This post was going to be called “How to Remove your unwanted Boot Camp from OS X Lion and give yourself a major headache in the process” but that title was a little long. Let me explain by taking you back a few days with me. So you’ve installed Lion and realized you really don’t [...]
Posts Tagged ‘MacBook Pro’
OS X Lion and self inflicted headaches
Posted: 10th August 2011 by tcg in Apple, backup, computers, Mac OSX, software, WindowsTags: Apple, backup, Boot Camp, Lion, Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, Mac AppStore, Mac OS X, MacBook Pro, Recovery Partition, Windows
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To SSD or not to SSD, THAT is the question
Posted: 18th February 2011 by tcg in computers, hardware, technologyTags: hard disk drive, hardware, HDD, MacBook Pro, solid state drive, SSD, technology
I had been toying with the idea of replacing my MacBook Pro (MBP) with a MacBook Air (MBA), the posted specs and benchmarks just impressed me so much, but when you get right down to it, the impressive part besides the look and feel is the inclusion of a Solid State Drive (SSD). A while [...]
Data is like Koi or goldfish, it grows to fill its environment
Posted: 29th November 2010 by tcg in computers, hardware, Mac OSX, software, technologyTags: Apple, backup, hardware, MacBook Pro, Time Machine
You can never have TOO much money, TOO much time, or TOO much space: Especially when it comes to data. A while back I moved my Time Machine data from a smaller partitioned drive to a larger one thinking “its twice the size of the hard-drive being backed up. should be fine.” It [...]
MacBook Pro 13″: overheating causing graphics problems.
Posted: 8th September 2010 by tcg in Apple, computers, hardwareTags: Apple, heat issues, MacBook Pro, Second Life, smcFanControl
I love my MacBook Pro, but i have noticed that it does get quite warm. Most of the time it’s on my desk on a laptop riser, so its not an issue, lots of airflow around it to help it stay cool. The thing is, I bought a laptop. Or more correctly, I thought I [...]
MacBook Pro 13″: Big things in a little package
Posted: 6th May 2010 by tcg in Apple, computers, hardware, Mac OSXTags: Apple, BootCamp, laptop, MacBook Pro, parallels desktop
Sweet! It’s a word I may use a little too often lately and mostly when describing my new little tech-toy, a 13″ MacBook Pro (MBP). I’d been holding off upgrading for a while but finally took the plunge. I was waiting for Apple to update the processor to the i5 chip, which they did, but [...]