Category: macbook

  • How to Find an Apple Product's 'Reparability Score'

    How to Find an Apple Product's 'Reparability Score'

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Thanks to new economic regulations in France, it’s now easier to judge the reparability of Apple’s products anywhere in the world. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Set Up Your New MacBook

    How to Set Up Your New MacBook

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Can you remember the last time you wiped your MacBook and reinstalled everything? I’d guess somewhere around “never,” but there are plenty of reasons you might want to Exterminatus your system, ranging from the serious (a major error with macOS) to the so-so (your system feels sluggish after all the…

  • How to Restore Your M1 Mac if macOS Won't Reinstall

    How to Restore Your M1 Mac if macOS Won't Reinstall

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple’s first generation of M1 Macs is slick, but some early adopters are running into a strange error that can render a new computer unusable. Those attempting to perform a full restore of macOS on an M1-equipped Mac or MacBook before upgrading to macOS Big Sur might experience a system-stopping warning…

  • How to Use Energy Saver Settings on Mac for Better Battery & Power Management

    How to Use Energy Saver Settings on Mac for Better Battery & Power Management

    Go to OSX Daily to read How to Use Energy Saver Settings on Mac for Better Battery & Power Management If you’re using a desktop Mac, like an iMac or Mac Pro, you’re probably less concerned about power management than someone using something like a MacBook. But there are still chances to reduce your home…

  • How to Get $300 Off the 2019 MacBook Pro

    How to Get $300 Off the 2019 MacBook Pro

    Read full article: at LifeHacker If you’re looking for a new MacBook, B&H Photo and Amazon are selling the 2019 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models for between $150 and $300 off their regular prices. For the MacBook Pro in particular, that’s the best discount we’ve seen yet. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Extend the Life of Your MacBook's Battery

    How to Extend the Life of Your MacBook's Battery

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple is dropping a new feature into macOS Catalina 10.15.5 that changes how your MacBook charges, which should hopefully allow you to squeak more life out of your device’s Achilles’ heel: its battery. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Enable the Classic Mac Startup Chime

    How to Enable the Classic Mac Startup Chime

    Read full article: at LifeHacker Donnnnnng. The classic Mac chime is a glorious way to let yourself know that your Mac is booting back up after a shutdown or reboot. But if I’m right, this friendly noise has been missing most new Macs for years. (I only have a MacBook Pro, and I can confirm…

  • What Do the F1, F2, F3, Through F12 Keys Do on Mac Keyboards?

    What Do the F1, F2, F3, Through F12 Keys Do on Mac Keyboards?

    Go to OSX Daily to read What Do the F1, F2, F3, Through F12 Keys Do on Mac Keyboards? If you’re sat in front of your Mac now, take a look down at your keyboard. Sure, it has all of the characters you’d expect from a keyboard, but there are some keys along the top…

  • How to Tell If the FAA Has Banned Your MacBook Pro From Flying

    How to Tell If the FAA Has Banned Your MacBook Pro From Flying

    Photo: Shutterstock On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration officially banned select MacBook Pros from U.S. flights. This news comes months after Apple voluntarily recalled some laptops for overheated batteries that posed fire risks. On August 1, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency also warned airlines of the risks of flying with recalled laptops; this week,…

  • How to Get Your MacBook Ready to Sell

    How to Get Your MacBook Ready to Sell

    Photo: David Murphy I’m getting rid of my MacBook. It’s nothing personal; I have to swap out my G/O Media-owned device for another, slightly slower MacBook. It’s an annoying process, but it doesn’t take a lot of time. In fact, it probably took me more time to come up with the “checklist of things I…