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MBP boot time: 20 minutes!!! Help!

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ok 20 minutes exaggeration , takes mbp 15" mid-2011 model (macbookpro8,2) few minutes boot scratch/off, long or longer win7 machines. seems each month getting slower. have os x lion 10.7.4, run clamxav on demand, run onyx maintenance scripts every 2-3 weeks (deletes temp files, caches, rebuilds permissions, et al)... still sloooow boot. shutting down seems take longer too. regularly update software. can baby snapping on did first few weeks of ownership? tx suggestions.   first check see items have loading @ login in user account   Forums Macs Notebooks MacBook Pro iPhone Mac OS & System Software iPad Apple Watch Notebooks iTunes Apple ID iCloud Desktop Computers Apple Music Professional Appli...

Hard drive replacement question

hey all, last weekend when came home imac pretty unresponsive. powered down , on , took quite while. still couldn't program start up. i'm thinking hard drive dying bought replacement , thermaltake docking station. know how replace drive , confident can it. hope use docking station access old hard drive , copy it's contents new hard drive. question is, once new hard drive in, what's best way contents on without trying boot old hard drive? figure use ccc have first install os on new hard drive?   assuming successful in copying contents old hd new 1 in docking station (using ccc), new drive bootable have swap drives , done!   Forums Macs Desktops iMac iPhone Mac OS & System ...

MBP advice

hey guys i've been lurking around site quite sometime , time purchase. i'm waiting til july 25th hoping there imac refresh, if not, i'll buying macbook pro now. i've been reading pro's , con's of latest mid 2012's rmbp lately , wanted know opinions comparing against non-retina mid 2012 , october 2011 17" looking . . . mid 2012 rmbp 2.7ghz + 512gb mid 2012 cmbp 2.7ghz configured 16gb ram, ssd, , moving hdd optibay oct 2011 cmbp 17" 2.5ghz or 2.4ghz configured 16gb ram, ssd, , moving hdd optibay 3 systems priced same. oct 2011 older bigger real estate screen (that's plus me). mid 2012's got spec bump , usb3. rmbp 1st generation seems hit or miss on quality build , don't wanna deal problems others experiencing. use photoshop , logic (with vst's). thinking putting windows on drive in optibay (to run possibly fl studio , other work). let me know opinions are, particularly if had experience 3....

Next iPhone to Have Thinner, Higher Quality Screen

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the wall street journal reports next generation iphone use "in-cell" technology make screen thinner. in fact, claim mass production of screens has started. quote japanese liquid-crystal-display makers sharp corp. , japan display inc.--a new company combined 3 japanese electronics makers' display units--as south korea's lg display co. mass producing panels next iphone using so-called in-cell technology, people said. click expand... the technology integrates touch sensors lcd thereby removing separate component layer touch-screen. aside reduced thickness, improve image quality. the wall street journal claims reduce apple's costs eliminating separate suppliers each component. reports of apple's interest in "in-cell" technology not new first reports in april . kgi securities analyst ming-chi kuo took detailed look @ technology , suggested new iphone @ least 1.4mm slimmer i...

Internal Storage Upgrade

i'm looking more internal storage on mbp 7,1 think i'm goig go hdd can more storage $$. need specific gb/s? 1 i'm looking @ 3gb/s http://www.amazon.com/western-digit...2299060&sr=8-1&keywords=5400+rpm+internal+mac cache? 8mb looks common? advice great! also, pretty simple do? i'm technically literate. thanks!   you optibay, can swap optical drive harddrive bay. way can luxury of 2 hdd's or ssd/hdd combo.   Forums Macs Notebooks MacBook Pro iPhone Mac OS & System Software iPad Apple Watch Notebooks iTunes Apple ID iCloud Desktop Computers Apple Music Professional Applications iPod iWork Apple TV iLife Wireless

Review: Google Drive or iDocs?

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in recent years google has developed online document storage system. however, not easy find macbook , access internet. 2 applications, google drive , idocs, both provide opportunity view documents on iphone , ipad. let's have further these 2 apps. google drive google drive official ios version of google docs. web version, google drive application managing files. pros: ● syncs desktop , mobile apps ● google docs integration; cons: ● documents not editable ● fixed file sequence. on interface of google drive, navigation bar appear on left of screen , list of files displayed on right. of buttons can recognized. users can hardly have chance check file. problem if users want locate specific folder, have go 'my drive' find it. moreover, there 1 set order of files, result in locating problem. 1 special category in google drive 'offline' files. users can choose if want document downloaded , read offline. ...

Restore Certificate/Key from Time Machine

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hard drive destroyed , did clean install. possible me restore ios developer key/certificates time machine backup or have new ones? can't remember how process obtain them went in first place can't remember need restore or located in file system.   they should in keychain acces need apple certificate + own certificate + provisioning profile.   Forums iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch iOS Programming iPhone Mac OS & System Software iPad Apple Watch Notebooks iTunes Apple ID iCloud Desktop Computers Apple Music Professional Applications iPod iWork Apple TV iLife Wireless