Lid Latching Trouble

Hi, I have a MacBook Pro from Jan '07. Still runs awesome and it's great, but in the past couple days I noticed a little problem I need a little help with. When I close the lid now, you can see the little hooks coming out of the lid part, and they come down like they want to latch onto the laptop base but it doesn't lock it down. So the lid doesn't want to stay closed anymore and it wants to pop back up about a half an inch. Sometimes this causes it to wake back up when I want it to be closed and sleeping. I used some compressed air to clean out the little holes in the base, but it was already clean. Any suggestions? Thanks!

When you press the button, you should be able to see the little silver latches move. They should move all the way across the opening. If they don't and only move part way, the little hooks don't have much purchase and won't catch properly.
I don't like compressed air for this because it can blow any debris anywhere. It's better to fish out the lint and debris with a tiny pair of curved needle-tipped tweezers and a bright light. It's surprising what can end up in those tiny holes. I just fished a tiny leaf out of mine.
Usually there is some sort of foreign matter which is preventing the catches from sliding all the way to the front. That is what you need to look for.
Good luck!

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I would suggest leaving the DIY alone. The front bezel is attached to the screen using a very thin double sided tape, removing the bezel will damage the tape. This would be a dead give away that it had been removed should service be required at a later date.
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Canon Lide 30 Trouble Fix

Wanted to share this solution as we COULD NOT scan to Image Capture or Canoscan Toolbox 5, on Leopard, with our old Canon Lide 30 scanner.
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Thank you so much. Several topics that came up when I googled the scanner declared that Canon Lide 30 with MacOS 10x was a dead-end trip. Following are more explicit instructions for newer Mac users.
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MacBook backlight goes off when lid partially closed

My 2yr old MacBook backlight has started turning off when the screen is partially closed. It works fine if the screen is open beyond a certain angle (about 90 degrees), but turns off when the screen is closed beyond that angle. Comparing to another MacBook (newer system): the backlight stays on until the screen/lid is just about closed.
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Louie -
I have the mid 2009 MBP - is there a magnet inside the unibody aluminum housing? The lid latch below the track pad is smooth and seems to have some magnetic attraction to the lid itself.
S.U. -
My problem is that the screen does not go off when the lid is closed. The problems described with the SMC reset involve the screen backlight not turning on. It also says to not reset the SMC unnecessarily. WIll that reset affect anything else?
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1 week with my X100e

I was compelled to write my own review after reading some bad ones out there (mostly about the MV-40)...
My Specs:
AMD Turion Neo X2 Dual Core (L625)
4GB RAM
160GB intel X25-M SSD
Bluetooth
Windows 7 Pro x64
-plus all other standard equipment.
The PROs:
Form factor:
Thin and small enough (without being ridiculous). Fits nicely in a standard leather portfolio and light enough to forget in a backpack. It's a true ultra-portable with size and weight similar to an X200, slightly smaller with the 3-cell battery (a recommended extra). Just the right amount of ports, in generally the right places. The design looks very minimalist with only necessities: left side with 2 USB, one audio, one LAN - the right side has just one USB and one mem card slot. VGA and power in the back. Simple compared to my X60s and its many seams and ports and latches, etc.
Build Quality:
Great. No roll cage - and who cares. I'm not rolling my laptop, and my drive is SSD. Seriously, I would guess that in this size, ABS plastic is just as durable as Magnesium alloy. I have cracked pieces of metal broken off my X60s from slight bumps where the metal was just too brittle and cracked off. ABS does not do that. Flex in the laptop is minimal, fit and finish is very good - note the missing hood latch complaint below.
Screen:
At 11.6 inches, it is just big enough for me to work comfortably due to the higher resolution screen, which I have not seen on any laptop or netbook of this size. It is quite bright, with lots of adjustment from nearly off through full brightness (15 steps) - and in my experience nobody has made an LCD yet that looks good in direct sunlight - so stop putting that bit in reviews, please!
Keyboard:
Lots of talk about ThinkPadders resisting the change, but honestly, it is better than my X60s old-school ThinkPad keyboard. Solid, great feel.
UltraNav (trackpoint and trackpad):
Coming from an X60s, I could live without the trackpad (and have disabled it on my X100e) but it is very nice to the touch and useful especially if sharing with your less-trackpoint-friendly friends. The Trackpoint is just as it is on all ThinkPads - exceptionally comfortable to operate, adjustable to your sensitivity, and with soft but sure left/right/scroll keys perfectly positioned under your thumb. It is always funny to me to see some people operate a little ultra-portable with two hands controlling the trackpoint - sorry, but that's just strange to watch.
Performance:
Note: Heavily dependent on latest BIOS, drivers (especially video) and latest Flash (if applicable to you). Otherwise, performance depends heavily on your needs, mine are fairly normal I guess:
Office apps and Outlook, some light Photoshop work, Acrobat PDF creation, web browsing with Chrome, watching HD movies in a hotel room or airplane, occasional flash video on web, Skype with video, iTunes syncing with iPod …that's about all.
If that sounds like you, then you're probably going to be happy with X100e performance - I cannot see a lag in any of these but Photoshop CS5 (seems optimized to intel somehow). Keep in mind that some of my impression is enhanced by the SSD I added - mostly load times of each app and maybe playback reliability of video to some extent (?) on some really big files (4+GB, 1080p).
The CONs:
Battery:
Okay, let's get this over with - the battery life is weaker than a 6-cell should be, and yes, it is due to the processor. But I willingly chose to trade (best guess) 25% battery life for 25% more performance when that extra performance gets me HD video, better GPU, and generally better usability on all that I do - compared to a weaker, more efficient netbook. My solution - buy another battery - Lenovo makes it pretty easy to change on the fly. I bought a 3-cell, so in total I measure that I can last about 5 hours watching movies in the air, or web browsing in the coffee shop. Much longer if I'm just working in Word or PowerPoint with screen dimmed to usable levels. The SSD helps - adding about 20 minutes on the 6-cell.
I generally understand the complaints about the battery as the X100 is ultra-portable, but it's not an X200 or X300 ULV ultra-portable. You sacrifice battery life and other things for a significantly lower price. Again, buy a spare and get over it. For the record, the 6-cell lasts an hour longer than my old X60s with a new 4-cell (standard shipping battery) doing the same tasks.
No fingerprint reader or security chip:
Comparing to my X60s which has both, but just miss the quick and cool logins with my finger. I installed a face-recognition tool - cool, but buggy.
No Lid latch:
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No Thinklight:
Would be nice, but honestly I have never used this for working on my X60s, only for "finding that sleep Fn key" or something similar. The Thinklight key was always easy to find as it is in the top right corner.
No HDMI, or other digital display port:
Although not needed for me, it would be nice - on a laptop that has HD capability - and a laptop with no docking station to speak of. Most all screens are digital these days - seems logical to ditch VGA.
Power vs. LAN port placement:
Okay, time for the picky small things - I would prefer these two on the same area, so cables aren't coming from both sides, when you need to go fully wired. If the cables are coming from anywhere other than behind the laptop, you will possibly trip over one or the other.
PCIe card lockout:
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No "Soft-Touch" paint:
I like it on my X60s and would prefer it here - but consider it the smallest of my complaints - really nice looking in smooth finish matte black. All other X-series have had it.
Concluding remarks:
In my view, the ThinkPad X100e is targeting two types of buyers from opposite ends of the portable spectrum:
1. Netbook buyers looking for better specs, more performance.
For these buyers, the X100e has better build quality, better screen, better keyboard and pointing device, and about 25% more real-world performance with about 25% less battery life - my bold estimate. An intelligent buyer would ask "how much should I pay for these extra features?" In this case, I think it is priced spot-on compared to a netbook.
2. Laptop buyers wanting more portability, while running office tasks, web browsing, and email (which is most consumers I have to guess).
For this group, I suppose the main concern is to minimize sacrifices going from an average 14-15-inch laptop to a (formerly too expensive) ultra-portable. If running Office/Outlook, web browsing, Skype, playing HD video and music is all you do, then X100e shrinks those capabilities into a smaller more portable package that still has full-sized screen resolution, keyboard, trackpad and trackpoint.
Simply put, the X100e is not as big and as powerful as a big laptop, but that's not the point in an 11.6-inch laptop - you expect compromise when going smaller. Conversely, the X100e is not as small, cheap and efficient as most netbooks, but you gain power and features not available on netbooks.
For me, the X100e was the first chance to get a brand-new ultra-portable with "good-enough" performance and ThinkPad quality at a low price - next step being an X201 starting at 1100 USD. On another note, I have a company-owned X60s that will be replaced by another X201 (or like) in the next 6 months - I would also guess that some X100 users are like me - buying their first private-owned Thinkpad, due to their experience with the brand, and the good price/performance/features mix of the X100e.
Overall very, very happy with my buy. I have not yet formed a bond as with my X60s, but that does not happen in just 1 week.
...just my 2 cents.

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MacBook Pro 2006 2.16gb fails on wake up and refusing to start etc!

Hi everyone,
I've been having tremendous issues with my 2006 MacBook Pro 2.16gb. If it went to sleep, overnight for example, I would be unable to wake it up. I'd keep hitting the return key and nothing, then the lid latch light would go out. I'd hit the power button, something, either the fan or the hard disc would spin up for a few seconds and then I'd hear a small ping and it would shut down again. I could do this ten times in a row and nothing. Then it wouldn't work at all for a while and not even the latch light would light up. For all intents and purposes, an aluminum brick.
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Extra information: I've tried all the fixes I've found on power and wake up issues, from resetting power management, PRAM/VRAM resets, dumping all the recommended plist prefs, etc. etc. etc.
Everybody is telling me it's either my logic board, it's this, it's that but generally telling me it's something REALLY expensive. NOW, if this is true...
QUESTION: WHY is my MBP behaving perfectly when booted in Windows XP??????
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Right now, I have a REALLY expensive Windows laptop with all my purchased software over on the Mac Side.
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Any help would be appreciated!!!!!
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Nov 9 09:44:17 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 EyeConnect[80]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Nov 9 09:44:17 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 /Library/Application Support/EyeConnect/EyeConnect.app/Contents/MacOS/EyeConnect[80]: _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
Nov 9 09:44:17 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 loginwindow[28]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Nov 9 09:44:17 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 WindowServer[69]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Nov 9 09:44:17 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 com.apple.WindowServer[69]: Mon Nov 9 09:44:17 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15.local WindowServer[69] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Nov 9 09:44:18 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 configd[13]: network configuration changed.
Nov 9 09:44:22 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 fseventsd[32]: event logs in /Volumes/Back Up/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (10459 5 10459)
Nov 9 09:44:25 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 fseventsd[32]: log dir: /Volumes/Back Up/.fseventsd getting new uuid: C861FAF2-143D-4A32-86C0-1B12DFCE4816
Nov 9 09:44:37 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 SecurityAgent[113]: NSSecureTextFieldCell detected a field editor ((null)) that is not a NSTextView subclass designed to work with the cell. Ignoring...
Nov 9 09:44:38 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 loginwindow[28]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Nov 9 09:44:38 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 loginwindow[28]: USER_PROCESS: 28 console
Nov 9 09:44:38 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 com.apple.launchd.peruser.503[134] (com.apple.ReportCrash): Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
Nov 9 09:44:46 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 com.apple.launchd.peruser.503[134] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[160]): Exited with exit code: 1
Nov 9 09:44:46 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 uc[164]: repeatedCheck;
Nov 9 09:44:52 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 [0x0-0x11011].com.elgato.eyetvhelper[183]: EyeTV Helper version 3.1 build 281
Nov 9 09:45:07 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 uc[164]: locationManager didUpdateToLocation: <+34.02224879, -118.50337638> +/- 174.00m (speed 0.00 mps / course -1.00) @ 2009-11-09 09:45:05 -0800
Nov 9 09:45:10 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 coreaudiod[111]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Nov 9 09:45:10 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 com.apple.audio.coreaudiod[111]: Mon Nov 9 09:45:10 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15.local coreaudiod[111] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Nov 9 09:45:10 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 com.apple.audio.coreaudiod[111]: coreaudiod: _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
Nov 9 09:45:10 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 coreaudiod[111]: _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
Nov 9 09:45:10 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 com.apple.audio.coreaudiod[111]: _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
Nov 9 09:45:11 Nigel-Taylors-MacBook-Pro-15 mdworker[193]: (Error) SyncInfo: searchfs error (Result too large) -- falling back to fsw search /

Not sure what other tests they could run for me. I've pretty much run all the tests I can using Drive Genius and Tech Tool Pro 5. Is there anything they use that I don't know about??

UNIVERSITY REPORT | MacBook Pro Review

Greetings MBP Users,
I'm a Princeton marketing student completing a comprehensive report on the Apple brand. My focus is on the transition from PowerBooks to MacBook Pros, plus the shift to Intel chips.
My question for you: How happy are you with your MacBook? Detail the PROS and CONS, and share some creative solutions to improve the next generation of Apple portables.
Your comments will be compiled on this university-wide project. Although your insights will be an integral part of the research, your identities will remain anonymous to conform with privacy policies of the school.
I encourage you to invite your friends to submit their reviews. More responses means more accurate results.
Just a friendly reminder before you begin - please be as objective as possible. This thread is not designed to disagree with opinions or discuss problems. Be clear and concise. The bottomline is I want to hear your OVERALL IMPRESSIONS.
I appreciate your participation! Thank you in advance.
Best to all,
Joseph Sacramento
www.princeton.edu

Hi Joseph. I replied to the locked out thread. I'll chime in here as well with more objectivity to your re-worded question.
CONS:
Universal Apps not all ready - but we expected this
Not tested enough? Problems would have surfaced. Don't make the end users your R & D team - that's Microsoft's greatest shortcoming. Test them more before releasing them as the new superior computer
Pricey. But state of the art, so... Think of it as a hot-rod.
CPU whine on a percentage of the units - no action *so far* from Apple
Excessive heat - much more than what the PowerBook series generated
PROS:
Apple's Customer Service was flawless - can't say enough about it
Out-of-box experiece was wonderful. Quality packaging even - very impressive, very detailed
VERY FAST computer. AMAZING speed
Great overall, superior package of hardware & software
Mac OS more seamless & stable - tho my Windows experiences were not as far-fetched as Mac enthusiasts in here make them out to be
Sleek, stylish, almost makes you proud to take it out and set it up
Attention to detail. Even the MacBook Pro logo that's laser-engraved into the screen bezel reflects light and looks 'top-shelf'
Overall fit & finish exceptional (though some are not happy with the lid latches not closing all the way - but compared to most other brands but Sony & Lenovo, pretty much a non-issue)
Aside from frustration about Apple's response to heat and whine in general, mine doesn't exhibit whine, and it shouldn't for the price I paid. But I'm very content so far with using my unit as a total desktop replacement for a very powerful PC (3.4 Ghz, 2 Gb ram, multiple SATA drives, etc.). I'm still trading up to the 17" MBP to have on-board FireWire 800 & other features, and, in the hopes that it runs somewhat cooler. Hard drives should not be in high-heat environments. As long as the 17" doesn't whine, I should be more than content.

Is Force Quitting Bad?

Approximately 20% of the time My MB pro can't be awakened from sleep mode. Screen stays black regardless of what I do. So, To get my Pro going again I must force quit it using the power button, then restart. All's well then.
Is it true that force quitting with the power button is hard on the machine? Could it cause problems down the road?
I'd take it to an Apple genius bar to get the sleep issue resolved but the anomaly can't be reproduced at will.

"Force Quitting" is not a bad thing, but that's not what you're doing. A Force Quit is when you exit an application that's not responding (Apple menu > Force Quit or keyboard shortcut).
What you are doing is a forced shut down. That can cause problems down the road, because forced shut downs can cause damage to the directory structure of the hard drive. You can check that in Utilities > Disk Utility by clicking Verify Disk. Usually, Disk Utility can repair the problems (you need to boot from the Install DVD or an external drive to do that), but sometimes a more powerful 3rd party utility, Disk Warrior, is needed. Directory damage doesn't happen every time, or even all that frequently, but forced shutdowns do increase the likelihood.
So, your best bet is to get to the root of the problem, if you can.
One question - when you close the lid, do you wait for a little while for the MBP to actually go to sleep? Look at the light on the lid latch - while that light is on steadily, the MBP is writing the contents of RAM to the hard disk (Safe Sleep). The MBP is only asleep after that's done, and the light starts pulsating. If you just close the lid, grab your MBP and take off you may interrupt the process by triggering the sudden motion sensor on the hard drive. That is one common cause of sleep/wake issues.

IBook Sleep/airport problems

I'm having some problems with the sleep function on my iBook since updating to Tiger. I am currently running 10.4.2, and neither of the updates has fixed it.
Here is what's happening:
When running on battery, it will go to sleep normally, both by closing the lid and by by using the apple menu. It wakes from sleep fine and connects to my airport normally.
The problem comes when running off the power adapter.
The machine will not go to sleep, either by closing the lid or using the apple menu. The screen will go black, the pulsing light next to the lid latch will come on for a second, then i hear the drive starting back up, and the light stops pulsing and the screen comes back on.
The main problem is that when this happens, my airport will not come back on. when i try to mouse over the menu bar icon, i get an endless spinning beachball. Try to go to network preferences, same thing.
Everything else works and runs fine. The only way to fix the airport problem is with a restart (sometimes taking a "hard" restart of holding down the power button).
I've only had this problem since upgrading to tiger, and have tried changing the pwer management settings around, but i still get the same thing.
any help?
thanks
r.

well, after doing a huge search for it, for the past few months, i've been unable to come up with a solution. it's rather frustrating, as i use my iBook as my main machine, complete with iCurve stand and Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for easier portability. I'd like to put the thing to sleep when i'm not around, and have everything work when i open it back up.
I finally, today, did something that seems to have fixed it. After trying multiple things such as moving the systemconfig folder and repairing permissions, nadda.
Then i tried to figure out what might be keeping the machine active when i tried to put it to sleep. i checked all of the running processes, and the only thing that i could come up with was my BT keyboard and mouse.
I went into the bluetooth preference pane and unchecked the "allow devices to wake machine".
this seems to have solved my problem, as i've closed the lid, put the iBook to sleep, and woke it up all without airport or other problems since.
i'm a very happy camper.
I don't know why this just started happening since updating to tiger, and i don't know why it wasn't a problem when running off the battery, but it's fixed now.
I don't know if you use BT stuff on your G5, but it's worth a shot.
r.

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