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(Don’t worry. This MacBook isn’t sunburned it’s just Rose Gold.) 1) Sunlight The Sun may be 93 million miles away, but it can cause damage to your Mac due to heat. One of my consulting clients who lives in the mountains west of Denver has a beautiful view from his home office from a south-facing floor-to-ceiling window. He loves the view so much that he put his new iMac right next to the window so he could simply glance out at any time to see the weather, watch deer and elk (and the occasional bear) wander by, and otherwise decompress while he was working.
Of course, there is the other view. Being less of a web-app zealot as others, I am still on the fence on this one, and even after using the Macbook Air for close to two weeks, I still can’t make up my mind – whether to keep using it as my only machine or pair it with the MacBook.
A few months after he got the iMac, the client called me to complain that the machine would shut down unexpectedly; often about the same time of day. When I asked if there were any symptoms that he saw or heard, he mentioned that the iMac fan was blowing loudly, even when he wasn’t rendering video. Sure enough, the back of the iMac was close enough to the south-facing window that it was receiving the full brunt of the Sun’s light during the day and gradually heating up to the point that not only did the fan kick in to try to cool the computer off, but it would eventually shut down to prevent damage. The issue hadn’t started until late spring when the computer was receiving a few more hours of sunlight each day.
Our solution was simple and retained the view of the mountains — we simply moved the desk that the iMac sat on back about 18 inches, which kept it from receiving direct sunlight while the Sun was at its highest. One other place where sunlight can damage a Mac? Sure, you might have the computer located under a tonneau cover so it’s not receiving direct sunlight, but that car can heat up and damage your Mac. If the outside temperature is around 100°F and the car is parked in direct sunlight, the interior can quickly reach temperatures exceeding 170°F. That’s enough to cause permanent damage to some batteries, and it can even loosen the components in sealed laptops by melting the adhesives used to keep things in place.
2) Dust and Pet Hair Another killer of Macs is dust and pet hair. When I was doing a lot of consulting, one of the most common things I used to run into with any Mac with a built-in cooling fan was overheating due to an accumulation of dust and pet hair. In offices, it’s quite common to place headless servers (Mac Pro, Mac mini) in cabling closets, and those rooms are usually never on the nightly janitorial cleaning list. After even a few months, opening up one of the servers to add memory results in finding a thick layer of dust.
A small vacuum cleaner made specifically for pulling dust out of computers was in my bag of computer tricks, along with a can of compressed air. After cleaning out the dust, it was common to see a 20° – 40°F drop in temperatures inside the Macs as measured. My home office clients had another source of fan-clogging material — cat and dog hair. If a client had a pet or pets, I always put a cleaning of non-sealed Macs on my schedule every six to nine months because I knew that the hair was eventually going to cause issues. (Photo via NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory.) 3) Lightning Do you live in an area where lightning is common? Places as diverse as Florida and the Colorado Front Range are famous for spectacular lightning storms, and a close-by strike can easily damage your Mac when it’s plugged into a wall socket. There are a few ways to prevent lightning from damaging your Mac.
First, if you begin hearing thunder and think you’re in the path of a storm, unplug your Mac for the duration. Next, make sure you’re using a surge protector between your outlet and your Mac. Has from APC, Belkin, and other manufacturers that are an inexpensive way to keep your Mac safe from lightning damage even when you’re not around. Finally, if lightning and power outages are common in your area, invest in an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). Once again, is a great source for the well-regarded, which also includes a $150,000 equipment protection policy.
4) Popularity Everybody loves Macs, so much that they’re attractive to thieves. A client who works at a local law enforcement forensic computing facility told me that Macs are often the only computers taken from homes and businesses, with thieves bypassing the more common Windows PCs. There are a couple of easy ways to keep your Macs from “walking away”, including using locks and security cables from to make the computer difficult to remove in a short time. Companies often put metallic barcode tags on Macs for inventory purposes, and those can also be a good deterrent to theft because they’re very hard to remove.
(Image via OSX Daily.) 5) Gravity Gravity is one of the worst enemies of your Mac. Whether it’s accidentally dropping a bag with a MacBook in it or having something fall and knock over an iMac, it’s surprisingly easy to damage your computer due to the effects of gravity. Now I’m not suggesting that we all move into spacebut the best thing to do is to always think about potential drop and trip hazards.
I do a lot of video podcasting and set up lights in my home office; recently, one of those lights fell over as I was getting ready to put it away, and it hit the back of my 27-inch iMac, knocking it over. While the computer was fine, the fall did leave a mark on the screen as my Magic Trackpad apparently damaged the coating on that beautiful Retina display. Also, since Apple has gotten rid of the MagSafe adapters that safely pulled out of MacBooks if you tripped over a power cable, you now have to worry about that tripping hazard pulling a MacBook to the floor.
6) Liquids Liquids are a very common way to damage a Mac — or at least the keyboard of a desktop Mac. Who doesn’t sit down at the Mac with a cup of coffee or tea in the morning, or with a soft drink or other liquid at other times?
It’s way too easy to knock those liquids right onto your computer. My solution to my own clumsiness after ruining a keyboard with coffee? I now use a coffee mug that has a “push to drink” lever on it; if I knock it over, it’s not going to spill everything on the keyboard. Likewise, I try to use a “spill proof” water bottle for refreshment at other times. Or you can invest in a. 7) Malware We often warn readers of the Rocket Yard of the danger of.
It comes in all types, from, that can capture user names and passwords, to malicious apps that can wipe a hard drive. Although Macs are not as likely to be the targets of malware, their increasing popularity is causing a rise in the incidence rate of Mac-related malware attacks. The solution in this case? Install and maintain anti-malware software on your Macs.
8) Kids Have a home office? Consider doing what one of my former clients did and put a lock on the door to the office She did this after purchasing a brand new 27-inch iMac that her 4-year-old son promptly destroyed by drawing on the screen with an indelible “Sharpie” marker. Her attempts at removing the artwork ended up damaging the display, which had to be replaced at an Apple store.
Just keep an eye on kids and pets, and think about ways that their clever little minds can possibly damage or harm your computer or put a lock on your office door. 9) Inept Computer Techs Macs are still a mystery to some computer techs who have never laid a hand on them in the past.
If you ever need to have work done on your Mac by a computer tech, make sure that they have at least some Apple credentials or familiarity with Macs. I say this because one of my clients from a few years ago took his older MacBook Pro to a local computer repair shop after having a hard drive fail. He brought in a backup drive with which they could restore the MacBook Pro once the new drive was installed Well, he got the Mac back but without Mac OS X being reinstalled on the device or his backup restored. It had the new hard drive, but the techs at the store didn’t have any installation media and didn’t bother to figure out how to install Mac OS X.
While this didn’t damage the MacBook Pro, it did inconvenience my client, and I had to make an emergency visit to get the operating system reinstalled and his files restored as quickly as possible. While his data was never at risk, the lack of competence shown by the staff really pointed out the danger of entrusting your businesses to a complete stranger. 10) Not Having Backups At least that client had backups of everything.
At my urging, most of my clients had a bootable clone of their Mac that was updated nightly, a Time Machine backup, and an online backup. When some mayhem takes out your Mac, the backup can get you back up and running quickly. That wasn’t the case when I was called to help out an older man with more money than sense who had a top-of-the-line (for the time) Mac Pro that was decked out with a large hard drive. He had meticulously digitized a huge collection of vinyl albums, CDs, and tapes over the years, using iTunes on his Mac to organize all of the music. This was in the days before iTunes in the Cloud or Apple Music, and this man called after his hard drive failed. When I arrived, I asked him where his backup drive was, and I got a blank look in return.
He had spent years digitizing his recordings, but had no local backup. I asked if he had an online backup with one of the few providers at that time. Once again, I got a blank look. After telling this gentleman that the only way to possibly attempt to get any of his files back was going to be to send the hard drive to a expensive drive recovery firm, he got quite irate with me.
Since he wasn’t one of my regular clients and I wasn’t too happy with being yelled at by a complete stranger, I cut off his rant by writing down the phone number of the recovery company and walking out the door. I never did find out if that man got any of his files back, but it really taught me the importance of getting the word out to people on the importance of backups. That’s one of our continuing missions here at The Rocket Yard, and we hope that you take our messages to heart!
I realize they’re not ranked in terms of likelihood, but the number one cause of death we always saw on Mac laptops was liquid damage. We tried to sell keyboard covers (Moshi) with every laptop we saw and were successful about half of the time. But what was most astounding was when we COULDN’T sell them to someone who had just paid a ton of money to have a liquid damage repair!
You would think I wish people were better at backing up too. There seems to be this misunderstanding that if your computer or hard drive is new, you’re not at risk.
With some people, it was hard to explain we weren’t trying to up-sell anything, but that they were risking everything by not backing up. New hard drives fail almost as often as older ones. They’re fast and convenient places to save data to, but not secure. A fewer still, didn’t understand that a failing (but not completely dead) hard drive is not like bad tires on the car.
It has to be replaced right away and it’s a gift to catch one before it’s completely dead. The other consistent misunderstanding we ran into with a significant amount of people is that they thought “the iCloud” was backing everything up.
We had to explain that will this “could” be true for iOS devices, it was almost never true about their Macs. We recommended BackBlaze for the latter and some chose it in addition to a TimeMachine or TimeCapsule backup plan. I’m sure there are still many, many Mac users who are wholly unaware that iCloud is still more about syncing than backup on the Mac and that you’ll likely need a paid account with Apple if you want to backup the ever expanding data on your iPhone. Computer support is one of those fields where there is just no joy in the “I-told-you-so,” even though you’ve told them so and they didn’t take your advice.:- Steve, you write good stuff for both the layman and other Mac Professionals.
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More on Apple's event. Simply put, the people who helped popularize the touchscreen don't think it's how you should interact with a laptop. Instead, they came up with something Apple calls a Touch Bar - a multitouch display built into the top row of the MacBook Pro's keyboard. It lights up with a menu of buttons, control sliders, dials and tools, which change with the app you're using. Taking the place of function keys, the Touch Bar brings up autofill choices as you type and lets you scroll through photos or jump to your favorite websites in Safari.
'What we wanted to do was bring all this advanced technology of multitouch and Retina displays down to where your hands can take advantage of them on a laptop,' Schiller says. 'As far as our eye can see, there will still be a place for this basic laptop architecture.' Can't touch this Four years ago, Microsoft's Windows 8 software enabled PC makers to build computers with touchscreens.
Since then, Asus, Dell, HP and others have released all-in-one devices, like Apple's iMac but with a touchscreen. They also offer laptops that convert to tablets when you twist or snap off the keyboard. The MacBook Pro comes in a thinner and lighter package, and packs in faster processors and a Touch Bar strip. James Martin/CNET With last year's release of Windows 10, touchscreen hybrids have become mainstream.
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But that hasn't stopped PC shipments from declining for eight straight quarters, 'the longest duration of decline in the history of the PC industry,' according to research firm. That's in part because people are choosing mobile devices, like phones, over computers. 'The push for mobility is hurting PC sales,' Gartner analyst Brian Blau says. 'We've seen that quarter after quarter.' Microsoft claims its $899 tablet with a detachable keyboard and stylus and its $1,499 have lured users away from the Mac. On Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled a new all-in-one desktop called the.
Think the iMac, but with a touchscreen and support for a stylus. Last week, reported that sales from its Surface line soared 38 percent from the previous year, to $926 million. That's a huge percentage jump compared with the half-a-percent slide in iPad revenue this quarter and a 17 percent drop in Mac sales.
But even with the boost, Microsoft Surface quarterly sales hover around the $1 billion mark, well below demand for Apple's products. IPad sales this past quarter topped $4 billion, while Mac sales were over $5.7 billion. Apple executive Phil Schiller touts the new features in the MacBook Pro. James Martin/CNET The Surface won over buyers in part because of Apple's delays in updating its MacBook Pro line, believes Brian Hall, corporate vice president of marketing for Microsoft devices. The last major update of the MacBook Pro was in 2012. Microsoft hopes its new, high-end, unveiled Wednesday and priced at $2,399, attracts plenty of MacBook Pro users.
'Apple has definitely left their customers behind in the last four years or three years in not having updated over that period,' Hall says. 'At this point, Apple's really doing customers a disservice not to have an option for touchscreens on a MacBook.' Apple disagrees. Four years ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook dissed hybrid devices by saying they're like But Apple also introduced the last year, with a detachable keyboard and stylus called the Pencil, a clear sign it sees a market for people who want to work on iPads and not just use them as entertainment devices. The company explored putting touch into a Mac but rejected that idea 'many, many years ago,' according to Ive.
That was partly due to ergonomics. It doesn't feel natural to reach out to touch a computer screen, Apple's executives say.
'That wasn't the right place for that,' Ive says. 'It wasn't particularly useful or an appropriate application of multitouch.' At least some MacBook fans agree with Apple.
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May be best known as a rapper, but he's also a bit of a techie. He's been a MacBook Pro user for over a decade, has built his own souped-up computers since he was young and likes to try out new devices. That includes touchscreen Windows 8 laptops like the. T-Pain considers the touchscreen on the notebook more of 'a hindrance' than anything. 'If my screen is dusty, and I'm trying to wipe it off, I click so many things,' he says. 'It's too much.' When CNET asks if he wants to see a touchscreen MacBook, T-Pain says, laughing, 'God no.
Never the twain shall meet Add to ergonomics the fact that Apple's MacOS isn't a touch-friendly operating system, though the latest MacOS Sierra software works with the new Touch Bar. Apple has kept the software distinct from its iOS mobile software for the iPhone and iPad, though 'Continuity' capabilities let the two OSes better interact, and they allow iOS features like Siri to now work on the Mac. 'What you've seen is tons of common technology shared beneath the two of them,' Federighi says.
'But where we differentiate is where it matters fundamentally to the user-interaction model and to that fundamental ergonomic.' 1:09 Because of that - one OS uses fingers, the other a mouse and keyboard - Apple doesn't have plans to merge its two operating systems. 'We did spend a great deal of time looking at this a number of years ago and came to the conclusion that to make the best personal computer, you can't try to turn MacOS into an iPhone,' Schiller says. 'Conversely, you can't turn iOS into a Mac.So each one is best at what they're meant to be - and we take what makes sense to add from each, but without fundamentally changing them so they're compromised.' 'To attempt to bend one into the other is at its root to make a compromise.' Craig Federighi, head of software for Apple Of course, never say never with Apple.
Jobs saying in late 2010 that they were 'too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with an iPad.' Apple ended up launching the 7.9-inch in November 2012. Jobs also spoke out against bigger-screen smartphones. But Apple introduced its 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch in September 2014. Those phones made Apple the most profitable company in the world. And Jobs said your finger is the only pointer you'll need, eight years before Apple unveiled its $99 Apple Pencil as an add-on for the $799 iPad Pro.