Upgrading a late-2010 MacBook Air to OS 10.8.2

I have a late-2010 MacBook Air running OS 10.6.8. I want to upgrade
to OS 10.8.2. Has the battery drain issue identified last August been fixed? Has Apple blessed the solution posted earlier this month:
"The fix for me was the following commands. I was able trace it to the citrix receiver process tagging the cpu and subsequently draining the battery in record times...I couldn't kill the process in activity monitor, had to run this:
sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.citrix.agadminservice.plist
After i did this, the fan went silent, temp went down and batter life is back to 6+ hours like it is supposed to be!"?

There is no connection between Mountain Lion and removing the Citrix software to fix your problem. That was a third-party software incompatibility. Apple doesn't "bless" such solutions. They clearly state they are not responsible for problems with third-party incompatibilities.
So either you go forth and install or stick with Snow Leopard.

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I received a new Late 2010 MacBook Air 13" notebook less than a month ago. The unit had a dead pixel towards the center of the display. I called Apple within the 14-day return period for advise on how to handle the issue. They asked me to send the unit in for repair as the closest Apple store was quite far away. I sent the unit out for repair and received it back a few days later.
To make things short, I had to send the notebook out for repair twice for the same issue, and both times the notebook was sent back with replacement displays, each of them also having dead pixels (apparently Apple's repair guys just pop in a new panel and don't actually check to make sure that the issue's been resolved).
Luckily, after over an hour arguing with a customer support supervisor over the phone, they decided to have me send the unit back to them for a new replacement. The replacement should be arriving within a week or so. However, I find myself somewhat hesitant to even bother opening the new replacement when it arrives. I've pretty much lost all confidence in Apple to supply an acceptable display in such a high-priced premium notebook, and am not sure what recourse I will have if the new unit once again comes scared with dead pixels. I thinking about selling it unopened on Amazon or something, and purchasing from another brand like Sony or something.
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Hi PlotinusVeritas,
Thanks for the quick reply
I did wonder if it was the battery but the usb mouse's left click stops working once the trackpad is touched seems kinda weird... Kind of gave up troubleshooting, guess I'll have to contact an Apple store for repair
Cheers

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have tried downloading and reinstalling itunes on my late 2010 macbook air, but since maverick update itunes will not lauch and has to be force quit in order to close, this happens instantly on launch??

My machine was running quite slow too, especially boot time. Repairing permissions and zapping PRAM seemed to help out a lot. Further, if you want, you can disable hibernation and delete sleep image. I realize that most that run a Mac don't expect to do any tweaking, and hopefully Apple will come out with a SP soon that 'fixes' some of the issues that many are having. I don't think having 2GB of memory is the main issue, as many with 8GB of RAM are having the same issue. I did a lot of tweaking and Lion is working as well as Snow Leopard was on my MBA 11" with 2GB of RAM. You can also successfully run monoligual on your MBA, get rid of language packs you don't need and save 1.5GB.

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I have tried several sources of information in Apple Discussions to try to address this problem but to no avail (including the link to debug kernal panics). I have a late 2010 MacBook Air (4GB RAM 1067 DDR runing 10.8.5--the SSD drive is an OWC 240 GB Aura Pro made especially for the late 2010 MBAs) which is now experiencing kernal panics on every other shutdown (Shutdown only). I have reset the PRAM and SMC which seemed to work for awhile, but then it went back to frequent kernal panics on shutdown a day or so after resetting the PRAM/SMC. I have repaired disk permissions and also deleted old programs, but again to no avail. I am enclosing a copy of the Kernal Panic, and if anyone has any suggestions at this point, I would greatly appreciate it as I can't afford an expensive repair at this point. Also, is there anyway I can test if my memory and SSD harddrive are still ok?
Thanks very much,
Rob
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 14555 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          2
Anonymous UUID:                    F8A33626-B423-9008-5C1B-EF2121953DE3
Sat Sep 28 10:17:08 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80194b8945): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80194acf91, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x00000001000cb8e4, CR3: 0x000000001c0bc000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffff8019ac9d40, RBX: 0xffffff80250ba008, RCX: 0xffffff8024390340, RDX: 0x0000000000000080
RSP: 0xffffff8091c1bdc8, RBP: 0xffffff8091c1be10, RSI: 0x000000002f9677b0, RDI: 0xdeadbeefdeadbf07
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0x0000000000000080, R13: 0xffffff80250ba008, R14: 0xdeadbeefdeadbf07, R15: 0xdeadbeefdeadbeef
RFL: 0x0000000000010002, RIP: 0xffffff80194acf91, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x00000001000cb8e4, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8091c1ba60 : 0xffffff801941d636
0xffffff8091c1bad0 : 0xffffff80194b8945
0xffffff8091c1bca0 : 0xffffff80194cebfd
0xffffff8091c1bcc0 : 0xffffff80194acf91
0xffffff8091c1be10 : 0xffffff8019433eca
0xffffff8091c1be20 : 0xffffff80195637da
0xffffff8091c1be40 : 0xffffff8019546284
0xffffff8091c1bf70 : 0xffffff801977259b
0xffffff8091c1bfb0 : 0xffffff80194b3257
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
12F37
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Mon Jul 29 16:33:49 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: B1B58405-A2B2-3C44-B25D-495053D52AB5
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Kernel text base: 0xffffff8019400000
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Late 2010 macbook air slow to wake from sleep

Hi, my late 2010 macbook air running mountain lion is slow to wake from sleep, so when i lift the lide the screen is unreactive and it take approx a minute before I am able to enter my password, I am just wondering if anyone else had had this problem and has any solutions because its annoying, I have also noticed that when my macbook is on charge this doesn't happen!
Thanks!!

Hi shaners2491!
I would suggest that you attempt to reset a part of your computer's software called the System Management Controller. Information on doing this can be found here:
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

My late 2010 macbook air suddenly crashes, show a blue screen and restart. What can i do to solve the problem?

My late 2010 macbook air, suddenly shows a blue screen and restart. I´m tired of loosing my job. Someone can help me?

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If you are using Firefox to access your mail, you are using "web-mail". You need to seek support from your service provider or a forum for that service.
If your problem is with Mozilla Thunderbird, see this forum for support.
[http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/support/]
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My late 2010 MacBook Air suddenly crashes and will not stay on.

I returned from a trip during which I used my MacBook Air (Late 2010) constantly. Upon leaving the hotel I closed the computer and put it into my carrier and did not open it until arriving at home later that day. There was moisture on the keyboard and screen at the corresponding position in an area about the size of a 50¢ piece, I cleaned that up and turned the machine on and it booted up and then created. Several times it would turn off and on a few times without any input from me. At times it will boot up like all is well but with any keystroke it crashes to a black screen. If I had to guess, I'd say the HD is toast. It was replaced under warranty once already. The moisture is a complete mystery. Any ideas?

What method were you using for travel? I think sometimes condensation can happen in flight. Sounds like there was more moisture on the motherboard as well. Leave it for a few days in the sunlight if possible and see what happens after that.

My late 2010 Macbook Air fails to start up

I took my MacBook Air (late 2010 models) with me on my travels to Asia. A few days into my trip, I went back to my laptop. After opening the lid, the Macbook started up from the hibernation state as normal. Whilst I was typing in my password, the laptop suddenly switched off no warnings given. Very briefly I thought to see the screen turn white before it went black.
Now, the laptop does not start at all. After pressing the power button, there's no response. The fans don't spin up and there is no sound or display feedback. It's basically completely dead. I have tried using the known key combinations to reset the System Management Controller, but still no luck. Many recovery procedures suggested by Apple do not work, since i can not start up the computer.
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Hi, thanks for the response. I did try most of these steps and they did fail on me.
I decided to take my laptop to the approved service providers. Luckily my laptop's issues could be resolved by the technicians. They found that the power supply chip was faulty.
Since they replaced this chip, my MacBook now starts up perfectly normal again.

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My Air has 2GB of RAM and I was wondering if I should upgrade or not. Thanks in advace for you help.

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So im kind of on a budget because i was unlucky in getting hours for work, and i need a new laptop for university.
best buy is selling the previous model of airs for around like $850 and it comes with office 2011
now, i dont know much about computers so i probably would never even notice the difference between the processors of the mbpro, or the new airs compared to this one
what i will mostly use this laptop is for typing up assignments, researching, web browsing, and youtube. maybe download a movie or two here and there.
i do plan on getting an external hard drive or whatever for this in the future, if ever the memory is beginning to be a hassle.
so yeah, my main question is, will it be good enough to last me 4 years of study lol
and if it matters, im studying commerce with some english courses here and there
btw the OS would probably be snow leopard.

Yes, the previous generation MBA's would be just fine for the things you are saying you would be using it for. I would say you should have no problem having it last 4 years. I also have a pc laptop that is 4 years old and I just graduated college and it got me through an entire business management bachelors program. I just got a new mac for grad school. Ps-you would know the difference between the prior and new generation MBA's..the new ones are about twice as fast, but aren't necessary for your needs. In fact, maybe you could find a MacBook at a reduced price somewhere (now discontinued).

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Good Evening -
Can someone tell me, with the Airbook Mac OSX reinstall on the USB drive, can I do a reinstall of the iCal and address book applications without deleting everything on the hard drive? I would like to restore these applications without having to do a full reload of the whole OS and would hate to possible lose all my files/have to reinstall all software, etc.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated - have been searching online for a couple hours and have not been able to find any assistance on partial restore with the OS software on USB/package differences.
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In order to install individual applications that are part of OS X (both iCal and *Address Book* are) you will need to download Pacifist and use that to install. You can locate it at:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/6812/pacifist
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I have an upspecced 13" late 2010 macbook air. I have mountain lion installed. I am very dissapointed to find I can't mirror to my apple tv, the same goes for my 2010 macmini.
Before I consider upgrading to new kit, do I have any options here? Any fix or peice of software that will allow me to mirror to an apple tv?
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well, Apple fixed the problem and if so, thank you.
I have a late 2010 Macbook Air, and I did the following:y
formatted the SSD disk and installed Snow Leopard again from the usb-stick and made the updates
Then I made a partition called Lion and downloaded Lion from App Store in Snow Leopard and installed it on the partition called Lion. The version of Safari with it was 5.1.6 and App Store worked. Then I made a copy of Safari to the desktop, updated Lion (except Safari). Then I transferred settings etc with Transfer assistant from my Mac mini to my Macbook Air in Lion. Safari 5.1.6 was not working, but App Store worked and Firefox did.
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Hi all,
Wanted to ask this question here see if anyone might have a solution to my problem. I have a Late 2010 Macbook Pro 15" which I upgraded to Lion yesteray. Ever since that upgrade when I try to connect to my TV to watch a video no joy the image looks like the colours are out.
I have tried it on different resolutions and always the same. Then for some reason the MacBook Pro split the screen in two. So now I see the right of the screen on the left of the TV and the left on the righ with a big black line done the middle.
Priror to the Lion upgrade everything was fine. Only since Lion has this been a problem.
I am using a Minidisply to HDMI cable to go direct into my Phillips 42" Plasma, and I have not got a clue why this is doing this. The strange thing is it works ok on my Samsung BX2450 down the same cable no problems at all just the TV that has issues.
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Cheers
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Hi Cyberviper42,
I understand that you are seeing some issues with your connection to the internet on your computer. I have an article for you that will help you troubleshoot this issue:
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202222
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

Upgrading late 2010 MacBook Pro

I have a late 2010 MacBook Pro and was wondering if it was possible to take it to an Apple retail store and possibly have it upgraded. I am aware it's a few years old, but I am also aware that they can upgrade new ones in the store, so I was wondering it it was possible to upgrade mine. Is it?

Matrix X2,
based on your initial post, you have a 15-inch Mid 2010 MacBook Pro; there were no Late 2010 MacBook Pro models. Among the Mid 2010 MacBook Pros, only the 2.4 GHz 13-inch model can support 16 GB of RAM, and then only if it runs OS X 10.7.5 or later. Both the RAM and the SSDs can be non-Apple, as long as they meet the requirements* of your MacBook Pro, and both are easily self-installable. Note that you’ll need a T6 Torx screwdriver to take the four T6 Torx screws out of your current HD (which keep it in place within your MacBook Pro) and put them into your SSD.
* — Look at Chapter 3 of the little white User Guide that came with your MacBook Pro, or just look for compatibility with your model of MacBook Pro when shopping around.

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