Macbook pro is not charging, fans running constantly and very loudly
I have a macbook pro 13-inch, Late 2011, until a month or so ago it had been running perfectly with no problems. At some point the magasfe power adapter stopped working, when i plugged it into my laptop there would be no light on it, and my laptop would not turn on or show any sign of turning on, i also tried the charger on my friends macbook and it did not charge hers either, i assumed it was a problem with the charger and therefore bought a new one but then found there was other problems with the laptop, it seems to only turn on when i connect the charger and then quickly press the power button before a light comes on the magsafe power adapter and hold it for around 5 seconds, the light is constantly green on the magsafe power adapter, as soon as it starts up the fans come on and are extremely noisy, the barttery doesn't charge and the laptop only works when connected to a source of power, the battery icon has an x in it and says 'no battery available' i have tried multiple supposed fixes such as resetting the SMC, cleaning the fan, and other things i have seen online but nothing seems to be working, I'm starting to wonder if the battery needs to be replaced? and if that has anything to do with the fans running constantly, can anyone help or having any other suggestions of how to fix my problem?
thanks
Jordan
Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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The port can fail. Internal boards can fail. Batteries can fail. All with the result that no charging occurs.
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But usually you will have to take the mac in to a service place for testing. It can get expensive, although occasionally it is not.
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My macbook pro is not charging - any help please!?
My macbook pro is not charging - any help please!?
<Edited by Host>Hi sdennisonta,
If you are having an issue with charging your MacBook Pro, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
Mac notebooks: All about batteries - Apple Support
If the battery appears to be working correctly you may want to see if the issue lies with your power adapter. Use the steps in this article -
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Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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[email protected]Roderick Guerry wrote:
The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?
No, this is a philosophical difference between Apple and Microsoft. Apple believes that it's dangerous to cut a file in case the user never pastes it; in that case the file is lost. Microsoft seems to not have this problem (if I remember Windows correctly) because they don't delete the originating file if it's cut but never pasted.
Even though Macs have a lot of keyboard shortcuts, philosophically Macs have traditionally been mouse-first. This applies to file copy operations. In your case, what a Mac user would do is open the source window, open the destination window (on your second drive), and then Command-drag the selected files from the source to destination window. This is because a normal drag would leave the originals behind, while adding the Command modifier key tells OS X that this is a Move, not a Copy, so don't leave the originals behind.
(In addition there are different rules for drag-copying within the same volume or between different volumes. If you drag between two folders on the same volume, the files are moved. If you drag between different volumes, the files are copied unless you hold down Command to delete the copies on the source volume.)
Roderick Guerry wrote:
Also, the MacBook Pro will not allow me to rename multiple documents or photographs. I can click-and-rename a single one, but this is impossibly time consuming. I can batch-rename in iPhoto, but when I transfer the photographs to the external drive, the rename does not transfer.
Two problems in this case. First, batch file renaming is not built into OS X unless you build something with Automator. However, there are many utilities that can do batch file renaming which you can find at macupdate.com or on the App Store. Since I work with media I often batch rename using one of the media managers I have lying around like Media Pro or Adobe Bridge (comes with Photoshop).
iPhoto is a database front end designed to shield the file system from the consumer and let them concentrate on creativity and sharing. As such it is often a poor choice for managing files directly. When you "transferred the photographs" chances are you moved the originals, not the ones iPhoto edited which are stored in a hidden folder.
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I’m reduced to using my wife’s Toshiba to cut-and-past, rename, and transfer documents. It works perfectly. Is there any way to do this on the MacBook Pro?
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