User Contributed Tips, Power and Batteries, MacBook 13-inch Al (Late 2008)

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neuroanatomist - Apple notebook batteries – maintenance and troubleshooting
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Publish date: Oct 23, 2008
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Go to Applications/ Utilities/ System Profiler, and select "Power" from the menu on the left. Copy and paste here what it says about your battery.

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User Contributed Tips in The MacBook 13-inch Aluminum (Late 2008) Display

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But according to OWC it will support 8gb of RAM. http://eshop.macsales.com/Descriptions/specs/Framework.cfm?page=macbooklate08.ht ml
and also http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3
Check the Boot ROM Version in your System Profiler at this link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237
MacBooks with a Model ID of MacBook5,1 should have a Boot ROM version of MB51.007D.B03.
If your Boot ROM version does not match the numbers above, download the appropriate
For MacBooks (MacBook5,1)
MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.4 (Apple.com Download)
Once you have ensured that the Boot ROM is the correct version,
make sure your Operating System is updated to Mac OS X v10.6.6.
You must be running Snow Leopard to address 8GB on these systems.

User Contributed Tips, Ports & interfaces on MacBook Pro (Late 2008 & 2009)

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Thanks again for your help Rod!
One of the first things I tried was different combinations of devices to see if it may have been the device just not powering up. The main device I use is an official Apple wired keyboard, because at home I connect my MBP to my monitor and use a separate keyboard and mouse. I have tried other devices too with the same result, they only work when the dock is connected. I have tried connecting my iPhone via USB cable, i have a 16GB SanDisk Cruzer flash drive, which only lights up if the dock is connected, and I have a 4 port USB hub with a power LED on it, which again only lights up when the dock is connected.
I looked in system profiler, and it says the USB ports are there, but doesn't recognise any devices plugged in, other than the dock. However, when the dock is plugged in, for example, it recognises the Apple keyboard in the other port.
I took two screen shots, one of system profiler without the dock plugged in (USB keyboard still plugged in but not showing up), and another of when I plugged the dock in.
Without Dock:
With Dock:
It might be worth pointing out that the HDD dock has two USB ports on it, which is what is highlighted in the second pic.
I have also tried rebooting the computer with devices already attached but with the same result again. I've tried booting it with the dock and the keyboard attached, with just the keyboard, with just the dock, but either way unless the dock is connected, nothing else will work via USB.
I just want to say thanks again Rod, it's very kind of you to spend your time trying to help me, and it is really appreciated!
I'm going to contact Apple support shortly and see if they can offer a solution, or see if I can send it in for repair, which I am reluctant to do seeing as it's my only computer
Cheers!
Gav

MacBook 13-inch Aluminum (Late 2008) to Sony Bravia KDL-40W5800

Hello forum,
I am looking to buy a Sony Bravia KDL-40W5800 (Sony link, Amazon link) in the near future. I am going to be using it to play PS3, watch television and DVDs/Blu-Rays, but also I would like to be able to connect my MacBook to it if I wish to. I have been reading the forum and have come across numerous users that have problems connecting their MacBook to their HD-TVs.
So my questions are:
What adapter cables do I need to connect the two devices (I already own the Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, if that's any help) correctly?
Is the Sony Bravia KDL-40W5800 compatible with the MacBook and does anyone have any experience with the TV itself? If so, I would be grateful for any kind of feedback.
Thank you in advance,
XtremeFluX

Hi,
I have been using my macbook (late 2008 2.4 ghz) with my Sony Bravia (KDL 26S2030) for about a year now. I use Mini Display port to VGA and then into my PC input. I am perfectly happy with the picture quality (although you may want to fiddle with you custom settings) and I have never had any issues.
When I was looking originally I came across tons of people who had problems with connecting the Macbook to their monitors. However there was a patch that came out (maybe last march) and so I bought my equipment after that and the mac always connects properly (although be sure to turn your TV on before to put the mini display port in). You will need to calibrate it and that will be that.
I hope that helps a bit.

What do I need to connect my Macbook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) to my TV?

Hi All
I want connect my TV to my Macbook to watch catch up TV on the TV, I need picture and sound to come throught the TV. My TV has HDMI slots and a PC input connection (Blue in colour with 15 holes).
Can anyone tell me what it is I need?
Thanks

Heres the connection options I have on the back of the TV.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/...h/IMAG0096.jpg

An external drive for my MacBook 13-inch Aluminium (Late 2008)

My 250GB x 2.4GHz MacBook with 2GB RAM now only has 87 GB available. I'm sure that the main reason for this is the 15,000 + images I have saved in iPhoto. Of course, it's pretty slow to do anything at all these days, too, so I'm thinking I'll take advantage of a few days off to 'renovate' my MacBook.
I would be very grateful if anyone could advise whether my thinking is correct or a bit wrong ....
First, I would like to get an External Hard Drive (Macpower SK-3500 S2 eSATA/USB2.0 - 1.5TB) and move ALL my images from my MacBook to this external drive. I would also like to partition this external drive so that I could use it as an additional backup drive (in addition to my 500GB Time Capsule).
I would then like to do an 'Erase and Install' and update my OS to 10.6. The reason for the 'Erase and Install' is because I (stupidly, because I didn't know what I was doing) chose to format my drive as Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) which causes me all sorts of problems whenever I have to access any Adobe created documents because it simply refuses to print them (Adobe says that it doesn't support any Case-sensitive formatted drives).
So, if I free up as much disk space as possible by putting all my images and, perhaps, all my iTunes music on the external drive then re-format my drive to Mac OS Extended, Journaled and install OS X 10.6 should my MacBook become a snappy MacBook once more or is it doomed to be slow for the rest of its life???
Any suggestions would be very gratefully received.
Cheers

You should increase the size of your memory (aka memory). I upgraded to 4 GB. Your MacBook model (same as mine) was tested and found to hold up to 6GB of memory.
I recommend this upgrade before upgrading anything else. I highly recommend http://www.macsales.com/ for all purchases. You should plan on spending around $50 for 4Gb (2x2GB) or $100 for 6GB (1x4GB, 1x2GB). The more memory you have, the faster the laptop will be.
Upgrading hard drive can only speed up the MacBook if you buy a hard drive with a higher number of RPM than your current hard drive, such as going from a 5400RPM to a 7200RPM. The fastest hard drive you will find will be a SSD (solid state drive), but they are much more expensive per GB than typical hard drives because SSD's use flash memory. The Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB costs about $600, for example.
Before any purchases, check to see what hardware is compatible with your Macbook, then read reviews of this type of product that is within your price range.
FYI: The storage (aka hard drive) and memory are the only upgradable features on this MacBook.

I am unable to upgrade to Mavericks from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on a MacBook (Model 4,1)(Late 2008). It show an error "OS X Maveriscks cannot be installed on this computer" What shall I do ?

It show an error "OS X Maveriscks cannot be installed on this computer" What shall I do ?

MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
From here > OS X Mavericks: System Requirements

User Contributed Tips in the MacBook Pro (Late 2008) Power and Batteries

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Publish date: Oct 23, 2008
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The management is quite easy. You can move your Documents, Movies, Music, and Pictures folders to another drive and then replace them in the original location with aliases.
Select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "alias." This will provide a help file on creating and using aliases.

User Contributed Tips, MacBook Pro (Original) Power and Batteries, MB Pro

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Frani wrote:
Hi Martin, thanks for your response, I'll have a good read through that article. Just to fire some more facts at you:
My superdrive has been playing up intermittently for a while. Sometime it wont read the content on CDs / DVDs - usually copied / PC & Mac written discs, not commercial ones. However I haven't been trying to read and discs when the problems have happened.
I upgraded my hard drive from a 320Gb to a 500Gb disc about 6 months ago and the switch was done by a competent Apple Authorized Service Provider. For a few weeks after the new drive had been installed there were a few occasions where the disc was making some noise, like a clicking noise. This would start and go on for a minute or so then seem to dye down and stop. It happened a total of about 10-15 times but when I reported this to the person that fitted my new hard drive he assured me he felt it was unlikely to cause a problem. he did say that if it went on to be an issue they would replace the drive of course. Like I said this was all done about 6 months ago and the clicking noises only happened a handful of times in the first month or so after the install and it did have one bad crash in this time but since then it has been fine.
I just wondered if you thought either of the above might be a cause of the issue?
Thanks
Frani,
I think the optical drive is not your problem, but it sounds like it needs replacement. There's a 75% chance it's your hard drive. Read the article on kernel panics. It takes time to diagnose the issue, but if you get TechTools and run a full diagnostic, you might find out if it's a hardware issue. But fix permissions and clean out your cache first, just in case it's a simple fix.

User Contributed Tips, MacBook (Original) Power and Batteries on a MacBook

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neuroanatomist - Apple notebook batteries – maintenance and troubleshooting
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Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional—ask if you need guidance.
If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
Apple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.

User Contributed Tips, MacBook Air Battery and Power on MacBook Air forum

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neuroanatomist - Apple notebook batteries – maintenance and troubleshooting
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Publish date: Oct 23, 2008
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Power or other problems related to unexpected system sleep, shutdown, lights or fans call for an SMC reset:
Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.

User Contributed Tips, PowerBook G4 (15-inch Titanium) Power and Batteries

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Cornelius:
Thanks for the info. Today I was not connected to the internet, i had my sys preferences set to never sleep, never screen saver and about half way through ripping a DVD with handbrake, my powerpc G4, was back at the login screen!! I logged back in and everything was gone/shut down. I had a half ripped movie and all programs were shut down? Today I also ran apple hardware tests from the disk, techtool pro 4 and everything passed so i dont know why this keeps shutting down?? Is there anymore tests i can run from the OSX tiger disk? Heres what the console and sys log looked like after the restart:
Console:Mac OS X Version 10.4.10 (Build 8R218)
2007-09-03 17:45:29 -0500
2007-09-03 17:45:30.411 loginwindow[1385] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -43
2007-09-03 17:45:30.412 loginwindow[1385] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -43
2007-09-03 17:45:38.231 SystemUIServer[1399] lang is:en
Sys:
Sep 3 17:39:17 -Computer /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
Sep 3 17:39:21 -Computer loginwindow[1385]: Login Window Started Security Agent

User Contributed Tips, PowerBook G4 12-inch Power and Batteries

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Wow, that's amazing. Sometimes I wonder... (but I won't say anything per TOS).
YES, our 12-inch PowerBooks, the little mighty ultra-portable that could, can be used with 23-inch displays, if you are referring to Part No. M9178LL/A.
http://www.apple.com/displays/specs.html
As you said, you just need the Mini-DVI to DVI adapter, which should have come in the box with your PowerBook. (I'm sure you know that the other adapter is Mini-DVI to VGA, and will not fit if you tried). If you don't have one, you can get them at Apple (retail and online) for $19.95, or even at Best Buy.
Note that Best Buy sells Apple's adapter, and their own "Dynex" brand which is a bit cheaper. (That is, if your Best Buy has the Apple Shop inside). Or, if you have a CompUSA near you--yes, I know people, they are closing down--you might be able to get one at a discount.

User Contributed Tips, PowerBook G4 17-inch Power and Batteries forum

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Cornelius:
Thanks for the info. Today I was not connected to the internet, i had my sys preferences set to never sleep, never screen saver and about half way through ripping a DVD with handbrake, my powerpc G4, was back at the login screen!! I logged back in and everything was gone/shut down. I had a half ripped movie and all programs were shut down? Today I also ran apple hardware tests from the disk, techtool pro 4 and everything passed so i dont know why this keeps shutting down?? Is there anymore tests i can run from the OSX tiger disk? Heres what the console and sys log looked like after the restart:
Console:Mac OS X Version 10.4.10 (Build 8R218)
2007-09-03 17:45:29 -0500
2007-09-03 17:45:30.411 loginwindow[1385] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -43
2007-09-03 17:45:30.412 loginwindow[1385] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -43
2007-09-03 17:45:38.231 SystemUIServer[1399] lang is:en
Sys:
Sep 3 17:39:17 -Computer /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
Sep 3 17:39:21 -Computer loginwindow[1385]: Login Window Started Security Agent

User Contributed Tips, iBook G4 Power, Battery and your iBook G4 forum

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For anyone experiencing the same issues, I wanted to post a supplementary and final post on this issue.
Several days in with the 253 cycle battery, I noted the following:
1) The iBook breezed along with the power connected. Essentially it was back to its old self.
2) Unplugged, it developed occasional freeze tendencies when the power dipped below 40-50%.
3) The iBook passed every test I threw at it. I could find nothing obvious in any of the logs to suggest a hardware problem (other than a kaput battery).
Almost certainly its probably a power issue although I suspect the HD may not have years of useful life. I swithered about replacing the battery with a new Apple battery, a NewerTech battery or another 3rd party replacement battery. After some thought, we bit the bullet and retired the iBook and we now have a white unibody MacBook. Depending on its saleability, the iBook may well be destined to live on as an entertainment device/traveling Mac as it is still a solid performer for lighter tasks.
Upshot: when your iBook starts behaving weirdly, take a look at the battery health.
Thanks
Gareth

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