MacBook Pro hard drive bit the dust. Advice?
Feb 13, 2019 17:31:59 #
nadelewitz wrote:
No, you can't. A lot of people wish you could, so they could use MacOS on less costly hardware. But Apple doesn't want to allow that.
If you research it, you can find people who have hacked the MacOS so it will run on PC computers. I can't vouch for or comment on that though.
If you research it, you can find people who have hacked the MacOS so it will run on PC computers. I can't vouch for or comment on that though.
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I built a Hackintosh several years ago. It worked fine, but every time Apple updated the OS even slightly, you had to wait until some hack wrote a fix to make it work on generic hardware. I gave up on it, because it was too slow.
I've run Windows on Macs since 2000, first with Connectix Virtual PC, then with Parallels Desktop. I did it initially because I needed to travel with two computers, since I was writing cross-platform FileMaker Pro database solutions at the time. It was great... I could write on Mac, test on Windows and tweak appearances. Later, I did it to save space in my office and be able to switch among business apps and creative apps. I created lots of video in iMovie based on screen grabs from Windows, using Mac software. It sounds crazy, but it worked faster than doing it on Windows and dealing with the quirks of early Win XP.
Feb 13, 2019 17:55:02 #
taj334 wrote:
Thanks vg. Since I learned to download my images to my iPad when I’m away from home, I really think the larger screen of a desktop would work better. I’ll remember your specs when I go shopping. I may even get a little bit for trading the laptop in.
I really think you will appreciate the large screen and comfort of using an I-Mac desktop. I bought a refurbished one from Apple and it came with 8 gigs of memory and that was five, trouble free and productive years ago. I use it for all my photo work, plus academic work for the classes I teach. It is great! I back it up with a Seagate external hard drive with a 3 terabyte capacity. It is a fine setup and I recommend you taking a look at getting a refurbished one from Apple. Mine cost me right at a thousand and came with a CD reader.
Feb 13, 2019 18:10:34 #
DavidPine wrote:
Make an appointment at an Apple Store. Take your 5-year-old MacBook Pro with you. I've never been disappointed by an Apple Store.
Thanks for all the input from everyone. It has been very helpful. There’s a lot to consider. I’m just looking forward to “playing” with my photos again.
After 2 1/2 hrs on the phone with Apple, I’m taking it in tomorrow. Will see if it makes sense to get the SSD or should I go ahead and upgrade now. Yes, I’ll take what they say with a grain of sand knowing they would love to have me get a whole new set up.
Feb 13, 2019 20:50:23 #
My MacBook Pro(2012) hard drive went out for the second time on Christmas. I bought a new iMac with 21.5” Retina display with touch pad for under $2000. Boy I couldn’t be happier.
Feb 14, 2019 08:29:56 #
adamsg wrote:
I really think you will appreciate the large scree... (show quote)
Thank you for your input. A refurbished I-Mac may be the ticket. Now I hook my laptop to a larger monitor so I can better see things. It’s not the best set up.
Feb 14, 2019 09:10:00 #
If your computer still boots up but has problems running certain software it may be just a screwed up operating system. If you have a "Time Machine" backup, you can easily reformat the drive and reinstall the operating system. At the same time it will mark any problem sectors bad. When you use a Time Machine backup, all software and data that were present when it was backed up are automatically restored to the drive.
Feb 14, 2019 18:41:44 #
Go for a Windows PC. My 10 year old Asus is still running perfectly and so is my 4 year old Asus.
Feb 14, 2019 23:33:19 #
taj334 wrote:
My five year old MacBook Pro hard drive just bit the dust. Wondering what I should go with next. My budget is in the $2000 (or less) range. I use the computer only for photos and photo editing because I have an iPad and an iPhone as well. I am a Grandma with 12,000 photos to play with. Just recently I subscribed to the Adobe Creative suite (jury still out on keeping it). Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I suggest replacing the hard drive, that's what I did; far less than a new MacBook.
Feb 14, 2019 23:38:17 #
W9OD
Loc: Wisconsin
500 gig SSD for $150.00 or less, you can install it yourself. That’s what YouTube is all about. I did it about a hear ago. Piece of cake.
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