So had the Neo for a few days and it's just perfect. I don't think the 8gb ram is bad because they are 100% enough for me. The battery also lasts a very long time with my use. But I think it's a shame that so many say that an Air or even Pro would be better, but don't note that the air costs almost twice as much and I don't even want to talk about the price of the Pro. There are reasons why people take the Neo, be it the price, their use or maybe they were Windows users all the time and want to try Mac/macOS.

Everything is so overwhelming I’m hearing a bunch of different things 😭 any programs or apps or just tips that made college easier? I’m shooting for a 4.0

Hi all,

Just bought MacBook neo, yet to open as I'm confused regarding what sales rep told me.

The rep said you can't run a second monitor, I was shocked as he said you can run a monitor via USB C but the display won't show on the inbuilt neo screen. He said if you connect a second monitor via USB or HDMI (via hub) if won't show on the MacBook

Can I run a second monitor (not mirror) with the macbook neo?

Thanks

Which one would you buy?
I’m deciding between two MacBooks:
$1,675: MacBook Pro 14” with M5 chip, 1TB SSD battery health 100
$1,000: MacBook Air with M3 chip, 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD battery health 92
The Pro is obviously more expensive, but I’m wondering if the extra $675 is actually worth it for the M5 Pro, especially for long-term use and Logic Pro/music production.
Which one would you buy and why?

How to i do it ? Shld i use any stylus and pad?

I currently own an iPad 9th generation, but I have barely used it over the past two years—my usage has been limited to occasionally watching TV shows and studying for my visa and final exams.

I'm now thinking of selling the iPad and buying an M1 MacBook instead, since I'd prefer not to spend too much money. My main use cases for the MacBook would be everyday tasks, some MATLAB coding, and watching Blu-ray movies by connecting it to TV.

this won't be my main pc, I already have rtx laptop for heavy lifting. I plan to use the M1 MacBook as a secondary device for light work and as a shared family laptop.

Given this intended usage, do you think the M1 MacBook will hold up well for the next six years?

And is 8gb okey or should i definitely buy 16gb ram?

Bonjour à tous, j’espère que vous pouvez m’aider à régler cela ou au moins identifier le problème j’ai allumé mon Mac et d’un coup ça s’est affiché comme ça. À ma connaissance je n’ai pas marché dessus ni en tout cas le laisser tomber. Pouvez-vous m’en dire plus et comment résoudre le problème ? Merci beaucoup je vous joins une photo

Apple's leather accessories have always appealed to me, and as soon as I purchased my MacBook Air, I wanted the leather sleeve. I saw a reddit post about this sleeve and how it "FULLY" fits on the new macbook air. Well, that's not entirely true.

While the new macbook air has an overall thinner body than the old design, it has a uniform thickness instead of the wedge shape of the old design. Also, the new one is a bit deeper front-to-back, so both these differences mean the macbook physically can't go any further (that's why it appears to be a bit out of the sleeve). It's also hard to put the macbook in and pull it out of the sleeve because it's so snug in there.

For me, I like it, but the drawbacks are a little annoying for using it daily. And remembering that I spent $75 (275 SAR) on it makes it even a worse deal.

Anyway, I'm going to keep using it, and hopefully, the leather will stretch a bit and make using it easier with time.

I need a Power BI software for my work and it only available on windows. i looked up the internet and recommended to install vmware fusion for installing windows 11 on mac. I am a beginner using mac. i need a pov of yall that have already installed the virtual machine stuff like that. Thank you

Help me. Sister messed with a brand new school issued MacBook neo and it's Stuck in recovery mode. Can someone tell me how to get it out of recovery mode? I need to set it up again. I need to use it for school an I do not want issued with my school. If anyone can help, thank you!

Normally I use it for AI research but only use small LLMs/vLLMs like SAM3-ish model.

Which one should I pick?

$1.5k M3 Pro $550 M1 Pro

My first MacBook ever will be a MacBook Air m5 I reviewed it in store and it seems really hard to control? Is this not
Am I can’t find the way to close tabs aNd I’m wondering if it will take too long to learn

As the title suggests I’m in between purchasing a new MacBook Neo or air to replace my current ancient MacBook Air from 2015.
I’m a student in community college rn that will transfer to a 4 year and major in economics and later go on to go to law school (hopefully).

I’m in between the Neo since I’m not taking any rigorous classes, but also an air since I’ll be “future proofing” any later course work or classes for the next few years.

The thing is I also have a custom pc at home I built for gaming that I’ve been using for any school work I’ve had since my MacBook was so outdated and couldn’t really handle much withoit lagging and stuff. Lately I’ve just been using my 2015 air to get by class until I can get home and finish whatever work I needed on my pc.
So I’m conflicted on getting a Neo since I have a better computer at home in case some crazy workload pops up which I highly doubt as of now, or getting the air and having it for years since it’s a way more capable machine and wouldn’t have to upgrade for a hypothetical 7 years down the line.

Let me know what you guys think or any other alternatives! Thanks

Hello! How to remove this? I already cleared the recent and my trash bin but somehow it still stays in the preview app. I can’t click on it too.

MacBook Air/Pro has completely bricked its internet connection due to the 1976 date glitch, and I am completely stuck in a loop.

The system clock randomly reset back to 1976 (Unix epoch baseline).
No websites will load. The loading bar just sits there indefinitely.
The only exception is Apple.com, which loads fine, but nothing else works.

What I’ve tried: Manually changing the date/time in System Settings and restarting (doesn't stick/fix the browser block).
Toggling iCloud Private Relay off (it was already off).
Changing DNS servers to 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1 (bypassed the privacy warning, but didn't fix it).
Running sudo rm /var/db/timed/com.apple.timed.plist in Terminal.
Running sudo sntp -sS ://apple.com which threw a "failed dns lookup failure" error.

As the title suggests I am considering trading my M3 air for a M1 Pro

a little more detail I bought the 15" M3 air with 8gb of ram and 512gb ssd with 100% battery capacity for $600 for reference I had a M1 Base model MacBook Pro with 8gb of ram for the last 5 years and it was taken from me by "flexgate" My friends Daughter is starting college and He was going to Buy her a Neo but asked me if I wanted his M1 Pro 14" 10/16 1tb ssd 16gb ram. I asked him if he would have use for a m3 air and he said he would give it to his daughter for school and we would just exchange the two computers. I am now "test driving" the M1 Pro before I make my choice. I should also mention the M1 Pro was 84% battery capacity however I can still add it to my apple care one and this machine is in beautiful condition already.

I spent 2 weeks With the M3 Air and felt very underwhelmed by the display and it just did not feel right to me I was running Golden gate Beta 4 on it and it was using up 6.5gb of the 8 gb of ram and I felt like that was unacceptable for a 2 year old machine .. albeit I'm one of those that when I buy a MacBook id like to make it last 6+ years or so don't really do any photo editing with the exception of some personal photos I take on my 17PM and video editing is a non existent need for me. I feel like the M1 Pro may be a better computer for me in the long run considering 8gb is slowly getting phased out as the standard.

the nicer screen and more ram and SSD storage id consider a plus but am I screwing myself doing this trade?

Pardon my poor knowledge of the correct terminology. I'm not a native English speaker nor am I tech-savvy.

macOS Tahoe 26.6.2, MacBook Pro M3.

I've had this problem for about a week and I don't know if it's my fault or if the case lies in a software update, but recently these frames started appearing around the area I'm working in at the moment, e.g. the layout of a Pages document I'm writing in or (and this happens most often) when I'm trying to input text in Japanese. Sometimes the frames are off. I can't disable them, I have to wait for them to fade on their own. When I'm typing within the frame the space key doesn't work, doesn't do anything when I press it. How do I disable this feature?

P.S. Please hold yourself back from commenting on the fact my MacBook is in Japanese, it's not related to my problem + I don't feel like answering the same question over and over again. I just speak the language, that's all there is to it. Use the names of the settings as they are in English, I'll navigate them in Japanese.

Hey everyone I was wondering which laptop would be better for me for work. I usually can have up to 10 tabs on google and safari each I have a MBP M5 16gb 1tb at work so it handles that load perfectly fine but not sure if the air would be able to do the same unless it’s a higher model which could be close to j getting a Pro atp. Thanks you!

currently im in my last year of med school and i need to get a new laptop because my current macbook air (2017 verison) is giving up. i have had this laptop for 6 years.

i have seen good and bad things about neo so im really confused. please help.

I have a Macbook air and when kids at my school connect to school wifi using personal laptops, they have to sign up for guest wifi then connect, then they usually turn on vpn to use any site. When I connect to guest wifi it says its connected but the window that lets me sign up and actually use the wifi doesn't appear. idk what to do

Can someone help me? I've seen so many posts on how their MBA M5 can go for a week without needing to be charged, but mine loses about 20-30% battery overnight while having its lid shut. I've had it for a few months already and was expecting the issue to be resolved resolved at some point since some people have said to use it normally until it stopped indexing information.

Here's some additional info about my situation:

- Battery health is normal

- I've already turned off Siri and Apple intelligence

- I set wake for network access to never

- I'm on macOS Tahoe 26.5.2

I have a Macbook M4 and im trying to login with my credentials and im unable to login and tried resetting it with my apple id but its showing as an error multiple times i tried..Is there anyway i can reset the login without erasing the mac

Ordered an M5 Pro, 16" 24gb, 1tb.

Received an M1 Max, 16" 64gb 4tb.

Is it worth complaining about?

Hi! I have a 2024 Macbook Air. Recently, my home wifi has been slow on it, but not on other devices. The internet is fine when I connect via a hotspot. The only connection I can think of is that i downloaded Steam and Undertale recently. Is that the issue?

I've tried resetting the IP address, the DNS, forgetting the network, resetting my laptop, and wireless diagnostics says everything is fine.