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Mar 17, 2015 | 03:18 PM

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The SM boot is kind of pointless (other than eliminating hw issues). And do whatever you can to NOT have to do a restore.

The SMC reset will very likely fix your problem.

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Mar 18, 2015 | 09:43 AM

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- Clear NVRAM
- Reset SMC
- Disconnect ethernet
- Reboot

Didn't work

Mar 18, 2015 | 09:45 AM

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Try to boot in Safe Mode - otherwise just reinstall OSX over it, should keep everything (sometimes it wipes Bootcamp out though).

Safe mode worked.

Hopefully I can back it up in that mode

Mar 18, 2015 | 10:07 AM

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Of course it should boot into SM. That very rarely fixes any problems though. At least you know HW problems likely aren't the issue.

Delete startup/login items for the user in safe mode and then try to boot normally.

Or just restore.

Mar 18, 2015 | 10:08 AM

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I would goto the nerd bar.

Mar 18, 2015 | 11:53 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA

Safe mode worked.

Hopefully I can back it up in that mode

You can back up or do what he said below - maybe uninstall the last thing that you installed.

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I would goto the nerd bar.

Aint nobody has time for that....

Mar 20, 2015 | 05:41 PM

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So windoes 7 no longer works with bootcamp on the new MacBook pros and airs??

Mar 21, 2015 | 08:41 AM

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So windoes 7 no longer works with bootcamp on the new MacBook pros and airs??

Not supported and no longer works are not the same. Only Stogie should worry though with his love for XP.

Mar 21, 2015 | 12:06 PM

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So windoes 7 no longer works with bootcamp on the new MacBook pros and airs??

Just hold on until MS gives everyone their 10.

Mar 21, 2015 | 12:44 PM

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Curios to find out how the new MacBook runs boot camp

Mar 21, 2015 | 02:03 PM

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Not supported and no longer works are not the same. Only Stogie should worry though with his love for XP.

I have NO XP machines...

W7, however....

Mar 21, 2015 | 02:37 PM

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Not supported and no longer works are not the same.

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Apple's newly refreshed MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro models no longer support running Windows 7 with Boot Camp, according to Apple's Boot Camp support document. Boot Camp on the new notebooks only works with Windows 8 or later, so it is impossible to use Boot Camp to install Windows 7 on the machines.

Apple also dropped Windows 7 Boot Camp support in the 2013 Mac Pro, suggesting the software would cease to be supported by future Macs, but Macs released in 2014 continued to offer Windows 7 installations. The 2014 MacBook Air and the 2014 MacBook Pro will be the last Apple notebooks that support Windows 7.

Though Boot Camp no longer supports Windows 7, the operating system can continue to be used on these newer machines with virtualization software like VMware Fusion and Parallels.

looks like it doesn't work to me

Mar 21, 2015 | 06:07 PM

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There are threads of people who made it work with non-apple drivers.

Apr 8, 2015 | 10:03 AM

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Supposedly 10.10.3 is coming out today with the new photos app.

Apr 8, 2015 | 10:04 AM

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There are threads of people who made it work with non-apple drivers.

Well yea of course you could do that, but im saying officially it doesn't work

Apr 8, 2015 | 12:49 PM

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10.10.3 is out

Apr 8, 2015 | 01:15 PM

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Downloading 10.10.3 now.

Do I need to worry about my bootcamp windows partition during the update?

Apr 8, 2015 | 01:21 PM

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Downloading 10.10.3 now.

Do I need to worry about my bootcamp windows partition during the update?

Ask wsklar

Apr 8, 2015 | 01:27 PM

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I might as well update my moms 2011 mini from Mavericks to Yosemite.

She always complains when I update her stuff thou

Apr 8, 2015 | 01:57 PM

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Downloading 10.10.3 now.

Do I need to worry about my bootcamp windows partition during the update?

Apr 8, 2015 | 02:21 PM

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No, its fine.

Apr 8, 2015 | 04:26 PM

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Yup, installed without a problem...

Apr 16, 2015 | 02:12 PM

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Is Touchpad++ still the best windows in bootcamp touchpad software? Not having palm rejection in the bootcamp touchpad driver is killing me....

Apr 16, 2015 | 02:34 PM

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Is Touchpad++ still the best windows in bootcamp touchpad software? Not having palm rejection in the bootcamp touchpad driver is killing me....

Its the only 3rd party one and it sucks

Apr 17, 2015 | 02:01 PM

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I am ONLY using it for palm rejection. Otherwise, I will throw the MBP across the room while typing anything in windows... :rage:

Apr 17, 2015 | 02:49 PM

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Sounds like a personal problem.

Apr 17, 2015 | 03:23 PM

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This is the first I've heard of Trackpad++ and it sounds amazing.

Whiskers do you think it's worse that the drivers Apple provides for Windows?

Apr 17, 2015 | 04:44 PM

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This is the first I've heard of Trackpad++ and it sounds amazing.

Whiskers do you think it's worse that the drivers Apple provides for Windows?

Ive uninstalled it everytime. First you need to install a power+ program with it for it to work, while it adds gestures to Bootcamp, its laggy, not as smooth as the Mac driver and not worth it in the end. For me at least.

Bootcamp on the new Macbook works fine btw

Apr 17, 2015 | 05:19 PM

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Honestly, I think I have installed and uninstalled it a few times myself...

It's back on and ONLY set to prevent accidental palm movement of the pointer while typing.

We will see how long it last this time...

Apr 17, 2015 | 06:33 PM

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Is this you?

Apr 17, 2015 | 10:14 PM

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You don't need to install power+ I'm sure you could just manually disable driver signing in windows

Apr 18, 2015 | 07:58 AM

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You need to install power+

Apr 20, 2015 | 12:46 PM

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having loaded and unloaded it before, I did not need to install it again to disable driver signing.

May 11, 2015 | 10:42 AM

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Anyone using any AV software on OSX?

If so, what?

May 11, 2015 | 11:46 AM

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itunes?

May 11, 2015 | 01:18 PM

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Audio/video or virus? Lol

If virus, I've never used an antivirus on a Mac before.

May 11, 2015 | 01:56 PM

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antivirus

May 11, 2015 | 02:05 PM

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Heard good things about Sophos (sp?) or Avast...

May 11, 2015 | 02:06 PM

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I keep a condom on my router, seems to be working so far.

May 11, 2015 | 02:11 PM

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I don't and I hope all of my keystrokes aren't being sent to the pron police.