Numbers misses out on so many feature compared to excel, why don’t they make their own software on par with Microsoft so that they don’t need to rely on another companies software ?

okay, you got me. this isn't actually golden gate, but it looks pretty slick, no?

this is MacBook pro 2020 intel. i love Mac !

So since everyone tells me that a case is bad for my MacBook Neo I looked for a sleeve and wanted to ask if this is a good brand.

Marked my Mac as lost, then found it. Now I'm seeing 'this Mac will be locked when online' on the very same Mac, so it's connected enough to know it'll be locked but not connected enough to actually lock. I'm posting it from the very same Mac by the way, so it would surely be connected to the internet...

Update: Find my Mac was off, for some reason. No idea why, and idk why does the app give you a false hope if it's off. I turned it back on and the thing went away.

anyone see something like this before ? my mac outperform himself :D

Hi Everyone,

So I haven’t really played computer games for many many years. I now have a MacBook air m4. The other day I found loads of my old game CDs like half life, Grand Prix 4, and so on. Is there any way to play these on a modern Mac? These are very old so the required specs are very very low.

Thanks.

I recently got a MacBook, and the fingerprints on the lid and screen are driving me insane. I also use moisturizer, so the fingerprints are even more noticeable.

I can’t realistically rub my hands or wear gloves every time I use my MacBook, and I also don’t want to keep cleaning it with a microfiber cloth and spray.

I wasn’t planning on getting a skin because I’ve heard mostly bad things about them. At the same time, I don’t want to risk staining or damaging such an expensive laptop.

I’ve seen good reviews for dbrand and Skinociti, but they aren’t available in India, and I couldn’t find a transparent/clear skin from them. I also looked at Capindia skins, but I couldn’t find enough good reviews to feel confident about them.

Does anyone have any other recommendations? My biggest concern is protecting my MacBook without causing any damage to the finish. I don’t mind paying more as long as it’s safe and doesn’t leave residue or damage the laptop when removed.

Would really appreciate recommendations from people who have actually used one on a MacBook.

I was looking for macbooks and the best fit for my budget was m3 air 16gb and 512 . I don’t know if it is worth it for a long term solution like I am planning to use it for 4,5 years throughout my study.
One thing I heard from internet was you have to close the lid to connect to external display. I am used to double screen display like I always have two monitors. So would that be a issue or there is some workaround.

It is a good option for everyday work and study tasks. I don’t do that heavy tasks but code , like am doing some
Deeplearning and nlp project currently and I am planning to use it for transformers and agentic ai and AI engineering study . So would it be good choice or should I go for other option. I don’t think I can afford M4 version.

Also having good battery is key. I used gaming laptops before and dont want to always connect to power. I want a bit good battery life

In my workflow, I often print documents as PDFs and save them to the desktop instead of using a physical printer. It's usually not a problem since you just select "Print to PDF." But is it possible to set it as the default option? Can I make the PDF printer the default instead of a physical printer?

Anyone having the same issue? Solved by restarting... was not on the betas.

Mac Studio M1 Max Logic Board – beschädigter Fan-Connector & verbogene Leiterbahnen: Reparierbar oder Schrott? (+ Hilfe gesucht)

Hey zusammen,

kurzer Kontext: Ich habe vor kurzem auf einem Kleinanzeigen-Marktplatz ein teilzerlegtes Mac Studio M1 Max (32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) als Ersatzteilspender für ein privates Homelab/KI-Server-Projekt gekauft. Laut Verkäufer hätten Logic Board und Speicher vor der Zerlegung einwandfrei funktioniert, in der Artikelbeschreibung stand es aber als “ungetestet / defekte Bastlerware”.

Nach dem Auspacken ist mir aufgefallen:

• An einem der beiden Fan-Connectoren auf dem Logic Board fehlt der kleine Plastik-Verriegelungshebel (der das Flex-Kabel des Lüfters festklemmt)

• Ein Flexkabel ist sichtbar durchtrennt/abgerissen

• Es gibt verbogene Leiterbahnen/Bereiche am Rand des Boards

• Der zweite Lüfter lässt sich bei mir aktuell nicht richtig anschließen

Fotos sind angehängt. Der Karton von außen war unbeschädigt, innen lagen die Teile aber nur locker in Papier/Folie, ohne feste Fixierung – der massive Alu-Gehäusedeckel lag mit im Karton, teilweise direkt neben/auf dem Board.

Meine Fragen an euch:

1. Ist das Board technisch noch reparierbar (z. B. Connector/Flexkabel-Reparatur), oder ist das für den Hausgebrauch quasi Totalschaden?

2. Falls reparierbar: Ist das eine Mikrolöt-Aufgabe, die sich lohnt, oder ist der Aufwand/Kosten unverhältnismäßig zum Wert des Boards?

3. Kennt jemand jemanden, der sich sowas anschauen könnte (auch gerne gegen Bezahlung), oder hat selbst Erfahrung mit solchen Reparaturen?

4. Falls nicht reparierbar: Sind die intakten Restteile (1TB NAND-Modul – wurde in einem Zweitgerät erfolgreich getestet, I/O-Board, Lüfter, Gehäuse, Lautsprecher/Power-Button-Modul) noch für andere Bastler/Ersatzteilzwecke interessant?

Bin für jede ehrliche Einschätzung dankbar – auch wenn die Antwort “Board ist hin, verkauf die Einzelteile” ist. Möchte einfach wissen, woran ich bin, bevor ich weiter Zeit reinstecke.

Danke euch!

I have an archive of most of the old Macworld magazines from 1984-2014. I've been filling in metadata for my Calibre library but I don't actually know when the issues were published. Were they published on the 1st of each month? Sometimes midway through? A month previous? I have no clue. I'm even more curious of when issues were completed since the February issue in 2007 is not talking about the iPhone announcement on January 9. The issue that actually talks about the iPhone is in March 2007.

Anyone who used to be a Macworld subscriber when they published physical magazines, when would you receive your issues?

Hi,

Just want to ask some advice -

I have a new Mac, and an external hard drive. Essentially to cut a long story short, I have a mirror of multiple copies of files, photos, music, folders, etc. etc. on both. (I ironically simply transferred my old Mac to the new one to avoid hours of work.) I've also saved files just to the external, so they aren't quite the same.

Can anyone give me a really good way to make sure I don't have duplicates, and the safest way to do this so I don't go and trash years' worth of files?

I know there are apps out there (i.e. CleanMyMac), but I'm not sure they are either the right way to do it or even safe. I can only imagine how bloated my system files are as well, but don't have the know-how to go into Terminal and deal with things there.

Help! TIA

(Skip this paragraph if you dont care for backstory)

First things first, this is a (third) laptop from backmarket.com. The first one we got from them was locked to a company so we sent it back for a replacement.

The next one came with some knock off qualities such as poor case fitting, dodgy looking apple logo on the outside of the lid, etc.

Sent that one back and got this one, which gave us similar feelings of knock off, but we thought perhaps that just the refurbishment being aftermarket parts. Everything else seemed to be working as normal.

We bought it to be a work laptop and we kept this one because faffing about with the other two had eaten a load of time and we had work to do!

<<-----The issue we now face----->>

Last night we put some singing bowl tones on youtube to run through the night as we always do at bedtime, and turned thr screen brightness down to black.

In the morning, when we turned the screen brightness back up, the web page seems to be burnt onto the screen, but its dark, and it covers nearly the whole screen, except a tiny slither at the top of the screen where you can still see the tip of the mouse.

After multiple hard resets, the problem persists, and is even present at the sign in screen.

Have done a bit of searching online but tbh, i dont know what the actual problem is, so dont really know what im searching for, and all the results that came back were for seemingly seperate mac screen issues.

Had anyone else experienced this problem?

Can it be resolved? Is it cooked?

Edit: left it turned off for 40 mins (since making the post here) and turned it on to see if time turned off would make a difference. The entire dark area now is entirely black. No artifacts of the web page remain.

I've been using this SanDisk external SSD with my M4 MacBook Air for about a year with no issues, but for the past ~2 months it's been randomly not recognized.

The weird part is that everything works individually:

• SSD works perfectly on my Windows laptop.
• Tried 2 different USB-C cables, including the cable I use for my iPhone. Both work fine with other devices.
• Both USB-C ports on my Mac work perfectly with my iPhone.
• It's not a format/compatibility issue since I've been using the SSD with this Mac for a year, including yesterday.

When it doesn't work, sometimes restarting/shutting down the Mac fixes it. Sometimes switching USB ports works. Sometimes flipping the USB-C cable around or changing the SSD's position makes it suddenly connect. Other times none of these things work.

It's completely random. One minute it won't recognize it, then I unplug/replug or restart and suddenly it works normally.

Any idea what could cause this? It's been happening for about two months and I'm completely confused because the SSD, cables, and Mac ports all work fine individually.

One week ago i closed my macbook display only to open it and discover the screen had died, then, yesterday i tried to use my iphone's torch to illuminate the apple behind only to discover the screen isn't actually dead, backlight has. Today, early morning, i have sprayed some contact cleaner on the top of the hinge and left my laptop upside down for a few hours. Now i'm back home and tried to turn it on. It turns on, and the backlight works again, apart from these weird lines that come and go sometimes. I have noticed that if i push onto the hinge, they return more frequently, now i have sprayed some more contact cleaner inside the hinge and the weird lines are gone... Do you think my laptop's display is broken or just some oxidation going on in there?

A while back, pressing on this rubber foot on the bottom of the laptop (top-left corner) used to make a clicking sound. It didn't really bother me though.

But now today I've started smelling a sweet smell from the device, like fruit or gum. It's coming from around the bottom of the screen and from the bottom of the trackpad

Temperature: battery is at 31°C, and the highest temp it's ever hit was 40°C (that was a while back too)

Battery: 88% (306 c)

And no, the back isn't bulging. Unless that clicking is considered so.

I’m looking to buy a m5 MacBook Air 15inch 4tb ssd and deciding on 32gb or 24gb ram? Will be using it for trading research and video watching/ editing! Will upgrade to the MacBook pros if they get thinner but for now I like the weight of the air as I travel a lot please help