Category: MacBook Pro
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my MacBook on macOS Sequoia does not connect to the Apple Store
My MacBook cannot connect to the Apple Store and update the utilities. It can also not get new utilities installed. It is actually on macOS Sequoia Beta 15.0 . I am looking forward to the next release of macOS Sequoia. Hopefully this MacBook will be able to connect to the Apple Store again then.
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macOS: my MacBook had its colours “inversed” / mangled all of a sudden
Accidentally I got one of the shortcuts wrong, and my MacBook’s colours were all mangled. This is how I got that issue fixed: System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Invert colours
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Apple MacBook Pro 2009 17″ – new battery, new screws – and the MacBook and its touchpad work properly again
https://www.cyberport.de/apple-und-zubehoer/apple-zubehoer/zubehoer-mac/akkus/lmp/pdp/1b17-00a/lmp-batterie-macbook-pro-17-alu-unibody-early-2009-mid-2010.html – comes with a one-year-guarantee https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00Y3KT0P4/ https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01HXA02FM The old battery (505 cycles, manufacturer: DP) had swelled considerably and had disrupted normal operation of the touchpad for years. Now I can work on the new battery (manufacture: LMP) for at least of couple of hours; I can unplug the MacBook at least overnight; I can…
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upgrading my MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009) from El Capitan to High Sierra fails
https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/upgrading-from-el-capitan-to-high-sierra-wont-download/ Attempting “FREE UPGRADE” on OS X El Capitain leads to: We could not complete your purchase. This version of macOS 10.13.6 cannot be installed on this computer. Attempting to Download macOS Sierra leads to: We could not complete your purchase. This version of macOS 10.12.6 cannot be installed on this computer.
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the spec for my future MacBook Pro/Retina
I would still love to have a 17″ display, but apparently they don’t want to resp. cannot offer this (for the time being). Of course I would love to have as much RAM as possible (esp. for running my Windows and the opensuse GUI virtual machines), but apparently the difference between 8 and 16 GB…
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learning from others – a temporary home-worker’s experience
I really enjoyed working with my design profession mate yesterday. He brought his MacBook with him, and I also learned from him, what the MacBook substitute for the scroll-wheel is: a two-finger wiping over the touchpad.
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my Mac now connects through my UMTS USB modem
I have been using my “XS Stick W12” from 4g-systems.com for almost a year on my EeePC running WinXP and also on my FRITZ!Box 7270. Now I can also make use of it on my Mac Book Pro. Splendid. Looks like 4g-systems.com now sell their current model (XS Stick W14) w/o branding and SIM-lock for…
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my Mac now prints on the colour laser printer attached to the FRITZ!Box router
The Samsung CLP-315 gets accessed via “HP JetDirect”. Yesterday I wasn’t able to set it up as network printer and let it find the driver on Samsung’s CD. Today I let Samsung’s printer installation routine set up a local printer (which isn’t actually installed), but at least the driver got installed somewhere on OS X,…