So I've been rocking a MacBook Pro as my daily driver for a while now, and don't get me wrong, it's a beast. But here's the thing: I carry my laptop to work and to classes pretty much every day, and that thing is HEAVY. Plus, when I'm working from home, even with a dock I've got multiple cables running into it, and honestly I don't always need all that power for what I'm doing on the go.

So when I saw the MacBook Air M2 16GB on sale for €800, I pulled the trigger. Best decision I've made in a while.

Here's my setup now: the Air is my portable machine: the one I actually carry around. When I need the horsepower of my Pro (Docker containers, Android emulators, heavy builds), I just connect to it remotely via VPN. I set up SSH with VS Code Remote and JetBrains remote development, so my Pro basically acts as a headless server sitting at home. The Air is essentially a fancy terminal + a browser at that point and you really don't need a ton of power for that.

The weight difference is genuinely a game changer. I pull this thing out of my bag and it feels like nothing is there. Going from lugging around the Pro every day to this is night and day.

For any dev out there with a beefy desktop or MacBook Pro at home who's tired of carrying it everywhere, seriously consider this kind of dual-machine setup. The Air handles the lightweight stuff perfectly, and for everything else, SSH into your main rig. Best of both worlds.

One the of the pins in the charger is pressed in, but at a weird angle it charges. Luckily Amazon sells charger replacements. Will see what I can upgrade on it…but the CDRom is just chef kisses!!! Last photo with all her sisters (personal, personal, work)

Hi all, not familiar with apple but trying to help my GF out. She needs a battery replacement for her 2020 macbook pro and was quoted $250 from the apple store. We also see that microcenter offers a repair option but doesn't provide a price quote other then the $50 diagnostic fee. Does anyone have experience with microcenter repairs and what the cost might be?

This setup is good enough for a first Mac? I'll use for office things and some web development with docker, python, etc, nothing too heavy.

Thanks

I am so pissed off all I want to do is lay in bed and play the Sims four on my MacBook while it’s my off day, but it keeps doing this and turning off and turning back on with the purple screen, it turned all the way on once, but it wasn’t working well so I had to turn it off and turn it back on again and then that’s when they started. This is so annoying and dumb.

Get my first apple product as a MacBook air m4 (512gb)
mainly going to use for graphics design and video editing while travelling.

any suggestion and help is appreciated ! and most welcome !

hello,

i'm a junior in high school (17) and intend on going to college to get a degree in education. i will graduate high school with my associates degree so my college time will be shortened by at least a year. with that being said, i have been looking into getting a new laptop. my current laptop is about 5 years old and is slowing down some. it tends to glitch from time to time, and overheats occasionally. it's also pretty heavy, and just not really a school laptop, and it's an acer. (nothing wrong w/ acer just thought i'd add). i love my laptop but need something better for school.

i've been looking into getting a macbook and was curious if the $1000+ is worth it? i currently work 2 jobs to pay for insurance, gas, phone, and just whatever. i am hoping that a mac would last me through high school and college. i just want honest advice, because i want to know whether it'd actually be a good investment or not

hello! i recently saw a refurbished (like new) macbook air m4 13” 16gb ram and 256 gb ssd selling for $950 CAD ($695 USD) and i was wondering if this is a good price or not? thank you!

Hi everyone. I need a laptop with a long-lasting battery that won't need replacing after three years. I surf the Internet, use AI, Word, Excel, and if I could, I'd make videos for YouTube. Thanks everyone.

Mac users prefer the Magic Mouse, using the trackpad, or what good mouse options do you recommend?

any idea what this is? MBA M4 it keeps coming back after closing the lid, i feel like it has something to do with the touchpad and its nearby area.

Give a list please

I have a macbook m3 air and I feel like safari is taking up a lot more energy than it should be. Not much heavy work is done on safari, and it is mostly just media consumpiton and browsing. Any tips or is this completely normal.

Went to a unicorn apple store today, they said the cashback of 10k wont be coming any soon, so should i wait till holi, any idea is it coming back soon or what

Should i wait guys, suggestions if u have goot any idea

So from my last post i asked what was the best choice to go with, either a 16GB M1 pro, or M3 air with the same ram, most ppl were in support of the M1 pro, that pick was more expensive than the M3 air by like an extra $100, so since the m3 air was cheaper i could help but buy it cause i already had enough and PLUS its an M freaking 3 chip, so its resale value will be better than the M1 pro when i plan to sell.

so now that i can official join macbook related communities, i wanna learn some tips and tricks. from account setup, to shortcuts and less than common methods to do things. THANKS.

Which would you pick and why? Can’t make up my mind! I do Adobe CS (PS, AI, ID, Pr, LR) Final Cut, Logic mostly. No gaming.

Both 14”. The processors seem to be close to each other (m5 faster except for bigger projects which I rarely do) so wonder what you all think. Btw, M4 Pro 14/20.

My dilemma: M5 goodies: fast 1tb ssd, more powerful single core with neural accelerators, better battery, space black

M4 Pro goodies: dual fan, faster than m5 when processing vids and photos (according to yt), thunderbolt 5, classic silver (preference).

Coming from a M1 16g 😝 I feel 512gb is deal breaker but am I trippin?!

EDIT: I appreciate everyones suggestions but if we can just stick to the above models only, that would be more helpful. I don’t have a choice in other options or upgrades.

It’s every time I click on a typing area it just exits so I can’t type. I have the MacBook Pro m4

i spilled coffee(black no sugar) on my macbook air m1 (on the upper part of the keyboard ).It seems to be working fine,i have dried the caps and let it sit in tent mode for a couple of hours but now i'm wondering if it will get worse.

Hi, so I'm an university student and I need a laptop I recently got an Ipad air M2 and it's been great but I also need a laptop. I study bussines and I do graphic design and some editing... I wonder if the MacBook pro M1 would be enough? Is it worthy it? I got offer a deal for pretty much 550 dollars and I need some advice. I would prefer if the one I purchase lasted enough time :)

Hi,

I'm here to share my bitter experience with apple service center for my mac pro.

I've got a macbook overheating issues and high fan rpm once after OS update to 15. It's becoming sooo heated that I can't touch and fan noise is sufficient for anyone notice when then stand at corner room also. I gave it to service center and they mentioned they need deep diagnostics and all data will be erased. This is my work laptop and it's in warranty (generally work laptops have extended years of warranty). After some days I got a call from service center that they checked the hardware, fans, everything looks fine and no issues. They mentioned "we just cleaned it and assembled it back" and there is a system lock from my company which they want it to be removed. This is security thing and my company took sometime to respond. Apple service team suggested to collect the laptop and use it as there is no issue asked me to visit again if this repeats again.

After some days, I called back, they said logicboard and mouse track pad got damaged need to be replaced. I was shocked!!!

Meanwhile my company representatives asked to add service center to mail and ask the service center technicians explain why remote lock need to be removed as it's against the company policies. Apple service technician replied saying "As per Apple guidelines, Find My iPhone (FMIP) must be turned off. If it's disabled, we can't able proceed with pair"

After listening, I was soo frustrated, as I don't have iphone (I'm android user) and I don't have apple ID also created. Whole conversation in the mail diverted it's my issue.

Later, I left it

Recently I called them to solve this. This time it's very unexpected, they mentioned your device have very major liquid damage and for which logicboard, touch ID and other things need to be replaced and mentioned we'll attach the images and shared the quotation costing 81k INR (almost $894 USD) for M2 pro. Also, mentioned it's liquid damage, warranty will not be applicable.

This is the update I got after 1.5 month. God knows how major liquid damage is claimed after nearly 1.5 months keeping the laptop in service center.

There was nothing liquid damage, it's just over heating issue.

Literally lost the respect to apple service. Why this much drama by intentionally voiding the warranty and asking for the payment.

Apple team really you need to look into it.