MacBook Pro graphics issue

Just bought a new 15" MacBook pro with lion (2.0 GHz i7, 4GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive @7200 RPM) I am having a small problem with the graphics / animations in Lion (spefically entering mission control). After a fresh startup, the animations seem "choppy" but after I put the computer to sleep and then wake it, everything works fine. The issue started after I install 10.7.1 but not at the same time. Does anyone else have this issue or have any insight into what could be causing it? Thanks!
-Greg

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Solution may be found if you search in the "More Like This" section over in the right column.
If you are still under warranty or have Apple Care, call them and get a case number.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5606
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Hello all,
I have a major issue that is perplexing me. Whenever I hook up a second monitor or projector to my Macbook Pro 15" Early 2010 and launch a Powerpoint slideshow I lose video on both systems immediately and can only recover with a reboot. This is fully reproducable. It doesn't matter if I'm using the mini Display Port to DVI or VGA adapter, same results. Same results with monitors, TVs, or external projectors. I only experience this issue in MS Powerpoint 2011, no other applications. I have 8GB of Ram and a 2.66GHZ i7. It doesn't matter what my resolution is set to, same issue. I will post two error reports below for additional details.
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 1489459 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 5
Anonymous UUID: AC46B310-CEBD-4130-AAD5-8D163B949E0D
Thu Mar 3 18:08:35 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x9d3bfa): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xa5ea3000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x83701768 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0x8370179c 0x223974 0x0)
0x837017b8 : 0x9d3bfa (0xbe92bc 0xc59940 0xbf8424 0x0)
0x83701858 : 0xaee640 (0xe9c5c04 0xd551004 0x100 0xae881b)
0x837018a8 : 0xae5639 (0xd551004 0x100 0x837018d8 0x9c36d7)
0x837018d8 : 0x17169ce (0xd551004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x3)
0x83701a18 : 0xb0d2bd (0xd551004 0xd681004 0x0 0x0)
0x83701a58 : 0x9dce63 (0xd551004 0xd681004 0x0 0x0)
0x83701af8 : 0x9d946f (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
0x83701ca8 : 0x9da2b7 (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7057 0x83701ce8)
0x83701d98 : 0xc94d1c (0xc1d00044 0xbeef0003 0xcaf0133e 0xcaf01340)
0x83701eb8 : 0xc94fba (0xee95804 0x18547e04 0x6d1c6460 0x8)
0x83701f18 : 0xc952a5 (0xee95804 0x18547e04 0x6d1c6460 0x83702180)
0x83701fc8 : 0xca94a9 (0xee95804 0x1844a8e8 0x8370233c 0x83702180)
0x83702238 : 0xc8ac0b (0x6d29e000 0x1844a8e8 0x8370233c 0x83702324)
0x83702398 : 0xc8ae49 (0x6d1de000 0x1844a800 0x1 0x0)
0x837023c8 : 0xc8d90a (0x6d1de000 0x1844a800 0x1 0x9e9de118)
0x83702408 : 0xcafb4e (0x6d1de000 0x1844a800 0x6d3f2274 0x140)
0x83702498 : 0xca13c1 (0x1855ec80 0x1844a800 0x0 0x1)
0x837024f8 : 0xca1628 (0x6d3f2000 0x6d3f277c 0x1844a800 0x0)
0x83702548 : 0xca1afc (0x6d3f2000 0x6d3f277c 0x8370286c 0x8370280c)
0x83702888 : 0xc9e945 (0x6d3f2000 0x6d3f277c 0x1 0x220673)
0x837028a8 : 0xc665a1 (0x6d3f2000 0x6d3f277c 0x18724240 0x500547)
0x837028d8 : 0xca0408 (0x6d3f2000 0x83702a1c 0x83702908 0x4ffa01)
0x83702918 : 0xc6a8de (0x6d3f2000 0x83702a1c 0x83702a1c 0x83702980)
0x83702a58 : 0xca3cfe (0x6d3f2000 0x0 0x83702b6c 0x83702b68)
0x83702b08 : 0xc66c93 (0x6d3f2000 0x0 0x83702b6c 0x83702b68)
0x83702b88 : 0x565a88 (0x6d3f2000 0x0 0x83702ddc 0x83702c14)
0x83702bd8 : 0x566327 (0xcf4e20 0x6d3f2000 0x1cac2d88 0x1)
0x83702c28 : 0x566bdb (0x6d3f2000 0x10 0x83702c70 0x0)
0x83702d48 : 0x285bce (0x6d3f2000 0x10 0x1cac2d88 0x1)
0x83703df8 : 0x21d8ba (0x1cac2d60 0x114625a0 0xfc330 0x8a03)
0x83703e38 : 0x210a3a (0x1cac2d00 0x0 0x1cab2ce0 0x10599fc0)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
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dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x960000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x92d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x93e000
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.2.6)@0x15e0000->0x19f4fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x96d000
com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x96d000->0xc5afff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x92d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x960000
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Mac OS version:
10J567
Kernel version:
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USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0xfd110000
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000
USB Device: Hub, 0x050d (Belkin Corporation), 0x0237, 0xfa140000
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#2 Panic
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 1490834 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 7
Anonymous UUID: AC46B310-CEBD-4130-AAD5-8D163B949E0D
Thu Mar 3 18:30:57 2011
panic(cpu 2 caller 0x9d3bfa): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xa5e82000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x82f79bd8 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0x82f79c0c 0x223974 0x0)
0x82f79c28 : 0x9d3bfa (0xbe92bc 0xc59940 0xbf8424 0x0)
0x82f79cc8 : 0xaee640 (0xe4e0804 0xe624004 0x100 0x2)
0x82f79d18 : 0xae5639 (0xe624004 0x100 0x82f79d48 0x9c36d7)
0x82f79d48 : 0x171a9ce (0xe624004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x29eac3)
0x82f79e88 : 0xb0d2bd (0xe624004 0xe4db004 0x0 0x0)
0x82f79ec8 : 0x9dce63 (0xe624004 0xe4db004 0x0 0x0)
0x82f79f68 : 0x9d946f (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
0x82f7a118 : 0x9db5fb (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7027 0x82f7a148)
0x82f7a1e8 : 0xc84975 (0xc1d00041 0xbeef0003 0x18512500 0x71)
0x82f7a288 : 0xc84e9f (0x6d204000 0x18512500 0x184fc004 0x0)
0x82f7a2c8 : 0xc5ce0b (0x6d204000 0x18512500 0x184fc004 0x0)
0x82f7a2f8 : 0xc84572 (0x6d204000 0x18512500 0x184fc004 0x0)
0x82f7a318 : 0xc5c418 (0x6d204000 0x18512500 0x184fc004 0x0)
0x82f7a338 : 0xc84e4a (0x6d204000 0x184fc000 0x2 0x2)
0x82f7a378 : 0xc5f7b9 (0x6d204000 0x184fc000 0x0 0x184fc000)
0x82f7a3b8 : 0xc5d269 (0x6d204000 0x6d3cf000 0x6d3d8000 0x1808d400)
0x82f7a408 : 0xcafbed (0x6d204000 0x6d3cf000 0x6d3d8000 0x1808d400)
0x82f7a498 : 0xca13c1 (0x1808d400 0x184fc000 0x0 0x1)
0x82f7a4f8 : 0xca1628 (0x6d3cf000 0x6d3cf77c 0x184fc000 0x0)
0x82f7a548 : 0xca1afc (0x6d3cf000 0x6d3cf77c 0x82f7a86c 0x82f7a80c)
0x82f7a888 : 0xc9e945 (0x6d3cf000 0x6d3cf77c 0x1 0x220673)
0x82f7a8a8 : 0xc665a1 (0x6d3cf000 0x6d3cf77c 0x18513100 0x500547)
0x82f7a8d8 : 0xca0408 (0x6d3cf000 0x82f7aa1c 0x82f7a908 0x6d3cf000)
0x82f7a918 : 0xc6a8de (0x6d3cf000 0x82f7aa1c 0x82f7aa1c 0x82f7a980)
0x82f7aa58 : 0xca3cfe (0x6d3cf000 0x0 0x82f7ab6c 0x82f7ab68)
0x82f7ab08 : 0xc66c93 (0x6d3cf000 0x0 0x82f7ab6c 0x82f7ab68)
0x82f7ab88 : 0x565a88 (0x6d3cf000 0x0 0x82f7addc 0x82f7ac14)
0x82f7abd8 : 0x566327 (0xcf4e20 0x6d3cf000 0x17ce2188 0x1)
0x82f7ac28 : 0x566bdb (0x6d3cf000 0x10 0x82f7ac70 0x0)
0x82f7ad48 : 0x285bce (0x6d3cf000 0x10 0x17ce2188 0x1)
0x82f7bdf8 : 0x21d8ba (0x17ce2160 0x1720f5a0 0x1fd590 0xa017)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.2.6)@0x15e4000->0x19f8fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x96d000
com.apple.GeForce(6.2.6)@0xc5b000->0xd10fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x96d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x960000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x92d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x93e000
com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x96d000->0xc5afff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x92d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x960000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x93e000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Microsoft PowerP
Mac OS version:
10J567
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 404911465926
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Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Memory Module: global_name
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USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000
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I "fixed" it, I did a fresh install and restore and that power point issue is gone. It works now without crashing but I am using Snow Leopard 10.6.4 now instead of 10.6.7. I'm going to update and see what happens.

MacBook Pro performance issues w/2nd monitor and FCP7

I have this MacBook Pro bought brand-new in January 2010:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
and until today had never attached a second monitor to it. Today I hooked up my Samsung 24" to do some dual screen editing in Final Cut 7.0.3. I was unable to play back my video at full speed in the second monitor, and after a few seconds of skippy playback I'd get that error message about unable to play back video at full speed and to check my RT settings. I was using a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter. My computer has no issues playing the video in the laptop's monitor at any resolution and any quality settings (I've never changed the RT settings or anything else in the menu ever but I tried every combination this time). I then tried using my TV as a 2nd monitor with an HDMI adapter. Same performance issues. I then tried my friend's newer 13" MBP 8,1 and it performed flawlessly with the same project & footage. I feel like my $3,000 computer should outperform a $1,200 one even if mine is a year and a half older. Any advice?
Chris

Wow, you posted this perfectly to coincide with an identical problem, albeit using Logic Pro 9.1.5 rather than FCP.
Last week, I purchased a 23" external monitor to use alongside my "flagship" 2011 15" hi-res, 2.3 i7 Macbook Pro with 8Gb of RAM.
It is connected via a mini-DVI to D-sub analog (not that that should matter?) and all appeared fine.
The first issue I had was with my MBP's fan now running CONSTANTLY, when I have the second monitor attached. Even when the machine is completely idle.
When using the machine to record audio, this is a fairly hefty problem and not something I had anticipated - indeed why would I anticipate such a thing?
What is far, far worse though is that over the last few days I have had repeated problems with performance drop-outs and errors in Logic and I have trying to fathom out why. Realising that the only major system change made, was the above monitor connection, I ran some tests.
I restarted my MBP, no other apps were running and with my new 23" monitor attached acting as main display with MBP built in display on as secondary
I loaded up a fairly demanding Logic project which was hitting 40% to 60% CPU usage when using the built in MBP display last week
I ran activity monitor and had CPU usage history open
The above project now repeatedly overloads and playback halts in a given 8 bar section - with CPU at 80% most of the time
I disconnected the external display, no shut down, I just let the machine switch to the built in 15".
Started the same project, the same 8 bar section and hey presto - CPU usage back down to 40% to 60%
The above was reflected in the CPU usage history with the graph showing CPU use down by about a half, when running this Logic project WITHOUT the external display.
There is a very useful benchmark Logic project that has been used as a test by many users to gauge Logic performance on given Apple hardware.
The project has about 100 tracks pre-configured with CPU intensive plugins, designed to tax the CPU.
The idea is that you load up the project with tracks muted, press play and then unmute the tracks steadily until Logic us unable to play contiunously because of a system performance error.
On my MBP, with the external monitor NOT attached, I can play back around 50 of the audio tracks in this benchmark project.
With the monitor attached, I can get about 22 tracks playing.... which is actually a far worse a performance drop (-50% I think!?) than with the first example!
I did also try with just the external monitor attached and not the MBP display and performance was about 10% better than with dual monitors - so still extremely poor, to say the least.
This machine is the flagship MBP and has a dedicated AMD Radeon HD6750 GPU which should take care of most if not ALL graphics processing - I mean it's capable of running some pretty demanding games!
Putting aside the issue of constant fan noise, there is no reason AT ALL, why using an external monitor should tax the i7 CPU this way - it's not as though Logic is graphically demanding... far from it.
I am on 10.6.8, Logic 9.1.5, all apps up to date via "Software Update".
I will of course, be contacting Apple...

Macbook pro Graphic card failure

I have a Macbook pro 15 inch MB 134 model. I had the classical black screen problem which i taught that it was the NVidia graphic card failure after reading the symptoms on apple support page. However, as usual, the apple authorised service center denied the reason of graphic card and told me that it is a mother board failure and i have to replace the board with a cost of 700 $. It was unbelievable. I went to a computer repair shop who immediately told me that it is due to graphic card failure and he can fix it. Again i spoke to apple and they denied again telling that the shop is not telling the truth. They were able to fix for a reasonable price and told this can happen again in the future and apple is responsible they should replace the board for free of coast. Now my computer is working but same syptoms started recently. It was a huge dissappointment . Such a big company should recall all the models affected whether there is a problem or not. Now i am planning to buy another mac and this keeps me holding and i doubt if something like that can happen in the future again.
If anybody authorised in Apple is reading this post: Please recall all the models produced that year and replace for free. This way you can regain your reputation!!

Saber,
This is just a user-to-user forum - no one from Apple here. Sorry to hear about your problems - there have been some issues with some graphic cards in some models of the MacBook Pro and Apple has replaced logic boards for up to four years after date of purchase. I'm not sure if your's was one of those models - you don't specify the date of your model - but it may be worth checking out.
All computers are going to fail out some point and Apple's are no exception. Sometimes they last for a decade, sometimes they're bad right out of the box. In your case Apple was right - the only sure fix for your computer was a logic board replacement, as the 'fix' you had at the other repair shop didn't stand.
Rather than have the logic board replaced now, I would just invest in a new computer, PC or Mac - depends on what you want. The reliability of a good PC is the same as a Mac.
Sorry to hear of your problems...
Clinton

MacBook Pro LCD Issue

I have an aluminum MacBook Pro 15" with Intel core 2 duo and GeForce 8600M GT.
Starting from this evening, the LCD screen shown for the whole size, many vertical green lines 1 pixel widht. The external monitor connected to the DVI work well, so it seems an LCD issue. Any one experienced same issue and/or can suggest me a solution?
Thanks in advance
Claudio

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Since the external works well, it does sound like a display issue, and could be a hardware fault in the display itself. If so, the solution would probably be to replace the display.
If you have access to an Apple Store, it would be worth making an appointment at the genius bar to have a trained professional look at it in person and give you an opinion.
For future reference, you do have the graphics chip which is covered by this program:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
Since the external has good video, you probably don't have that problem now, but keep it in mind if you start having problems on the external as well.
Good luck!

MacBook Pro Sleep issues

Hi
Does anyone have any sleep issues with their macbook pro?
When mine goes to sleep and i can wake it up but if i leave it to go into a deeper sleep i can't wake it up. tried using the keypad, touchpad, power button (even reseting), all that happens is it switches on but the screen doesn't come on and the sleep light flashes. The only way i can get it on is if i remove the magsafe connctor and the battery, then reconnect the magsafe and press the powerbutton, it wakes up and loads up to where i previously left off, then i can reconnect my battery. anyone also experienceing a muffled moo noise from their superdrive (every couple of minutes even when there is no disk inside)?
I have the 2.0ghz version with the faster graphics card, 100gb (7200rpm drive), apples 1gb ram, crucial 1gb ram. I'm going to take it down to my local applestore this weekend but i don't want them to hold on to it for such a long time.

I've had this same problem for a couple weeks now. At the Apple Store, they pulled my Crucial RAM and sent me packing. So, I gave the benefit of the doubt, returned the "bad stick" and got another. Same problem.
To be specific, mine would often restart instead of waking, or do nothing at all, forcing me to pop the battery out, or hold the power button to shut it off, then restart.
On my second trip to the store, today, they tried pulling the new Crucial RAM and replacing it with Apple RAM. That worked! So, they claim third party problems and I can't say they're wrong. However, it makes me wonder about proprietary settings in RAM, if that's even possible. I wonder if two sticks of Crucial RAM would work just fine? It's almost worth the try, as the cost is nearly half that of another 1GB of Apple RAM.
Not sure what I'm going to do as of today, might try another vendor for even less than Crucial to see if I have any luck, though I'm nervous to trust some other brand as though it might fix the sleep issue, it could be less reliable for more important usage.

MacBook Pro Graphic Distort After Upgrading to Lion 10.7.5

Hi,
Recently, I upgraded my mbp which was produced by the end of 2007 (macbook pro 895) with geforce 8600m graphic card, from 10.5.8 to 10.7.5.
I noticed that logic board failure might occur on my mac, however, at least i was fortunate during past 5 years while not that lucky just after ugrading..
My phenomenon is: the screen suddenly distorted and the overall system hung without any response until I power off and restart. I am not sure whether it's just the logic board failure, but I feel that it might have something to do with software as shown in:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20091204-263/graphics-issues-plaguing-os-x- 10.7-lion-upgrades/
Another issue is: it seems the free maintainance announced through http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377 seems to be obsolete, isn't it ?

Finally resolved...
It's because of the fact that my mbp is too old to be upgraded to lion ...
Although I've seen successful experiences of upgrading mbp 895 (manufactured by the end of 2007) to lion, it's a disaster due to random death halt according to my experiences..
It seems 10.7.4 could be OK since I have met no problems for more than one week, however, when upgrading to 10.7.5, the death halt happened every half an hour, while even if I downgraded to 10.7.4, it doen't help, while when I continuously downgraded to snow leopard 10.6.8, it works normally.

Retina MacBook Pro fan issue

I've noticed when playing games or doing anything graphic intensive, only 1 fan goes on? as far as I know the RMBP 13 inch has a left and right fan but I only ever hear the right fan. I downloaded "macs fan control" and only my right fan shows up there. Is this an issue that needs resolved?

cajram wrote:
Thankyou! I had asked an apple "expert" and they told me the device was defected. Obviously they need to some more research on their own products. again thanks
In your case, this is the definitive place to find out about your specific MBP and all of its internal components.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Retina+Display+Early+2015+Te ardown/38300
Ciao.

Advice appreciated on a MacBook pro HDD issue

Hello,
I've just suffered my first real system problem and even though I have a few ideas for how to fix it I thought I'd post here and ask for some advice to see what you guys think.
First the problem... Basically my MacBook Pro's HDD has an issue and won't boot. I don't think it's a physical problem with the hardware (although I'm open to advice on this too), I think it just needs a reformat and fresh install of the OS. But obviously I need to get my files off of there first and this is the problem, but read on for more details.
So that's the problem in a nutshell, but here's the full detail.
It's a MacBook Pro, late 2011, 17", 750GB HDD, 8GB RAM, bought in Miami September 2011 while I was on holiday there (I live in the UK), came with Snow Leopard installed, was upgraded to Lion a few days after purchase and then upgraded to Mountain Lion about a month ago.
Last week I was using it when it suddenly restarted itself. I let it restart, then began using it again and about five minutes later it restarted again, but this time it didn't boot properly.
It stayed on the grey screen with the apple logo and spinning clock-type wheel. There was a progress bar at the bottom of the screen, it took ages to move, then finally got to about 33% and the machine restarted itself again.
I tried lots of restarts but every time it did the same thing or it never even showed the progress bar, and just had the spinning clockwheel forever.
So I held down alt and booted from Mountain Lion's recovery partition instead. I launched Disk Utility and tried to verify / repair the drive but it came back with errors and said that it couldn't fix them. Apologies, I realise typing this that anyone reading would probably quite like to read the error long but I can't remember it and I'm not currently at home. If needed I'll run it again and post.
Anyway, the basic point is that Disk Utility is giving a message saying to copy all my files off the drive and reformat because it can't fix it. Incidentally the SMART status of the drive is fine / normal. Not showing any problems there, which is why I'm hopeful it's not a hadware issue.
So I need to copy my files off, and this is the real reason I'm posting this thread, because I don't mind doing a reformat / fresh install of Mountain Lion, but my last backup is a couple of months old (I know, naughty me) so while it wouldn't be the end of the world to copy files back from that, I would lose a bit of data so would like to get them off the MBP's HDD now.
At this point, let me list the kit I have at my disposal:
- At home I have the aforementioned patient (MacBook Pro), a 2TB external HDD with USB2 / FireWire 800 and a NAS box that sits on my network. I also have one of those cables that lets you connect an internal HDD via USB (more on this later, as I suspect it's going to be my best hope).
- At work I have a Windows 7 PC which I do not have any admin rights to, A Windows XP PC that I do have admin rights to and an iMac that is running Leopard (10.5.8) and cannot be upgraded due to various boring work reasons I won't go into here.
So the first thing I tried was booting into the recovery partition, launching Disk Utility and trying to clone the HDD over to the external 2TB drive I have. Cloning the drive like-for-like gives an error message (again apologies, I can't remember it) and trying to copy to an image file on the external drive gets all the way to the end (takes ages because Disk Utility keeps going to sleep) but then when I try to mount the image it gives an error and fails, so I don't trust this method.
So booting to recovery and using Disk Utility seems to be no good.
I thought about trying to take the MBP to work and launching it in target disk mode, then copying files, however I read that you can only have one FireWire device (the target computer) connected when doing this and my iMac at work doesn't have enough internal HDD space to copy all my MBP's files off, so I would need to have an external drive connected to the iMac in addition to the MBP, which sounds like it's not a good idea, or not supported by Apple anyway.
I thought about making a bootable Mountain Lion USB stick as I have a 16GB USB stick I could use for this, however I don't know how to make the bootable USB using my iMac as it's on Leopard (can't be upgraded for work reasons) and doesn't even have the Mac App store on it for me to re-download the Mountain Lion install file.
I think I have the Snow Leopard DVD that came with my MBP so could probably boot off this, but does that allow me into Finder or anything that would let me copy docs from my internal HDD properly over to the external drive? Or is it just going to look similar to the Mountain Lion recovery partition, with Disk Utility and a few other options?
I don't know whether the Mountain Lion recovery partition lets me install Mountain Lion onto my external drive? Or a USB? I was a bit scared to start clicking through options to see whether it would ask me which drive I wanted to install to, just in case it doesn't and begins erasing the main HDD as one of the first things it does.
So this leaves the cable that allows me to connect internal drives via USB. This cable has saved my bacon in the past and I suspect it may be my best option once more. Obviously this means I'm going to have to open up the MBP and remove the HDD but I installed the extra RAM myself and I've installed full-size (3.5") HDDs in the past so I should be able to handle that, unless there's anything radically different with 2.5" drives I'm not aware of.
I've heard people mention DiskWarrior in the past but to be honest if I'm going to spend that sort of money I'd prefer to just put it towards an new, larger HDD, probably a 2TB model.
So there we are, thanks for reading this far. If you have any advice about another (or better) way to get my files off the MBP I'm all ears.
I've never actually done a fresh install of Mac OS before either, only upgrades downloaded from the Mac App Store so any advice around that might be handy too, but mainly it's the file copying I want help with as I'll probably just boot from the recovery partition to reformat and reinstall Mountain Lion.
Thanks

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