Apple Macbook Issues I had with my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) and how I fixed all of them. Maybe this will help somebody.

Issues I had with my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) and how I fixed all of them. Maybe this will help somebody.
MacBookAir heats up
Refreshing a MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) with new SSD/Battery and upgrading to High Sierra
Refurbished Macbook 2017 or Customize Old 2012 Macbook Pro
2015 MBP vs 2015 Mb
What case should I buy?
MBP with USB-C LCD
Macbook Pro - 2017 8GB Ram vs 2015 16GB Ram
early 2015 , 13 inch rMbp fan replacement

Issues I had with my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) and how I fixed all of them. Maybe this will help somebody.

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 06:33 PM PST

Hello,

This isn't a thread where I need help or anything, but some of the issues I mention have almost no information online so I thought I would post it.

First issue I had was in mid 2015. The Anti-Reflective Coating on the display started coming off. Luckily I brought it into the store and they fixed it for free because of this: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/24/apple-extended-anti-reflective-repair-program/
About a month after that, my laptop starting glitching randomly. Turns out, this exact model again had another issue. They had logic boards that failed! I brought it into the store and the guy almost wouldn't let me repair it until I had to show him this article https://9to5mac.com/2015/02/19/macbook-pro-repair/ So after I showed him the link on apples website https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/ they replaced my logic board with a refurbished one.
About a month ago somebody cracked my macbook screen, so I had it replaced it by a 3rd party. Also had the speakers replaced single one was blown out. When I got it back, my brightness buttons stopped working. Like the little brightness dialogue would come up but not actually change anything, brightness was always at 100%. (lifeprotip use the app shady to get a little more control over your brightness)
A few days later the brightness buttons stopped working all together (no more dialogue) and when I would close the laptop to go in sleep mode, the computer would turn back on but the screen would just be black. Tried all the resetting SMC/PRAM crap. Brought it to the mac store, the guy who worked there for 10 years says "he never seen anything like this" and said it's most likely the logic board that failed again...that'll be $450 to repair. I read one vague post somewhere about high sierra having issues. So I winded using a bootable copy of El Captain on USB, and viola all of these issues were gone! Turns out, there is a big bug with High Sierra (and maybe even Sierra?) with the early 2013 retina MBPs and its graphics cards! Go figure.
After I got everything running smoothly, my macbook pro randomly logged out after watching a video for like a minute. Issue was "WindowServer" would keep crashing, you can see this in the Console. Solution to this was to turn off hardware acceleration in Chrome.

Whew. Ok no help needed but maybe this will help somebody else running through the same issues I ran through.

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MacBookAir heats up

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 09:46 PM PST

I have a 2014 MacBook air 1.4 GHz Intel Core i5 processor 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3 memory intel HD Graphics 5000 1536 MB

It tends to heat up when I'm playing wow, is that something I should worry about? I don't plan on using it for long to play games on, just until I upgrade my PC

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Refreshing a MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) with new SSD/Battery and upgrading to High Sierra

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 02:09 PM PST

I know Apple has an official page claiming a MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) can be upgraded to High Sierra I was just looking for feedback from anyone who has done it. This is a Mac I sold to a friend a few years ago I do support for on occasion. I upgraded it to 4GB of RAM and it has the original 250GB HDD in it. The battery says "Service Soon" or "Service Now", I found a guide on iFixIt.com for how to do this and it doesn't look too bad to do with the correct tools. Would it be worth it to upgrade the HDD to an inexpensive SSD and swap the battery? The MacBook is in impeccable shape otherwise.

Product Page: https://support.apple.com/kb/sp579?locale=en_US

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Refurbished Macbook 2017 or Customize Old 2012 Macbook Pro

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 07:14 PM PST

My current macbook pro is killing me: it takes ages to open Chrome and internet surfing becomes an issue if i open more than 3 tabs. When I was using Xcode I had to legit wait half an hour for it to compile. So now I'm interested in ios app development and knowing that my current configuration will not support it I was wondering if it is worth to customize it (new SSD and RAM, I only have 4gb lol) or should I just buy a refurbished 2017 macbook. Thanks! P.S. I'm in Canada btw and options are kinda limited here

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2015 MBP vs 2015 Mb

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 11:37 AM PST

I recently have been presented with the opportunity to trade my base model 2015 mbp for a base model i5 2015 mb. Im not too sure what to do. I prefer the form factor of the MacBook, and am by no means a power user. I am currently at university for English and commonly use an extra monitor for my writing. I am just looking for some advice on what to do.

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What case should I buy?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 12:51 PM PST

What are some of the best cases for a 2017 MacBook Pro 13 inch without touch bar? I am looking for a case that will protect the laptop, but at the same time not being too bulky. Thanks.

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MBP with USB-C LCD

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 03:22 AM PST

I have a 2017 MBP 13" - recently bought two LG 27UD88 USB-C LCD Monitors for use with the laptop.

They are great monitors and the USB-C Feature is super awesome, no need for dongles or power cable etc. however, I have noticed if they are both plugged in with USB-C they tend to crash the machine quite often, it just randomly reboots.

I have connected one with USB-C to HDMI Dongle for the interim. Just wondering if anyone else has any experience with USB-C Monitors and similar behaviour?

I have a hunch its the Mac not knowing how to handle two 60w USB-C Inputs, but can't see anyway to disable the power output on the monitors :(

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Macbook Pro - 2017 8GB Ram vs 2015 16GB Ram

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 08:24 AM PST

Hey all, I'm new here.

I'm a photographer and I'd like 16GB of ram to keep Lightroom and Photoshop humming along perfectly fine. I'm running an early or mid 2012 i5 machine with 8GB ram, for reference. I can only just barely keep Lightroom and Photoshop open at the same time, and even then it's pretty slow, if not crashing. I had a hard crash while trying to process an HDR image last night, very frustrating.

I'm wondering if the two year gap and faster clock speeds have made the difference between a 2015 machine with 16GB and a 2017 machine with 8GB smaller. I'm seeing some decent deals (via Craigslist) on newer machines with only 8GB of ram and I'm wondering if that will cut it. I mainly want stability and freedom to keep PS, LR, and Safari open at the same time, and feel like my computer won't crash. Speed is less important, I can wait for things to process.

Thoughts? I'm seeing intermittent deals on 2015 16GB (1600 MHz) machines from 1100-1300, but I'm also running across 2017 8GB (2133 MHz) machines for 900 on occasion.

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early 2015 , 13 inch rMbp fan replacement

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 01:48 AM PST