Maybe I'm expecting too much of the new MBP...

Maybe I'm expecting too much of my MacBook pro...
Earlier I was on the Early 2011 MBP and it just seemed to lag. I had a 2006 MacBook up until recently and I don't see a difference hardly at all.
I was on firefox running maybe 10 tabs, and had a few other applications open, and it was very sluggish and lagging. Seemed to have the rainbow spining thing come up constantly.
Am I expecting too much? Or do I have a lemon?

You should notice a significant difference between a MBP and an older MacBook. RAM would be my first thought - look under the Apple menu for About this Mac and see if it actually registers the 4GB of RAM. Second, how much of your hard drive is in use? If you've filled it up with video, music, and pictures it might be too full so that there isn't enough room for swap files and caches.
Also, if you migrated all your applications from the old computer to the new you might have migrated some applications (especially startup items) that are incompatible. To see if this might be the problem, create a new account and boot into it. If the new account feels peppier you'll know the problem exists in your user account.

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Maybe I'm expecting too much?

Maybe I'm expecting too much of my MacBook pro...
Earlier I was on the Early 2011 MBP and it just seemed to lag. I had a 2006 MacBook up until recently and I don't see a difference hardly at all.
I was on firefox running maybe 10 tabs, and had a few other applications open, and it was very sluggish and lagging.
Am I expecting too much? Or do I have a lemon?

You should ask in the forums for newer MacBook Pros (Late 2008 and later) here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=251
You're in the forum for the older MBP like your first--more people with experience with a 13-incher will be in the other forum

Garage band results cheesy? Am I expecting too much?

For eg: more often than not I'll download a midi and it will sound great played through quicktime.
When I open it up in Garage band often the file will sound different, some instruments sound
different or the temp may be different. A lot of the time the end result sounds pretty cheesy.
The way I create a Garage band project is create a new project, drag the midi to the garage band
and start editing. Seem to be limited to very few instruments too. For eg there are only about 5
drum kits, 2 useable for what I need Pop and rock and both sound fairly ordinary.
I find the bass a little average too. Quite often it is way too low down in the scale and sounds
awful. I generally find the fingerstyle bass the only useable one.
Is there anywhere to get more instruments etc? or am I expecting too much from a non pro program.
Would I be better off with cakewalk or something like that?
Any help appreciated

fender22 wrote:
Is there anywhere to get more instruments etc?
try out some SoundFonts (5,000 ish):
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/PlugInsSoundFonts.html
how to install them (short story):
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#installsoundfonts
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)
how to use them (short story):
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#usesoundfonts
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)
install and use tutorial (the long hand-holding story):
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/Tutorials.html#allaboutsoundfonts
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)

Am I expecting too much?

Hi,
I'm a back-again user of iMovie. The last version I used was back in 2003. It worked okay, but had its issues. I learned of the non-destructive editing available in the current versions of iMovie and came rushing back.
My question is about the performance of the software. I note an annoying lag with skimming and when watching the video in the preview pane. The skimming is certainly not fluid like it is in the demo videos Apple is showing and when previewing my project, when switching between clips, the preview hiccups and I lose about 2-4 seconds of video (the sounds chugs along fine). Additionally, any transitions I put in barely show up at all, and the video freezes for the duration of the transition, plus a few ticks. Everything exports properly when I render a final video, but the preview problems make editing a bit painful.
The stuttering during skimming is most irritating, especially when trying to select a clip by dragging. I've upgraded my memory (now 4GB), tried an account that has almost nothing loaded (loggged off all other accounts), checked for persmission problems, even tried moving the projects to my external RAID over a FW 800. Nothing is really helping.
I am running a MB Pro 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo. I have 36 GB of free space on my internal (system) HDD. Is this just the way the software is? Am I expecting too much from an inexpensive video editor? Any suggestions on what do to?
Thanks for all your help.
Kevin

Hi
*Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows:*
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk if it is less than 10Gb should rather have 25Gb
• Hard disk is untidy: Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disk (Apple Disc Util tool)
• Garageband-fix. Start it and Close it. Re-try
• Delete iMovie pref file - or rather start a new user/account - log into this and re-try
iMovie pref file resides:
Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD)/Users/"Your account"/Library/Preferences and is named: com.apple.iMovie.plist
While iMovie is NOT RUNNING - move this file out to desk-top.
Now restart iMovie.
• Third party plug-ins that doesn't work OK (not relevant for iMovie’08)
• Program miss-match: iMovie 5.0.2, up to Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK
• Program miss-match: iMovie 6.0.3 or 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match: iMovie’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Screen must be set to Million-colors
From LKN 1935: (in this case = iMovie HD (5), I tried it all, but nothing worked.
Your answer (above) has been helpfull insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that
there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled
iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos)
to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before.
I also turn off "FileVault" and try to get SpotLight to do as little as possibly
during editing.
• So all other programs that can run in background eg Internet access and so on
• Keeping as few external hard disks running.
• The external one ONLY FireWire - NO USB/USB2
Yours Bengt W

Will all my music transfer from the mac to my macbook air? I don't want it to because there is too much and the air will not hold it.

will all my music transfer from the mac to my macbook air? I don't want it to because there is too much and the air will not hold it.

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Does the new MBP with gt 750m get too hot while gaming?

I am planning to buy the new MBP with gt 750m and upgrade the cpu to intel i7-4960hq (2.6 GHz, 3.8 GHz max) but I am really confused. I am not going to use it for hardcore gaming but I will occasionally play Dota 2 and Civ 5. Additionally I will be using SolidWorks. I really want to know if it is capable of running these games/programs without generating too much heat because heat is a total dealbreaker for me.
My second question is about to CPU's heat generation. With the increase in clock speed as far as I know it is expected to generate more heat. I really want to learn if the cooling system is efficient enough for a system that has both i7-4960hq and GT 750M GDDR5.

I've had the original MBP, the 2.33 C2D, the 2.4 C2D, and just got a 2.5 C2D. I'm amazed at how much cooler the new ones run. Even doing the extended hardware test on AC power the fans never got over 3500rpm (the earlier machines would have been blasting at maximum rpm). I can run things at 100% processor tasks using both cores and still keep it on my lap. I'm just amazed at how much this hasn't been commented on. To me this is the big improvement in the new processors, the heat is now finally tolerable in an Intel based Mac laptop.

My take on the new MBP

Hi all,
I thought I would give you guys and gals my opinion on the new MBP.
Firstly let me explain that I bought my MBP to replace my old PB G4 17" 1.67Ghz model, so as you can probably imagine it's a fairly big upgrade for me.
I have also been using Apple stuff for 20 years and have spent a small fortune on their products.
I am a web designer and a photographer, an amateur photographer I hasten to add!
The main software I use on my machines are Flash, Photoshop, Aperture, Dreamweaver, Final Cut etc. Without these I am lost.
Okay down to the nitty gritty, I have been reading forums all over the net and heard a lot of people moaning about these new machines, I do appreciate it may not be to some people's liking for whatever reason but please note this is just my opinion on the new MBP's.
I have the 2.4Ghz version with no RAM upgrade as yet.
My first opinion when getting it out of the box was 'Wow', these machines really do look nice, the colour of course is the same as old and it's difficult to explain why they look so nice, maybe it's because they are thinner, maybe it's because they are moulded, I really don't know but I do know that with most Apple products you cannot appreciate them until you've seen them in the flesh.
Opening the lid, well this was a revelation it looks absolutely stunning, simple, elegant and the screen (I know what most people think) is absolutely superb. Let me talk about the screen a little, now I know why there are different complaints about this and it generally boils down to calibration issues for pro photographers and people who need to print professionally. I of course had the matte screen on my 17" PB and can tell you now that it really used to annoy me when I was outside as I could not see the thing at all. On many occasions I wanted to sit out in the garden during the summer and do some work but was unable to. I have a computer upstairs in my office and use my MBP downstairs in the living room, this allows me to carry on doing work and still chat with my girlfriend downstairs. One of the major problems I do have is that the sun (especially in the winter months when it's much lower) shines directly through the window and beams nicely onto my MBP. With my PB I used to have to close the blind (much to my girlfriends annoyance) otherwise it was impossible to work with but with my new machine I can see the screen perfectly without closing it. In fact I am sitting in that very position now with the sunlight beaming through and it's no problem. I'm not going to say there is no reflection at all but it's hardly noticeable and I can definitely say with hand held on my heart that the screen is fantastic whether you are in direct sunlight or night. My girlfriend has the MB (the previous model) and she has a glossy screen, I'm not sure what Apple have done but the glossy screens on these new ones are much better.
The Keyboard.
I know some people don't like the chicklet keyboard but I have no problems with them. I actually prefer them to the older style but I guess that's personal preference. The backlight is absolutely fantastic, it's one of my favourite things on this machine. My old PB had a backlight keyboard but due to the silver keys and white lettering it was near on impossible to see at certain angles, even when looking at it directly it was nothing to write home about. The new backlight on the MBP is just fantastic, I can't say enough good things about it, you have to see it for yourself.
Trackpad.
Mmmmm, really love the look and the size, it makes other trackpads look totally archaic. However I'm not too sure about the whole clicking thing. I am not having problems that others have mentioned about the click not registering or taking time to register. To me the click works as well and as efficiently as a standard button but it is harder to press down and noisier. Apple mentioned that they spent many many hours just getting the click sound right but I think they could have done much better with this. It's the only thing on the machine I am not totally convinced about and could definitely be improved but it's certainly not a deal breaker.
Battery Life
Seems okay at the moment, I probably get around 3 hours with it but as with most Apple products this improves over time.
General Use.
I have had it since launch and am over the moon with it. The speed is fantastic and it does exactly what it sets out to do. Whatever anyone says (and yes it is expensive) this IS (in my opinion) a brilliant piece of kit. It's fast, it's responsive and it looks fantastic. You would be hard pushed to find a better laptop on the market but of course you'll have to pay the price.
I urge you all before passing comment on these new MBP's to go and check one out and see for yourself how good they really are. I know there's nothing like testing one at home when doing your own work but I'm sure that you will be surprised at just how good these machines are and that some of the comments you may have thought originally will soon be forgotten.

Sweet! I cannot wait for mine to arrive this week. i actually went
to the apple store to check it out i can not wait for its arrival. i was very impressed
Im going from a 1.25ghz PB with only 512mb ram to the new MBP with 4gb
of ram. Talk about a major upgrade (yes!!) As a fellow web/multimedia designer
I know I will benefit from this upgrade. I really hope to be more productive
with having dreamweaver,photoshop,flash etc all open at once. A sImple RAM upgrade
could have solve some of my problems wIth my current PB...but this new machine is just
beautiful and durable and will really help me work easier. My current PB will be my side project and back up for now. 5 years I've waited to upgrade........ and glad i did.

Bluetooth Audio Streaming Bug on the new MBP with Retina Display?

Hi,
today i got my new MacBook Pro with Retina Display. I am using Monsters Clarity HD Model One as speakers for my computer and have the new Bluetooth-Module called "Streamcast". This Module is APT-X and AAC compatible and has a really great quality. Normally...
But with the new MBP i can only stream the Audio via SBT (AD2P) what is a much worse quality. On my old MacBook Pro 13" AAC and APT-X was working very well.
Is that already a known issue? What can i do in this case?
Thanks a lot,
Rene

so return it for another one if its within the 14 day return policy. If not, bring it in for repair.

Only having 4 hr on the new MBP 13inch I bought yesterday...

I am really concerned...I bought the new MBP 13 inch yesterday and saw terrible battery life. I thought I would give it a day, but today, after charging it fully, it only showed 4 hour left after I unplugged for 10 minutes, and now 3:48 left after unplugging it for 20 minutes.
I went to support.apple.com to schedule a support call, but the ridiculous interface asked me to pick what type of problem is this related to, but ONLY GIVING ME TWO CHOICES: 1. iTune 8 or 2. iTune 9. *** is wrong w/ their support site? Also it didn't know I have my laptop, so I had to type in serial number manually. After choosing my laptop, yeah it told me I could only pick iTune 8 or iTune 9 as my problem. This is inside MacBook Pro support age!! WTFFF???
Then, once I filled up the drop down list (I had to choose some ridiculous category unrelated to my problem), it told me I can schedule a call back at a later time. It wouldn't even call me back! But it had the decency to tell me "you can always schedule a call back..." ***??? Is this because I am behind a corproate firewall? I got stuck in some crazy loop too on developer.apple.com yesterday, but I doubt today's problem is related to VPN.
Lastly, no I am not running my PC crazily. Not playing any media or using any hardware or connected to any device. Only have wifi on, browsing the web, and brightness at 50%.
I prob shall bring this in but I am flying out tonight I really don't want to spend an hour driving to the store and back...HELP!

Hi lyziwyg,
Charge life varies immensely depending on what you are doing with your computer. THings like screen brightness, the use of bluetooth, external USB devices etc etc also have a substantial impact. A computer that will run for eight hours running a word processor and email software, may only manage two or three if you are watching lots of vids, connected to blue tooth, using the iSight Camera, running DVDs or CDs etc etc.
Have a look at Neuroanatomist's excellent FAQ on batteries at http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1764220 for some good advice on looking after the battery in your new computer, and read Apple's own advice at http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html too.
While you should calibrate your battery when it is new, and then every couple of months thereafter, it is actually best NOT to run Lithium batteries right down from full charge too often. You will find that regular light usage is what they thrive on - use them every day when convenient for an hour or so, but try to avoid the "charge it up overnight and then run it flat every day" approach that some people use. That approach used to work well with the old "NiCad" batteries, but it is really very bad for Lithium ones.
Cheers
Rod

Question on the new MBP

Hi,
I currently have a two year old PBG4 and have been having problems with it getting extremely hot. Do the new MBP or MB get hot?
Thanks,
-Dan

YMMV.
I replaced a one year old Powerbook with a MacBook Pro. I find them to be approximately as hot as each other. However, the experience of people seems to vary dramatically - so much so that some people have been ripping their MacBook Pros apart and doing some rather extensive internal surgurey to 'fix' heat problems.

The verdict on the new MBP

OK, so let's hear it. What's the verdict on the new MBP from those who have it? Thumbs up or thumbs down? Some here have highlighted some issues - speed, display, heat, etc. But maybe we are only hearing from the discontented. I am contemplating buying one and would love to hear the verdict from those who have been pounding on it for a week or two. Thumbs up or down? Should I get one or no?
Thx

I had the previous version (2.33, 2GB, 120Gb HD) and I prefer it to the new 2.4 model. I sold my 2.33 as I got it all scratched up 4 days after I bought it. Sold it for $1900 and bought the new one under the student discount w/free ipod to minimize my loss (selling Ipod)
Anyway, wish I would of kept the old 2.33 as the display was brighter, sharper, and 100% even in brightness. The new 2.4 has a yellow tinge on the bottom of the display, is "softer" and the colors seem less vibrant.
Also, it seems a little SLOWER opening apps than my 2.33 did. Battery life on my 2.33 averaged 4 hours. The new 2.4 averages 3:45-4 hours. No improvement.
Video encoding speed is oh so slightly faster with the 2.4, but not really noticable. My 2.33 was 100% perfect. Perfect display, super fast performance, and even ran cool (2.4 does as well)
I guess if the display on the new 2.4 were better I would be thrilled, but its not. Also seems to have a problem with the finder as downloaded icons disappear.
Very odd.
Anyway, I may exchange this one and try to get a display without the yellow tinge, or I may just keep this for a year or so and upgrade later.
Overall, its a killer notebook, but at $2700 (after tax) a bit steep to have imperfections (like a bad display)
If I could do it all over again, I would of kept the scratched up 2.33. Oh well.

Need advice: Buy current MBP model or wait for the new MBP?

I am a commercial photographer. I shoot tethered with my medium format digital camera system using firewire 400 on my Powerbook g4 1.67ghz. I am 90% certain the rumors are true that the new MBP being announced today will not have a firewire 400 only Firewire 800. Now, my camera system is, lets just say, sensitive when it comes to connectivity to the laptop. If I use a firewire 800 to 400 adapter on the new MBP will I be apples to apples when it comes to firewire specs with regards to connecting my camera? Opinions everyone, please...
- Rudy Torres

Wait until today's event ends, see what results, and if the new MBPs are not what you want, there will still be plenty of the older ones available from retailers (smalldog.com for example). They'll be cheaper after today too.

Any Bootcamp issues with the new MBP? What about right clicking?

Tried out the new MBP at the Apple store... was wondering how Bootcamp would work with it. I use Bootcamp all the time for work so I'm interested to here the pro's and con's for the new models. Seems like the new trackpad clicking would be cause issues with the "two-finger click" in Bootcamp.

Right clicking issues galore!
(at least in the windows side of things...)
The 64bit windows worked fine....
The 32bit windows had many issues, even after 2 attempts. (via boot camp)
The main issue: the functions keys are locked on. Normally, I would hold down "fn" and push "f10" to mute but that doesn't work. All I have to do is hit "f10" and its muted. That is all good until I have to right-click using the "shift+f10" method since the bottom-right-of-trackpad and two-finger-clicking doesn't work whatsover. The "shift+f10" method won't work now since the fn keys are locked on. We have NO IDEA what the problem is. Could it be a driver issue...though it works fine with x64bit and OS X side of things.
Oh, and mac doesn't give support if one installs Vista and Microsoft won't give support since it isn't on a 'native' pc, so we are screwed. They have both protected themselves and blamed it on the other and the customer is left out to dry.

Bought the new MBP today, but don't know what to do now! Imperfect machine

Ok. I ran down to my campus computer store today and bought a base model MacBook Pro. Then, I returned home with lots of excitement. But after I opened up the laptop, all my excitement disappear shortly after I found 3 imperfections on the new MBP.
1.there is a dent on the edge of the front end (see pictures please). I'm so so disappointed and continued setting up the machine.
2.After all the noisy installation from an external hard drive. I realized that the fan is making a unpleasant noise which can only be heard in a quite environment. (I assume they have no way to hear it in store)
3.The speakers' wholes look very strange and looks like it's been used and covered with dust. -see in pictures
So I'm wondering what are my options. Is it possible to get a exchange or refund at the store or through Apple support?
Please help... I'm so screwed and don't know what to do now....
see pictures here:
http://gallery.me.com/epeng#100114
Thanks for any input

Hmmm, someone's "right" to be upset - and - the content over which they are upset, are two different things. I never questioned the Op's right to be upset - he/she can be as upset as they want to be, that is their right.
I'm just saying that my perspective of aesthetic complaints around here has shifted - and they no longer cause me to call into question Apple's quality standards. I can understand wanting something to be perfect - but implicit in the complaint was the statement that Apple committed some harsh violation, which now I think they did not.
So again, I was reading the board and getting quite upset (internally) with Apple - because I love them as a company and I want them to do well - because it's not often that you get "truly" innovative corporate entities in this world - most corporations just want to "homogenize" existence - distilling it down to a few basic variations which are easy to reproduce; all for the sake of the bottom line. The fact that Apple is forcing innovation into the market - causes a corporate strata that doesn't tolerate vanilla design ethics - and I think that is a good thing.
I don't want to live in a neighborhood where the only choices I have for food are, McDonalds, Starbucks, Olive Garden, etc. anymore than I want to use the same old square black laptop with Windows on it.
So now I see that there are imperfections in the manufacturing - but they aren't indicative of serious neglect on Apple's part, which is why said "whew..."

Fact: Motion 3 crashes on the new MBP's. Anybody find a solution yet??

This is bad. I've had to reinstall the operating system 3 times and still no luck. Even the "Genius's" at my local Mac store are baffled.
Has anyone out there figured this out?

Sweet! I cannot wait for mine to arrive this week. i actually went
to the apple store to check it out i can not wait for its arrival. i was very impressed
Im going from a 1.25ghz PB with only 512mb ram to the new MBP with 4gb
of ram. Talk about a major upgrade (yes!!) As a fellow web/multimedia designer
I know I will benefit from this upgrade. I really hope to be more productive
with having dreamweaver,photoshop,flash etc all open at once. A sImple RAM upgrade
could have solve some of my problems wIth my current PB...but this new machine is just
beautiful and durable and will really help me work easier. My current PB will be my side project and back up for now. 5 years I've waited to upgrade........ and glad i did.

Maybe I'm expecting too much of the new MBP...

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