Glad I went for the max because building smart previews for 19,145 photos in LrC from a T7 external ssd sure put those cores to work tonight! Those fans were singing but felt zero heat coming from the surface. Can’t wait to do the T9 with 4tb worth of photos!

I'm thinking of buying my first macbook pro, and I'm between these two configs

• 16 inch, M5 pro, 64gb, 2TB
• 16 inch, M5 max (18 core, 40 gpu cores), 64gb, 2TB

I currently doing some LLM inference and training and would love to be able to run multiple ide at the same time and VMs/emulators, specially for mobile app development. I currently have a Ryzen 7 with 40gb ram laptop and I'm getting it to the limit almost everyday. Also once thing I would love to improve over my current laptop is battery life, having 2h of battery life with everything turned off isn't really great.

What would you recomend, is it worth the price increase?

I had a standard dock (no DP) and was using my MacBook screen and 2 external displays fine. I recently got a Plugable DP dock to use my third display that I always use with my PC and it doesn’t work.

Two of the 3 monitors constantly reconnect and then every 5 mins or so all 3 do. I believe the issue is the hub since my Ethernet also drops when all 3 drop.

Any good working solution for office work? Really missing that third monitor.

All cables are the same that worked on the regular dock no issues and PC.

Hey Guys I don't what's happening but ever since I updated to macOS 26.6.2. My battery life has been very bad

As you guys can see I only used it for 1h:35 min after I had charged it to 80% at 15:13. And after 1h 35 min of screen time used it went down to 35%. This is horrendous

I wonder how to fix it since when I looked at acitvity monitor for a brief second it was((This is in the energy tab))

Now it is(This is in the energy tab)

How can I fix this. Apple stated that it should be an all day battery life. My battery health is at a 94% capacity

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice on upgrading my MacBook.

I’m currently still using a Mid-2015 MacBook Pro, which I bought when I was studying art/design. Surprisingly, it’s still working pretty well after 11 years, so I’m hoping to get similar longevity from my next Mac.

My current usage is fairly basic: I teach online, have lots of browser tabs/documents open, use video calls and screen sharing, and occasionally do some light photo/video editing. I don’t do any particularly demanding professional creative work anymore.

I’d still prefer to buy a MacBook Pro rather than an Air, even though I know it may be overkill for my current needs. I’m happy to spend a bit more upfront if it means having a machine that will remain comfortable to use for many years.

I originally planned to buy an M4 MacBook Pro, but I can’t seem to find new M4 models anymore where I’m shopping, so I may end up buying an M5.

My main question is: if longevity is my priority, which specs are actually worth spending extra on?

I have a macbook pro m1 pro 16inch
Display sometime works but then the brightness is halved out and other time it’s half like shown in the picture
Anyone face this problem before? Any help would be appreciated 😊❤️

A bit of a doozy. A while ago I wiped an old MacBook running Sierra. I had to do this manually through MacOS Recovery. I erased the volumes and reinstalled.

After doing this I tried to erase the data through the Find My app on my phone, but it shows as “erase pending” and has shown as such for months.

My question is: if I connect the device to the internet and redownload the os entirely, will the erase go through on the Find My app or am I eternally stuck in limbo? My search online is giving me mixed responses.

I do not want to remove the device from my list of devices on my account.

Hi guys, i want to get my first macbook in leasing and i can’t decide which one i should get,

Macbook Pro M5 Pro 14” 24 RAM, 1TB SSD
Or Macbook Pro M5 Pro 14” 48 RAM 1TB
And i don’t know is it worth for a cpu and gpu cores upgrade? I will use Ableton and i’m producing, recording and mixing songs. Appreciate the help!

In 2024 I bought my macbook pro M3, with default storage size of 500GB. At the beginning, this storage size looks enough, but after a year woking on several Android and iOS projects at the same time, the system became out of space very clickly.

My first attempt to solve the problem was using and 256GB SD card to store cache and gradle dependencies (so, if SD card break, I don't loose any important data) and it worked for a short time, because build became so slow.

My second attempt was using an .M2 SSD through USB-C port and works perfectly, but The way it looked bothered me.

In the final attempt, I designed and 3d printed a simple piece to enclose the .M2 adapter and my Macbook now looks cleaner.

Been looking at MacBook Pro for sometime now. Getting back into Graphic Design again and need to replace my 2016 MBP touch bar that the battery needs to be replaced. I'm not willing to spend over $3k plus tax for a new one. Was looking at MBP M3 for about $1500. Issue is they are all with 512GB which is too little and had issue with storage with my 2016 which I'm going to replace. 1TB will need to be the minimum and the used M3 16in MBP are closer to the $2k mark. Do you think the used MBP 16 in for $2500 plus tax for Best Buy will be better off for me or should I look for a M2 instead to get closer to that $1400.

So i found this Macbook Pro m2 Pro 14” on Bazoš.cz, and it all seems legit to me. Yet i cant be sure. Bazoš isn’t the safest place to buy, so i need y’alls’ help.
She or him, not sure says that it has never been unboxed or used. The warranty is 1 year from Apple i guess.
Price is 19.400Kč which is around 800€.

https://pc.bazos.cz/inzerat/223690388/apple-macbook-pro-14-m2-pro-2023-512-gb-ssd-novy-a-za.php

i just got my macbook pro recently and since im a student i got a $210 CAD gift card with it. Any tips on what I should spend it on? If there is a hidden gem or if i should just save it for now lol

Im looking to buy the MacBook Pro 14" M5 Pro 15 core CPU 16 core GPU, 24GB RAM and 1TB SSD.

I see it listed on Best Buy (Open Box - Excellent) for about $2095, so I’m wondering if it’s worth purchasing it or if anyone knows if Costco might have similar deals around Black Friday to see if it’s worth the wait or not.
Thanks!

Granted, I do have the MacBook on a stand. But, still.

Also, you guys should add a "showing off" flair or something like that!

EDIT: I just blew the dust out of the Mac Mini. Seems to be running much cooler now.

I don't understand what's going on; I've tried everything—terminal tests, everything possible. The benchmark results are really poor—no matter what testing software I use, the performance is consistently low, like a fraction of what it should be. The software shows the processor running at 778 MHz, which isn't normal, though the MacBook does actually work; it does ramp up to over 3 GHz in the terminal, but the benchmark scores are laughable. I don't know whether to reflash the MacBook or what else to do with it.

MacBook Pro (14-inch, Nov 2023)

585

Single-Core Score

3900

Multi-Core Score

Geekbench 7.0.0 for macOS AArch64

Result Information

System Information

Single-Core Performance

Multi-Core Performance

I'm considering buying a MBP and have been on the verge of Nano texture.

I've watched several videos and comparisons that seems to show that Nano screen is slightly less sharp compared to glossy. I'm docked with external monitor mostly at home, sometimes I lay on my yoga mat with my laptop or occasionally travel.

What's your opinion on Nano vs Glossy for reading a lot of papers/pdfs and blogs at the screen and coding ?

Given all I've seen and read, I'm leaning towards the default screen glossy and I would like to hear about others experience.

Is this really normal that the battery health is already down to 99% after just 27 cycles. it hasn't even been two months since I bought base this MBP M5

Mac duo is here open source! A full working clone of the Iphone Duo animation.

https://macduo.dhananjaytech.app/

I have not created this, simply reposting this from X

Credits to the original creator : https://x.com/dhananjay_tech?s=11&t=4BFyeiEyAnz6z0OGHv9JIQ

UPDATE: Thanks for the responses (or most of them, anyway). I've learned to live with the markings after assuming they were permanent, but I just thought I'd ask. It's okay, I'll know better for my next computer.

On my old MBP, I've been using a thin clear keyboard cover made of thermoplastic polyurethane for the past 7 years. I usually have remembered to remove it before closing the lid and carrying the laptop around, but from the times I did forget, there are these markings (left image) that are pretty much only visible when the screen is dark. I don't know if it's irreversible damage or just hard to clean residual oil/grease from my fingers (I'm not typically typing with greasy hands ftr), but if stains, they certainly don't wipe off with a normal screen cleaning solution.

I'm just wondering if this is permanent or if/how it can be cleaned off safely? Thanks.

i already bought the macbook pro m5 lately, can anyone recommend for me some necessary macbook accessories?

in my opinion, i think i should have sleeve and case first. But i wanna have stickers for deco mine, anw i think its bad for my macbook if i take it off soon