MacBook Pro

My Christmas RAM is a treat

I now have 8Gb RAM.

I upgraded the RAM in my MacBook Pro. In spite of nerves it all went smoothly and in fact took only about 10 minutes. If I can do this, so can you.

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Who moved my Enter key?

Option replaces Return on a new keyboard.

A new keyboard challenges my automatic muscle memory actions.

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My aging MacBook Pro

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My 4 year old MacBook Pro is still going strong, but my needs are starting to seriously stretch its capabilities.

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A simple fix for a broken iSight

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When the iSight camera on my MacBook Pro suddenly stopped working I was able to find a simple, and free, fix.

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When Apple hardware is repaired

A couple of weeks ago I wrote That six feet under sound, about how one of my MacBook Pro speakers had suddenly turned to static. I booked the machine in with Toucan, who repaired it last week. It sounds sweet again now. Then an email turned up from Apple, asking me to complete a survey [...]

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That six feet under sound

The other day I opened up iTunes on my MacBook Pro and started to play some track or other. My ears were assaulted by a terrible noise reminiscent of a poor transistor radio I owned in my youth. It sounded muffled and distorted. as though the machine were wrapped in blankets and six feet under [...]

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