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MacBook and MacBook Pro (Late 2008) and later: What to do if migration is unsuccessful

If your migration to a MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) or MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) is not successful and you encounter one of the symptoms below, refer to the recommendation below. "Connection Lost" message No message Unsuccessful pairing Migration … Continue reading

Jawbone headset produces hum when computer sleeps

You may notice your Jawbone Bluetooth wireless headset sometimes produces a "humming" tone when you put your computer to sleep.  The tone may not stop when you wake your computer.

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009), MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) and later: How to use the 3.5mm analog jack for an audio input device

Learn how to select the functionality of the combination optical digital audio output and analog line input jack on your MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) or MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) and later computer.

Mac OS X v10.5, 10.6: About the Application Firewall

Mac OS X v10.5 and 10.6 include a technology called the Application Firewall. One of the basic purposes of a firewall is to control connections made to your computer from other computers on the network.

Migration Assistant tips and tricks

All Mac computers running Mac OS X v10.4.11 Tiger, Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, or Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard can perform a system migration over the network. This gives you more choices and flexibility in migrating your applications and … Continue reading

About the Multi-Touch Trackpad Update for Windows XP and Vista 1.0

This update improves Multi-Touch trackpad responsiveness and performance when running Windows XP and Vista using Boot Camp on MacBook Air (Late 2008), MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008), and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) computers.

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009): Vertical lines on a gray screen when waking from sleep

After waking a MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009) from hibernation sleep, you may notice vertical gray lines on the screen along with the hibernation wake status bar.

MacBook Pro (15-inch and 17-inch, Mid 2010): AHT may not report SMC versions

Learn where to find the SMC version if it does not display in the Hardware Profile when you run AHT (Apple Hardware Test).

Aperture 3: Color difference in Viewer when creating new version from RAW master with RAW+JPEG pair

Sometimes there is a color difference in the Viewer when you create a new version from a RAW master in a RAW + JPEG pair.  

What is Gapless Playback?

Gapless playback means that there is no pause in playback between the end of one audio file and the beginning of the next audio file. This allows for playback of content with no gaps the way it was meant to … Continue reading