the prompt. You may have to do this several times before the server stops asking.
    Credit for this idea to Christian Braukmueller of SAP.

  • My new Macbook Air (downloaded Mavericks) is giving trouble in Google Chrome - drafts get corrupted, Error messages pop up while composing mail

    I am attaching an etrecheck report on my virtually new Macbook -Air to help diagnose the problems facing as regards Gmail - drafts get corrupted ; Error messages appear while composing emails & revolving Beachball shows up in various programs !
    Also for a brand new machine it operates much slower than my husbands older Mac Airbook !
    Hardware Information:
              MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
              MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
              1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
              4 GB RAM
    Video Information:
              Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
    Audio Plug-ins:
              BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
              AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
              AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
              iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
    System Software:
              OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 11 days 16:27:24
    Disk Information:
              APPLE SSD SD0256F disk0 : (251 GB)
                        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 250.14 GB (219.37 GB free)
                        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    USB Information:
              Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
              Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    FireWire Information:
    Thunderbolt Information:
              Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
    Kernel Extensions:
    Problem System Launch Daemons:
    Problem System Launch Agents:
    Launch Daemons:
              [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
              [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
              [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
    Launch Agents:
              [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
              [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
    User Launch Agents:
              [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
    User Login Items:
              iTunesHelper
    3rd Party Preference Panes:
              Flash Player
    Internet Plug-ins::
              SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.1.0
              FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
              Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6
              QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
              Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    User Internet Plug-ins::
              WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6
    Bad Fonts:
              None
    Old applications:
              Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
                        /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
              Microsoft Error Reporting:          Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4
                        /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Error Reporting.app
              Microsoft Ship Asserts:          Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4
                        /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Microsoft Ship Asserts.app
    Time Machine:
              Auto backup: YES
              Volumes being backed up:
                        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 232.96 GB Disk used: 28.66 GB
              Destinations:
                        rakesh [Network] (Last used)
                        Total size: 2 
                        Total number of backups: 5
                        Oldest backup: 2013-12-12 03:23:43 +0000
                        Last backup: 2013-12-28 15:14:40 +0000
                        Size of backup disk: Excellent
                                  Backup size 2  > (Disk size 232.96 GB X 3)
              Time Machine details may not be accurate.
              All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
    Top Processes by CPU:
                   2%          WindowServer
                   2%          hidd
                   1%          EtreCheck
                   1%          Microsoft Word
                   0%          SystemUIServer
    Top Processes by Memory:
              131 MB          softwareupdated
              111 MB          mds_stores
              98 MB          Microsoft Word
              90 MB          Finder
              86 MB          Google Chrome
    Virtual Memory Statistics:
              119 MB          Free RAM
              1.56 GB          Active RAM
              1.63 GB          Inactive RAM
              569 MB          Wired RAM
              6.31 GB          Page-ins
              7 MB          Page-outs

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    23/02/2014 9:48:12.792 am ntpd[52]: FREQ state ignoring -0.145411 s
    23/02/2014 9:48:15.258 am WindowServer[96]: _CGXHWCaptureWindowList: No capable active display found.
    23/02/2014 9:48:20.000 am kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000280
    23/02/2014 9:48:20.000 am kernel[0]: ARPT: 61.319378: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Sleep
    23/02/2014 9:48:20.000 am kernel[0]: ARPT: 61.319390: wl0: powerChange: *** BONJOUR/MDNS OFFLOADS ARE NOT RUNNING.
    23/02/2014 9:48:20.000 am kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000340
    23/02/2014 10:00:04.000 am bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1393167604 0
    23/02/2014 10:00:06.000 am syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
    ASL Module "com.apple.appstore" claims selected messages.
    Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
    23/02/2014 10:00:06.000 am syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
    ASL Module "com.apple.authd" sharing output destination "/var/log/system.log" with ASL Module "com.apple.asl".
    Output parameters from ASL Module "com.apple.asl" override any specified in ASL Module "com.apple.authd".

  • I have a new MAcBook Air and my photos don't fit on the internal hard drive.  I want to store my photos on an external hard drive which I will connect to my Air when using Iphoto.  How do I set an external hard drive as the default drive?

    I have a new MAcBook Air and my photos don't fit on the internal hard drive.  I want to store my photos on an external hard drive which I will connect to my Air when using Iphoto.  How do I set an external hard drive as the default drive in Iphoto?

    Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
    1. Quit iPhoto
    2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
    3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
    4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
    Regards
    TD

  • How do I accept/purchase/download ilife programs after restoring Lion on a new Macbook Air using a new apple ID. App store will not let me do anything but accept; and it won't accept the apps with the new apple id

    I wanted to restore my new Macbook Air (over the web).. using a new apple ID instead of the old one I originally used when I bought the computer from the apple store a month ago.  By doing that, everything worked, but the iLife programs that originally came with it shows in the app store as "ACCEPT".  When I try to accept them... it says they are assigned to another ID.. you must repurchase them for this ID.
    I have no problem if I have to repurchase.  I just can't find anywhere to do that.  No matter what I do, I can only "ACCEPT".. which as I said earlier - don't work.
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  • Is there a way to move music I had on my iPhone 4 to my new macbook air, using iTunes it seems to want to synch to iTunes library where I don't have any music stored?

    is there a way to move music I had on my iPhone 4 to my new macbook air, using iTunes it seems to want to synch to iTunes library where I don't have any music stored?

    Hello KM47,
    It soundsl ike you are needing to copy your iTunes purchases to your computer rather than sync it at this point. You can use the following article to transfer your purchases with the following article:
    iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
    If you have your library stored on another computer, you can also copy the library to the new MacBook Air with this article:
    iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
    All the very best,
    Sterling

  • I just bought a new MacBook Air. In my old one, I could go from screen to screen by using three fingers to swipe over the key pad. This one just sits there. It is Yosemite. How do I set up preferences so I can use three fingers to move from screen to

    I just bought a new MacBook Air. In my old one, I could go from screen to screen by using three fingers to swipe over the key pad. This one just sits there. It is Yosemite. How do I set up preferences so I can use three fingers to move from screen to screen?

    Those choices are controlled via System Preferences, Trackpad.

  • HT202380 Can I use a back drive that I had on my PC on my new Macbook Air? Or do I need to purchase a new backup drive?

    Can I use my back drive from my PC with my new Macbook Air and Time Machine? Or do I need to get a whole new back up external hard drive?

    You should be able to use a drive that was previously used with a PC. You will likely need to reformat it. Note the following quote from Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac - Apple Support
    Your Time Machine drive needs to be formatted as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). If you select an NTFS or FAT-formatted drive, Time Machine prompts you to reformat the drive. Important: Reformatting erases any files on the destination drive. If you're not sure if you want to erase the drive you connected, choose a different drive.
    The following gives instructions on how to reformat to Mac OS X Extended. It refers to Aperture but the instructions would be the same: Format external drives to Mac OS Extended before using with Aperture - Apple Support

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