The mac book air powers up but the screen stays black?
the macbook air powers up but the screen stays black?
Try resetting your SMC and PRAM. If neither work, contact Apple and have it looked at.
Resetting the System Management Controller >>
17" 2.2GHz i7 Quad-Core MacBook Pro 8G RAM 750G + 120G OCZ Vertex 3 SSD Boot HD
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Mac Book Air is charged but the circle just keeps going around and I can't even get to sign in?
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If you don't see any option, maybe your hard disk is damaged.
Close the OS X installer pressing the red button at the top left corner of the window, and open Disk Utility. Then, after opening Disk Utility, look at the left sidebar. What do you see at the top of the sidebar? Do you see the hard disk? If not, take the Mac to an Apple Store or reseller to get it repaired.
If you see the hard disk, select it and try to repair it. If it shows an error at the end, you will have to take the Mac to an Apple Store -
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Many thanks ToniThe warranty entitles you to complimentary phone support for the first 90 days of ownership.
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I have a 2nd Gen MAc book Air with Lion . The 60GB hard disc has quickly filled up despite me keeping most of my data on a portable hard drive . I used disk inspector to locate the problem but found that it was was in 20 GB of hidden files in my user directory . Is this correct and is there anything i can do about it ? Using disk inspector you can not see individual hudden diretories or files. I did unhide them but there is a mass of diretories etc and so no way i could see if this is one or multiple files using the space. Library System and Applications are at 4 3 and 3 GB respectvely. The data I actually keep on there is 9GB Thanks for any help
I think the problem is Quick Time Player. I am using OS 10.6.8 by the way.
I tried it out again.
I had about 26 GB of space before I played an .avi video.
After the movie started to play (it was slow to load), I got a warning message that my startup disk was full. I opened Disk Utility and it told me I had no space left (about 20 MB or something like that was left).
I watched to the end of the movie.
Then I quit Quicktime Player.
And I shut down the computer.
I turned on the computer and checked Disk Utility. I have about 26 GB of space.
I think for some reason Quicktime Player uses up a lot of the disk space when it runs movies that are problematic. This movie I was watching did not open with vlc.
I normally use vlc to watch movies.
Probably it doesn't use up this much space when the movie is OK.
I think there's a problem with this particular movie. It is about 50 MB so it's not that big a file. I watch .smi subtitles with it. The Quicktime Player automatically loads the subtitle file in this case because the subtitle file has the same name as the movie file.
I watched about 10 movie files from the same series that I downloaded together and did not have any problem watching them. I watched them on vlc. But this latest movie had problems I think (as I repeat). It did not load on vlc even though I waited for a minute, and normally movies load instantly on vlc.
So I think that movie file caused problems. It made QT player use up a lot of hard disk space.
I had better avoid watching that movie in the future. I don't want it to wreck my hard drive.
So to sum up, everything is back to normal. I have the hard disk space that I should have. However, I am scared of damaging my hard drive due to shonky movie files that eat up all the space when they are played using QT player, and so I will not watch those files in the future, as I do not know why the files do that. -
I have been using my apple TV with my amc book air with no problems. Today I turned the apple TV on and got no icon on my air. I made sure that the Apple TV was on airplay which it was and used preferences/display to hook up the Mac book Air but no recognision. Now what?
Hello Pauldpetersen,
Try the steps mentioned in below link and see if it works for you.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5404
And also go through:
Troubleshooting AirPlay Mirroring -
my Mac book will power up but the apple sign remains in the middle of the screen and a gear turning below it -nothing else happens -can you help?
A couple of things to try:
PRAM reset by holding down cmd-opt-p-r on restart. Hold down the keys until you hear the second startup tone.
If you have a wireless keyboard, wait until you hear the startup tone, then press the keys.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Boot into Safe Mode by holding down Shift key on restart. Same timing applies to wireless keyboard.
Safe Mode takes a while to boot. It will show a progress bar. It will boot to the login screen. Log in, then restart normally.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
Boot into Recovery HD by holding down cmd-r. Same note for wireless keyboard. Once booted, run Disk Utility and repair Macintosh HD (or whatever you have renamed it).
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718 -
It's the Mac book air good for graphic design and video editing ?
I'm into graphic design for clothing logos etc. and I'm a photographer my question is, is the Mac book air good for these things?
ideally a 15" would be best for same, as referring to the 15" macbook Pro.
For a photographer, which I used to be long ago, either the Air or Pro are close in form factor for travel with only one moving part, and SSD.
The retina display in combination with the 15" would be idea as best choice for photo editing and graphic design.
http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/features-retina/ -
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-1007f cannot get the Mac book air to reinstall, no drive. For disk and no connection please help!!
You can download the product from this link:
<Download Photoshop Elements products | 13, 12, 11, 10>
Your redemption code/Serial number will work with these downloaded products.
Make sure you download the correct version for your operating system - Windows or Apple MAC
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I have the mac book air and when I turn it on its a light blue screen with a flashing folder with question mark on it. Any one know how to get past it?
The MBA is trying to tell you that it is not able to find a bootable system
Either the file is corrupt or access to the storrage has failed
I would start by seeing if it will boot with Command + R depressed -
i need to download a driver for a air card and need to know if the mac book air is 64 bit or not
You can check this with using below (Apple's official Knowledge Base) articles;
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3696
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4287 -
HT1349 i need to put the documents from the mac onto the mac book air
i need to put the documents from the mac onto the mac book air. How to I transfer my mac documents and music information to my macBook air?
You have many options.
Network the two Macs
Use a Thunderbolt or FireWire cable and use FireWire Target Disk Mode
Use Setup Assistant when you first set up a new Mac, or Migration Assistant at any time thereafter
Use an inexpensive USB flash drive
Email documents and files to yourself
Use Dropbox or similar service
Those are just a few. If you explain further or reply with the model of your "older" Mac and which OS version it is using, more specific information can be provided.
You may find Apple Support Communities contributor Pondini's OS X tip useful: Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its Backups, or a PC -
I can not get my mac book air to connect to the net with my broadband
How can I get my mac book air to connect to the net with a broadband ?
Power off the router. Unplug it from the wall. Wait for few minuets.
Power off the router. Wait a while.
Connect the router back to to the wall.
Power the router back on. Wait until all lights are lit properly. It will take a while.
Restart the computer.
Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
For more on this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628 -
hello i would like to know how to sincronize my iphone 4 with the mac book air ... it say´s that it is not compatible with the computer and that an error ocurred...
We cannot help you without further information......
what OS is running on your MacBook Air?
what iOS is on your phone?
what error codes do you get?
what troubleshooting steps have you taken? -
Can I leave my mac book air plugged in all the time at work, without damaging the battery?
I know people may have asked this questions many times, however I intend on using my mac book air at work and would like know I I can leave it on powered on in the office and the unplugged at night?. Would it damage my MacBook?
Yes. It will not damage the battery. You do not need to unplug it at night. If you use it from the AC charage all the time, then about once every two months you should use it on battery power until the battery drops below 20%. Then fully recharge the battery after which you should allow the battery to "rest" for about one hour. It is OK to use the computer during that time but do not yet connect the AC adaptor. Follow this practice and your battery should have a good life.
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mac book air I wonder if I can run my pc games on it if I get the super drive
If you get a dual-boot (e.g. boot camp) or an emulator on the Mac (e.g. Parallels Desktop) then you might be able to - but I think that you will need to install a version of windows on the Mac.
Running windows on a Mac : http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/guide/windows
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#windowsmac
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