My 13inch Macbook Pro 2012 model randomly forced me to restart (OS X Lion). Is this something to be concerned about?

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randomly...implies more than "once"
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I was in PCWorld the other day and tried out the keyboards on a number of the current crop of MacBook Pros and Airs. I have used a number of thinkpads over the years and so I guess I'm kind of used to a certain type of keyboard which gives good tactile feedback and where the keys have a fair amount of 'travel' which I felt wasn't the case with the new macbooks.However, this was not the impression I had when I tried an older MacBook Pro (non-retina) which had a noticeably different feel to it - the keys seemed to be higher and there appeared to be a greater amount of travel - the end result being a much better typing experience. My question is, do any of the current MacBook models have the same keyboard of typing 'feel' of the older MacBook pro?
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hi all total noob here pls can a yone help....
i have a the new macbook pro running os x mountain lion software and i have a 3rd gen ATV, i have airplay active on the ATV but the little symbol isnt showing on my macbook, pls can anyone help a noob.... airplay works from my ipad and also iphone 4s to ATV no problems but i cannot get the macbook to mirror on my HDTV. am i doing something wrong? is there a setting i need to activate on the MBP?
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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
AirPlay Mirroring is only available in OS X Mountain Lion > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404. First, open  > About this Mac and check Version.
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1. Open App Store and purchase Mountain Lion. After upgrading, you will be able to use AirPlay Mirroring on System Preferences > Displays, or on the menu bar. Note that, if you bought your Mac after July 26th, 2012, you can upgrade to Mountain Lion for free > http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/
2. Use AirParrot > http://www.airparrot.com
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I just bought a Macbook Pro 2012 (non-retina) 15 inch from a friend. I think it is running Mountain Lion (has not been upgraded to Mavericks yet), and has iLife on it. It came with the stock 500 gb 5400 rpm internal hard drive. At home, I only have the Snow Leopard OS installation Cds and a copy of iLife 2011 installation Cds. I am going to buy 16 gb of RAM from Other World Computing to install.
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How reliable are the Seagate, versus a Toshiba or Western Digital or Hitachi or something else?
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1. Is a hybrid solid state drive going to need some kind of special formatting after I put it into the macbook so that I can put the operating system on it?
2. Is a "normal" platter hard drive more reliable than a hybrid solid state drive?
3. Is there any additional driver or special software that I have to install for a hybrid solid state drive?
4. Currently there is no personal data stored on the computer. Can I just put the new hard drive in, and then insert the snow leopard install cd?
5. If I install snow leopard, can I just go to the App store and get the free upgrade to Mavericks?
6. If I want to do the "Data Doubler" option in the future and add a normal Solid State drive into my computer, will it have trouble interacting with the 1 tb hybrid solid state drive?
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I would really appreciate any help and advice. I've never switched out a hard drive before.
PLEASE HELP !!! Thanks!
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Macbook Pro 15-in Mid 2012
Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,1
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Software: OS x 10.8.5
Storage (Hard drive): APPLE HDD ST500LM012 Media, Rotational, SATA, GPT (GUID Partition Table)

1. Is a hybrid solid state drive going to need some kind of special formatting after I put it into the macbook so that I can put the operating system on it?
The boot drive, regardless of what it is, needs to be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). This is standard with OS X.
2. Is a "normal" platter hard drive more reliable than a hybrid solid state drive?
There are arguments pro and con. Bottom line, SSD's and hybrid drives are still quite expensive per GB than standard hard drives. If you have the bucks and are a speed demon, go ahead.   I have better use for my money.   Standard hard drives are mechanical and may wear out over time. But even though SSDs are not mechancial, they can still go bad and ultimately they even have a limit to their write capacity. The jury is still out on this debate.
3. Is there any additional driver or special software that I have to install for a hybrid solid state drive?
No
4. Currently there is no personal data stored on the computer. Can I just put the new hard drive in, and then insert the snow leopard install cd?
You can physically put the hard drive in but probably not install Snow Leopard on this MBP.
The mid-2012 MacBookPro9,1 models came with Lion 10.7.3 (11D2097) preinstalled.   It is very unlikely you would be able to install Snow Leopard on it. Historically you cannot install a version of OS X that is earlier than the version that came with your Mac (even if you replace the hard drive).
5. If I install snow leopard, can I just go to the App store and get the free upgrade to Mavericks?
Not via Snow Leopard on this MBP. See my response to #4.
6. If I want to do the "Data Doubler" option in the future and add a normal Solid State drive into my computer, will it have trouble interacting with the 1 tb hybrid solid state drive?
No. They are completely independent of each other; they are just independent storage units (drives) and their RAM does not interact.

Macbook Pro Early 2009 Randomly Sleeps / Black Screen While In use

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1. I have an original late-2008 unibody MBP that was purchased a week after the introduction. I have never had a single "black screen of death" ever, and I do some gaming under OS X on my machine. The heat issues are, in my humble opinion, greatly exaggerated. Does the machine get warm? Yes. However, any computer with this much power in this thin of an enclosure is going to get warm. Mine has never crashed, frozen, black screened, etc. once.
2. I don't think PS is particularly intensive on the graphics card. It may use the graphics card, yes, but I don't think it will be quite as intensive as a 3D modeling application or 3D games. I would doubt you would ever run into problems anyway.
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Model Name:    MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:    MacBookPro10,1
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L3 Cache:    6 MB
Memory:    8 GB
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For the gory details of what I see in system.log, read on:
This is about the time the hibernate happens. I've replaced my laptop's name with {COMPUTER NAME}
Mar 20 18:29:26 {COMPUTER NAME} identityservicesd[375]: <IMMacNotificationCenterManager: 0x7f87d510c9e0>: notification observer: com.apple.iChat   notification: __CFNotification 0x7f87d5210a90 {name = _NSDoNotDisturbEnabledNotification}
Mar 20 18:29:26 {COMPUTER NAME} identityservicesd[375]: <IMMacNotificationCenterManager: 0x7f87d510c9e0>:    NC Disabled: NO
Mar 20 18:29:26 {COMPUTER NAME} identityservicesd[375]: <IMMacNotificationCenterManager: 0x7f87d510c9e0>:   DND Enabled: YES
Mar 20 18:29:26 {COMPUTER NAME} identityservicesd[375]: <IMMacNotificationCenterManager: 0x7f87d510c9e0>: Updating enabled: NO   (Topics: (null))
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Mar 20 18:29:27 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 20 18:29:27 {COMPUTER NAME} WindowServer[218]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x7fba81c2e940(2000)[0, 0, 1920, 1080] shield 0x7fba81c35bd0(2001), dev [1920,1080]
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Mar 20 18:29:30 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 20 18:29:30 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: PM response took 4741 ms (30, powerd)
Mar 20 18:29:30 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: ARPT: 1632.007298: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Sleep
Mar 20 18:29:30 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: ARPT: 1632.007302: wl0: powerChange: *** BONJOUR/MDNS OFFLOADS ARE NOT RUNNING.
Mar 20 18:29:30 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: [0x1b014fb000, 0x19000000]
Mar 20 18:29:30 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: [0xd8ec7000, 0x19000000]
Mar 20 18:29:30 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: [0x1369ac0000, 0xe000000]
Mar 20 18:29:30 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: [0x0, 0x0]
Mar 20 18:29:31 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
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Mar 20 18:30:09 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: hibernate_newruntime_map time: 0 ms, IOHibernatePollerOpen(), ml_get_interrupts_enabled 0
Mar 20 18:30:09 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen(0) 19 ms
Mar 20 18:30:09 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: hibernate_machine_init reading
Mar 20 18:30:09 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: PMStats: Hibernate read took 355 ms
Mar 20 18:30:09 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: hibernate_machine_init pagesDone 212628 sum2 2c66736a, time: 355 ms, disk(0x20000) 447 Mb/s, comp bytes: 57749504 time: 55 ms 985 Mb/s, crypt bytes: 157388800 time: 67 ms 2228 Mb/s
Mar 20 18:30:09 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: Wake reason: EC.PowerButton (User)
Mar 20 18:30:09 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: vm_compressor_fastwake_warmup (7450 - 12878) - starting
Mar 20 18:30:09 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: Previous sleep cause: -60
Mar 20 18:30:09 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: Previous shutdown cause: 5
Mar 20 18:30:09 {COMPUTER NAME} kernel[0]: AppleThunderboltNHIType2::prePCIWake - power up complete - took 0 us

This happened again at about 31% power, again unplugged.   Previously, I had plugged in the power before pressing the power button, but this time I pressed the power button before plugging in. The display showed me the out of power icon. Only on plugging it back in was I able to power up the laptop again.
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