Tag: MacBook Pro

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Apple October 22, 2013 Special Event Live Coverage Links

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Apple is set to unveil OS X Mavericks, new lines of iPad, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro on October 22, 2013 “We still have a lot to cover.” Special Event. It will take place at Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco starting 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

UPDATE:
Apple will be live streaming the special event on Apple.com and Apple TV.

Apple Special Event October 2013 on Apple Website

Apple Special Event October 2013 on Apple TV

Apple Special Event October 2013 Tune In

As usual, some Tech-News site will be providing live coverage of the special event. Check back for the direct links as they become available.
(The links below are placeholders for the respective sites.)

P.S.
Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Street, Business Insider, NBC News, Paul Thurrott, Rob Enderle and some other jackasses already called this event to be boring and disappointing.

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Impersonal Setup

I wonder which Genius was the one did the Personal Setup for one particular customer. I saw the paperwork and it specifically said what the customer name and username should be. For some reason this “Genius” assigned “Owner” for the name of the account. To top it off, the customer was not given the password to access her own MacBook Pro.

I reset the “Owner” password using the Recovery System. Then I created an account with the proper name.

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Makeshift Light Box for Coin Photography

Vondiggity asked me to photograph a few late antiquity coins of Roman origin. I used my MacBook Pro, an iPad and a piece of white paper to create a light box.

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The results are not bad at all. The photos below were not re-touched other than 16 by 9 cropping and resizing.

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MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7

Apple releases MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7 for:

  • MacBook Pro (15 and 17-inch, Early 2011)
  • MacBook Pro (15 and 17-inch, Mid 2010)

About MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Update 1.7
This update addresses a rare issue on some Apple notebooks where a battery that has accumulated more than 1000 charge cycles may unexpectedly shut down or stop functioning.

MacBook Pro purchase in 2010 can easily reached 1000 charge cycles by now.

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