Newest MacBook Pro is the first MacBook not recommended by Consumer Reports

Post by Eric_WVGG » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 10:11 PM UTC

Razengan wrote: post #225

The new MacBooks have still outsold all other competitors, apparently: https://intelligence.slice.com/apples-macbook-pro-launch/

Post by davidf18 » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 10:21 PM UTC

pcl wrote: post #371

mmjaa wrote: post #262

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Spotlight has given me so many headaches in the last few weeks that I'm seriously considering investing the time to understand it well enough to build an app to wrestle it to the ground and beat it over the head with a big stick. If only there'd be a reason to do it other than "gain control over my life again" ..

If you just want to beat it over the head with a stick, you can simply turn indexing off on a per-volume basis: sudo mdutil -i off / You can also exclude certain directories or volumes in the Privacy section of Spotlight preferences.

Post by manarth » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 10:38 PM UTC

Bud wrote: post #184

0x09 wrote: post #155

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I've gotten myself into a stupid situation where I have purchased something like 4 adapters that don't accomplish what I thought they would when I bought them. USB-C to DisplayPort -> DisplayPort to HDMI -> Monitor - doesn't work USB-C to DisplayPort -> DisplayPort to DVI-D -> Monitor - doesn't work USB-C to Ethernet - doesn't work I'm actually planning to just go to Best Buy today and try to find anything that will…

You can't expect an off-brand USB-C adapter to be able to fully support DisplayPort. USB-C does not natively contain DisplayPort. Also, don't daisy-chain adapters when you don't have to. Use a USB-C to HDMI adapter. Such as this one: http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av...

  > "You can't expect an off-brand USB-C adapter"

  - Some cables may be counterfeit/non-compliant
  - The nomenclature "USB-C" encompasses a multitude of differing standards
  - The differing standards are rarely identified or clearly explained at point-of-sale.

Post by 234dd57d2c8db » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 11:03 PM UTC

izacus wrote: post #273

Bud wrote: post #184

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You can't expect an off-brand USB-C adapter to be able to fully support DisplayPort. USB-C does not natively contain DisplayPort. Also, don't daisy-chain adapters when you don't have to. Use a USB-C to HDMI adapter. Such as this one: http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av...

There is NO first party official Apple DisplayPort adapter. There actually is no first party adapter that would support 4k@60Hz officialy. It gets even more annoying since most 4K monitors made in last year will support 4k@60Hz only over DP, not HDMI. I went through 2 adapters before I got one that actually worked with the new 2016 MacBook. Which was incredibly annoying.

Post by cloudwalking » Fri, Dec 23, 2016, 11:09 PM UTC

thought_alarm wrote: post #81

mmjaa wrote: post #19

I've had mine for a week now, and have been able to use it alongside my late-2014 rMBP, which has been a solid workhorse. I'm starting to notice very subtle preferences for the 2017 model creeping in - after an hour of typing, for example, going back to the old keyboard feels really, really inefficient and antiquated, and my typing rate is lower than on the new rMBP. I also really enjoy the Touchbar - it hasn't been…

How do you deal with the arrow keys? I like the feel of the keyboard, but I found absolutely no way to orient my fingers over the arrow keys. There is no way tell whether I'm hitting the up arrow or the right shift. As someone who works with text, it's a deal breaker for me.