Which mac notebook is required as a start to develop iphone apps?

I would like to learn how to write iphone and ipad apps but need to purchase a mac first. What is the minimum mac notebook that will work for this? Do I need to buy the mac pro or will a mac air suffice?

Adding to what Linc Davis says above, you can also use an additional display to make an "Extended Desktop" for more space on the screen. Windows can be moved freely between displays and can even be split across displays.
You just need to register as a developer and "sign" the agrrement, then download Developer Tools and install.

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Develop iPhone Apps - which MAC?

Hi,
our company have a budget to buy MacBooks for developing iPhone Apps.
My question is: What is the cheapest MAC which we require to develop iPhone Apps?
Does we need a MacBook Pro?
Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Michael

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I will create a new Thread in the developer board.
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I bought macbook pro used one because i wanna start to develop ios apps and i need Mavericks if it is a possible my mac is 10.6 please help me apple

i bought macbook pro used one because i wanna start to develop ios apps and i need Mavericks if it is a possible my mac is 10.6 please help me apple
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.47f2
Serial Number (system): W8******66D
Hardware UUID: *****
Sudden Motion Sensor:
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Which Mac Notebook? Thanks.

I'm setting up a recording studio using Garageband. The studio will be used to produce a financial radio show where I'll be recording about 5 tracks simultaneously. (3 vocal mics, one phone line, and some soundbyte samples.) Each "session" will be 30 minutes to 45 minutes long and I'll be using a Presonous pt-10 interface. With all that in mind, what is the cheapest Mac Notebook I could purchase to accomplish the task? (with what kind of processor, hard drive space, etc?) Finally, if you strongly suggest another computer that isn't the cheapest option, please explain why it's worth the extra money. Thank you!

Ask in the Garageband discussion forum.

Which Mac OS is required for iCloud?

Bonjour,
I'd like to know if it is required to have Mac OS Lion to use iCloud or will it operate with other Mac OS, if so, which ones?
"(En français) Quels sont les systèmes d'exploitation Mac compatibles pour iCloud?"
Merci,
Jean-Paul

Jean-Paul, You might find this info useful:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4929?viewlocale=en_US
I'm running Leopard and currently have no desire to upgrade to Lion.
I'm thinking of buying an iPhone 4s, but I would not sync an iPhone via iCloud to my Mac. I guess I'm just a luddite when it comes to cloud computing. Don't like the thought of so much of my personal data out on someone's server.

Which Mac Notebook should I get?

Im a first year student in college, going in this fall. I plan on doing regular school work, multitasking, and from time to time some basic photo and video editing. Portability would be nice, but it isnt a deciding factor. Ii need a machine that can handle some basic programming apps (matlab, ect.) as well, and daily use wihtout sacrificing the speed and not overheating the computer either. I was looking into the new retina macbook, and I can afford it but is it worth the price? I would be getting the base model with the 256gb HD and 8gb RAM, which I dont necessarily think the HD would be an issue capacity wise, and Im not sure about the RAM but again I dont think I would be running vigorous programs which would require more RAM.
Any advice?

The general answer is buy what your budget can afford. For the new Retina display money, you'd be paying a premium for the SSD and display, but it's an extremely capable machine. So are the other MacBook Pros. They may not be quite as fast, but they are still very capable machines and are more expandable than the Retina model or the MacBook Air.
If you plan on using it outside regularly or in rooms with a lot of windows, the retina model supposed is vastly improved over the last generation MBP glossy screens. But the regular MacBook Pros offer non-glossy screen options (for extra $) - at least they did a few weeks ago. The retina model doesn't have a CD drive, while the standard MBPs do.
I'm still using a 2006 MacBook Pro with a faster HD and added RAM, and it's still a capable machine. At 1.83 GHZ it still does everything well, so you can consider the MacBook Air too, since it's about the same GHZ as mine and a much newer faster processor.
I didn't hear anythingbthatbyou intended to do with it that any of their laptops wouldn't do well. In general, the more you pay, the longer you'll be able to use it before it becomes obsolete, so a lot of the extra cost washes out because you delay buying another computer and the yearly effective cost is similar.

Which mac notebook is best for me?

Hello forum it's almost black friday and I'm a college student and what I'll be doing with the computer is your music, research papers, web browsing, netflix very little travel. I would like the computer to run fast and last me a while about 5 years. I'm debating the regular 13' inch pro with upgraded i7 and 8gb OR second tier 13 inch pro retina with i5 and last 13 inch air with upgraded i7 and 8gb ram. They are all about the same most and I know the differences between them. Its hard deciding which to buy?

If "high-end" games are your main interest, you don't
want the entry level Mini or the Mini Server because
the use the Intel HD3000 integrated graphics.
The only one with discrete graphics is the 2.5 GHz i5 or
the 2.7 GHz i7 option. This may be able to handle what
you want but will defer to gamers comments on that.
Personally, I would go with the i7 as CPU performance is
always a good thing to have around and will also handle
video crunching better.
As far as RAM just go right to 8 gig, but buy it
from OWC or Newegg as Apple's is way over priced.

Can MacBook Air (1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM) be used to start developing iPhone apps?

I want to begin developing some simple iPhone apps. I have a MacBook Air (1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM). is this sufficient hardware?

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I want to begin developing some simple iPhone apps.
Yes.

My Mac notebook does no longer recognise my external keyboard which was connected by a USB cable. I have checked the keyboard on other Mac notebooks and it works fine. Any suggestions?

My Mac notebook does no longer recognise my external keyboard which was connected by a USB cable. I have checked the keyboard on other Mac notebooks and it works fine. Any suggestions?

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TS2570 This evening I installed a new internal hard drive in my Mac notebook as recommended by the Apple Store. The Mac notebook was an older model that was purchased through Ebay and didn't come with a start-up DVD. Where can I get a DVD to format my M

Can anyone please advise me as to how to obtain the correct DVD to re-format my new hard drive? I had taken my computer to the nearest Apple store when I first discovered the problem with the gray screen, and was advised to purchase a new hard drive over the Internet for my computer since it was over 5 years old. The Apple associate never mentioned anything about needing the original disc to finish the installation. Now I've invested money in this new disc as well as the time taken to install it, and I still don't have a working Mac notebook. How can I fix this problem without a lot of additional cost. This computer had been my son's originally, and he can not locate the DVD that came with this Mac. Please help!!!

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Which Mac should I choose? I have a 13 inch and will up upgrading to a 15 inch but which Mac should I choose? Thanks!

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I have a Mac notebook and back up to time capsule. I Got a message that my statup disc is almost full and I need to delete files. Not sure which files it means and will i lose my files if they are saved on the time capsule.

Visit
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About TM "Backup Drive is Full"
Alert TM only deletes older files if they have been deleted from the source and when TM needs space on the backup drive for a new incremental backup. Time Machine "thins" it's backups; hourly backups over 24 hours old, except the first of the day; those "daily" backups over 30 days old, except the first of the week. The weeklies are kept as long as there's room.
So, how long a backup file remains depends on how long it was on your Mac before being deleted, assuming you do at least one backup per day. If it was there for at least 24 hours, it will be kept for at least a month. If it was there for at least a week, it will be kept as long as there's room.
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Once TM has found it cannot free up enough space for a new backup it reports the disk is full. You can either erase the backup drive and start your backups anew or replace the drive with a larger drive.

Moving from Mac notebook/10.4.11/iMovie6 to Mac Pro/10.5.2/iMovie 08

Hi. I'm sure information exists here about this but I've tried searching on "where files", ".mov", "imovie6 and iMovie 08", etc. and haven't quite found what I was looking for.
I have an old Mac notebook on which I made exactly one movie with an earlier version of iMovie and iDVD. When I upgraded at one point to iMovie6 and opened it, I upgraded the movie to that format. I don't think I ever opened iDVD6.
I now have a new Mac Pro and I want to move over my movie from my old computer but I have the following questions:
1) Should I open the movie in iDVD6 first and upgrade it to that new format?
2) What files do I need to move? I have the folder
~/Movies/My Movie/
where there are four files: My Movie.iMovie2Project; My Movie.mov; My Movie; and My Movie~
there are also folders: audio waveforms, cache, media, and shared movies
~/DVD Files/My Movie.dvdproj
I guess I should move all these but I really don't know which ones are for what and what I have to save to backup my movie both in final form and in a format that allows me to edit it in the future.
3) Since my new computer does not have iMovie6, should I (a) download it and run it concurrently with iMovie 08 or (b) convert My Movie to iMovie 08 format?
I've read threads which say you can run both of these at the same time. I've also read some threads where it seems like there could be an issue running iMovie6 on 10.5.2 which is what is on my computer.
I'm not heavily invested in iMovie6 and I'm happy to just use iMovie 08 for my next movie. I'd like to know what is so different between the two that people feel a need to run both.
Lastly, if it matters, I don't use iPhoto anymore. I did when I made the original iMovie. I now use Adobe Lightroom for photo management and I bought iDive software to manage video clips a while ago which I can use or not use, depending on what works with the version of iMovie I use.
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Thanks,
Deena

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#1-iDVD is for burning your Movies/Slideshows to a video DVD for playback on a set-top DVD
player.
#2-you need to move the iMovie Project from your Movies folder-the project will contain all the
assets used in it-video, photos, music, etc... i usually put project on a portable drive, then copy
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project in iM08.
#3-those of us who have used iMovie for several years seem to prefer the long established use of
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plug-ins. look @ the interfaces of the 2 versions to see the differences & why some dislike iM08
or say go w/ both. i run both on my newer Macs, w/ no issues, i like iMovie08 for quick photo
slideshows. you chose not to use iPhoto or Aperture... so only you can decide what you want to
do-run iMovie 6, 8 or both or choose a higher level of editing w/ FCE/FCS or Adobe Premiere.
try both iMovie versions, then choose.
good luck.

Which CS Master Suite Products CS2,3,4,5,5.5,6 work with which Mac OSx 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8?

You have no idea what a journey it has been to try to find the answer to all of this. Here is my stab which is open for input.
Which CS Master Suite Products CS2,3,4,5,5.5,6 work with which Mac OSx 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8?
- When I recently installed 10.6 on a 10.5 Macbook Pro with CS2 Master Suite, I lost all access to CS2. End of story. Unhappy ending at that.
- I have CS4 Master Suite on a MacPro using OS 10.6.8, but my understanding is that if I go to 10.7, I lose all access to CS4. Another bad solution.
- Apparently the same is true of CS5 and 5.5. If one goes to 10.7, you will no longer be able to use those programs.
- The only Master Suite that is 10.8 compatible is CS6. New price $2,599, or $999 upgrade from CS5 or 5.5.
32bit vs 64bit
And to look at 32 bit vs 64 bit briefly. My CS4 Master Suite for Mac has two 64 bit programs, Premiere and After Effects. The Windows version of the same program also included Photoshop as 64bit.
- I assume that as CS Suites went from CS4 to 5 to 5.5 and then to CS6, that more and more programs take advantage of the 64 bit architecture. I don't know the specifics however. Would like to know.
- Also the MacOS has done the same. The newer the operating systems, the more the system takes advantage of mulitple processors, ram, and 64 bit architecture. Again, not sure of the sweet spot here.
And then there was the cloud!
Not sure what to do with that information.
- Great, new products updates all the time
     - downside, what if the updates outgrow my computer? Size and technology?
     - What if the updates outgrow my system software?
     - What if I want to open a cs4 document 5 years from now?
          - do I have to subsribe forever?
          - if I have CS6 on my computer, do some work, and want to open it 10 years from now, I still have the software and a computer.
     - Cost of $30 a month on a special, but $50 a month normally. Sounds cheap month to month, but after two years of $50, I have spent $1,200 on a product that I don't own!
Anyway, all of this comes up because I have multiple versions of Master Suite. I have multiple computers with various versions, and it all goes to crap if I upgrade the system software, or Adobe no longer supports the older versions. This is my contribution to the discussion. Apparently Adobe support had no archived articles to answer any of my questions, they suggested I look online. Great help. As I say, I don't much trust Adobe as my business partner anymore. I think I will work my way towards CS6 and see how long that takes me with Apple system upgrades. I'm not sure what OS 10.9, and beyond may bring as it relates to Adobe products, but I do need to get past my old 32bit applications running on an 8 core machine with 32gig of ram.
Which brings up one final point. I have Imac with 4 gig ram, Macbook pro with 8gig of ram, and MacPro with 32 gig ram. Will 4 gig ram run Cloud CS master suite? Its a worm hole that just keeps getting deeper! I have to find a place on that slope that is cost effective and allows me to hold my position for a few years until I can see how Adobe treats its cloud cutomers, and how well Adobe and Apple play together.
If you have any links to addtional information about various CS programs and which are ported to 64 bit, that would be helpful. I read some things about Rosetta and Java being the culprits in various upgrades to CS programs and the new Mac OS systems.
Also, if you have any work arounds to get CS5.5 to run on OS 10.7 or 10.8, curious to hear about those as well. As I understand it, 10.8 no longer includes the previous Java or Rosetta applications, but I was under the impression that they could be installed after.

Long story short: Simply get CC for teams. At 500 bucks a year it's a steal and those 5 licenses in the base package (or was it 10 even?) cover all your computers, at least the 3 ones you mentioned. For system requirements refer to the individual product pages.
Mylenium

My Macbook Pro has a black screen when running in Bootcamp Windows 7. Since I updated the mac side my windows side now starts up with completely black screen - no prompt, nothing, Cap keys still light up as does mouse and DVD drive seems to run.

My Macbook Pro has a black screen when running in Bootcamp Windows 7. Since I updated the mac side my windows side now starts up with completely black screen - no prompt, nothing, Cap keys still light up as does mouse and DVD drive seems to run.
Will not show up in safe mode, will not show when started from Windows 7 DVD.
I suspect the Mac update wiped out my PC video drivers but can not think of a way to re-install?
Can see the PC volume from Mac side with files.
I've looked at all the online solutions so far and have tried most of them without success. Please help!
Specs:
2009 Macbook Pro, 3.06 GHz Intel 2 core, Max 10.6.8.
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro5,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MBP52.008E.B05
SMC Version (system):          1.42f4
Serial Number (system):          7302300GANE
Hardware UUID:          B2D4B4B4-CD92-5C7A-BDC2-527D30DD8DF3
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:          Enabled

EDIT: RESOLVED
For anyone else who finds their way here like I did, this link did it for me: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/527599/windows-8-issues-solved-please-r ead-if-you-39-re-having-black-screen-and-or-flickering-/
Specifically, the posts by Dunsany and valkyr did the trick. I booted in safe mode, uninstalled and deleted the Nvidia driver, disabled automatic driver installation, and restarted normally. I then manually downloaded and installed the previous Nvidia driver for my graphics card (which at the time of this writing was 335.23, rather than the latest which was 337.88), and everything is now bueno!
Two hiccoughs along the way: First, when I tried to uninstall the Nvidia driver the first time, when I restarted I got the login screen (which was a good sign), but it quickly went black again. I powered down, restarted in safe mode again, and repeated the uninstallation process, and it worked the second time. Second, when I started the manual install of the 335.23 driver, the computer played a sound similar to the one for disconnecting a USB device, and the screen went black. I'd seen a lot about trying to increase the brightness (though it hadn't worked up to this point; but if you haven't tried it yet, might as well); I tried it, and it worked! So far I'm back up and running. [/fingers crossed]
Hope this helps someone else!

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