Macbook and Macbook Pro: Your Take

I know this is a pretty common question, and while I've done my research on the subject, I'd like to get some first-hand opinions. I currently have a Macbook (2gz, 2gb RAM, just installed Leopard today, and an 80gb hard drive). I purchased it in June '06, back when the newest line of Macbooks were relatively new. I do a lot of film editing and visual graphics, so I've installed Final Cut Studio, Adobe Master Collection, and a couple of other professional-esque programs.
I'm very much contemplating selling my Macbook, as well as my desktop (which is a Windows PC, and while it's pretty top of the line I don't know how much I'll get for it, but I digress) and purchasing the lowest end Macbook Pro. Other than the CPU speed increase (which would only be a measly 400mhz), do any Macbook Pro owners see a need for me to go from a Macbook to a Macbook Pro? Does the enhanced video card make a huge difference? Or am I better off sticking with what I have? Let me know your opinions! Thanks!

To me the big differences…
1) 4GB RAM over 2GB
2) Larger display
3) Descrete graphics RAM and far enhance graphics performance
… are well worth the cost to a video editor.

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Most importantly DO NOT PUT IN 1.5volt memory.
Your macbook air mid-2012 and on takes 1.35V memory. Will it work with 1.5V? yes and no, its known to cause issues, some serious.
MOST retail electronics shops DO NOT carry 1.35V memory. Dont try to put in memory from there. Order it online or from the apple store.
Dont make a serious mistake that can cause issues and even cause a warranty issue if you place in the WRONG voltage memory.

My MacBook pro will take forever to shut off sometimes?

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My MacBook Pro would take AGES to load

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Take full advantage of your warranty.

Mid 2010 Macbook Pro "Your Computer was restarted because of a problem"

Hi guys,
Ever since I upgraded to Mountain Lion my Mid 2010 Macbook Pro has been randomly restarting itself and showing a grey sceen with the text "Your computer was restarted because of a problem."
I've googled and read all sorts of things saying remove everything from Login Items, it still happens. Everything I've tried has done nothing. Just in case it helps, here is my latest kernel panic log from Console:
Wed Jan 16 20:23:26 2013
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f8c16bb25): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff80aade1000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8081a8b260 : 0xffffff800ba1d626
0xffffff8081a8b2d0 : 0xffffff7f8c16bb25
0xffffff8081a8b360 : 0xffffff7f8c2654b3
0xffffff8081a8b3c0 : 0xffffff7f8c265527
0xffffff8081a8b430 : 0xffffff7f8c57a853
0xffffff8081a8b570 : 0xffffff7f8c28b659
0xffffff8081a8b5a0 : 0xffffff7f8c1758da
0xffffff8081a8b650 : 0xffffff7f8c170fac
0xffffff8081a8b840 : 0xffffff7f8c172ade
0xffffff8081a8b920 : 0xffffff7f8d1d9ad5
0xffffff8081a8b960 : 0xffffff7f8d1ef507
0xffffff8081a8b980 : 0xffffff7f8d20e353
0xffffff8081a8b9c0 : 0xffffff7f8d20e3b1
0xffffff8081a8ba00 : 0xffffff7f8d1f4c43
0xffffff8081a8ba50 : 0xffffff7f8d1af0fc
0xffffff8081a8bae0 : 0xffffff7f8d1aaefa
0xffffff8081a8bb10 : 0xffffff7f8d1a8aab
0xffffff8081a8bb40 : 0xffffff800be650c3
0xffffff8081a8bbc0 : 0xffffff800be67153
0xffffff8081a8bc20 : 0xffffff800be64b8f
0xffffff8081a8bd70 : 0xffffff800ba981e1
0xffffff8081a8be80 : 0xffffff800ba20aed
0xffffff8081a8beb0 : 0xffffff800ba10448
0xffffff8081a8bf00 : 0xffffff800ba1961b
0xffffff8081a8bf70 : 0xffffff800baa5b16
0xffffff8081a8bfb0 : 0xffffff800baced53
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f8c104 000->0xffffff7f8c406fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f8c072000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f8c0f0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f8c0ad000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.0)[9F3D09B5-3158-3D9E-BDA3-E71576AAD3B7]@0xffffff7f8 c414000->0xffffff7f8c736fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f8c1 04000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f8c072000
         com.apple.GeForce(8.0)[2E56ED9A-D848-3795-9E52-56BABDC9000C]@0xffffff7f8d190000 ->0xffffff7f8d252fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f8c1 04000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f8c0f0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f8c072000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f8c0ad000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
12C60
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
Kernel slide:     0x000000000b800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800ba00000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 6221983549187
last loaded kext at 38470250641: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7f8da1b000, size 36864)
last unloaded kext at 216558598475: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.2.5 (addr 0xffffff7f8c9ea000, size 65536)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.2d0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.2.11
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f33
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.11
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          1.0.0
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.2d6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          235.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          235.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          602.15.22
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.2.5b3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc10
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.11
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.5
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.4d2
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          235.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          500.15
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.2b1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          220
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.2
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0

It looks as if you may have the dreaded 'bad GPU' that shipped with some versions of the 2010 model. See - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4088?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US.
Use the "Contact" Apple techs link and see if your model may be one affected. If it is, you'll qualify for a free logic board replacement from Apple.
Good luck,
Clinton

MacBook Pro Problems - Take It In?

Hello,
I have a 6 month old MacBook Pro, covered under full AppleCare.
I have had numerous problems with it (both hardware and software) and frankly, I am not too happy.
1. Scratch on case.
My laptop somehow got a thin scratch on the top of it. It was put safely in a backpack with a laptop compartment and there was nothing sharp in the bag. I don't understand why it scratched so easily. And it is a noticeable, black, scratch.
2. Screeching optical drive.
For some reason, when a DVD was in my optical drive, I picked up the laptop and it made a horrible screeching noise when I moved the computer around. I also have an old PowerBook G4 and it does not have this problem.
3. Sleep.
When I close my MacBook Pro, I expect it to go to sleep. Actually, it takes about 2 minutes for the computer to stop humming and go to sleep and the light to come on.
4. Plugging in USB/Charger.
When my laptop is asleep and I plug something in to its USB ports, the laptop turns on (the Apple logo illuminates) and then turns off again. If I plug a charger in, nothing happens. If I pull a charger out, the laptop turns on and off again. If I pull USB out, nothing happens.
5. Sticky Mouse (resolved)
For some reason, my clicker (on below the trackpad) was very sticky for some period of time. Whenever I pressed it, it seemed to click twice. This seems to have resolved itself somehow.
6. 4GB RAM, 7200RPM HDD
I have 4GB of RAM installed on my computer. For some reason, the laptop doesn't seem to be using this RAM because I have frequent freezes of applications and it does not seem to be going faster than a G4 iMac I used to have (1.25GHz, 1.25GB RAM).
7. Airport Card
There seems to be something wrong with the Airport Card on my laptop. For some reason, even when I am right next to a Airport Express, it comes up as 3 bars of signal. I then turn Airport off and then on and it seems to get full bars. Second, I have two Airports in my house, an Express on the 1st floor and an Extreme Base Station on the ground floor. When I take my laptop from my room on the first floor, down to the room where the Extreme is, the laptop, instead of switching to the Extreme, still tries to find the Express, therefore giving me low bars of signal. I then have to turn Airport off and on and then it connects to the Express.
There you have it. Sorry to be complaining so much, but I really am upset with this laptop and would like a replacement unit. Should I go into an Apple Store? What exactly should I ask them and how?
Thanks so much!

Yes, absolutely! Take it in along with a printed copy of the problems. That way if they need to keep it for a few days, you have given the tech folks a laundry list of what needs fixing.
Good luck and report back what you find out.

MacBook Pro Retina takes forever to find a wifi network and connect to it.

Hello, I have a late 2013 rMBP and it takes forever to find a wifi network and connect to it. This statrted about 4 days ago.

Hold down the Option key as you clcik on the WiFi icon in the MenuBar.
Do you have a Dual-Band Router?
How many neighbors' Routers are visible?

Why does my macbook pro retina take 30 seconds for me to use it when i open the lid?

For some reason it takes my macbook like 30 seconds for me to use it when i open the lid. I cant move the mouse or anything until like 30 seconds go by is that normal or something wrong? Its the new macbook retina display and never had this problem when i first got it.

Are you running any applications when you open the lid, specifically any applications that are heavy on GPU usage such as iMovie or Photoshop?

Does the air vents in the MacBook Pro Retina take in air or blow out air or do both?

I was using my MacBook when I saw a dust ball going near my air vents & and disappeared.
So i was wondering if the air vents could have taken in the dust ball

forum and support for notebooks look here:
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro

Macbook Pro Retina takes forever to startup.

Hi guys, i recently bought a MBP retina but lately its been taking much longer than it use to when starting up. I remember that when i first got it the computer was only taking a couple of seconds but lately it has been more like several minutes. I was wondering if anyone else has been encountering the same problem and how would i be able to fix it? Also sometimes when i turn off my computer it restarts and says that it has encountered an error, after i turn it back on it gives me the following error report.
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 3572 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    CA65EC2B-2324-4FA4-AFD7-B86675EAE275
Tue Aug 28 23:42:47 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff802cab7b95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff802ca46084, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00007f8059806e00, CR3: 0x000000005f315039, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0xdeadbeefdeadbeef, RBX: 0xffffff7faed24148, RCX: 0xffffff8044212880, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff815d6da940, RBP: 0xffffff815d6da940, RSI: 0xffffff7faed24360, RDI: 0xffffff8041509550
R8: 0xffffff80414ebd90, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff8044212880, R11: 0xffffff815d6db9d8
R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0xffffff80414ebd90, R14: 0xffffff80414ebd90, R15: 0xffffff8044212880
RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff802ca46084, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x00007f8059806e00, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff815d6da5e0 : 0xffffff802ca1d5f6
0xffffff815d6da650 : 0xffffff802cab7b95
0xffffff815d6da820 : 0xffffff802cace4ad
0xffffff815d6da840 : 0xffffff802ca46084
0xffffff815d6da940 : 0xffffff802cb0f9a6
0xffffff815d6da950 : 0xffffff7faed23021
0xffffff815d6da9b0 : 0xffffff7faed2247b
0xffffff815d6dba30 : 0xffffff802cd40db1
0xffffff815d6dba90 : 0xffffff802caf5666
0xffffff815d6dbae0 : 0xffffff802cb09311
0xffffff815d6dbb90 : 0xffffff802cafbb09
0xffffff815d6dbc40 : 0xffffff802cafc3e2
0xffffff815d6dbf50 : 0xffffff802cde17da
0xffffff815d6dbfb0 : 0xffffff802cacecf3
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.avast.AvastFileShield(1.0.1)[A0A1FD97-2C58-7950-37D9-0CD538FAD375]@0xffffff 7faed21000->0xffffff7faed26fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
Mac OS version:
12B19
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.1.0: Tue Aug 14 13:29:55 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.9.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 3005059E-270B-3B9F-940D-7A66C05DDC9D
Kernel slide:     0x000000002c800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff802ca00000
System model name: MacBookPro10,1 (Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 3753180782699
last loaded kext at 210548503019: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8 (addr 0xffffff7facff4000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 248075775469: com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.2b1 (addr 0xffffff7fadbe5000, size 28672)
loaded kexts:
com.avast.PacketForwarder          1.3
com.avast.AvastFileShield          1.0.1
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f8
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler          2.0.5d4
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.0f2
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.0f2
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.2d0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f8
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          235.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          235.4
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC          1.2.2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          601.15.21
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.1.5
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Model: MacBookPro10,1, BootROM MBP101.00EE.B00, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.3 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.3f32
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 512 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, PCIe, 1024 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xEF), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.21)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f8 10405, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM256E, 251 GB
USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087 (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1a100000 / 2
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x8510, 0x1a110000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087 (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1d100000 / 2
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2512, 0x1d180000 / 3
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0262, 0x1d182000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1d181000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8286, 0x1d181300 / 8
I am not tech savvy at all so if anyone can help it would really appreciate it if you could maybe walk me through how to fix it.
thanks for your time!

Uninstall "Avast" according to the developer's instructions -- not by dragging an application to the Trash or searching for files by name. There should be some kind of uninstaller. Reboot and test.

When I start my macbook pro it takes 10 minutes to start

really that's all....as the title says.
no issues insalling, but now, after a few times I've started it as per ususal, now it shows a grey screen, with an apple logo and the wheel, for 10 mins.....then it starts.......
Any solutions?
Running macbookpro 2009

Fair enough, thanks for that...
but isn't the purpose of upgrades to make things better? I mean, that did happen in any of the previous os versions...never had to close down programs to avoid a 10 min startup (getting close to windows performance, people!!)
if things are there to be made better, question, better for who?
Us (the users, the ones that pay Apple salaries salaries)
or Apple, that probably needs to lock down some other feature to push on cloud or whatever else they make money from...???
don't want to sound caustic, but progressively, I am finding it harder to do simple things like synchronise calendars, addresses etc, without joining some apple additional service....things which were possible before are gradually disappearing leaving us less choices.
ciao

I just bought a macbook pro to take with me to the UK. I am very confused by the whole "adapter, converter" thing. What will I need to charge my laptop in the UK?

Please help!

Hey man this product should solve all confusion. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB974ZM/B/apple-world-travel-adapter-kit Happy Travels!

I purchased a new MacBook Pro, and a 2TB AirPort router. I have a 2007 24" iMac that I have been syncing my phone on for years. Is there a way to network these 3 devices so I can sync my phone on my MacBook and access the iMac data?

I am not familiar with networking in the least. I feel like, being as it is 2015, this is not an unreasonable request. Basically, I do not make much use of my desktop iMac anymore, other than as a backup computer and to sync my phones. My primary computer is my MacBook Pro. I'd like to make my MacBook my primary computer for downloading music, saving and editing photos and images, and syncing my phones, but i'd like to do so without clogging the hard drive on the MacBook.
Basically, what I am hoping to do is network my iMac, and MacBook Pro through the 2TB AirPort, and sync my phone through the MacBook without losing all data (ideally, I'd like to be able to sync through either computer at will).
Additionally, something like 100GB of images are stored on the iMac, and I specifically purchased the MacBook with the upgrades to do image editing on, but again, I don't know how to transfer the data to the AirPort, and I don't want to slow down the MacBook by storing all of the data on the laptop.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you very much.
-Bryan

Sure-glad to help you. You will not lose any data by changing synching to MacBook Pro from imac. You have set up Time Machine, right? that's how you'd do your backup, so I was told, and how I do my backup on my mac. You should be able to set a password for it. Save it. Your stuff should be saved there. So if you want to make your MacBook Pro your primary computer, I suppose, back up your stuff with Time machine, turn off Time machine on the iMac, turn it on on the new MacBook Pro, select the hard drive in your Time Capsule, enter your password, and do a backup from there. It might work, and it might take a while, but it should go. As for clogging the hard drive, I can't say. Depends how much stuff you have, and the hard drive's capacity. As for moving syncing from your iMac to your macbook pro, should be the same. Your phone uses iTunes to sync and so that data should be in the cloud. You can move your iTunes Library to your new Macbook pro
you should be able to sync your phone on your new MacBook Pro. Don't know if you can move the older backups yet-maybe try someone else, anyways,
This handy article from Apple explains how
How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Support''
don't forget to de-authorize your iMac if you don't want to play purchased stuff there
and re-authorize your new macBook Pro
time machine is an application, and should be found in the Applications folder. it is built in to OS X, so there is nothing else to buy. double click on it, get it going, choose the Hard drive in your Time capsule/Airport as your backup Time Machine and go for it. You should see a circle with an arrow on the top right hand of your screen (the Desktop), next to the bluetooth icon, and just after the wifi and eject key (looks sorta like a clock face). This will do automatic backups of your stuff.

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