Runs OS X and HDD is upgradeable!

I hooked the hard drive from my apple tv to my macbook through a usb adapter, and it does infact have a cut down version of os x. The interesting part is my macbook tried to boot off the drive, it got as far as the apple logo the mactv gives you on boot up and then froze. The hdd is broken up into 3 partitions, one 400mb unknown partition, 1 900mb called "OSBoot" that as the name says, has the os on it. and the remaining space of the drive is called "Media" and has the music, videos, etc on it. Using Disk Copy I was able to copy OSBoot and Media to a 100gb laptop drive. I was not able to copy the 400mb unkown partition over. The apple TV DID BOOT with the 100gb drive and worked, but if you reset the device it wont boot again. I have a feeling there is something in that 400mb partition that is somewhat important. If I reimage the OSBoot it would work again. In iTunes the appletv shows as having roughly 90gb of available space when emtpy.
The 2 readable partitions are formatted in Apple Extended.
A hard drive upgrade is possible, but I need to copy that 400mb partition for it to work right.

That is what I did.
I dd the entire drive then used iParition to expand the Media partition.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/how-to-upgrade-the-drive-in-your-apple-tv/

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SSD and HDD Installed but it runs super slow? Please Help!

Hi, I have a late 2011 Macbook Pro 2.2 GHZ Intel Core i7
8gb of ram. My hard drive died in my mac and I decided to replace it with an SSD and installed an HDD in the optical bay following Ifixit instructions. I booted into internet recovery and installed Mountain Lion (as it would not let me do a straight Yosemite install from a flash drive I had made on my gf's macbook, because it couldn't authenticate). After booting up and declining the usual iCloud prompts, I rebooted and installed Yosemite from the USB. It took a while, but eventually i booted up.
I moved my home folder to the HDD a 7200rpm Western Digital Black, which is in the optical bay, (the SSD is a Samsung 340 Pro and is installed in the Drive bay). Everything appears to be functioning, but it's slower that it had ever been using Yosemite on the HDD that had died. It take 35-40 seconds just to open System Preferences. I have used First aid on both drives via the Recovery and repaired permissions on both. I have reset the ram using option-command-r-p. I have booted into Safe Mode and Restarted the computer multiple times. Just opening a second safari window causes the spinning wheel to go for ten seconds or so. If anyone knows anything I can do, please help! I'm at a loss as to what I can do to fix this.
I'm really not sure what is going on. It seems to take a very long time to load a website, but after using safari for a bit, the app doesn't seem to have a problem responding to commands, just takes way too long to load anything. System preferences is all of a sudden crazy snappy, but is giving me the spinning rainbow wheel when I try and click on a pane saying "Could not load Users & Groups preference pane." After I click "okay" and try again it loads right up. Grrr.

Etrecheck report if it helps:
Problem description:
Running super slow randomly with a newly installed SSD and HDD. Home Folder is on the HDD.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.7 (93)
Report generated October 29, 2014 at 4:58:33 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1680 x 1050
AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 3:3:27
Disk Information: ℹ️
Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series disk0 : (512.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
QuickSilver (disk2) / [Startup]: 510.88 GB (236.99 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 511.25 GB Online
WDC WD7500BPKX-22HPJT0 disk1 : (750.16 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Hulk (disk1s2) /Volumes/Hulk : 749.81 GB (685.87 GB free)
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
User Login Items: ℹ️
Alfred 2 Application (/Applications/Alfred 2.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
None
Time Machine: ℹ️
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
QuickSilver: Disk size: 510.88 GB Disk used: 273.89 GB
Destinations:
Herbert [Local]
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 273.89 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      48% WindowServer
      11% Safari
      3% hidd
      0% fontd
      0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
249 MB Safari
241 MB installd
163 MB Finder
155 MB mds_stores
155 MB DesktopServicesHelper
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
1.52 GB Free RAM
3.89 GB Active RAM
1.82 GB Inactive RAM
1.34 GB Wired RAM
3.25 GB Page-ins
143 KB Page-outs

Running Boot Camp and Installing Windows on external Firewire HDD

Hello,
In a few days i'll be taking delivery on an iMac i7. I would like to keep windows off of the internal HDD and let it run from an external HDD. I am told this can be done, but I cannot figure out how.
When I start Boot Camp Assistant in Applications>Utilities, it wants to create a partition in the Mac HDD.
So now it't time to be smarter than the machine. Here is what I figured could be done. I just need to know if I'm on the right track.
I hold down the "C" key on startup with the Windows DVD in the iMac. That will start the Windows DVD and start loading the OS. At that point, Windows will ask me where I want to install the OS. I select the Firewire drive, assuming windows sees it. Is this correct? If so, then what about Boot Camp, or am I way off base here.
Thanks for any support.
Ron

Never gonna happen, don't know where you read that FW was bootable. USB "sometimes" but you need to have the option in your BIOS setup for it. Not an option.
You can always run Mac OS from FW.
Maybe even put OS X using optical drive bay w/ SSD? and use the internal drive. But if you are so against putting Windows on your drive...
Perhaps a VM (though not for gaming, it is decent especially on the new iMacs).

2008 iMac running beautifully untill recently. Screen glitches and freezing. Apple Hardware test showed error code 4MOT/2/40000004:ADD and I have not seen others with this code. Guessing it is a fan issue based on the ODD and HDD error codes

computer felt hot and while running apple hardware test the screen glitches covered the screen and it froze. Now computer wont boot up. Again AHT code is 4MOT/2/40000004:ADD and I have just seen ODD and HDD codes discussed on other threads.Those were hardrive or superdrive fans, so I am guessing this is a fan issue and then it fried by graphics card. Any help as to whether this is game over or worth repairing would be very appreciated.

You need to take it to your local Apple Store or AASP for a professional evaluation. Apple does not publish the codes from AHT, you can Google the code you got and see if you can determine what it means however the best method is to let a pro handle it.

Firefox has suddenly gone wrong. I was successfully running both Firefox and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7. I auto-accept upgrades including the most recent Firefox upgrade and the suggested upgrade to Adobe Flash 10.1. But after this, Firefox stopped

Firefox has suddenly gone wrong. I was successfully running both Firefox and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7. My laptop is new and has plenty of RAM and HDD. I auto-accept upgrades including the most recent Firefox upgrade and the suggested upgrade to Adobe Flash 10.1. But after this, Firefox stopped working and does not work when I re-load Firefox 3.6. Also IE8 now works very slowly and does not locate major websites like Microsoft without a 'can't find the website message' and having to pressing Return a second time. When I do get to the Mozilla website and click on the button to try to download Firefox 3.6.6, I get this message "Oops! Internet Explorer could not find mozilla3.snt.utwente.nl". Can you help with what has gone wrong? As it stands, I can't use Firefox at all. Note: because Firefox did not work after the upgrade, I've downloaded the IE8 version of the Adobe Flash 10.1. What I really want is to be able to use both Firefox and IE8. But is this possible if they use different versions of Adobe Flash?
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== About 2-3 days ago ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; GTB6.5; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; Tablet PC 2.0; .NET4.0C)

I have been having the same problem as the original poster. After upgrading to Ffx 3.6.6, the program asks you to upgrade to Flash Player Plugin 10.1. I download and installed 10.1 only to find videos weren't loading.
In my case, the problem is the previous installation of Flash Player (9.0.47) was somehow messing things up. To fix this, because I already had Flash plugin 10.1 installed I had to uninstall 10.1 using the uninstaller from adobe and then manually remove any files related the old flash player plugin 9.0.47
Here is a run-down of my process:
0. To check if you have a previous installation of the Flash Plugin lurking around, in Firefox go to Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins (tab). At this point you may seen both Flash plugins.
1. Proceed to uninstall Flash Plugin 10.1. Adobe provides an uninstaller here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html
( you have to make sure you have nothing running when you execute the installer).
2. On my Mac (sorry I don't know what it is in Windows) I searched the hard drive for any files/folders with "Shockwave". I found a folder called "Shockwave 10". It wasn't removed by Adobe's uninstaller. For safety I deleted it and then emptied the trash.
3. I then went to My HD -> Library -> Internet Plugins.
Remove the file and folder named "Flash player.old"
4. Restarted; ran the Adobe Flash Player 10.1 installer. Restarted again.
5. Opened up ffx and double checked the plugins list (see step 1). Version 10.1 is installed and available. Went to problem sites to test it out and Success!
Hope this helps.

How to use ssd as boot drive and hdd as storage on a macbook pro 13

Does anyone know how to use SSD as boot drive and have HDD in optical bay as storage on a Macbook pro 13. I mean in that both drives work as one . by formatting using mac software . I would like to run all programs and OS but would love to have my downloads and useless data on run on my 1tb 5400rpm hdd without me have to manual send it there..

Does anyone know how to use SSD as boot drive and have HDD in optical bay as storage on a Macbook pro 13. I mean in that both drives work as one
Each drive mounts as a separate volume. There is no convenient way to make them look like one contiguous volume.*
Franky, with an hdd and a ssd I would recommend you put your home dir on the hdd and leave the ssd for the OS and your key applications. It's relatively easy to do and I think better than moving only portions of your stuff.
How to Move the Home Folder in OS X – and Why
* There are ways to to make musltiple volumes appear as one large drive but I think it is beyond the scope of this discussion and not appropriate to this configuration.

ITunes 11.1.2 not registering new ID3 v2.4 tags (Deleting music from both library and HDD)

I'm a DJ and therefore have ALOT of editing in my iTunes music library (adding and deleting tracks, commenting, adding tracks to new- and smart playlists etc.).
Music management on the hdd -wise, I frequently use the ID3 tags for deleting tracks from both the music library and my hdd, but since updating iTunes to 11.1.2 i'm having difficulties.
I have this routine for deleting tracks:
Rating tracks due to delete with 0 stars
Going to smart playlist called 'To trash' (filter = 0 stars), select all tracks
Adding/changing genre to 'to trash'
Searching for 'Move to trash' in my HDD music folder
Move all mp3 files to trash, empty trash
iTunes, run Doug Script 'Super Remove Dead Tracks'
After the routine, all tracks I decided to delete, where deleted from both the library and hdd folder.
BUT, now it seems that Finder doesn't find any mp3 files with the ID3 metatag of 'to trash' (Step 4), hence i cannot "smart find" the tracks i want to delete.
Possible cause of the problem: i'm suspecting it to be iTunes not "tagging" properly;
All of my "DJ-tags", such as 'MTV' and 'Mainstream' etc, in comments, tagged before updating to 11.1.2, can be found by these metatags, but it seems like new tags/comments are not "registered" in the ID3 metatags - at least not recognized by Finder.
Note: I know that i can just downgrade to an earlier version of iTunes, but I'm very interested in having my equipment up to date, since I'm using it professionally, and want it to be as stable as possible with my hardware.
Any suggestions?

The next question it will ask is if you want to delete from your HD.
Anyways, the topic is (mostly) about iTunes not tagging properly (apparently).
Yes, there are two issues.
ID3 tags.
Your workflow, which is way too much. Use the computer to do the work, not you. No need to pull your engine just to change the oil.
Just checked and the ID3 tags works fine here.
Do this.
System prefs > Spotlight.
Select the Privacy tab and add the drive with your media.
Then remove the drive with your media.
This will force the OS to rebuild the Spotlight index files, which where the metadata for files is stored for searching.
This app you can view the Spotlight metadata of files/folders.
-> http://www.hamsoftengineering.com/freeStuff/freeStuff.html
Note: I know that i can just downgrade to an earlier version of iTunes, but I'm very interested in having my equipment up to date,
FYI: iTunes 11.1.3 was released Tuesday , 5 November.

Hard drive is running very hard and warm

I recently had a hard drive issue with my mac book pro and basically had to erase everything and then restore all my files from Carbonite. I have now restored all of my files and I think Carbonite is now rebacking those up, but in the mean time my hard drive is running very hard and causing my lap top to get very warm. Is this normal? Is it because of the back up/restore? Or is there something wrong with my fan or hard drive?

Install iStat pro (from the Internet) and open it. It will show you the internal temperatures of your MBP and the fan speeds. Also open Activity Monitor to compare the internal CPU activity with the iStat pro data. Post both for an evaluation.
Since you have suspicions regarding your HDD, make certain that you do have backups. You might open Disk Utility>First Aid and 'Verify Disk'.
Ciao.

Photoshop Elements 12 runs really slow and is almost unusable.

Photoshop (and Premiere) Elements 12 runs really slow and is almost unusable.
All other high end software works perfectly including 3D rendering software.
27" iMac mid 2011.
16gb of RAM.
Over 100gb free hdd space.
Radeon HD card 2GB.
3.4 GHz Intel Core i7.
I have tested on tiny low quality images as well.
I bought this with the bundled Premiere Elements which is also unusable even with the smallest and lowest quality video file.
iMovie works fine as does other video editing software. I ONLY have an issue with Photoshop and Premiere Elements 12.
Mavericks 10.9.3
Elements 12.1

After the latest update, Firefox is much better. Using it again.

My MacBook Air is running very slowly and has difficulty staying connected to wifi networks.

Problem description:
My mac is running very slowly and I have difficulty staying connected to wifi networks. I have only used half of my hard drive. My computer was purchased in Canada, where I used it for over a year but now I am living in the US.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated January 11, 2015 at 5:56:14 PM MST
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir4,2
1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:31:38
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE SSD SM128C disk0 : (121.33 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 120.10 GB (59.92 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Splashtop Streamer.app
[not loaded] com.splashtop.driver.SRXDisplayCard (1.6 - SDK 10.7) [Support]
[not loaded] com.splashtop.driver.SRXFrameBufferConnector (1.6 - SDK 10.7) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6) [Support]
[not loaded] com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer (1.7 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
[not loaded] com.avatron.AVExVideo (1.7 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
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[not loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-for-root.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-for-user.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.leapfrog.connect.authdaemon.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
[running] com.splashtop.streamer-daemon.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-srioframebuffer.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist [Support]
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[running] com.leapfrog.connect.monitor.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-for-user.plist [Support]
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Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
ScreenCapture Application (/Library/PreferencePanes/Air Display Preferences.prefPane/Contents/Resources/ScreenCapture.app)
Google Drive Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)
Google Chrome ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
WDQuickView Application (/Incompatible Software/WDQuickView.app)
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Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.5.4 [Support]
PrintDialogExt: Version: 6.1.1 [Support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 Cannot contact Adobe
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.0.3r470 [Support]
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Air Display Preferences [Support]
Flash Player [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      6% WindowServer
      0% fontd
      0% Dropbox
      0% Google Drive
      0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
236 MB Safari
150 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
90 MB Google Drive
82 MB Dropbox
69 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
486 MB Free RAM
1.62 GB Active RAM
1.15 GB Inactive RAM
1.04 GB Wired RAM
1.85 GB Page-ins
41 KB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 11, 2015, 05:30:50 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AirDisplayStatusItem_2015-01-1 1-173050_[redacted].crash
Jan 11, 2015, 05:25:11 PM Self test - passed

Thanks!
Here is the results from running EtreCheck while in safe mode. (I hope I understood your directions correctly to do just that).
EtreCheck version: 2.1.6 (109)
Report generated January 20, 2015 at 8:41:33 PM MST
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
         MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011) (Technical Specifications)
         MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir4,2
         1 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
         4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
                   BANK 0/DIMM0
                            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
                   BANK 1/DIMM0
                            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
         Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
         Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
         Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 377
Video Information: ℹ️
         Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
                   Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software: ℹ️
         OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Time since boot: 0:4:59
Disk Information: ℹ️
         APPLE SSD SM128C disk0 : (121.33 GB)
                   EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
                   Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
                   Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 120.10 GB (59.56 GB free)
                            Core Storage: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
         Apple Inc. FaceTime Camera (Built-in)
         Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
         Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                   Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
         Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
         Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
         Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
                                     /System/Library/Extensions
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         [not loaded]        com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer (1.7 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
         [not loaded]        com.avatron.AVExVideo (1.7 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
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         [not loaded]        com.splashtop.streamer-for-root.plist [Support]
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         [not loaded]        com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist [Support]
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         [not loaded]        com.splashtop.streamer-srioframebuffer.plist [Support]
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         [not loaded]        com.splashtop.streamer-for-user.plist [Support]
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         Dropbox            Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
         ScreenCapture Application (/Library/PreferencePanes/Air Display Preferences.prefPane/Contents/Resources/ScreenCapture.app)
         Google Drive    Application (/Applications/Google Drive.app)
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         WDQuickView Application (/Incompatible Software/WDQuickView.app)
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         Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
         Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.257 - SDK 10.6 Cannot contact Adobe
         QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
         googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
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         AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
         DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.0.3r470 [Support]
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
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         Time Machine not configured!
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         Jan 20, 2015, 08:37:12 PM        Self test - passed

Which Apple MacBook Pro has the most RAM and HDD memory?

I would like to know this because I plan on buying a MacBook Pro and I just want to make sure I'm buying the one with the most RAM and HDD memory and not some other one. Why do I need specifically this? Because I'm a gamer; I like playing games. I'm a watcher too; I like watching movies. Last but not least, I would like to sync my iPhone to a device that's from the same company. I don't know why, but I guess it's because I don't like uncoordination, or something like that. In short, I don't believe in "clashing". Even electronics.

The Hardware In Any Mac is Exactly the same as used in Any PC of like model year and included hardware. i7 being faster then an i5 CPU.
Apple uses the same exact Intel CPUs and Chipsets that all other computer use manfacturer today. There is No difference.
Ogelthorpe is comppletely correct that Windows, by nature of the OS, is better for running games and the hardware it comes on, by nature of the way they are manufactured even though it is the same hardware as in a Mac, is better for gaming because of the way they are cooled and the overall case design. More air vents and better air movement across the parts that get hot while gaming.
Mac notebooks on the other hand don't cool as well by nature of the air intake and exhaust systems. Both air intake and exhaust are at the screen hinge and the fans are designed to be quieter then on most Windows PC notebooks. Even if Windows is installed on Mac that Mac will run hotter then a PC with the same exact hardware configurations. This is a fact and experienced by many Mac users. Including myself.
Mac fans run all the time. From the second you start them up to the second they shut down completely. I personally don't know of any Windows PC notebook that do that. My Dell E6420 with the exact same CPU and more RAM, 16GBs in the Dell and 8 in my Mac, with the Dell having 2 drives, one a SSD the other a Spinner in the media bay, and the Mac having only one Seagate XT series in the main bay the Dell fans rarely come on unless I am taxing the system in some way. They are not on continuously and certainly not when I turn the system on. So Apple has designed the Mac to run the fans continuously to try and keep the system cool from the first power on.
So your statement is completely false. But it is what most people think even though it is unfounded.
ShaneBunting wrote:
This is not true. The hardware is simply better on a Mac. Even when running Windows on a Mac, you'll have a far better experience than on a PC..

My MacPro is running very bitty and slow.

I recently took up the offer of Apple's free Maverick upgrade. Oh dear....big mistake!
But since then, it runs incredibly slow and very bitty.
Also some applications are badly effected with the upgrade.
What can be done to eliminate this frustrating to work with situation please?
Also, how do I downgrade the OS, should this Maverick problem not be able to fix please?

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How to test RAM and HDD (Hard Drive).

Introduction
HP machines have built-in Bios testers for RAM and HDD's.
To use them you need to enter Bios by pressing F10 on startup. They are placed under ' Diagnostics menu '.
Why I wrote this guide and complicate whole situation?
There are three reasons:
This testers are not so great and sometimes they do not detect problems which you may have with your hardware. It's recommended to use more advanced tester for RAM and manufacter diagnostic programs to test HDD's.
Not always you will be able to enter Bios. Sometimes corrupted hardware is blocking possibility to run it.
Advanced diagnostic softwares for hard drives allow to fix some problems.
Table of Contents:
A How to test RAM with Memtest86+.
B How to test HDD (Hard Drive).
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Ad. A
There are few possibilities to run this program. In this guide I will present how to run it from:
CD
       and
USB Flash Drive.
First we need to burn Memtest86+ on a CD or prepare properly USB Flash drive with a special tool.
Here you will find Memtest86+ home page from which you will be able to download correct version of this software.
Solution 1. CD:
        Download ' Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip) ' and extract it with 7-Zip(free) or WinRar.
        Download CDBurnerXP from here. Install this program and run it.
        Choose ' Browse ISO image '.
        and point Memtest86+ iso file.
        Click ' Burn disc '.
        Wait until burning process will finish.
        Choose ' OK '.
        Exit from program.
Solution 2. USB Flash Drive:
         Download ' Auto-installer for USB Key (Win 9x/2k/xp/7) ' and extract it with 7-Zip(free) or WinRar.
         Connect USB Flash Drive to one of USB ports. Run ' Memtest86+ 4.10 USB Installer '.
         Click ' I Agree '.
         Select USB Flash Drive and check box to format it.
     Caution!
          Format process will erase all information from USB Flash Drive. If you have there something important then please backup this data first.
           Choose ' Create '.
           Wait until process will finish and click ' Next '.
           Exit from program by choosing ' Finish '.
How to run Memtest86+.
Leave USB Flash drive in USB port or CD in CD/DVD drive. Restart your system and on startup press F9 key repetitively:
After this step you will be able to select from which device you want to boot. Choose from the list ' USB Hard Drive ' if you have prepared USB Flash Drive (like on below photo) or ' Optical Disk Drive ' if you have prepared CD:
How to use Memtest86+ to test RAM?
Do at least 2 - 3 passes. In Errors column may show up only 0. If it's other number then you need to replace corrupted RAM stick.
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Ram and HDD Upgrade

Hi all, i am looking at upgrading my Macbook Pro 13 inch to a higher spec this month, due to using it constantly at uni on an interactive media course. I use all Adobe suite software, such as Photoshop, Illustrator etc, and i also use software such as Zbrush, Maya and Topogun for 3D character modelling. As you can imagine it crashes my mac quite a lot. I also have Bootcamp installed with Windows xp SP2 Professional version, in order for me to run 3D Studio Max. At the moment i have 2gb of RAm and a 160GB HDD.
I was looking at upgrading to 4GB of ram, and perhaps 500GB HDD, however i saw in a forum that someone had upgraded to a 1Terabyte HDD without any problems. This seems better for me as i could keep literally everything such as Photos, all my music and at least 200 GB worth of movies all in one place rather than using multiple, old, external drives.
Now what i wanted to know is would it be more beneficial to upgrade to 4GB of RAM or would you suggest more, perhaps 8 due to the programmes i run etc. And also any information on the terabyte HDD would be appreciated.
Another question is where can i source these parts cheap in the UK, as i will be buying them myself for my birthday and as a student i'm pretty skint! Thanks in advance!
Jamie.

A drive like this might be what you're after:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Samsung/HM100UI/
And the RAM:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/8566DDR3S8GP/
(Your use means the most RAM you can have the better)
You could find better deals on Amazon UK possibly ...

Laptop run too slow and hang

I bought toshiba setelite amd quad core 4 gb ram 640gb hdd model is l745d laptop 1 months ago , and this laptop running too slow , and hang many times and heatin too much and when I play song there songs play stop play stop mean cauz of hang so plz tell me what is the reason is there a hdd problem motherborad problem or ram problem plz tell me

Hi I recommend you go back to factory setting. That will eliminate software problems.
Dokie!!
I Love my Satellite L775D-S7222 Laptop. Some days you're the windshield, Some days you're the bug. The Computer world is crazy. If you have answers to computer problems, pass them forward.

Runs OS X and HDD is upgradeable!

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