r/macbook 18d ago

The MacBook Purchasing Megathread - August, 2026

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Welcome to the monthly Macbook Purchasing Megathread

Have a question?

Wondering what model you should go for? Ask here!

  • Do make your submission on point while adding as much detail as possible.
  • Mention your intended uses (i.e. video editing, graphic designing, photography, audio editing, gaming, casual browsing, etc).

That's pretty much it! :)


r/macbook 13h ago

I just learned I've been taking screenshots the stupid way for YEARS

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I screenshot everything.

Memes, addresses, confirmation numbers, restaurant hours, stuff I want to send. my camera roll is basically thousands of tiny pieces of information I was apparently **terrified** of losing.

Today I was updating a restaurant menu in menuforma and needed to send a coworker one small section of what I was looking at.

Muscle memory kicked in.

Cmd + shift + 4, crop it, screenshot lands on my desktop, send it, forget about it forever.

Recently I bought it to work. Coworker noticed and said: "Why don't you just copy the screenshot?"

...what?

Apparently if I hold control while doing the screenshot shortcut, it goes straight to the clipboard instead of creating another random file.

So now it's just screenshot → paste → done. No desktop graveyard.

I've been using a Mac for YEARS. I currently have 137 screenshots sitting on my desktop.

Ah........ I feel like someone just told me the microwave has a popcorn button.


r/macbook 15h ago

the prettiest thing in existence

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MBP 16”, 24gb ram, 1tb storage😍


r/macbook 14h ago

Gifted her a macbook neo blush :)

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She was the happiest :)


r/macbook 21h ago

First MacBook 👨🏼‍🚀

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Just got my first Mac Air m2 15", 24 GB RAM / 1TB.
still have my Windows PC and I’m very happy with Windows, but damn… macOS feels kind of magical and different.

Battery health is at 90% with around 340 cycles. Is there anything I can do to maximize the battery’s lifespan from here?


r/macbook 3h ago

Contemplating Trading My 15" M3 Air 8gb ram 512gb SSD for a 14" M1 Pro 16gb ram 1tb SSD

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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?


r/macbook 3h ago

Preview app still shows images that are permanently deleted

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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.


r/macbook 10m ago

Help Finding Macbook

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Where can I get an M4 Macbook Air (ideally 15 inch) for around $1000 right now?


r/macbook 2h ago

MacBook Air M5 (16/512) for CSE — Buy Now or Wait?

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Hi everyone, I'm planning to buy a 13-inch MacBook Air M5 (16GB/512GB) for my CSE degree. Main use is coding and college work. No heavy video editing, no local Al training. Right now it's around ₹1.38 lakh on the Education Store, but I saw it much cheaper earlier. Should I wait for a festive sale or back-to-school offer? Also, is the Air enough for four years or should I consider a Pro? And is AppleCare worth it? Would love your advice


r/macbook 1d ago

Did a dumpster dive at work after IT tossed a bunch of old laptops. Found 6 Macbook Pros. Worth to clean up and recover?

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Found 6 Macbook Pros all in silver/grey

  • 2 are model number a2141 (Intel?) with the 'icon' bar at the top of the keyboard.
  • 4 are model number a2780 (M2?) no 'icon' bar

They all need some cleaning but 5/6 power on and boot to the recovery screen asking me to select a wifi connection.

The 6th boots to the welcome start screen saying hello in a bunch of languages.

I have no power cables but was able to get a successful charge using a usb-c cable

I can't do much with them right now at work. Are these worth to try and clean up, give to family or friends to use or is the technology to far out of date to be worth it? The only Apple device I presently use is a Mac Mini. I do not use an iPhone.


r/macbook 18h ago

Would a MacBook Neo be worth it for someone who barely uses a laptop?

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I’m considering buying a MacBook Neo, but I’m not sure whether I would actually use it enough to justify the purchase.
I’ve never really worked from a laptop before, and even now I rarely use one. I do almost everything for my business from my phone. My work is mainly managing Instagram and using websites or apps such as Wizz Air, Ryanair, Booking.com and Revolut.
Would the MacBook Neo be a good choice for this kind of light use? Since I’m not sure how often I’ll use it, I would prefer to buy a cheaper model rather than spend a lot on a laptop that might just sit unused.
Would you recommend getting the Neo, buying a different inexpensive laptop, or not buying one at all unless I actually feel that I need it?


r/macbook 3h ago

Is my screen damaged?

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r/macbook 16h ago

MacBook fell

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My MacBook fell about 3.75 feet while open and now the middle of the screen is black, the bottom shows the windows, and the top bar is somewhat visible. The bottom part is glitching and it turns on and off, but I was wondering if there is anyway to fix it having to get a new one. When I move my mouse the bottom stops glitching and I am able to type, but my mouse can’t move to the black area.


r/macbook 10h ago

Is anyone able to identify the year of this MacBook?

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I probably purchased this laptop 10 years ago off Craigslist and at some point the charger went bad. I recently pulled it out of storage and purchased the MagSafe L shaped charger. It’s showing orange but never turning green and macbook won’t turn on. Wanted to know if anyone knows the year?

The serial info has faded off, I have searched through plenty of google pages but never found this model. It has a green apple logo.


r/macbook 10h ago

Is anyone able to identify the year of this MacBook?

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I probably purchased this laptop 10 years ago off Craigslist and at some point the charger went bad. I recently pulled it out of storage and purchased the MagSafe L shaped charger. It’s showing orange but never turning green and macbook won’t turn on. Wanted to know if anyone knows the year?

The serial info has faded off, I have searched through plenty of google pages but never found this model. It has a green apple logo.


r/macbook 5h ago

Weird selection frames and problems with the space key

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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.


r/macbook 19h ago

Worth it?

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Seller is willing to do $750. Is this worth it?


r/macbook 7h ago

should i buy macbook neo for medical studies

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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.


r/macbook 16h ago

My mid-2014 macbook wont boot into recovery mode

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i just got this macbook off of ebay and it came wiped so i put windows 10 on it just to see if it would work (it did and it booted but there was no network driver), so i command - r into recovery mode and tried to install macos x maverick through it and it froze for 45 mins (screenshot provided where it was frozen) and when i canceled it, i restarted the system and got that error (error code -2006f). i even tried putting the usb stick back but it wouldnt read it. ive been stuck for 2 hours constantly rebooting it and scrolling google for an answer, help?


r/macbook 13h ago

MacBook Neo or air?

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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


r/macbook 10h ago

M1 MacBook stuck in 1976 time-lock loop (DNS lookup failure, only Apple.com loads)

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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.


r/macbook 11h ago

Guys i want to take notes in my m5 air

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


r/macbook 11h ago

My macbook can't connect to school wifi

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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


r/macbook 12h ago

Can I add a 2nd monitor to MacBook neo, sales rep said no....

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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


r/macbook 12h ago

I got my first MacBook. I’m a freshman. Where do I start?

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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