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BurntNewt

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  1. So ive been trying to transfer my HDD with windows to my ssd and i used macrium reflect to clone the drive however it kept failing then i tried aeoli to clone the disk and it worked however it still wont boot and it gives me this image (attatched below) whenever i try and boot from the ssd. Im not quite sure what im doing wrong or how to fix this issue, the hdd and ssd are the same size.

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  2. I have 1 Tb on my mac i was uploading photos to the cloud from my phone and downloading them on photos from my mac, all of a sudden i get a notification that i have low storage to see i have 3 gb left out of 1 tb it says 780 are in system, i called apple support to no avail and still have no storage left is there anything i can do or try to fix this? they suggested rebuilidng spotlight index but idk how that would help 

  3. 6 minutes ago, C2dan88 said:

    You need to choose what drive to boot in your bios.

     

    Note if the other drive is from a pc with legacy bios you may need t disable secure boot and enable csm

    so dont go through the boot menu just choose the drive in the load order of the bios?

  4. 8 minutes ago, Helpful Tech Wiard said:

    going to the photos app, preferences, icloud, and reselecting icloud photo library doesnt do it?

    if your photos disapred, they wont be duplicated because theyre only on icloud, not on the mac

    I had it so originals downloaded to my Mac, and no I can't do that cause it would run out of storage on my cloud then and id have to delete duplicates to get the storage back. if I go back to reselect it gives me a screen to buy more storage

  5. 45 minutes ago, Helpful Tech Wiard said:

    no, if you turn that off it wont automatically back up photos when you open them, but it will allow you to manually do it.

    and icloud is usuful for more than photos.

    I have icloud photos disabled on my iphone because it sucks to have my photos not on my phone, but I can still upload photos to icloud if I want to back them up

    I turned it off an now I none of the photos I upload shows on my Mac and I can't turn it on again...

     

    and if I am able to some how turn it all on again im gonna have 3000 duplicates...

  6. Is there a way possible to view photos on an external drive in the photos app without them uploading to my iCloud and wasting my storage. I have an old phone with about 11,000 photos and I am putting them on an external drive however I want an easy way to look through them and enjoy them is there anyway to do that in photos or another app that is able to help that way I don't waste my 50 gigs of iCloud.

  7. 5 hours ago, jaslion said:

    Odd gpu usage. You sure you were looking at your card? Should still be a noticeable bump.

     

    Pretty much what is going on here is a story I've told many times. But this time with a twist.

     

    The 8600k is a pure 6 core 6 thread cpu. BO3 is a game that can effectively use 4 threads but will put load on up to 6.

     

    Discord is a unoptimized webapp running on your desktop through a chromium front and when it acts up it loads up the cpu a fair bit.

     

    So with some bad thread scheduling those 2 lower use cores left for the system aren't used properly or are being maxed out and then it will start using the 4 cores BO3 is using causing issues. So you end up running into issue there.

    yeah I was watching my gpu usage the whole time, in both task manager and afterburner and nzxt cam, they all said 1 percent gpu usage on the game and that my gpu was under 9 percent total load while playing. so how should i play the game while still being able to talk to my friends since discord is the issue is there any way to make discord not do that lol

  8. 14 minutes ago, jaslion said:

    Well do as I say and monitor all of it whilst in the game. The cpu look at each core individually.

    I just tested it and it ran fine with discord closed, there was almost no gpu usage at all it was utilizing around 60 percent of my cpu though

  9. Just now, jaslion said:

    Close discord. As in close close it so it's not still open in the system tray (hidden under the arrow on the right side of the task bar).

     

    Then monitor your cpu and gpu usage with something like msi afterburner.

     

    Probably something is causing high usage and slowing down the game.

     

    Also monitor temps.

    i have noticed temps are higher than normal, but i dont know whats causing it, i clean the dust out of my pc every one or two months so theres no buildups 

  10. I have been playing black ops 3 zombies recently for the nostalgia but the game has been struggling to run even on low settings with nothing open but the game and discord, i have a 1070 ti and i5 8600 and i have tried changing every setting and i have even put it on the lowest settings and still cant figure out why its lagging when i know the game can be run on high or extra settings with my set up. i also been having the same problem in other games that are resource demanding even though i theoretically should have the specs needed to play the games at those settings is there any way to find out what else is causing the lag or making them impossble to even get 60 frames on?

  11. 17 hours ago, Darkseth said:

    Yes, you'll need 100% Load (Benchmarks, long renders) for several Minutes, untill the Air starts throttling by up to 15%~ (not a big deal tbh), before that, the Performance is identical to the Pro.

     

    Since the new 14" with M1x will probably be <200 bucks more expensive as a similar spec'd 13" pro (512gb ssd, 16gb Ram), i'd wait for that, or just get the Air with 16gb Ram.

    Most people really REALLY do not "need" the Pro over the Air.

    Unless you really like the Touchbar, the last extra battery life, 500 nits Screen, or you have alot of sustained heavy Load (but if you do, might as well wait for M1x).

     

    But i can spoil you there: No student right now needs more performance than the M1. Even the M1 performance is WAY higher than any student will ever need. Especially when it's only school, and not University (where you usually run more complex Applications).

     

    If you need one noe, get one now. If not, wait for the next Apple Event in a Month.

    I am in uni, I just don’t know if it’s worth it to wait for the legacy ports to return because they seem like it would be more useful than just two thunderbolt 

  12. 6 hours ago, SorryClaire said:

    Or just get new keyboard and trackpad. But yes, i would repair the thing until M1x news is clear. Also, whats your work that warrant the bigger screen of a Pro?

    I used it for video and photo editing as well as school, the only reason I wouldn’t want to wait is cause a laptop would be nice to have back for school things

  13. My old MacBook Pro is biting the dust and I was curious if I should wait to buy one or trade in my current for 350 get the student discount and the free AirPods now. And get a nice m1 MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar and all that, or if should just wait and see if m1x is coming out this year. But also I would need a laptop for school so I don’t know what to do 

  14. Im looking to upgrade my macbook pro 2015 hard drive to a 500 gb ssd and was wondering if this converter and the mac itself was compatible with any ssd or if it has to be a specific kind this upgrade would be really nice to speed it up and hold it over for a couple more years before doing a full upgrade. heres the links to the ssd and the converter that i found 

    https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-500GB-NAND-NVMe-2400MB/dp/B086BGWNY8/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=nvme+ssd&qid=1623222136&s=electronics&sr=1-8

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VVNKRYR/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=amazonlinker09-20&linkId=25e0b5ab491de03fcbcb8041c4e21c7a&language=en_US

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H6CZRGY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=amazonlinker09-20&linkId=2547bb1b76e68e3cd1f489792c3ffdd6&language=en_US

     

    would these all be able to work with the 2015 macbook pro and and be compatible to upgrade, just wanted to check before buying

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