MacBook Pro having issues
It appears that my MacBook Pro 10.8.2 is having issues with flash/java. The issues that I am having are;
- YouTube videos won't load or very rarely will
- All of my browsers either refuse to load or will load very slowly (safari, chrome, firefox, opera)
- On an online game (spiral knights) I click on a button to load something else (going to haven/guild hall/joining another user) and it does nothing.
- Went on grooveshark.com and it doesn't load the music search nor the album icons
- I tried to download an antivirus (sophos) and it either timed out, took too long to download a 2.2 mb file or when I did try to download it, I got the message "disk image couldn't be opened - not recognized)
- Tried to get my friend to give me the file through Skype and it is taking ages to download
- Any file type takes too long to download if I am able to get it working
- Have to refresh web pages and try to search again when I am in google to try to get it to work
- it may be affecting Skype calls by losing connection by itself/hanging up Skype calls itself
- Slow startup/shutdown may also be apart of this issue
Writing this on my iPod since my laptop refused to load the apple log in page even when I try to refresh it. I am using cord net and normally my Mac isn't this bad at loading things. Loads pretty well 99% of the time. I have tried disk repair and restarting the computer and the issue is still there. Can anyone help? Thanks.
It sounds as if you're having overall SPEED issues that are probably unrelated to Flash or Java at all.
The first thing that I would address is the slow boot/shutdown time. Take a look at ds store's excellent user tip - Why is my computer slow? It may provide some tips to getting your Mac back on track - if not, also see Mr. store's Step by step to fix your Mac.
You might also just want to check your download/upload speed to see if that's what's causing your Internet connection to flake out - try http://www.speedtest.net/.
Good luck,
Clinton
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After you told me, I did PRAM resets several times, but unfortunately I'm still having the same volume issue.
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ClaudioWelcome 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:
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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.
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