Macbook for macbook

i would like to know if apple has such a program that will let you trade i your computer for some cash or credit. EX: apple gives me 350 for my macbook and now i can get a new one for a bit less.

I'm not aware that Apple does this, but there are a few resellers on the net selling used who must be getting their stock from somewhere. My local reseller buys used for resale as well. On the national level, Best Buy does buy used but I've heard that they are not always fair in terms of what they offer, supposedly telling you one price but then telling you your equipment is worth less once you've mailed it in to them.
I would try to find a local Apple reseller that you can deal with face to face.

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I was given the wrong macbook when I gave mine in for repair. I want to complain. Also, they wiped ALL my data off the hard drive. I want to complain to someone in authority. How?

I am extremely disappointed and angry with Apple service. I am a writer and booked three weeks in Spain so that I could finish my book. On the second day my laptop cut out on me asI was working on it, so I took it to Goldenmack in Cadiz. Not only was I given someone else's macbook when I went back to collect it, but then when I returned to the UK, the Apple shop in Brighton managed to delete ALL my data from the hard drive because I was unlucky enough to get a trainee on her first day. I have since learned she should not have deleted my data without even running a diagnostic. She told me she was going to 'restore' the drive. I took this to mean she was going to restore my work. But no! She erased the lot.
I complained and eventually was put in touch with a supervisor, who I was told had authority to resolve the issue. She said she would get the shop to phone me. That was ten days ago and I'm still waiting.
Ok so there's nothing I can do now to get back the three chapters of my book that I have lost and didn't back up, but the hard drive on this laptop is still faulty. I try to back up my work every time I use the machine but as soon as I attach an external drive, the whole thing shuts down. I can't use it any more as I can't risk losing any more work. This laptop is only just over a year old and this is just not acceptable, especially since I have really looked after it.
This is an appalling service I have encountered from Apple, and I am not going to ignore it. I have contacted the young chap whose laptop I was erroneously given, and the repair of which I paid for! (although I did eventually get a refund), to ask him if he had been given mine as well. He said he had been completely unaware that his laptop had been given to me and he is furious as he had loads of "sensitive material" on it." I have no idea in whose hands my laptop has been either, or indeed what damage it sustained while it was supposed to be in for repair.

Contact Apple Support:
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/
Apple - How to Contact Us:
http://www.apple.com/contact/
Be sure to refer to the repair ticket number.
Sounds like a terrible mixup.
Good luck & happy computing!

A few days ago i bought the macbook pro in a Providence. In late Summer i will come back to my Country - Ukraine. I would like to know about a tax for my laptop. Can i return tax? Through the TAX FREE or return in airport? What should i do?

A few days ago i bought the macbook pro in a Providence. In late Summer i will come back to my Country - Ukraine. I would like to know about a tax for my
laptop. Can i return tax? Through the TAX FREE or return in airport? What should i do?

You need to talk with the tax authorities in the countries to which you traveled and that of your home country. We are all end-users liek you and not Apple agents.

Mid 2010 Macbook Pro Keeps Restarting due to Kernel Panic. Ideas for how to fix?

So my Mid 2010 Macbook Pro keeps randomly restarting, and giving me a screen that says something like "your computer restarted due to a problem."
Looks like it as a kernel panic, but I have no idea what this is. Seems to be no pattern for when it crashes. Used to do it maybe once a month and now this is the 5th time in two days.
Any idea what might be going on? Looked at past threads but nothing seemed to apply.
Here's the issue report:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 3966250 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          13
Anonymous UUID:                    7A9C4557-3A15-F201-C5F0-248B698BCE76
Sun Mar 3 14:26:35 2013
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff7f85c9bb25): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff811930d000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80edd0b260 : 0xffffff800541d626
0xffffff80edd0b2d0 : 0xffffff7f85c9bb25
0xffffff80edd0b360 : 0xffffff7f85d954b3
0xffffff80edd0b3c0 : 0xffffff7f85d95527
0xffffff80edd0b430 : 0xffffff7f860aa853
0xffffff80edd0b570 : 0xffffff7f85dbb659
0xffffff80edd0b5a0 : 0xffffff7f85ca58da
0xffffff80edd0b650 : 0xffffff7f85ca0fac
0xffffff80edd0b840 : 0xffffff7f85ca2ade
0xffffff80edd0b920 : 0xffffff7f86dccad5
0xffffff80edd0b960 : 0xffffff7f86de2507
0xffffff80edd0b980 : 0xffffff7f86e01353
0xffffff80edd0b9c0 : 0xffffff7f86e013b1
0xffffff80edd0ba00 : 0xffffff7f86de7c43
0xffffff80edd0ba50 : 0xffffff7f86da20fc
0xffffff80edd0bae0 : 0xffffff7f86d9defa
0xffffff80edd0bb10 : 0xffffff7f86d9baab
0xffffff80edd0bb40 : 0xffffff80058650c3
0xffffff80edd0bbc0 : 0xffffff8005867153
0xffffff80edd0bc20 : 0xffffff8005864b8f
0xffffff80edd0bd70 : 0xffffff80054981e1
0xffffff80edd0be80 : 0xffffff8005420aed
0xffffff80edd0beb0 : 0xffffff8005410448
0xffffff80edd0bf00 : 0xffffff800541961b
0xffffff80edd0bf70 : 0xffffff80054a5b16
0xffffff80edd0bfb0 : 0xffffff80054ced53
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f85c34 000->0xffffff7f85f36fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.1)[9901C237-547C-3B52-99DE-C4870A19E2B5]@0xffff ff7f859bf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f85c20000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f85bdd000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.0)[9F3D09B5-3158-3D9E-BDA3-E71576AAD3B7]@0xffffff7f8 5f44000->0xffffff7f86266fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f85c 34000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.1)[9901C237-547C-3B52-99DE-C4870A19E2B5]@0xffff ff7f859bf000
         com.apple.GeForce(8.0)[2E56ED9A-D848-3795-9E52-56BABDC9000C]@0xffffff7f86d83000 ->0xffffff7f86e45fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f85c 34000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f85c20000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.1)[9901C237-547C-3B52-99DE-C4870A19E2B5]@0xffff ff7f859bf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f85bdd000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
12C54
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:     0x0000000005200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005400000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 13893412243014
last loaded kext at 739492449806: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f8793f000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 341224120991: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.2.5 (addr 0xffffff7f86496000, size 65536)
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com.jft.driver.PdaNetDrv          1.0.64
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8
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.AppleHDA          2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.2d0
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com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB          8.0.0
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f33
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          235.4
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com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
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com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
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com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.1
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.AppleACPIButtons          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
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
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com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc10
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
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
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com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.5
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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
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com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.0
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com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.2.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
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com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.4.0
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com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
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com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
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com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6
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com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f16
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x857F, 0x483634353155363446373036364700000000
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x8634, 0x535550455254414C454E5430310000000000
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f33 10885, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet Adaptor (en2), Ethernet, en2
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF, 320.07 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 8
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

So my Mid 2010 Macbook Pro keeps randomly restarting, and giving me a screen that says something like "your computer restarted due to a problem."
Looks like it as a kernel panic, but I have no idea what this is. Seems to be no pattern for when it crashes. Used to do it maybe once a month and now this is the 5th time in two days.
Any idea what might be going on? Looked at past threads but nothing seemed to apply.
Here's the issue report:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 3966250 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          13
Anonymous UUID:                    7A9C4557-3A15-F201-C5F0-248B698BCE76
Sun Mar 3 14:26:35 2013
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff7f85c9bb25): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff811930d000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80edd0b260 : 0xffffff800541d626
0xffffff80edd0b2d0 : 0xffffff7f85c9bb25
0xffffff80edd0b360 : 0xffffff7f85d954b3
0xffffff80edd0b3c0 : 0xffffff7f85d95527
0xffffff80edd0b430 : 0xffffff7f860aa853
0xffffff80edd0b570 : 0xffffff7f85dbb659
0xffffff80edd0b5a0 : 0xffffff7f85ca58da
0xffffff80edd0b650 : 0xffffff7f85ca0fac
0xffffff80edd0b840 : 0xffffff7f85ca2ade
0xffffff80edd0b920 : 0xffffff7f86dccad5
0xffffff80edd0b960 : 0xffffff7f86de2507
0xffffff80edd0b980 : 0xffffff7f86e01353
0xffffff80edd0b9c0 : 0xffffff7f86e013b1
0xffffff80edd0ba00 : 0xffffff7f86de7c43
0xffffff80edd0ba50 : 0xffffff7f86da20fc
0xffffff80edd0bae0 : 0xffffff7f86d9defa
0xffffff80edd0bb10 : 0xffffff7f86d9baab
0xffffff80edd0bb40 : 0xffffff80058650c3
0xffffff80edd0bbc0 : 0xffffff8005867153
0xffffff80edd0bc20 : 0xffffff8005864b8f
0xffffff80edd0bd70 : 0xffffff80054981e1
0xffffff80edd0be80 : 0xffffff8005420aed
0xffffff80edd0beb0 : 0xffffff8005410448
0xffffff80edd0bf00 : 0xffffff800541961b
0xffffff80edd0bf70 : 0xffffff80054a5b16
0xffffff80edd0bfb0 : 0xffffff80054ced53
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f85c34 000->0xffffff7f85f36fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.1)[9901C237-547C-3B52-99DE-C4870A19E2B5]@0xffff ff7f859bf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f85c20000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f85bdd000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.0)[9F3D09B5-3158-3D9E-BDA3-E71576AAD3B7]@0xffffff7f8 5f44000->0xffffff7f86266fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f85c 34000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.1)[9901C237-547C-3B52-99DE-C4870A19E2B5]@0xffff ff7f859bf000
         com.apple.GeForce(8.0)[2E56ED9A-D848-3795-9E52-56BABDC9000C]@0xffffff7f86d83000 ->0xffffff7f86e45fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f85c 34000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f85c20000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.1)[9901C237-547C-3B52-99DE-C4870A19E2B5]@0xffff ff7f859bf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f85bdd000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
12C54
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:     0x0000000005200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005400000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 13893412243014
last loaded kext at 739492449806: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f8793f000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 341224120991: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.2.5 (addr 0xffffff7f86496000, size 65536)
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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.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
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.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.5
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16
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.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          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.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.2.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.1
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          2.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f16
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x857F, 0x483634353155363446373036364700000000
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x8634, 0x535550455254414C454E5430310000000000
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f33 10885, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet Adaptor (en2), Ethernet, en2
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF, 320.07 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 8
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

New macbook..a cry for help!!!!!!!!

Hey all,
I bought a a black macbook on friday,my first mac and i have to say although happy to have it,i think i might have a few issues....but first let me say i'm not very tech savvy...
1st. i am noticing a slight rattle of some of the keys...QWEASDZXC basically the ones on the left hand side...i could be wrong but say for example, i press P a few times and then E i notice a distinct differnce in noise levels.
2nd. At times the trackpad seems to be a little slow on the take...it will work fine but every now and then i notice the cursor freeze for a split second.
3rd. when surfing the net i feel its not running at full speed(granted,i dont know what full speed should be)2 days ago when i first connected to internet via wireless,it more or less went to web pages instantaneously but ever since it seems to alot slower.if for example if download the apple page the 'frame' of the page will come in a second or 2 but all the captions etc will take anywhere up to 5/6 seconds more...is this normal???my father has a dell desk top which is 3 years old,my brother has a compaq (i think!)latop,i'm pretty sure neither one has had any signifcant memory upgrades,runs a few programmes etc and i'm certain they are faster then my mac.
4th.In general(and this could be down to me being unfamiliar with the machine) i feel that when going through applications etc,the machine just doesnt seem to be as fast as i had expected it be,i havent installed anything from the disks(as in,all the osx programmes are on it)maybe i need to get rid of some of them,but i just feel that if i think its slow after 2 days whats it going to be like when i start downloading stuff and really getting in to it etc???
Ok,so thats it for now...please believe when i say i'm not making these points in a complaining/whining type of way...apart from these issues the macbook looks great and i believe i've made to right move switching to apple...its just that my tech challenged gut instinct tells me that something is not right with the machine...or maybe my expectations are too high???...i dont think so.
so if any of you have any thoughts or ideas on the issues please post away...let me say again,this is not intented to be an angry post but i just want to get the best out of my new computer,
thanks for listening/reading
Paul.

bout ye (im in n.ireland atm ^_^ )
yes, if you quit the process now, it will start the
next time you open it, or it will start itself if its
a system process which automatically starts after
boot up.
I do not use limewire and didnt know what it was,
after google it now I learnt that its a p2p file
transfering programme....and I suspect its eating up
you ram.
What I would suggest you to try is restart your
computer, and this time dont run limewire, then
connect to the net as usual and run activity monitor
and see if there's any improvement.
bout ya!
i'll give that a try,only concern is..i installed limewire whilst writing in this thread..ie it was running slow before!another thing i might try(if you advise it!)when i turned on the computer the first time i didnt and still havent used the intallations disks...i've read on other threads that i can take out programmes that i'm not going to use (for a while)such as garageband,iphoto etc,printer options and other languages...this might free things up for me?all in all,still think its pretty strange...havent seen many other threads from new macbook owners with 1gb...
thanks,
PAul.

HT1349 mini graphics to vga adapter for macbook how to install in windows 7.

mini graphics to vga adapter for macbook how to install in windows 7.
i have macbook with windows 7 operating system.

Can you be more specific?
What are you trying to do?

What is the correct part number for dvi to vga adapter for macbook pro model A1260

Can someone tell me the Apple part number for the DVI to VGA adapter that came with a Macbook Pro model A1260? (Early 2008)
My adapter has reached the end of useful life.
Thanks!

You have a MacBook Pro 15" Early 2009 (MacBook Pro 4,1)
The Mac's port is a Dual-link DVI (VGA, Composite and S-video with adapter)
The DVI connector connects to the Dual link-DVI port,thus you need a DVI to VGA adapter.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Micro%20Accessories/DVIVGA/
You also can search the Apple store online for the part, but it's so basic and simple that paying more for Apple's version is just for looks.

Using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter to connect Macbook Pro (2009) for a presentation via projector.

When I connect my Macbook Pro (2009 model) using a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter to display a presentation via projector, only the top-left portion of what is displayed on my Macbook Pro's screen is displayed on the projector, as though I zoomed in on that portion of my screen. The projector is on and the adapter and the cable that connects the adapter to the projector machine is correctly connected. Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

Hi glraczon.support,
It sounds like the external display you are using (projector) operates at a smaller resolution than your MacBook Pro. You may want to configure the display preferences in System Preferences for the external projector.
Here is an article that may help you with that process:
OS X Mountain Lion: About the Display pane of System Preferences
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5369
Thanks,
Matt M.

I have one of the old macbooks and wish to hook it up to my tv. do i need a mini dvi to hdmi adapter plus a 3 rca phono lead with a jack for the sound. please help as im useless at this stuff. cheers

i have one of the old macbooks and wish to hook it up to my tv. do i need a mini dvi to hdmi adapter plus a 3 rca phono lead with a jack for the sound. please help as im useless at this stuff. cheers

First we need to know which one of the 9 different models of MacBook you have. To see which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info (and then System Report if you’re running 10.7 Lion). When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier and post it back here.
The Late 2008 model 5,1 Aluminum Unibody and the Late 2009 model 6,1 and Mid 2010 model 7,1 White Unibody have a Mini DisplayPort. The Early 2006 model 1,1 through Early 2008 model 4,1s plus the Early and Mid 2009 model 5,2s have Mini-DVI ports. Each would take a different adapter to connect with the TV.

Hi, I am having trouble MacBook Air crashing since Yosemite upgrade. I ran an Etresoft check but I don't know what it means... my system runs slowly and crashes. I have to force shutdown. Sometimes screen is black for a split second b/w webmail pages

Hello,
I am having trouble with my MacBook Air 13 inch June 2012 MacBook Air5, 2 4GB RAM details below in Etresoft report. I recently upgraded to Yosemite and am having system trouble. My computer crashes and I have to force quit to restart. When using webmail there is a black screen for a split second between pages. This did not happen before. I am worried that it is not running properly and perhaps I need to revert to the previous operating system. I only have a MacBook Air and no need to share images between a tablet or phone so I did not need the new photo sharing software of Yosemite. I wonder if I don't have enough RAM to run it? I did not run time machine before I made the upgrade as I did not realise the significance of an upgrade as not very Mac literate. Any advice on whether my system is in danger... most appreciated! I am writing a book and making a back up but this machine is my lifeline and my work is conducted through it. It ran perfectly before... the Yosemite upgrade has perhaps highlighted some problems and it has unnerved me!
Thanks ever so much for your advice!
Lillibet
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 5/2/15, 9:53 PM
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir5,2
    1 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 694 - SN = D86218700K2DKRNAF
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
        Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 0:22:41
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 249.77 GB (167.35 GB free)
            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
            Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
        Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
        Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/WD +TURBO Installer.app
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.11 - SDK 10.4) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.1394_64HP (1.0.1 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.USB-64HP (1.0.3) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.14) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions
    [not loaded]    com.wdc.driver.1394.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.wdc.driver.USB.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [failed]    com.apple.mtrecorder.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [running]    com.mcafee.menulet.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.mcafee.reporter.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [running]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.apple.spirecorder.plist
    [running]    com.mcafee.ssm.Eupdate.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.mcafee.virusscan.fmpd.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Application Hidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
    EvernoteHelper    Application (/Applications/Evernote.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/EvernoteHelper.app)
    TouchP-150M    Application (/Applications/Canon P-150M/TouchP-150M.app)
    iPhoto    Application (/Applications/iPhoto.app)
    WDDriveUtilityHelper    Application (/Applications/WD Drive Utilities.app/Contents/WDDriveUtilityHelper.app)
    WDSecurityHelper    Application (/Applications/WD Security.app/Contents/WDSecurityHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 45 Check version
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) [Click for support]
    Java [Click for support]
    MacFUSE [Click for support]
    NTFS-3G [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: ON
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 249.77 GB Disk used: 82.42 GB
    Destinations:
        My Passport Edge for Mac [Local]
        Total size: 499.94 GB
        Total number of backups: 27
        Oldest backup: 2013-01-31 21:15:26 +0000
        Last backup: 2015-05-02 11:33:09 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Adequate
            Backup size 499.94 GB > (Disk used 82.42 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         6%    WindowServer
         3%    fontd
         2%    VShieldScanManager
         0%    taskgated
         0%    notifyd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    745 MB    Google Chrome Helper(8)
    439 MB    kernel_task
    246 MB    VShieldScanner(3)
    160 MB    Google Chrome
    127 MB    Finder
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    130 MB    Free RAM
    3.87 GB    Used RAM
    0 B    Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    May 2, 2015, 09:30:08 PM    Self test - passed
    May 2, 2015, 08:52:59 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/soffice_2015-05-02-205259_[red acted].crash
    May 2, 2015, 09:28:53 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/backupd_2015-05-02-092853_[redacted].cpu_resour ce.diag [Click for details]
    May 1, 2015, 05:45:24 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/EvernoteHelper_2015-05-01-1745 24_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:38:54 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173854_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:38:43 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173843_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:38:32 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173832_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:38:27 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173827_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:38:10 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173810_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:38:00 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173800_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:37:49 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173749_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:37:38 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173738_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:37:27 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173727_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:37:22 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173722_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:37:06 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173706_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:36:55 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173655_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:36:44 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173644_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:36:33 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173633_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:36:22 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173622_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:36:17 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173617_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:36:01 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173601_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:35:50 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173550_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:35:39 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173539_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:35:28 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-01-173528_[redacted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 05:20:29 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/soffice_2015-05-01-172029_[red acted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 04:55:05 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/soffice_2015-05-01-165505_[red acted].crash
    May 1, 2015, 02:53:58 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/sharingd_2015-05-01-145358_[redacted].crash
    Apr 20, 2015, 09:31:20 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-04-20-213120_[redacted].panic [Click for details]

When you have kernel panics, the pertinent information is in the panic report.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console 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 and start typing the name.
In the Console window, select
          DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION ▹ System Diagnostic Reports
(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of reports. A panic report has a name that begins with "Kernel" and ends in ".panic". Select the most recent one. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.
If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a panic, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.
In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)
Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report.
I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.

Problem description: My macbook pro since this afteon has been slower, every application I open, it takes a long time to open, and shows the spinning beach ball for a while before it opens or performs some task, or responds to a click- EtreCheck

My computer
Problem description:
My macbook pro since this afternoon has been slower, every application I open, it takes a long time to open, and shows the spinning beach ball for a while before it opens or performs some task, or responds to a click…
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 31 de março de 2015 18:29:15 BRT
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
    1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    16 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 250
Video Information: ℹ️
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
        Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1514) - Time since boot: 0:25:47
Disk Information: ℹ️
    Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 disk0 : (320,07 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (47.94 GB free) - 51 errors
            Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
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Open Activity Monitor and kill this process - rapportd.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Reinstalling OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list. Click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If Disk Utility reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit Disk Utility and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Alternatively, see:
Reinstall OS X Without Erasing the Drive
Choose the version you have installed now:
OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X
     Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
                 if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

New External Monitor for Logic on MacBook Pro - Suggestions

I'm in the painful process of updating my studio and now my large screen external monitor has started failing.
I know if this a pretty general question more suited to the MacBook Pro forum but I'd like some input from folks used to working with an application like Logic in a home studio environment.
I guess the issue for me is that I'm not getting any younger and my eyesight isn't what it used to be. One of the things specific to Logic and music software in general is that there are LOTS of very detailed dialog boxes with text that is not always height adjustable (yes I know about zooming and indeed I do lots of that but it gets quite distracting). The other factor is that I'm often recording and engineering myself which means I'll be sitting with a guitar in my lap or at a keyboard and can't always lean in too close to the monitor.
I solved this by buying a large 26" Acer which sits on my desk behind the Mackie MCU. To my left I've got the MacBook 15.4" Pro on a keyboard stand above my MIDI controller at a 45 degree angle to the desk.
It's worked quite well until the Acer seems to have become haunted. It will mysteriously reboot itself intermittently, going blank for a second, then showing the Acer logo and going back to picture. It will also turn itself on spontaneously when the computer is off (the status light is off and then turns itself on). It seems to detect when I'm in the middle of a really good session and starts resetting itself every 30 seconds or so. Then it will work fine sometimes for days or weeks at a time. I've checked it on 4 different computers, it malfunctions on all. I believe in may be a problem with one of the capacitors or the inverter, I'm not sure, but it's driving CRAZY at this point.
And of course now it's 3 months out of warranty and may be more expensive to fix than buying a new one.
So my issue is what monitor to replace it with. I've considered buying an Apple monitor, since the display is lovely to look at but there are a couple things that are deal breakers.
It's expensive. Very expensive.
Oddly you have to choose between a 24" and a 30", with nothing in between. Don't want to sound like Goldilocks here, but the 24 is tooooo small and the 30 is tooooo big.
Yeah I know bigger is usually better but since they bumped the native resolution of the 30" up to 2560x1600 it's really sharp but things like the menu text get really quite small. Yes you can reset to a lower non native resolution, but then you loose the sharpness. I tested Logic in the store on the 30" and it did look great but I found I actually had to move my whole body around to see things at the top and bottom of the screen.
Oh and did I mention that it's expensive? Jeez.
The 24" now seems to look a bit small to me after using the same resolution (1920x1200) on the Acer's 26" screen. (Ok, I think it's actually 25.5 but hey that half an inch can make a big difference and I will avoid making any bad jokes here).
And did I mention the Apple monitors are expensive? The 24" is almost 3 times as expensive as a cheaper alternative.
I also still have a PC here that I use (sorry) and the Apple monitors have very limited connectivity. So I think unfortunately the Apple monitors are out for me.
So I;m down to a couple other non Apple options. I will not buy an Acer again since I believe now that their quality control is not good and their support is absolutely atrocious. Shame I used to be a big fan of Acer PC's, but after owning a couple I'm steering clear.
My biggest issue right now is that most of the new budget monitors are geared toward 1080p HD uses so they are they are maxing out at 1920x1080 (16:9 aspect ratio instead of 1920x1200's 16:10). So the tradeoff here is that HD movies will look better in 16:9, but 16:10 gives you "squarer" pixels and more vertical resolution for screen hungry apps like Logic.
Any opinions on this? I'm a bit new to the Mac so I don't know if I'm really better off going with a 1920x1200 screen like the Apple monitors.
Also, I know this may just be a bug in the Acer's scaling, but if I switch to 1920x1080, I lose the menus off the top of the screen or if I adjust the vpos I lose the dock at the bottom. Downscaling to 1600x1050 or even 1024x768 works fine. If I get a 1080 screen and set the resolution appropriately will it work correctly and without too much distortion?
I'm also curious what is the best way to hook up the monitor? I'm currently using the DVI to VGA adapter that came with the MacBook. My Pro is the slighter older silver keyboard model so it has the standard DVI out. Will I see any real improvement by going over to using DVI directly?
Also I'm wondering how people feel about glossy vs matte for music. My current displays are the non-glossy and I do think I prefer them for detail work.
The candidates right now are
Hanns-G HH-281HPB 28" @300$. It's one of the only budget monitors that uses 1920x1200. All the right inputs (DVI, VGA). I'm just afraid this might be a bit too good to be true. It's really cheap and after having problems with a "cheap" Acer (although it wasn't so cheap 3 years ago!) I don't want similar problems. Stand has no swivel or tilt (a big problem for my use). Also that resolution on such a big screen might be good for me or it might look grainy I don't know I haven't seen it. Anybody have any experience with these?
Samsung P2770H 27" @339 Looks nice, good color. Sadly only 1080 native resolution. Stand doesn't swivel, but does tilt. No VGA input, so won't work with my old PC (although strangely it says it comes with a VGA cable). They get generally good reviews and I know Samsung makes very good flat panel TV's.
ViewSonic X Series VX2739WM 27" @350. Once again maxes out at 1080. It's fast (1ms), has VGA input. I've never been a big fan of ViewSonic but they do seem to have gotten better color-wise. Tilt no swivel and it's anti-glare (not sure this is a plus).
There are also similar options from HP, Asus, LG and Sceptre but they are all 1080. In fact outside of the Apples, the Hanns-G and a few expensive monitors from NEC they all seem to be 1080. So if I really want the 1200 the Hanns-G seems like the only way to go.
Any input here would be greatly appreciated.

No doubt, the Apple displays are gorgeous. The first time I saw the 30" display wow, I wanted one BAD and it's actually what prompted me to buy a "big" monitor. The colors are great with a rich wonderful saturation level and as usual for Apple the form factor design is stunning. You know for that picture quality I could even get over the sticker shock and save up for one.
Which is why I was so disappointed when I actually sat down in the store and started to use Logic on one. I imagine for doing video work, graphic design or darn near anything else, it would be great. But for Logic I just found myself bending and twisting trying to look at toolbar at the bottom and then up to look at the menus. And instrument or plugin displays that were hard coded to look OK at lower resolutions looked really, really tiny to me. For me and particularly using Logic having 2 slightly smaller displays at a 45 degree angle makes more sense.
And once again the 24 seems just a bit small. I don't understand why they have a 27" iMac but you can't buy a 27" display. So iMac 27" starting at 1699, subtract out the cost of the CPU and drive ie the Mini and I'd really buy one. Strangely you can buy a 21.5" or a 27" iMac. Or you can buy a 24" or 30" display. Hmmmm.
So don't get me wrong I'm not bashing Apple for being expensive. They put a lot of money into R&D and into really thinking about the form and the function of their products. As a recent convert from being a PC developer for 25+ years, hey I've more than sipped the Kool-Aid here, I've guzzled it. They make great products and yeah they're more expensive, because they ARE better! I've now got 2 MBP's, 2 iPods, I'm about to get an iPhone (silly "death grip" or not) and I really want an iPad. Heck I'd really love an 8 core MacPro if I could afford one (alas I can't).
I guess my only gripe here is that there always seems to be a little less choice in the Apple world. Yeah, I know they do a lot less volume than the PC clone world I just think that they always seem to have a big gap between the high end and low end with not enough in between. So you can choose between the lower end and one piece units with no expansion boards (the mini or the iMac) or go straight to monster tower MacPro (way over 3K with display). You can get a MacBook but then you have to put up with a small screen or go with MacBook Pro, which let's face it is a lot of computing power for someone who just wants to web surf and write some email without squinting.
So here I am stuck in the middle. I don't want to buy a HannspreeQG or another piece of junk that's going to last 3 years and 3 months because of a crappy $2 capacitor that no seems to able to fix or care about fixing. I'd like to buy a really nice Apple monitor, I just want a big monitor, not a huge one and not a "medium" one (I know I'm spoiled but 24" seems "medium" these days).
Sorry about the rant here but my monitor is shutting down every 30 seconds and I'm about to go completely insane and toss it out the window!!!
Really glad to hear about that 84' VGA cable. I never imagined such a thing existed or would work without some sort of signal boost on the way. Very cool for me. My electronic drum kit is in another room and I would love to have a small cheap monitor next to it for sequencing. I had my laptop on a stand next to it for a while but I began to get terrified that I'd let a drumstick slip and destroy my laptop screen. That would be a very bad thing. Thanks for the tip.

UPS Energy Saver on MacBook Pro for External Drives

A search here has shown this topic come up before -- such as at https://discussions.apple.com/message/1886738#1886738 and https://discussions.apple.com/message/8162836#8162836 -- but I can't find a resolution, so I'm bringing it up again.
I have multiple FW drives connected to my MacBook Pro. The MBP is connected to an APC Back-UPS RS 1200. OSX does not make the UPS Energy Saver autoshutdown preferences available on the MBP, the reasoning being that a laptop shouldn't need UPS autoshutdown because it has its own battery which is likely to run for far longer than the UPS would.
That's all well and good for the MBP itself, but it doesn't account for the multiple FW drives which are attached to it for backups and other purposes. In the event of a power outage, without UPS autoshutdown, the UPS will run down, and the drives will abruptly power off, exposing them to potential data loss and damage.
It's also not a solution to suggest that I manually power things down once there's a power outage, because the power can go out while I'm away for more than the few minutes of UPS battery back up time. The only real solution is to have UPS autoshutdown available on all portable machines. Unless and until Apple offers a (surely very simple) OS update to make that happen, I'm still interested in a solution.
APC's own software for autoshutdown stopped being updated long ago, so there is no version compatible with Snow Leopard.
The only potential solution I've found so far is http://www.apcupsd.org/ -- but its documentation is overwhelming and it appears that it may need other supporting software, a fair amount of Terminal usage, etc., all making it not very user-friendly for the very simple usage I'd want to make of it.
Does anyone know of any other solutions, software that can run on a MBP to add UPS autoshutdown functionality?
Re: Apcups, is anyone using it successfully on a MBP? If so, does anyone know if the version listed here -- http://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Apcupsd.shtml -- is a simple application that I can easily install and configure like regular Mac apps? If yes, then I'll likely be very happy with no need for the following question. If no, can anyone provide simple instructions to set up Apcupsd to do what I want?

"You are not doing anything on the computer so no files should be writing to the drives."
Big assumption there. With today's notebooks so capable of acting as desktop substitutes, they are often left running unattended to complete demanding tasks overnight or while the user does other things.
To be able to suspend such activities and gracefully power down an external drive or drives in the event of a power outage, the Mac would have to have instructions from each third-party application or process that is running about how to interrupt its activity safely and without jeopardizing the integrity of whatever hard disk directories are in use. Then it would need to unmount the drive(s) and, if they were bus-powered drives, turn off the power to each of them at the port to which it was connected. I bet it would be possible for all app developers to write such instructions into their apps' code, but where's the incentive for them to do so? This isn't a feature that most users would gladly pay extra for, I suspect, and the cost of adding it to apps that don't have it now and testing it for reliability and proper function under all conceivable circumstances would not be trivial.
If the drive(s) were AC-powered, the computer wouldn't be able to power them down itself -- the UPS would have to do that, or simply leave them on and power them until its battery was depleted or the AC was restored. It wouldn't matter which happened as far as the drives and their contents were concerned, because once the computer stopped using them, powering them off would be safe at any time.

My Macbook Pro started freezing all the time & going to sleep on its own for no reason

I've been having trouble for a few weeks with my computer freezing way too often for seemingly no reason - I'm using it exactly the same way I always have with no problems, and even actively trying to have less applications open (which seems to have no effect). I can't always load simple webpages without it freezing and giving me the color wheel and it's just MUCH slower in general. It is seriously making it difficult to use my computer for work or for fun...
It has also started going to sleep on its own - the screen will just go black (or sometimes BLUE) and the keyboard lights turn off, and the only way to get it to wake back up is to close the computer, wait, open it again and click or press a key. It doesn't respond to any keys/clicks until it has been closed and reopened.
It seems to overheat really easily lately as well - but it does not always overheat when it freezes.
SMC reset did not seem to have an effect. Activity Monitor doesn't show anything crazy, everything is pretty much 0% except Firefox around 7-12% as I'm typing this. 246 GB available on my hard drive so that doesn't seem to be the problem either. Right after restarting my computer it seems better but the problems quickly resurface...
I googled for help before posting this and someone had suggested running the command
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'Channel t|GPU D|I/O|find tok|n Cause: -' | tail | open -ef
in Terminal, which they said "Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty." But mine gave this:
Tue Apr 15 21:04:24 My-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: disk0s2: I/O error.
Tue Apr 15 21:04:42 My-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: disk0s2: I/O error.
Tue Apr 15 21:35:04 My-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: disk0s2: I/O error.
Tue Apr 15 21:35:20 My-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: disk0s2: I/O error.
Wed Apr 16 10:56:46 My-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: disk0s2: I/O error.
Wed Apr 16 10:57:03 My-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: disk0s2: I/O error.
Wed Apr 16 12:11:17 My-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: disk0s2: I/O error.
Wed Apr 16 12:11:35 My-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: disk0s2: I/O error.
Wed Apr 16 12:11:52 My-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: disk0s2: I/O error.
Wed Apr 16 12:23:01 My-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Debug>: disk0s2: I/O error.
I don't know what that means or if that is useful info to help solve my problem? I just want to know what I can do to make my mac go back to normal!
I ran Etrecheck:
Hardware Information:
    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
    1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
    4 GB RAM
Video Information:
    AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
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Disk Information:
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        (null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 465.44 GB (229.26 GB free)
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
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    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
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Kernel Extensions:
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Top Processes by CPU:
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         3%    EtreCheck
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         1%    mds
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    74 MB    mds
    57 MB    WindowServer
    41 MB    Mail
    41 MB    Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
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    880 MB    Wired RAM
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    0 B    Page-outs

Eric - I dont understand how I'd use caffeinate. I am not running any code or particular script. My system goes to sleep if surfing the web, or running Word or Excel, etc.
Or.. Are you saying I should go through and type 'caffeinate X' for all of my applications?

I have 3 different itunes accounts and would like to combine them into just one for all my devices, a macbook pro, an iphone 4S, an older IPOD, and a ver sion one Ipad. how can i do this on all devices ?

i have 3 different itunes accounts and would like to combine them into just one for all my devices, a macbook pro, an iphone 4S, an older IPOD, and a ver sion one Ipad. how can i do this on all devices ?

i had one for a long time, then when i got the ipad i didn't realize they would all still work under one so i set up the second one on that
then when i got the new iphone i put in the info for the first and main one from my mac pro and it would not work at all, and i knew it was right, then it asked me to create a new one or i couldnt finish the setup
hence why i have 3 now
hard to believe you cannot combine into one
oh well, i will just make them all accessible for all 3
thanks

How to reset my MacBook Pro for re-sale

I'm thinking of selling my 2010 MacBook Pro, which I bought with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. When selling previous Macs, I've deleted everything, including other user accounts and then re-installed the OS from the supplied CDs or DVD. This then leaves a new and pristine condition for the new owner to set-up as required.
However, I'm currently using Lion, which is not available on a disk. So my question is, how do I get back to a new version of Lion ready for my Mac's new owner to set-up as their own?
I've read on these forums about booting and holding down the Alt key in order to boot from the Restore partition, which hopefully has a bootable copy of Lion. Other threads suggest that I should Show Package Contents of the downloaded Lion file and burn the DMG to a DVD using Disc Utility. I guess that this will produce a software update disc and that the new owner will still need to boot initially with the Snow Leopard disc and follow the software updates until a point is reached whereby the new Lion disc will work.
I want to sell this as having OS X 10.7.3 Lion - I've paid for the upgrade and wish to pass this to the new owner.
Any thoughts or advice gratefully received.

The other person can do illegal things on your old machine or worst set you up. Which you will have to hire a computer specialist to prove your innocence, if there is evidence to be found, one simple mistake of missed evidence and you could be in serious trouble, fighting your case from a prison cell hoping to get a retrial.
When you erase the drive from the 10.6 disk, select the entire internal drive on a far left, not the slightly indented partition underneath it, and use the Erase with Zero option at least, or 7x for military/government grade erasures.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3191
The way technology is recording everything we are doing, you can't afford to take any chances, break from your machine, break from it completely. Let them install Lion with their AppleID, then they won't have any trouble updating to 10.8 or even 10.9., getting redownloads if they need it.

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