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01-14-2012, 07:42 PM
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#326 | | I don't get it
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anybody have 1 ssd and 1 hard drive in their macbook? I just picked up an ssd and have been looking at options such as the optibay just wondering if anyone has experience putting these things in?
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01-14-2012, 09:10 PM
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#327 | | Bieksa eats bears for breakfast...
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I have two SSD's in my macbook pro using the optibay and it runs great.
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01-15-2012, 06:29 AM
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#328 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Balling... 
The optibay is the same shit... just be sure you have the right screwdriver for taking everything out. I have seen many fuck'd ups by forcing the screws.
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01-15-2012, 01:44 PM
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#329 | | Snapping away
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haha 2x ssd's
i installed something similar to an optibay in the previous gen mbp as well. it depends if you need the extra enclosure and how that enclosure looks (not many choices). there's more than one company that makes this for cheaper.
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01-15-2012, 04:57 PM
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#330 | | Bieksa eats bears for breakfast...
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I run 2 ssd's to run them in RAID 0....lol
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Trinity: "DUDE WTF ARE YOU DOING?! ARE YOU INSANE?!?!?!?
Your balls are sensitive things!! They shouldn't be played around with, at least not like that, and you should NOT BE DIPPING THEM IN AFTERSHAVE! Oh my god, I feel sorry for your balls!"
ODC: "Wrong, a roots type blower will produce max boost from 0rpm to redline."
Iceman_19: "A roots makes zero boost at zero rpm, lol"
Ulic Qel-Droma: "haha go google image big black dick. or black cock. i forgot which term i used. it's one of the many." | |
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01-15-2012, 05:52 PM
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#331 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Iceman_2K  I run 2 ssd's to run them in RAID 0....lol | See... I said... balling~~~~ 
Who cares about Raid0 SSDs...  
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01-31-2012, 09:43 PM
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#332 | | McFogg The Dawg is my homeboy
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just wondering why is it that when i go finder > Music > get info, it shows that i have 12gb of music but when i go into music and highlight all my music and get info from that it only shows 1.8 gb?
edit: it's the itune's folder within music that's like 10gb. why is it so big?
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01-31-2012, 10:06 PM
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#333 | | Bieksa eats bears for breakfast...
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it holds all your mp3s, downloads, apps, movies, and podcasts that you have.
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Trinity: "DUDE WTF ARE YOU DOING?! ARE YOU INSANE?!?!?!?
Your balls are sensitive things!! They shouldn't be played around with, at least not like that, and you should NOT BE DIPPING THEM IN AFTERSHAVE! Oh my god, I feel sorry for your balls!"
ODC: "Wrong, a roots type blower will produce max boost from 0rpm to redline."
Iceman_19: "A roots makes zero boost at zero rpm, lol"
Ulic Qel-Droma: "haha go google image big black dick. or black cock. i forgot which term i used. it's one of the many." | |
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02-01-2012, 12:47 PM
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#334 | | McFogg The Dawg is my homeboy
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does that mean it doubles up the space that one file takes up?
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02-07-2012, 06:16 PM
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#335 | | MoD
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do you guys run anti virus programs on your macs?
the whole "mac does not get viruses" is long gone. However, are viruses relevant enough to run a antivirus?
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02-07-2012, 06:36 PM
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#336 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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I don't run AV on all of my Macs, been pretty lucky/careful on my main one. If you are interested try this... Free Mac Antivirus, Mac Security and Protection | Sophos Free Tools | |
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02-07-2012, 06:44 PM
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#337 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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I've used Mac for 7 years.....i've never had a problem even going to sketchy sites to well...download. LOL
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02-07-2012, 07:28 PM
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#338 | | VLS Moderator
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I've got Norton on mine - just for the peace of mind, I guess. I never had a problem in the 2 years I owned it without anti virus though.
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02-09-2012, 06:24 PM
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#339 | | Bieksa eats bears for breakfast...
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if you tell it to make a copy in the itunes folder, then yes, because it will copy it from the location you import from. If you tell it NOT to make a copy in the itunes folder, then it will just reference it from the location you import from. Quote:
Originally Posted by kevin7352 does that mean it doubles up the space that one file takes up? |
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Trinity: "DUDE WTF ARE YOU DOING?! ARE YOU INSANE?!?!?!?
Your balls are sensitive things!! They shouldn't be played around with, at least not like that, and you should NOT BE DIPPING THEM IN AFTERSHAVE! Oh my god, I feel sorry for your balls!"
ODC: "Wrong, a roots type blower will produce max boost from 0rpm to redline."
Iceman_19: "A roots makes zero boost at zero rpm, lol"
Ulic Qel-Droma: "haha go google image big black dick. or black cock. i forgot which term i used. it's one of the many." | |
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02-10-2012, 08:46 AM
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#340 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Fml spilled coffee on my mbp. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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02-14-2012, 12:51 AM
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#341 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Has anyone damaged their MBP unibody case before? Any experiences on how much it costs to repair some deep scratches? (like bear claw style straches)
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02-14-2012, 07:57 AM
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#342 | | I don't get it
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Update: bought an ebay version of an optibay. Installed it and and now i have a 60gb SSD + 750gb storage drive. Downside is that because I have an old white macbook the case is cracking everywhere and taking it apart didn't help.
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02-14-2012, 10:05 AM
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#343 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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02-14-2012, 04:23 PM
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#344 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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Originally Posted by Fuhrėr-Z Has anyone damaged their MBP unibody case before? Any experiences on how much it costs to repair some deep scratches? (like bear claw style straches) | not even worth it, i dropped my mbp on cement and warped the left corner of it leaving the ethernet port inaccessible but still charges. I went to futureshop where i had their psp thing, told me the repair would be 1,100 
i didnt bite so i'm rocking a damaged mbp, looks like my own though
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02-14-2012, 06:04 PM
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#345 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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@ SchoolGlue - ffffuck... I heard that before, I guess I'm just gonna have to accept that as an answer... ALTHOUGH, my damage is on 3 corners, but on the bottom detachable case.... Only one dent/scratch is on the main body (which I can live with since it's hidden in between the screen and body.... I'm guessing the 1100 was estimated for main body damage eh?
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02-14-2012, 06:42 PM
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#346 | | God of Unce
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With the 10.7.3 update. Can anyone run MBP closed with their external monitor hooked up? It doesn't seem to work anymore after that bs upgrade. HALPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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02-15-2012, 09:38 AM
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#347 | | Bieksa eats bears for breakfast...
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No problems here - used my MBP for a business presentation right after installing the update...lol
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Trinity: "DUDE WTF ARE YOU DOING?! ARE YOU INSANE?!?!?!?
Your balls are sensitive things!! They shouldn't be played around with, at least not like that, and you should NOT BE DIPPING THEM IN AFTERSHAVE! Oh my god, I feel sorry for your balls!"
ODC: "Wrong, a roots type blower will produce max boost from 0rpm to redline."
Iceman_19: "A roots makes zero boost at zero rpm, lol"
Ulic Qel-Droma: "haha go google image big black dick. or black cock. i forgot which term i used. it's one of the many." | |
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02-15-2012, 09:47 AM
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#348 | | Media Officer / MOD
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Originally Posted by SchoolGlue not even worth it, i dropped my mbp on cement and warped the left corner of it leaving the ethernet port inaccessible but still charges. I went to futureshop where i had their psp thing, told me the repair would be 1,100
i didnt bite so i'm rocking a damaged mbp, looks like my own though | try going to Apple it'll be cheaper
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03-16-2012, 12:34 PM
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#349 | | The Brown Reason
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I have two questions if anyone knows how to help me,
1) I have a 2009 Core 2 Duo macbook pro 13 and a 2011 I7 macbook pro 17'. I do not have the CD's for my 13' inch, but I have bought Lion on it. Can I use my 2011 I7's CD to install Lion on the 2009 macbook?
2) Will any 2.5' SSD work in the macbook pro 13' (2009) (i.e. SATA III vs SATA II)? Also if I want to add ram, what brands have you guys had success with? TIA  Gonna go pick up all this stuff from memory express this weekend hopefully
Looking at this drive: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX35603
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03-16-2012, 08:34 PM
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#350 | | Snapping away
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Originally Posted by dhillon09 I have two questions if anyone knows how to help me,
1) I have a 2009 Core 2 Duo macbook pro 13 and a 2011 I7 macbook pro 17'. I do not have the CD's for my 13' inch, but I have bought Lion on it. Can I use my 2011 I7's CD to install Lion on the 2009 macbook?
if you bought lion through the appstore, can't you just re-download it? anyhow, there are no security features or serial numbers. ppl are making their own lion install usb's left and right using the original *.dmg (...show contents) and the disk utility (...restore).
2) Will any 2.5' SSD work in the macbook pro 13' (2009) (i.e. SATA III vs SATA II)? Also if I want to add ram, what brands have you guys had success with? TIA Gonna go pick up all this stuff from memory express this weekend hopefully
Looking at this drive: Crucial M4 2.5in SATA III Solid State Drive, 128GB at Memory Express | that's a great drive. whatever the lower sata version is, you will only get those speeds (i.e. sataII). i've never bought or recommended mac-specific ram for macbooks. i had a mbp and a mb unibody. i just used the cheapest brand name SODIMM i could find matching the original sticks' specs; not a single problem.
i have the m4 in my desktop. gonna wait till the 256gb drops a bit more and grab that instead because I don't really feel like getting an optibay. who knows, if the 128gb drops near 100 i might think about it. it was $13x on tigerdirect last week. the price at memX aint' so hot. then pairing it with an optibay and a 1tb might be a gd route. (or 2x SSD's).
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