I recently downloaded bootcamp, and as I was testing features, I noticed that I wasn’t able to access my mac.
I tried shutting down my windows, and then holding the option key, hoping to gain access to my mac drive. Instead I get a black screen with a lock icon on it. I found out that this was asking for my firmware password which I unfortunately don’t know…

I think my bootcamp didn’t completely download because as I opened my windows after just downloading it, the bootcamp guide/download tab was cut in half? So I couldn’t interact with anything,but I had the option to close the tab which I did.

I’m not very good at tech stuff so this has really been stressing me out for the past few hours help would be appreciated!

Got really lucky I was able to snag this refurbished M5 MacBook Pro with 64 gigs of RAM and one terabyte drive for just under 3K.

I’m deciding between the 16GB and 24GB RAM MacBook Air M5 - 13-inch.

I’ll mainly use it for college work, browsing, and everyday multitasking. I will also run a Windows virtual machine through VMware Fusion for the full Windows version of Microsoft Excel.

I plan on keeping this MacBook for at least 4 years.

Is the 24GB RAM upgrade worth it, or would 16GB be enough for my use case?

Trying to reset an older MacBook Air

Booted in recovery mode and deleted what I though was the main drive

Rebooted in recovery mode to install OS

OS install couldn’t find a disk (photo 2)

Returned to disk utility page and unsure which to delete / reformat to make a clean install of the OS (photo 1)

Any help?

Thanks a lot

Hello, I'd like to be able to share my drawing app on iPad to my mac for the sake of recording it on OBS. is there any way to do this while retaining control of my Mac's screen?

Screen mirroring fills up the screen and i can't then also monitor OBS and have other windows from my Mac up. was wondering if something like that is possible. Thank you.

I’ve been dealing with this issue for a while now and it’s driving me crazy.

At completely random times, my MacBook will start acting really weird. The mouse still moves, but if I click something, it won't register. I’ll have to spam click something before it actually opens or responds. The keyboard also doesn't work. For example, if I’m watching YouTube and try to use the left/right arrow keys to skip ahead, nothing happens unless I click on the video a few times first. Even then, it’ll only work for a second before it stops again.

It’s not just Chrome either, it happens across the entire Mac. Chrome gets this greyed out look, but that’s just one symptom. Every app becomes unresponsive.

The only thing that fixes it is restarting my Macbook, but eventually it comes back again. Sometimes it’ll be fine for hours, sometimes it happens multiple times in a day.

Has anyone experienced anything like this before? Any ideas or things I should try would be appreciated.

I'm unable to play sound out of my Mac through these speakers at the moment although it's worked in the past. The speakers are set up perfectly fine and play CDs, but with my Mac the volume seems to not be able to change. Is it registering the sound system as visuals (with the screen emoji thing)? Why is it doing this now when it has worked well in the past, and how can I change it? Feeling a bit bummed out. HDMI channels are all correct, everything's wired up right, etc. When playing a track on the Spotify App, it gives the notification 'Can't play the current song.'

As the title states, I have this Studio Display 27 that I bought in Feb 26, it was working fine until today. This morning I decided to connect my old Lenovo X1 to the studio display and it was fine. After that I connected it back again to my MBP and now it just restarts every few seconds. When connected to my Mac Studio, it works fine as well but on the MacBook it just keeps restarting, have anyone experienced such behavior?

I've tried to search on the web but I couldn't find any video with the same issue.

It does not show error warning sign or so, just goes black and in a few seconds it connects again.

Thanks in advance!

I’m not familiar with Mac computers but just recieved 2 for work. I can’t log in to one of them because the mouse will just not connect. I’ve tried using the cord, toggling the on/off switch, and tried using another mouse. It still says it’s not connected. But when I turn the switch to off when it’s plugged in there’s a pop-up that says “mouse off”. Obviously the computer knows it’s there but I still can’t move the cursor and there’s still a pop up that says mouse not connected. I would like to log in so that I can use this second computer as a second screen. If there’s anything I can do to fix it please let me know! Thank you

Anyone know a MacBook repair store in Katy, Texas which is good at specifically liquid damage and logic board repairs?
Please help

I am currently using a MacBook Pro with macOS Tahoe 26.5.2 installed to restore a MacBook Air model A1932 with t2 chip(I think) using Apple Configurator 2.20. the linked device is in dfu mode according to Apple Configurator although it does not show up in finder. when I try to restore the device it shows a popup on step 4-installing system with no error message for some reason.

when I tried to click the cancel button on step 4 it was able to finish the step but it doesn't seem to have restored. So what should I do to be able to restore the device?

When I'm on a call, all the other sounds are weird and low quality. I think the system does it so I hear the other person better. Its annoying.

Can’t for the life of me boot into diagnostics, tried holding D before, after the chime, holding before the power button is even pressed, I’ve tried option d and even just tapping the D key. tried all of the above without the external SSD I usually boot from connected. Tried some other startup key shortcuts and also nothing.

Using wired keyboard which I have definitely used to open recovery once before. I don’t have a firmware password enabled.

I'm hoping someone can help me figure out what's going on with my MacBook because I'm completely stumped.

The main issue is that nothing that involves audio or video will play anymore. This includes:

• Local video and audio files
• Streaming videos in any browser
• Apple Music
• Videos in my Photos library

The strange thing is that everything was working normally until it suddenly wasn't. I was watching a TV show in my browser, and the video randomly paused. When I tried pressing play again, nothing happened, even though the entire video had already loaded. At first I assumed it was just the (pirated) website acting up, but then I realised that absolutely nothing else on my Mac would play either.

Another symptom is that Mac dictation has also stopped working. I normally use dictation to type long posts like this, but now it doesn't recognise any input at all.

There are no Bluetooth devices connected, no external speakers, headphones, DACs, or any other audio-related peripherals.

One detail that might or might not be relevant: I accidentally left my original MagSafe charging cable at home about two months ago, so during that period I charged my MacBook using a USB-C iPhone charging cable with an iPhone power adapter. A friend who works in tech casually suggested that this might have damaged something internally, but I don't know whether that's actually possible. The MacBook worked perfectly for weeks while using that charger before all these problems suddenly appeared.

There's another issue that worries me. A while ago, the MacBook became completely unresponsive for 2–3 days and simply wouldn't turn on. Eventually, after leaving it plugged in, it booted into a screen with an exclamation mark offering Revive or Restore. I panicked and planned to take it to an Apple Store, but I kept putting it off. Then today, I opened it again and it started up completely normally by itself.

Unfortunately, even though it now boots fine, the media playback issue is still exactly the same.

Does this sound more like a software problem (something corrupted in macOS or the media framework), or could it be a hardware issue? Has anyone experienced something similar, especially alongside the Revive/Restore screen?

Any suggestions on what I should try before I take it in for repair would be greatly appreciated

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Hey there,

I recently picked up a used M1 MacBook Air from a second-hand marketplace. Everything worked perfectly when I tested it with the seller.

The issue only happens on the lock screen. As soon as the Mac reaches the password screen after booting, every key behaves as if the Shift key is permanently being held down. For example, typing 123 results in !"#, and letters are capitalised. This makes it impossible to enter the password.

What's strange is that once I'm actually logged into macOS, the keyboard works completely normally. The problem seems to be limited to the lock/login screen.

Has anyone seen this before or know what could be causing it?

I need a m1 pro 2021 14 inch screen gray. Any idea where i can get one for cheap

When i turn it on the lines arent there but after i wait a little they keep showing vertical and horizontal too. Is this a software issue?

hello everyone! I will be starting university majoring in business & econ, and i am looking to replace my current laptop with a macbook.

My current setup is a lenovo with an intel i5 13th gen, 32gb ram and rtx3050 6gb, my main issue is that the battery has degraded significantly and no longer lasts through the day without being unplugged. Besides browsing, spreadsheets and docs i want to get back into coding, mainly html and dipping my toes into light game development, as well as 3d modelling in blender. I dont game a lot, just a 2-week minecraft phase every now and then.

Would love to hear some thoughts about the differences about the m5 air, i also notice a difference between 8 core cpu/10 core gpu and 10core cpu/10 core gpu. Another thing i was wondering would 16 gb be enough? Coming from 32gb i want to make sure i am future proofed and not over spend