MBP April 2010

Hey guys thinking of purchasing a new MacBook Pro Core-i5. Just wondering if the 2.4GHz MBP can have its NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 256 MB Card, upgraded to the 512mb card when ORDERED. I know they cannot be changed after.

I assume by the 40k+ posts that you have, you know better, so this question is now answered. Thank you for your quick reply.
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MBP mid 2010 - 15" 2,4Ghz (Battery Problem)

Hi guys.
I have a MBP mid 2010. My battery wont last more that 4.30 hours.
I have tried more than enough times to test' it.
Last Night with fully charged battery I was able to get 4.40 Hours.
Bluetooth OFF
Low monitor brightness
Low keyboard illumination
Air Port was on.
Basically web browsing and 4 or 5 youtube videos.
Did not make any software instalation or updates.
4.30 hours its just to low.
BTW it as 37 full charges
My work laptop wich is a Dell Latitude E6400 with a 9cell battery I get more than 5 hours. And it as way more full charge cycles.

Certainly not... but I'd rather source a complete antiglare clamshell lid and slap it on myself thus upgrading the machine, as long as I know I wouldn't have to replace the logic board as well... I've done plenty of surgery on notebooks, from removing a stuck business-card shaped CD from a 12" PowerBook G4 (requiring *complete* disassembly of the machine) to swapping ThinkPad T61 motherboards into T60 chassis creating a 15" 4:3 IPS FrankenPad which can take 8GB of ram... so I can handle swapping a display.
Local apple store hasn't told me clearly whether or not it's possible, just that they will only replace it with the original screen...
I can only find one logic board part # for a 2.4GHz mid-2010 15" MBP, which suggests to me that upgrading the screen should be no problem, but I'd love to hear from someone who's done it or can give a definitive answer as to whether or not it's possible...

Can I system restore a purchased mbp mid 2010 but keep the upgraded OS?

I purchased a used MBP mid 2010 and had the seller meet me at the apple store. After I verified the computer was not stolen I asked to have it factory wiped, but they said I needed an appointment. Now I've read directions on this forum on how to restore it myself, is it the same technique they use in the store? Can I restore this machine and keep mavericks or must it be restored to the original OS?

fastcash124,
when Mavericks is downloaded from the Mac App Store, it is non-transferable; the seller should have wiped it from the internal drive before selling it to you. Once you’ve done a clean reïnstallation of Snow Leopard and run Software Update to get it to Mac OS X 10.6.8, you can then download and install your own (non-transferable) copy of Mavericks from the Mac App Store.

MBP Late 2010, How can I install Win7 Boot Camp using External Optical Driv

Hello:
I have a new MBP purchased in February. It's not the 2011 model. I replaced the Optical drive with an SSD drive and put the optical drive in an external enclosure. The Optical drive works great, reads, writes, etc. My Windows 7, Pro 64bit DVD works also, tested on a PC.
I use the Boot Camp assistant to create a partition. It them reboots and never starts up from the optical drive. I get an Apple logo alternating with a stop sign.
I have got back to OS X by starting with the Option key and choosing my OS X volume.
I tried booting to the DVD by using the option key, that did not work. I then choose the EFI option which allowed me to hit any key and appeared to boot from the external optical drive. Windows setup screen came up and I hit enter to start the file loading process. It eventually stopped when the progress bar was all the way across the screen. Then nothing.
Questions {Please give definitive answers, not guesses, thanks :)}
1) Is it possible to setup a boot camp Windows installation without an internal optical drive? Yes/No.
2) If yes, how?
3) I see the rEFIt utility has helped some but I read mixed reports. Will this help me boot and run Windows setup from an external optical drive? I don't want to install it if it's not known to be a certain fix.
4) Is my only options to reinstall the optical drive?
I chatted to OWC the vendor that sells the bracket. They had no idea how to install a Windows BC partition without an internal drive.
I am seriously discouraged by what seems to be Apple wanting to control everything. I had a Mac Pro and Air book in my future but now, it's on hold.
Thanks in advance,
Kevin

I tried what you are doing with a 2007 MBP, and could not get any Windows CD s to boot from an external optical drive, firewire or USB.
I think this is fundamental to Windows which won't boot from an external USB drive either even on a Windows machine (although I believe there may be complex ways of achieving this). I don't think this is Apple trying to control the world.
I ended up taking the MCE Optibay out and putting the original optical drive back in.
Just possible that something has changed between a 2007 MBP and 2010 MBP, but I doubt it.
If you want the second internal HD, you have two options:-
1. Put the Apple optical back in, install Windows, then take out the optical and refit the SSD. The external optical will still be able to install windows apps and data etc, just not boot any windows install CDs or utilities (like Paragon rescue disks). You will not be able to do a Windows repair install without refitting the optical.
2. Parallels, which has come a long way in the last two years. I am 99% certain that Parallels will install from an external optical.
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MBP early 2010 EFI update, external display no longer functioning

I just updated my MBP early 2010 to EFI 2.6 and now my external display (U2711 connected via displayport) doesnt display anything anymore. (exactly right after restart without touching anything)
The monitor tries to show something right after boot but then goes into power saving mode. It worked perfectly the second I updated.
Any ideas? I already resetted PRAM/NVRAM and I could connect the display successfully by way of HDMI so it may have something to do with the resolution (2.560 x 1.440 (WQHD) or displayport.
- Lennix

This solved my problem: http://macosx.com/tech-support/mac/where-are-display-settings-stored/18326.html
bobw wrote:
Hi Tony
First dealmac, now here
Try trashing these files
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/
com.apple.windowserver.0030654fec7a.plist
and
com.apple.preference.displays.000a27e3cb12.plist
Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support

Has anyone worked out how to fix screen flicker on MBP late 2010 running snow leopard?

Hey, I have a MBP late 2010 (MacBookPro6,2) running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and I'm having trouble with external screens. They work fine 70% percent of the time but the rest of the time there is intermittent flickering. This I have determined is a something with the computer and not the screen as other computers work on the screens without fault and the problem occurs on multiple screens when using the same laptop. This is a video of the flickering, http://youtu.be/vvAlhDQD7iw . I think it might be something in Snow Leopard as the problem does not persist when I'm using bootcamp. I think the flickering might have started after one of the Snow Leopard updates (10.6.4 maybe?) but this is not definate. I've had this problem for at least the last year but with a ramp in university work this semester this problem is really starting to be annoying. I tried turning off "Automatic graphics switching" and this had no effect whatsoever. The graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M. I had a look for updated drivers from NVidia but these would not install saying the system was incompatible. I have seen similar problems on here and other places but either they have not had a solution or have had a solution which did not fix the problem for me. Anyhelp would be great, specially if Apple would tell me how to fix it.
Regards Richard

Thanks Guys, I didn't try the different display settings as this wouldn't affect multiple screens (and when other computers are plugged in they use the same frequencies). I did try the update posted above but unfortunately this hasn't worked. So I decided to bite the nail and reinstalled Snow Leopard on top of the previous installation (ie without erasing the HD) and then updating it. It seems to be running better so may have been a problem with one of the updates. I'll report back if the flickering comes back though.

April 2010 Security Update broke javascript in 3D.

I just filed this bug report with Adobe. This is a serious problem which will impact anyone using the PDF 3D scripting APIs.
******BUG******
Concise problem statement:
There is a bug introduced in the April 2010 security patch. This bug is in Reader 8, Reader 9, Acrobat Pro 9. This bug is on Windows and Mac. The problem is that Javascript within a 3D element is not run when the element is first activated.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Download this PDF: http://kaontest.s3.amazonaws.com/MedSupplies3D.pdf
2. Open it in any up-to-date Adobe Reader / Adobe Acrobat product
Results:
The 3D element is active, but the Javascript that makes it work does not run. To see what it should look like, right-click the orange box, and select "Disable 3D". Then right click again and select "Enable 3D."
Expected results:
The javascript should run at document load time, without user intervention.
I expect that this bug report is in a giant heap of web bug reports that will be looked in to "eventually." Does anyone here know of a way to raise the awareness of the 3D PDF team inside Adobe about this problem? It's a major regression for a "security update."
(We have developed a work-around, which is to use document-level javascript to enable/disable/enable the 3D content at initialization time. However, this is a pretty ugly hack, and it requires modifying PDFs which have been working fine for many years, which is an untenable situation for some of our customers who have literally HUNDREDS of 3D PDFs in their repositories.)
-Joshua Smith
Kaon Interactive

I've actually been through this before with Adobe, when I proved to the bug-handling engineer, over a painfully long period of time, that the 3D rendering engine inside PDF does not sort triangles, and therefore cannot render alpha correctly. That experience has taught me to let Adobe drive the process, since every bit of initiative I took in that case was wasted effort.
And what was the result? Did they fix it after all (at their pace, not yours, but eventually)?
Does http://www.iaas.msu.ru/tmp/u3d/surf_alpha.pdf have the problem you mention above or we are talking about something else?
... your simple PDF ... doesn't work in Reader 8 on the Mac, by the way
It is not supposed to, it uses the "latest and greatest" version of PRC format, support of it appeared in Acrobat/Reader 9.
And the positive point (for me) is that paid-for, developer-level support from Adobe (that I lack) is not that good.
Thank you.
(Country joke: Make a birthday present to your neighbour by telling him that your cow died )

HT204032 Why is Powernap not available for other MB's such as the MBP mid 2010 model for example?

Why is Powernap not available for other MB's such as the MBP mid 2010 model for example?

I have a 2010 MBP 6,2 with an aftermarket SSD. My machine gets mail and notifications while asleep, but I do not have any powernap pref box in energy savings under 10.9.1
I do not have an Apple SSD. I have a Crucial M4-CT512M4SSD2
Apple did replace my MB last Fall under the video fault problem (for free after 3 years.....thanks Apple), but it stills identifies as a 6,2 Boot ROM MBP61.0057.B0F
I wish I could shut off this powernap feature, but have no access to it.

Hi! I use MBP mid 2010. as per apple. I run mountain lion. Everytime I watch a videoclip on youtube, it just freezes or mostly just turns off and restarts. I tried erasing disk twice but still same problem. Help please?

Hi! I use MBP mid 2010. I upgraded my ram to 8gb 1066 mhz as per apple. I run mountain lion. Everytime I watch a videoclip on youtube, it just freezes or mostly just turns off and restarts. I tried erasing disk twice but still same problem. Help please?

Hi! I use MBP mid 2010. I upgraded my ram to 8gb 1066 mhz as per apple. I run mountain lion. Everytime I watch a videoclip on youtube, it just freezes or mostly just turns off and restarts. I tried erasing disk twice but still same problem. Help please?

My mbp (mid 2010) is running extremely slow after installing some mavericks updates on May 22nd.

My mbp (mid 2010) is running extremely slow after installing some mavericks updates on May 22nd. Earlier I thought this behavior is due to spotlight indexing but it finished after 3 days. I deleted all caches from library. But no luck, still running extremely slow. I checked activity monitor for cpu usage, it shows above 90% is idle. The memory usage always shows PM - 4 GB, Memory Used 3.96 GB, VM - 4 GB, Swaped used 0 bytes, App Memory 1.82 GB, File Cache 1.44 GB, Wired Memory 480 MB.
Thanks in adavnce for help.

Was it the combo updater that was installed or the OS X 10.9.3 update. There is a difference.
MORE INFO ON WHY RUNNING COMBO FIXES ISSUES
Apple updates available from the Software Update application are incremental updates. Delta updates are also incremental updates and are available from Apple Downloads (software updates are generally smaller than delta updates). The Combo updates contain all incremental updates and will update files that could have become corrupted.
Combo updaters will install on the same version as they're applying--no need to roll back or do a clean install. So if you think you've got a borked 10.8.4 install from a regular update, just run the 10.8.4 Combo Updater on that system.
"Delta" updaters can only take you from one version to the next. For example: 10.9.1 to 10.9.2. If somehow the 10.9.2 is missing something it should have, and that something isn't changed between 10.9.1 and 10.9.2 it will still be stale after the delta update.

320Gb HD to a 512Gb SSD on 13" MBP (late 2010)

I have a 13" MBP (late 2010) with a 320Gb HD. I would like to upgrade to a 512Gb SSD. Any recommendations? Thoughts?

Thank you for you input! I appreciate it!
Would you happen to know what else would change with a new SSD? I read that they have a few inconveniences relatig to how many times you can rewrite over a same spot on the SSD that regular HD's don't have... but the fact that it would run cooler, be somewhat faster really makes me want to buy it! I guess I'll wait until the prices lower a bit more so I can get a good deal on more Gb's.
Thanks again!
S.

I5 vs i7 processors in new MacBookPro (April 2010)? Not much in it?

http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=43560,47341,
Comparing the certain i5 and i7 models as likely used in the new April 2010 line up of Apple Mac Book Pros. From the table it would appear that the advantages of the i7 are not groundbreaking. Both specific i5s and i7s here are 2-core with the i7 simply having slightly faster bus speeds.
Thoughts?

{quote:title=joosky wrote:}
I have been reading this forum for a while now since I wanted to buy the new macbook pro.
And I did something that nobody here tried to do which is compare prices.
Here is the link: http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=43560,47341,43544,
Basically, there is 32 dollars difference between I5 2.4GHZ and the I5 2.53GHZ.
Will I pay 168 dollars more to get a 500 GB HD instead of a 320 GH?
AND, there is 107 dollars difference between I5 2,4Ghz and the I7 2,66 Ghz.
Will I pay 293 dollars more (400-107) for the 500 GB HD and the 256 MB more of graphics?
You bet it a big NO.
{quote}
I agree. Apple don't separate CPU from hard disc in all the customisation options.
Dell is still the king for customisation in this respect.
I would like to be able to just upgrade the processor and not the hard disc.
The hard disc can be replaced or an external one can be added but the processor is harder (if not impossible, if hardwired onto the motherboard, to upgrade).
{quote:title=joosky wrote:}
What I did is get the best deal here which is the 2,4Ghz I5 but I had to add antiglare and no other option.
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I agree you made the right choice - best value for money. Sure there are faster processor options but they are not so good value for money.
{quote:title=joosky wrote:}
Apple products are expensive compared to the competition no matter what BUT they are great products. You just have to think if you really need the difference in speed for the difference in price.
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Agreed, you have to think harder about what you really need, given the premium prices. When there is an option to have even faster there is always the temptation to go further. Recommendations are relative, based on what is available now and in 6 months time when they refresh the line, they'll be saying: "don't go for that model, now we have this model..." and the cycle goes on.
{quote:title=joosky wrote:}
P.S: I hope my first post was helpful to someone.
{quote}
Definitely was, thankyou.

MBP 15" 2010 vs MBP 13" the latest one??

Hi,
I cant decide between a pro 15 refurb and a new pro 13. There's a $200 price difference approx, but which is a bettter option? the screen size doesnt make much of a difference to me, but ive heard the new ones are noisier than the 2010 ones.. is it true? yes the noise depends on which application is running, but generally which is noisier? also, what about the backlit keyboard in the new one? 2010 doesnt have that right?.. i'll be using it mainly for school work and watching movies... and which one would have a better battery life?
any help would be appreciated..

The nVidia graphics processor is compatible with more games. The April 2010 requires the original system CDs that shipped with it, to install 10.6. The new 13" is not compatible with any version of 10.6, or older PowerPC applications made for Mac OS X, where the older machine is.
Unibody Macs started becoming commonplace in late 2008. Initially some still had removable batteries, but the shell was not as easy to separate top and bottom case as previous models. The Unibody models all offered more space for notebook hard drives than the models that preceeded them. Before the Unibody, only the 17" MacBook Pro had space for 12.5mm hard drives. The rest were relegated to 9.5mm. The Unibody also changed the trackpad to a single flat surface instead of a separate button for mouse button control. With the Unibody all MacBook Pros moved to mini-Displayport from the old DVI connectors. However, not all had audio over video yet. Your 2010 model supports audio over video and is the first to do so in the MacBook Pro lineup. No one knows if Apple will be releasing new notebooks this summer. Apple keeps such information under strict non-disclosure, and no speculation is allowed on this board. Note the lower resolution means it has less room to maneuver windows at maximum resolutions in the 13" model. An external display offers higher resolution, but the graphics chip will affect game compatibility as well as speed. And with Mountain Lion's impending release, the compatibility of older machines is questionable until Apple releases those specs.

My MBP Mid 2010 with 1066mhz 8gb ram freezes and restarts while using safari. Any help?

Hi! I use MBP mid 2010. I upgraded my ram to 8gb 1066 mhz as per apple instructions. I run mountain lion. Everytime I watch a videoclip on youtube, it just freezes or mostly just turns off and restarts. I tried erasing disk twice but still same problem.

Corsair has two part numbers regarding 8GB 1066MHz DDR3 RAM.
See image below - first image is for non Apple notebook/laptop - second image is for Macbook and Macbook Pro.
Which RAM did you buy?

Has anybody had problems upgrading MBP 13inch (2010) to 8Gb RAM?

Hi Folks,
I'm new to the Apple Support Communities. I've searched the discussions on this issue but couldn't find something exactly the same. I installed two 4Gb, PC3-8500 DDR3-1066MHz memory sticks in my MacBook Pro 13 inch (2010 model), but it wouldn't boot up. I then re-installed one of my old stock 2Gb sticks and the MacBook Pro booted and showed 6Gb memory under System Profiler. The memory runs fine and I've checked the RAM using Rember and it passes all the tests. I've had no freezes or other weird behaviour on the MBP with the 6Gb configuration but I just can't get it to boot with both 4Gb sticks installed. Does anybody know what's going on here?
Thanks!

I have exactly the same problem like you, just got my new 8gb (4gbx2) DDR3-1067Mhz, PC3-8500 from Vgen and I can't use both ram in my mid 2010 mackbook pro. I've checked the requirements before buying the ram with apple support and bought the ram as suggested by apple support regarding ram upgrading (I also read some posts saying that some people who upgrade the ram with 4GBx2 PC3-10600 instead of PC3-8500 had problem to boot but it boots fine if they combine 1 PC3-8500 + 1 PC3-10600). funny and wierd thing is both new ram are working fine because I tried to combine each new ram + 1 stock ram and they were installed fine, clockspeed is correct which is PC3-8500..I contacted apple store and they ask me to do the reset parameter ( Hold 'Option' + Command + P + R then boot, keep holding until you heard 'dong' sound twice and then release) but still not working either.
Then I also try to install only 1 single ram, both old stock ram were booting but both new ram won't boot...the only working method is to install 1 stock ram + 1 new ram (total only 6 GB of Ram)...this is really frustrating and it's ******* me off because I have followed instruction and bought the exact ram as required and suggested by apple and it's not working....**** it....how can thing like this happen..geez...Please somebody from apple explain this and give us solution...
Note : since bought items are not refundable so I try to call the store where I bought the new ram and had them agree to replace 1 pcs 4GB PC3-8500 ram with PC3-10600 ram and will see if it works with 2 different clockspeed Ram installed in my MBP Mid 2010 and will post the result again later after.
I'm using MBP 13" With Lion OSX 10.7.1 and 6 GB RAM (Apple, I want my other 2 GB Ram back)

MBP April 2010

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