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Missing recovery partion and unable to start boot/startup manager on macbook pro mid 2012

my mid 2012 macbook pro with intel icore7 is in need of some attention. it's been running slugish for a while now.. I cleaned the hd as much as I could but since the os is not longer getting supported ...
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How to show all users on MacBook login when it seems be locked to boot into one user profile?

I have a MacBook - company imaged to Catalina (light company stuff on it) but I shared with another user - and he enabled quick start for just him He left the company and I want to see my user profile ...
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how to disable external monitors connected to mac book pro without physically disconnecting them

I have 3 external monitors connect to mac book pro .. how ever some time I just want only one monitor, Instead of disconnecting the other two I was looking for a way to disable them , and reenable ...
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CPU spikes up to more than 1000% of java when building in android studio. Mac shuts down while this happens

It's been 2 weeks now and I have been trying to find the root cause of this. Configuration: 16GB - 256GB - 15 inch Macbook Pro 2019, 2.4 GHz with 8-Core Intel Core i9 - macOS Catalina - Android Studio ...
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MacBook Pro abruptly shutdown when battery reaches ~15%

Im facing a very annoying and odd issue with my MacBook Pro. When Im using it on battery and whenever the battery reaches around 15%, the machine simply and abruptly shutdown. This started out of ...
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Installing macOS Catalina onto brand new SSD

I'm fighting with a macbook with new ssd. When I try to install mac os Catalina via online recovery, the installation fails. It fails everytime at 2 minutes remaining with error "there was an error ...
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MacBook Pro, Storage Space Gone After Merging All Partitions

I merged all my partitions into the one I have MacOS on using diskutil and the storage space are gone. Before: After: Edit: diskutil list command output /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: ...
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Catalina Performance on MacBook Pro 16"

I cannot believe how relatively slow my new MBP 16" is! I'm unable to understand what's causing this, I can't find anything in the logs or Activity Monitor that's providing any tips. I mean, even ...
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MacBook Pro extremely slow and with a sluggish Internet connection after macOS Catalina update [closed]

I am using a MacBook Pro (Late 2012) with the following specs: Processor speed: 2.9 GHz Memory: 8GB Available disk space: 160 GB (main partition) and 359 GB (on a second partition). I recently (3 ...
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MacBook Pro mid 2012 lagging

I bought a used MacBook Pro 2012. It has a new SSD disk, and I have replaced memory and battery - and I have also reset disk partitions and installed Catalina from a USB stick. Still the MacOS often ...
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Re-partition to install MacOS Catalina

During the latest update, I was stuck in a boot loop. It was saying there was not enough space. Then I tried to boot from the Macintosh HD but it was always stuck after pressing Restart. After that ...
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MacBook Windows shift on external monitors after Catalina upgrade

I have 2 external monitors connected to my MacBook, one horizontal, one vertical if that's relevant. They worked perfectly before. Since upgrading to Catalina, whenever I unlock it after being away ...
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How to Enable Location Services on Google Chrome

When using Chrome, Google Maps can not find my location. It works with Safari and Firefox. I guess it has something to do with I can not add Chrome to Enable Location Services. These are my specs: ...
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