Author Topic: Mac Halp Plz (Read 1758 times)

bout to crash · « **on:** October 03, 2011, 03:15:13 AM »

Okay, so I knew I needed to free up some space on my MacBook (been getting the "running out of disk space" message recently- I have a ton of pictures and crap) but just hadn't gotten around to it yet... well, tonight I was doing a bunch of things at once and started getting the message that said I didn't have enough space to run all the programs I had going (only Safari, TextEdit and Finder

). So I tried closing stuff, which didn't work, and then the computer just totally froze on me and I wasn't able to do anything at all (this has never happened to me as far as I can remember; usually I can at least shutdown/restart but nothing happened when I hit the power button). So I just closed it and left it alone for a while. When I opened it up a while later, it made that little sound it always makes when I open it up, except the screen stayed black and nothing happened when I tried to hit the power button

Any help would be appreciated since I'm pretty clueless about this crap and the searches I've done so far haven't provided much.

kári · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:16:57 AM »

Have you tried holding it down for a few seconds?

bout to crash · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:25:22 AM »

Yeah. Shit was still running but refused to turn off so I took the battery out and now it just turned on. We'll see what happens...

Gadough · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:27:09 AM »

You took the battery out of your Macbook? How the bloody hell did you do that? I thought you either had to be a technical wizard, or send it to Apple to get the battery removed...

bout to crash · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:30:29 AM »

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2037

Gadough · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:35:27 AM »

Well, I'll be damned.

bout to crash · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:37:34 AM »

I am now officially posting from the MacBook again (thank gawd, my work computer sucks) and have learned my lesson.

kári · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:42:43 AM »

Quote from: Gadough on October 03, 2011, 03:35:27 AM

Well, I'll be damned.

Yeah that's one of the previous generation macbooks, without the aluminium unibody. Here's the help page for those with the unibody: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT3371

Gadough · « **Reply #8 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:44:57 AM »

So theoretically, when the battery in my Macbook goes kaput, I can just buy a new battery, and install it myself without needing to buy a new computer?

kári · « **Reply #9 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:46:17 AM »

Did you look at the help page?

Gadough · « **Reply #10 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:49:08 AM »

Ah, ok. That makes more sense.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #11 on:** October 03, 2011, 09:05:48 AM »

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By Bout To Crash

bout to crash · « **Reply #12 on:** October 03, 2011, 01:09:29 PM »

Quote from: kári on October 03, 2011, 03:42:43 AM

Quote from: Gadough on October 03, 2011, 03:35:27 AM
Well, I'll be damned.
Yeah that's one of the previous generation macbooks, without the aluminium unibody. Here's the help page for those with the unibody: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT3371

Mine has the aluminum unibody but it's from late 2008.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #13 on:** October 03, 2011, 04:49:46 PM »

I've got the 21" 2011 iMac

My bro splashed out on the 27" inch mac

It's way too big for my tastes !!

snapple · « **Reply #14 on:** October 03, 2011, 04:55:37 PM »

That should fix it.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #15 on:** October 03, 2011, 05:21:40 PM »

$:\$ Get that out of my sight !

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #16 on:** October 03, 2011, 05:29:08 PM »

Nice case. Shite keyboard/speakers though.

tjanuranus · « **Reply #17 on:** October 03, 2011, 06:02:15 PM »

Quote from: snapple on October 03, 2011, 04:55:37 PM

That should fix it.

bout to crash · « **Reply #18 on:** October 03, 2011, 11:49:59 PM »

wtf is that thing

tjanuranus · « **Reply #19 on:** October 04, 2011, 12:52:45 AM »

Quote from: bout to crash on October 03, 2011, 11:49:59 PM

wtf is that thing

MinistroRaven · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2023, 04:03:56 PM »

I was going to start a new thread but found this one from almost 12 years ago. So, why not? lol

Guys, I have a MacBook, and I have NEVER deleted the cache and cookies, I know I can do partially that on safari, chrome, and Firefox, BUT, I also know there's a specific folder for the cache. Is it safe to delete the entire content inside that folder?

What do you do? Any advice is appreciated.

XJDenton · « **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2023, 07:07:37 PM »

Yeah, it should be fine to delate any of the cache folders. Worst case scenario the app will recache the files it needs.

bout to crash · « **Reply #22 on:** February 19, 2023, 02:07:06 AM »

at this thread being resurrected. Guys I still have this MacBook but never use it because it's so old.

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Author Topic: Mac Halp Plz (Read 1758 times)