Motti Shneor

For a year or so my wife complained that DVD drive is blocked. No sound from mechanics, although System profiler always...

Following the guide here for replacing the hard drive, I had to detach a cable connector from the hard-drive thermal...

Hello. Recently, my iMacs superdrive has caused some trouble. 1. It makes lot's of noise with some (but not all) of the...

Hello everyone. Same story --- my 2.16GHz 2006 white iMac started to show all kinds of ill behavior (graphics noise and strips, completely garbled graphics, and system-hangs) all related to heating. Following the tip I found here -- I installed smcFanControl, and it improved things for a while. However, it deteriorates over time, and now I can't use the machine unless the air conditioning is turned on in the room. It starts to show signs of malfunction as soon as smcFanControl reports anything over 31celsius (round 90F). Our area is very dusty, and I'm quite sure some cleaning can improve things again. However, I'm quite sure it can't SOLVE things. In addition --- the internal superDrive stopped being able to eject discs, which again is something reported here. Up until now, I couldn't find reasonably priced internal replacement drive -- but now I saw some ~$90 used drives here. I guess it is time to open the machine... My questions are: 1. Are there any detailed tutorials for replacing the GPU card? 2....

Actually, the “juice” in the battery means very little to the user. What user cares more are:

1. Can I leave home without a charger, and without hoping for a charger until I come back?

2. What performance can I expect with such battery? (in simple words - Can I run latest 3d jaw-dropping 120fps game on the device without draining it in half an hour? Will I survive a 3 hour drive with navigation software running, without a charging cable?)

3. How much do I pay for this battery, in weight? After all - anyone can stick an accessory battery and have their iPhone work for 2-3 days. Only it’s… well… heavy!

So the battery parade isn’t very helpful - and as far as my own experience taught me - Androids with huge battery, still drain twice as fast as my old iPhone SE - while presenting mediocre, never-awe-inspiring performance.

I wish someone would come up with a GOOD benchmark on power and up-time on those iPhones.

Yes, I’m an iOS software developer - I KNOW apps can kill battery and Apple can’t prevent this completely.