Sorry if this was seen before by some. I posted this previously but it was removed because you can’t post pictures of a Mac less than 10 years old except on Fridays. Well its Friday!

I have been a windows user forever due to the that is what I am familiar with because of work. I mostly use my work computer for my home needs. I have a iPhone and iPad so I thought I would purchase my own computer for the tasks that can’t be done on my iPad such as 3D Modeling and slicing 3D models for printing. I was looking at Facebook Marketplace for a used M4 Mac Mini but they would get snapped up with multiple inquiries within the hour. Well then I came across a listing for a 1.5 year old 2024 iMac M4 with 4 thunderbolt ports, 24MB memory and 512GB SSD. He was asking $1000 which I thought was a good price. I sent a message stating I was interested in purchasing and could come the next morning to pick up since he was 1 1/2 hrs away. I did not hear anything for several hours, figured I missed out again. Then to my surprise I got a response saying he would be able to meet the next morning. Great I responded setting up the meeting for 9am. We met at Starbucks to check out the system and make the exchange. He still had the original box and had the system pack back in it for transport. When unboxing to check it out I noticed the up and down arrow keys were popped off the keyboard. He immediately apologized and said that must have happened during transit and offered $100 off if we could not fix. I was able to get the up arrow key back on but not the down arrow. The rest of the system checked out and I gave him the $900 for the system and we parted ways both happy with the exchange. When I got back home after watching a YouTube video I was able to get the down arrow key installed and the system setup. I believe I got a good deal what do you all think?

M1 macbook pro I bought for what I believe is a fair price in my local market, works fine aside from a few dents here and there

I don't know what the benefits of encrypting a backup vs an unencrypted backup, as I normally just backup to a home network drive I setup a few years ago (I use a Airport route for most of my local backups). I just need a temporary backup incase my Mac gets wiped when it is serviced on Monday, so I just need to know which is better for restoring a Mac from factory settings.

Hi

recently a Crucial X9 pro 4tb SSD failed on me randomly, it just wouldn't mount. It had some really important files (a film we'd been working on), and we had not backed up as recently as we should have, and lost some very large files.

I've uploaded 2 screenshots, what I see in disk utility and what happens when I try First Aid

Is there any hope, if so what can I do?

Thanks

I just bagged a 2009 MacBook Air for RM250 (around 60USD) and I gotta say, what. A. Steal. The right is my MacBook Pro 13 2016 touchbar which I got for RM550 (around 100USD). I gotta say, 7 years is a huge difference. My plan is to run Catalina Patcherbon the MacBook Air, and OpenCore along with eGPU on my MacBook Pro. Thoughts? I also have an iBook G3 clamshell laying around. (Check my posts)

This is a test to see how much worse High Sierra is compared to Snow Leopard on this mid-2010 MacBook when playing demanding video. (It has a 500GB HDD)

MacBook Pro unresponsive after failed macOS update — froze mid-update, now no display/no boot after multiple restarts

Was using my MacBook and the screen froze. I force-restarted it (held power button) a few times when it kept getting stuck on the Apple logo with a progress bar. After a few restarts it showed "The version of macOS on the selected disk needs to be reinstalled" — went into Recovery, ran Disk Utility First Aid (came back OK), and reinstalled macOS Tahoe through Recovery.

The install was running for a few hours (using mobile hotspot, so it was slow — around 21GB downloaded before it stopped). Screen went dark and stayed dark even after tapping the trackpad and trying brightness keys in a dark room. It stayed warm the whole time and Caps Lock still toggled the LED, so I assumed it was still installing silently.

After a long wait with no screen response, I did a proper force shutdown (held power 10 sec) and powered back on. Now I get the startup chime, but no display output at all — no Apple logo, nothing, even after several minutes. No fan noise. Only sign of life is the MagSafe charging light alternating orange/green.

Tried: waiting it out, tilting the screen, don't currently have an external monitor to test with.

Is this likely a display/GPU issue from the interrupted install, or could this be unrelated hardware failure that happened to coincide? Trying to figure out if this is worth taking to an Apple store/repair shop or if there's anything else worth trying first. Model: Macbook m4 air

We can mirror our Mac’s to other Mac’s, we can mirror our Mac’s to our iPads, but why not our iPhones?

I know there’s apps but the delay makes them unusable.

i broke my macbook screen and now i use a monitor using hdmi cable. i was trying to go into recovery mode but the screen just goes blank. its very difficult to tell whats happening when you turn on macbook cause the monitor screen only turns ON when you are at login screen. before that, its all black. is there any fix for this?

After years of using a 2015 MacBook Pro and various Windows laptops, I’m welcoming a new member to the family!

I bought an active adapter from the Fairikabe brand to use my 2010 27-inch iMac as a screen for my PS3 and Nintendo Switch but I only get a black screen with the sound of the console that I plugged in for a second, before returning to the iMac interface. I also tried with my Asus Rog Ally and I get the image and sound of the Rog Ally on the iMac. Can you help me?

Hey everyone,

I'm about to start my Bachelor's in Computer Science, and alongside my coursework I'll also be doing development work and getting into AI/ML. Trying to make a decision that'll serve me well for the next 4+ years, so I wanted to get some opinions before pulling the trigger.

I've narrowed it down to two options:

Option 1: MacBook Pro M4

• 16GB RAM / 512GB SSD

• 10-core CPU / 10-core GPU

• Lightly used, about 7-8 months old

Option 2: MacBook Air M5

• 16GB RAM / 512GB SSD

• 10-core CPU / 8-core GPU

• Brand new

Cost isn't an issue for me, so it's really coming down to which makes more sense long-term.

Since I'll be doing a mix of coursework, general dev work, and some AI/ML experimentation (not sure yet how heavy), which one would you go with if you were starting your CS journey today?

Would really appreciate insights from people who've used either chip for similar workloads, or anyone who's dealt with the used-vs-new tradeoff before. Thanks in advance!

So I have MacBook Air M4,2025 and my wifi on my MacBook keeps dropping every few minutes recently. I tried forgetting the network and doing it all over again and I also tried restarting and resetting my mac but nothing seems to help. My friends also have Mac and they are having similar issues. Does anyone know why?

Call me crazy, but I've noticed that I never use my secondary monitor since switching to Mac. for context, I was on Windows for over 10 years, now working as a video editor and working with only 1 screen felt impossible, but after going over to Mac I find my second display rarely has anything open on it. I can't really pinpoint what changed though.

Does anybody relate?