MBP Retina 2.3 - upgraded to 756g flash drive?
Does anyone know if the new Retina MBP 2.3 can be upgraded to the larger 756gb flash drive?
Not according to Apple, who should know.
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MBP Retina with "Flash" Drive vs "Solid-State" Drive
The MBP-R is described as having a "Flash" drive, while the MBP has an upgrade option called a "Solid-Sate" drive. I assumed it was the same thing but the pricing suggests they are different:
1) The 512 Gb "solid-state" drive is a $900 upgrade option on the MBP, whereas
2) For a price difference of only $600 you get the 512 Gb "flash" drive on the MBP-R, PLUS the Retina display etc.
Does anyone know what the difference is?You can research the difference between the two at Wikipedia.
I can tell you this, either can't secure erase or be replaced in MBP-R as in earlier models of MBP's. Sure one can enable Filevault 2 when one first starts using them, however if the password is cracked, bypassed or given in order to fix the machine, all past data (even deleted) is availalbe for anyone to review, just like a iPhone or iPad.
I wouldn't be surprised devices like this soon will be also supporting these new computers.
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For quite a few months I monitored these forums to see how the new retina MBP would go over. I do know that forums are usually the places were people with problems appear. Rarely do you get people showing up and saying everything is just great. So you need to take these forums with a grain of salt and use them to guide your decision making.
So I followed the heat thread, the burn-in thread and a number of others.
I'm a programmer by trade. I use VMWare Fusion every day and I often need tons of RAM. Flash disk is also almost required these days as I need to switch between things quite quickly. So when the retina MBP was introduced my drool production went up about a thousand fold! I've been working on the following models:
A 2008 MBP pro 17" with a core2duo, 4gb RAM and a 256gb drive
Sold that and got:
A 2010 MBP pro, high-res 15" display core i7 with 8gb of RAM.
In some ways the 2010 MBP was a dream machine. The 8gb of RAM made it possible for me to open 2-3 VMs under Fusion and the high-res display made up for the loss of the 2 inches of display real estate when stepping down from the 17".
The battery life on the 2010 sucked. I NEVER got more than a couple of hours out of it. I also noticed that even after a nice fresh clean Lion install with few programs and processes the processors worked hard. This machine got hot and burned through battery power like a million candle spot light. Still it was a great machine and I did millions of lines of code on that machine.
But since the introduction of the retina MBP with its 16gb of RAM and the big flash disk I've been making a mess of my desk whenever I visit Apple's web page. I was trying to temper that with a belief that as a first gen re-work it is bound to have some issues. So I'd go over to BestBuy and play with the machines there. I often got strange looks from the Apple Best Buy guy and I think he sort of came not to like me because unlike most of his customers I was in the system prefs changing settings playing with terminal windows and I don't think he appreciated what I was doing. I didn't care. I wanted to get a feel for the machine.
So last month I made a pitch to my boss to let me do an upgrade. He finally relented and about 2 weeks ago I placed my order. My MBP retina arrived on Monday. So right off the bat I need to qualify my statements here with the fact that I've only had mine about 3 days. Certainly not long enough to find all of the problems. But here is my impression since getting this machine.
I opted for the 15" retina, 2.6gHz, 16gb RAM, 768 Flash Drive.
When I received the unit on Monday I loaded it up with my editors, compilers, programs from the AppStore, music, etc. Of my 768 I'm down to about 210gb free which is plenty. I was expecting to use more.
The first thing I must confess about this new machine is how quiet the processors are. I installed iStat Menus which I like so I can monitor how my MBP is doing. With my 2010 just running a single VMWare Fusion VM had the processor at about 30% and the fan running say 3500 RPM. It was hot and noisy. This new machine, as I type this post has two VMs open. A Windows 7 32 bit, and a Windows 7 64 bit. I'm also listening to iTunes, I have mail, google chrome, calendar, contacts and a number of other apps open. As I sit here the CPU activity almost non existent. The rMBP isn't even struggling in the least with this load. In direct comparison my 2010 MBP would have 30-40% CPU load and the fans would be screaming away, not at full bore but really loud. But here I sit with this new machine and it is quiet, only very slightly warm and I'm doing what I "normally" do.
For this alone the upgrade was CLEARLY worth it to me. The computing horsepower in this machine is insane.
My unit came with (heaven forbid) the LG display that everyone in the "burn-in" thread says is HORRIBLE and some of these guys have gone through 5 or 6 replacements to solve their burn in problems. I don't doubt they've had these issues. I don't doubt they exist. I have none of them. This display is freaking amazing!
Now I've heard it said that the IR (image retention, ghosting, burn-in) can take weeks to appear. So I'm not out of the woods yet. But at this point in time the display is simply awesome and with the background I choose I see ZERO ghosting. I'll say it again. This display is freaking awesome!
Now I'm not a graphic artist and I cannot and will not try to tell you if my color point is correct for the white or not. What I can tell you is that this display looks good to me. I can read even the smallest text easily. The clarity is simply amazing. I'm 55 and have certainly reached that age where my eyes work overtime. I wear progressive glasses and I'm not having any trouble at all with the display.
The only thing I could point a finger at is that this new retina display is bounded by a black area that for my eyes is the same color as my background. I've found myself trying to slide windows into that area and being shocked that they are disappearing (because the display physically ends there). This is just something to get used to or I could set my background to be a little lighter. Anyway this is a pretty damned small negative if I must say so.
Ok on heat. As I mentioned above this machine just idles along 99% of the time so there is little heat being produced. I'm not doing nothing either. In my Windows 7 VMs I'm running compilers and when the are cranking on code the Windows CPU is showing 100% while the rMBP registers this as like 5%. Not sure I understand how that is working yet but I see no speed loss in my VM and yet my rMBP is just coasting even though Windows is registering 100% CPU.
The airflow on this new computer is to take air in from the sides and dispense the hot air out a vent in front of the display. I personally think this is a design flaw. I think this may be causing some of the burn in/ghosting issues because the computer is venting hot air right at the display. I personally would have vented it out the back beneath the screen but perhaps the latch as it is designed for the rMBP may make that impossible.
But as an engineer I have an idea for a way to fix the heat on the LCD panel issue. It would not take much to make a small plastic piece that sat in that hinge area and took the outgoing air and sent it to the sides way from the panel. I'm not gonna design this but if the heat really is the issue this simple $2 piece would probably save the panel.
So my take is this:
For me personally and acceptance of anything is a very personal choice, the retina MBP is exactly what Apple bills it to be. The best, more amazing laptop I've ever owned. It is cool (temp wise), fast (amazingly fast), small, thin, light, has an amazing screen visually and I predict this computer will satisfy my needs for quite a few years to come.
I will not berate or downplay the issues some have had. I honestly believe there have been bad retina MBPs. Bad screens. Heat issues. Failures. They happen and those people have suffered and I hope Apple will make it right for them. But I'm one to say that my unit more than satisfies my goals and intents. Like any piece of machinery it has its small issues. I'm sure my screen will have some IR. I'm sure my unit will get hot but so far it doesn't work even 1/4 as hard as my older 2010 MBP.
So my point to everyone is make your own choice. Do not let the threads you see in these forums convince you that your retina MBP will be problem ridden. Just because other people see and are bothered by a problem you might not be and the problem may not exist on your retina MBP.
For me, this machine is simply amazing. I can only hope my panel does not suddenly start to show massive ghosting. I do plan to keep a close eye on that and on the heat. But right now I'm not expecting issues.
Good luck in your purchase and also to those that have purchased and are not satisfied.I need to add just one more thing and that is on battery life. Last night I sat with the rMBP on my lap installing software, surfing the web, answering emails for close to 4 and 1/2 hours. At the point I took it back to the charger it still was showing a computed battery time remaining of 3.5 hours.
Today I had two VMs open and took the machine of the charger and sat outside with my dogs for about 30 minutes. During this time I was working in both VMs, editing and compiling code. My battery life estimate showed a good solid 4 hours.
This is roughly 6 times greater than what I had with my 2010 MBP and it too had a SSD. I am not sure why but this retina MBP just seems to not work as hard doing anything that caused my 2010 MBP to struggle.
While the battery life is certainly better than I expected it is clear that load can change that very rapidly. So I think I still need to visit clients with an external battery or charger in hand. But I don't think I will be quite so scared that my laptop will simply run out of power before I can even get it plugged in. -
Grey screen every time with MBP Retina
Hi,
I got a strange behaviour of my MBP Retina. After upgrading to Mountain Lion it may not start. I have a grey screen, Safe Mode doesn't pass. Restore works, MBP boots OK then, can even restart and shutdown OK few times. But if the shut down period is long (more than 3-4h) I got a grey screen again.
I tried all the tricks with premissions restore, resetting PRAM, uninstalled Parallels and Little snitch, run Onyx for Mountai Lion and cleaned everything, everything from startup apps list. Nothing happens. I got a grey screen again, almost every day, then re-install the OS, and it works OK until next shutdown. SSD is OK, MBP has no hangs/freezes, works great after OSX reinstall, then again - grey screen. Verbose Mode hangs after a list of "FIPS USER Space Post" - all success, no mistakes. Before there is a message "Kernel is LP64", and the a string "/dev/rdisk0s2 (NO WRITE)"
Please, give some advise!Sorry to bring this topic again, i have the same exact symptoms in here, and i suspect that its a third party aswell bugging me around doign this grey screens. ( had this for 3 days now after shutting down it gets back to grey screen but after i do a couple of stuff i can get it back to work. )
I already have the latest firmwares etc and updates i would say.
heres the etrecheck scan. ( ignore wow open )
Hardware Information:
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
iMac - model: iMac13,2
1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 2:12:19
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0 disk1 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
disk1s2 (disk1s2) <not mounted>: 937,52 GB
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
BOOTCAMP (disk1s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 61,83 GB (16,99 GB free)
APPLE SSD SM128E disk0 : (121,33 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted>: 120,99 GB
Boot OS X (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 134,2 MB
USB Information:
Razer Razer Lachesis
C-Media Electronics Inc. USB PnP Sound Device
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
com.steelseries.BoardListener (8.39 - SDK 10.6)
com.tuxera.filesystems.tufsfs.fusefs_txantfs (2012.4.17)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[System] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] at.obdev.LittleSnitchNetworkMonitor.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
None
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 51 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Java 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
Install Spotify: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Users/[redacted]/Downloads/Install Spotify.app
SA Color Finesse 3 UI: Version: 3.0.6(275) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Adobe After Effects CS6/Plug-ins/Effects/Synthetic Aperture/(CF3 Support)/SA Color Finesse 3 UI.app
dynamiclinkmanager: Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclink/CS6/dynamiclinkmanager.app
dynamiclinkmediaserver: Version: 6.0.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclinkmediaserver/1.0/dynamiclinkmediaserver.app
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
116% installd
38% World of Warcraft
10% WindowServer
7% firefox
3% storeagent
Top Processes by Memory:
1.28 GB World of Warcraft
770 MB firefox
239 MB installd
164 MB mds_stores
164 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Information:
4.18 GB Free RAM
5.21 GB Active RAM
5.03 GB Inactive RAM
1.58 GB Wired RAM
656 MB Page-ins
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What do you recommend me to do upgrade from 200gb flash drive to 500gb flash or for chepear a good external hard drive of 1 tb this is on the macbook air
Go with the upgrade. Buying an external drive as a primary source of storage would defeat the purpose of buying a MBA, or any notebook, in my opinion.
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Flash Drive won't Open after Yosemite upgrade
I recently updated my MacBook Pro 13' to OS X Yosemite. I went to pull some files off of my 16 GB SanDisk Flash Drive and I couldn't get my Mac to recognize it. I was able to open it before the upgrade. The flash drive does show up in Disk Utility, but that doesn't allow me to open it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I just had a scheduled call with apple support. I showed the representative via screen sharing the error message and the accompanying comments I receive each time when I try to open my Kingston DTVP password protected flash drive. His take on it was that the driver software of my flash drive is not compatible with Yosemite. In theory I have two options:
1 - Upgrade the driver software of my flash drive. I suspect there is only a slight chance that this is possible given that Yosemite is so new so Kingston probably doesn't have an update yet. (I will check with Kingston but their technical support is not open on weekends.) Unfortunately replacing my flash drive is not an option because my employer allows only 2 password protected models to be used on company computers.
2 - Downgrade to the previous operation system (I think it's called Mountain Lion) which I cannot do myself because I don't have TimeMachine on. If I want to do this, I most likely will have to pay for apple support.
I have a MacBook Air 13-inch, purchased in June 2013. -
Flash Player won’t install after downloading
On the first attempt to install v14, Flash Player v13 was installed and working fine.
I opened the installation package for the new Flash Player, followed standard protocol for installing Mac software and it hung before retrieving anything.
Subsequently, while watching the beach ball spin, I got an error message that the installer could not retrieve the v13 Flash Player software.
So I uninstalled Flash Player 13 and again attempted to install v14, only to see the spinning beach ball followed by a message that the installer could not retrieve the v14 Flash Player software.
I am running OS X v10.9.4 on an early 2013 MBP/Retina display with 3GHz Intel Core i7 processor and 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz Ram.
If you have any ideas or suggestions regarding my issue, please let me know.
Sincerely.
JWHTry un-installing and then re-installing via the web site.
Adobe Flash Uninstaller
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I ordered the MBP Retina, will I be able to upgrade the 8GB memory ?
Hi, I ordered the MBP Retina and was wondering if I will be able to upgrade the 8GB memory to 16GB at a later dte?
Dougcheck this out
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook-Pro-with-Retina-Display-Teardown/9462/1#. T-DW56B6XnY the memory can (it ain't a party) be taken out but, the plug in configuration is a doozy. If you look and compare it to others on the street.
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Sunce i upgraded my MBP Retina, it became slower than before when i shutdown. Now, it take about 25 seconds to go off while before was about 5 or 6 seconds. any suggestion?
Have a cup of coffee.
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Can I upgrade memory/SSD on late 2013 MBP retina?
I have late 2013 MBP retina, 2.4 ghz, 11,1., basic 4GB and 125GB. I checked with OWC and they yet to have any solutions to upgrade. Am I stuck with this? Wanting to do some video editing and afraid I'll be bogged down.
No. Neither are user-upgradeable in that model. What makes you feel you will be bogged down? If you need more disk space just add an external USB drive. You should have sufficient RAM if you don't try to run far too many applications concurrently for the memory installed.
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AFTER upgrading to OSX Mavericks 10.9.4, my mbp retina STILL lose wi-fi every time it wakes from sleep IF IT HAS BEEN SLEEPING FOR SOME TIME.
10.9.4 Combo Update
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues in OS X
Wireless Connection Problems - Fix
Wireless Connection Problems - Fix (2)
Wireless Connection Problems - Fix (3)
Wireless Connection Problems - Fix (4)
Wireless Diagnostics - About
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Real world battery run time of new 15" mbp retina? (on-board graphics vs. video upgrade)
Considering a new Mac Book Pro 15" retina to use as a dedicated DAW in the studio. Primarily audio production work but would also do some video editing (Youtube videos, etc.) Will be primarily in studio but 10 - 15% in the field. (Hence the MBP rather than a desktop.) I'm looking at the top-end 15" retina maxed-out but not sure if I need or want the Nvidia GT750M graphics card.
My concern is battery run-time with the graphics card. I know Apple site claims 8 hours for the 15" retina. But their footnote states that's on a pre-production unit without the graphics upgrade. I've read multiple independent reviews of the version with graphics upgrade citing real world = 3 hour run times with "casual use". Yikes!
So I'm looking for real-world run time for the latest generation 15" retina with graphics upgrade vs. the Iris Pro option. Anybody doing audio / video work with these two options care to share your experience? I don't think the DAW software (Logic Pro X) needs the graphics card and I'd be fine with the Iris Pro on-board graphics for audio work. Video editing would of course benefit from the card (2mg graphics memory.) It's only a $100 upgrade to add the card so it's not a financial question. If real world is twice the run time without the graphics card I'll go for run time. But if it's, "4 hours Iris Pro and 3 hours Nvidia card" I'll probably go for the processing power and suffer.
Thanks!Considering a new Mac Book Pro 15" retina to use as a dedicated DAW in the studio. Primarily audio production work but would also do some video editing (Youtube videos, etc.) Will be primarily in studio but 10 - 15% in the field. (Hence the MBP rather than a desktop.) I'm looking at the top-end 15" retina maxed-out but not sure if I need or want the Nvidia GT750M graphics card.
My concern is battery run-time with the graphics card. I know Apple site claims 8 hours for the 15" retina. But their footnote states that's on a pre-production unit without the graphics upgrade. I've read multiple independent reviews of the version with graphics upgrade citing real world = 3 hour run times with "casual use". Yikes!
So I'm looking for real-world run time for the latest generation 15" retina with graphics upgrade vs. the Iris Pro option. Anybody doing audio / video work with these two options care to share your experience? I don't think the DAW software (Logic Pro X) needs the graphics card and I'd be fine with the Iris Pro on-board graphics for audio work. Video editing would of course benefit from the card (2mg graphics memory.) It's only a $100 upgrade to add the card so it's not a financial question. If real world is twice the run time without the graphics card I'll go for run time. But if it's, "4 hours Iris Pro and 3 hours Nvidia card" I'll probably go for the processing power and suffer.
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I have a MBP retina display, early 2013, 512GB SSD storage& I want to upgrade it into a 768GB SSD storage, would that be possible WITHOUT replacing my current storage disks with the new 768GB ?keeping the 512GB&only adding a 256 GB disk?! please advise (:
The main error in this position is thinking ANY sized SSD can be "storage"
Any Macbook SSD should be idealized as a working platform computer system, containing all your applications, documents, and weekly-use necessary files; and all media files such as ‘big-data’ (music/PDF collections/video/pictures), unless directly needed in the near future, should be kept off the computer and on external storage USB or likewise bare hard drives.
You cant do what you want without removing the internal SSD
Officially, it is not possible for an end user to upgrade the storage in any Retina Display MacBook Pro model after purchase
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MBP Retina .. Adobe Flash Player
On the New MBP Retina .. Adobe Flash Player dont works on all Sites... ( Videos )
the same When i will broadcast on Cam Roulettes Sites it open the Flash WIndow and nothing more.
Adobe dont see the Camera
What now ?Adobe was purportedly coming out with Retina-enhanced versions of Photoshop and some other of their products. Besides trying out with a reduced resolution setting, maybe checking with them when all their stuff will be Retina-friendly?
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How to change flash storage in mbp retina
can i change the flash drive of mbp retina 15" to 1TB?
is it easy to do or will i need to send to apple service?
thanksOther than Apple, I think this is the only game in town:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Aura_Pro_Retina_2012
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