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Questions tagged [macbook-air]

Use this tag for questions specifically about Apple's line of ultra-portable laptops. Questions about how to use OS X should instead use [osx].

The MacBook Air is Apple's line of ultra-portable laptops. Apple currently produces two form factors: a model with an 11.6 inch screen and one with a 13.3 inch screen.

MacBook Airs ship with OS X by default; however, questions about OS X that are not directly related to running on the Air should be tagged .

History

From the line's introduction in early 2008 until mid-2009, the Air shipped with a 1.8 inch hard drive. With the introduction of the third-generation model in late 2010, Apple switched to providing solid-state drives only.

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Mac OS X Lion Terminal SSH connection sharing error

I sometimes get this error when I try to ssh to a remote host: mux_client_request_session: read from master failed: Broken pipe I'm using Macbook Air OS X Lion with this in ~/.ssh/config: ControlMaster auto ControlPath…
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Changing USB host controller on MacBook Air from high-speed to full-speed?

Here's my situation; I have a 2011 MacBook Air running Windows 7, and I'm looking for a way to change the USB host controller or hub's speed from high-speed (480Mbps) to full-speed (12Mbps). I know high-speed is backward compatible, but I need the…
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How to move Macintosh bottom dock bar from one screen to another?

On a MacBook Air running OS X Lion, I have a dock bar at the bottom of the built in screen, how can I move this to my external screen? I've already got the menu bar moved, but the screen system preference control does not appear to also control the…
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BootCamp - Right-Click on Windows 7 running on MacBook Air

How do you right-click on Windows 7 running on a MacBookAir? I'm sure it used to work, but lately I haven't been able to figure it out.
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Can't transfer files larger than 2GB to FAT32 USBs on MacOS HighSierra

I'm working on a MacBook Air with a really peculiar problem. When using it to copy video files larger than 2GB to a USB drive, it fails with the error: The item can't be copied because it is too large for the volume's format I tested by…
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How to install OSX into VirtualBox on a Macbook Air using Apple's Reinstall USB

I'm currently dual-booting OSX and Ubuntu on my Macbook Air, but it'd be nice to run OSX within Ubuntu via VirtualBox. This seems possible using VirtualBox and is legal - there's even a post on an Oracle blog describing this:…
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How to get a mouse middle click event on a Macintosh?

I am using a MacBook Air running OS X 10.7 (Lion) with Screen Sharing application to view the display of a Linux box running Emacs. I need a mouse middle click. How can I generate a mouse-middle click event from the Macintosh without an external…
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"Remote Disk" volume always mounted (but only in Finder)

I just bought a new Macbook Air the other day. Everything is fine except, for some reason my Finder keeps showing the volume "Remote Disk". Now, I assume this is the shared optical drive that is supported on the air. The problem is I'm not sharing…
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Recording with audio input MacBook Air

I'm trying to record analogue stereo sound with my MacBookAir. The external mic is plugged to the headphones jack, but it is not being shown in the System Preferences. I did a little bit of research, and there is some rumor, that the headphone jack…
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MacBook Air screen is too bright even on the lowest setting

Is there a tweak, hack, or piece of software that can adjust the brightness of the MacBook Air's screen below the settings that MacOS X allows by default? In low light the lowest brightness setting is too bright for me (and the setting after that is…
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Is my 2010 MacBook Air 32 or 64 bit

Possible Duplicate: Mac OS X: How can I tell if I'm in 64-bit mode? How do I find out if my 2010 MacBook Air is 64 or 32 bit? Trying to download Eclipse.
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Install/Run Windows 7 off SD Card on 2010 13" MacBook Air

I'm attempting to install Windows 7 to a 16GB SD card. While I know it's not quite practical, I do have a reason - I want to be able to browser test sites on IE 7/8(Browser compat mode is good enough) as well as IE9. However, I don't want to have 2…
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Would a Macbook Air (2010) be able to use a 8GB RAM module once one exists?

I'm considering buying a new Macbook Air (2010) but it seems to only have a single RAM slot (for a PC3-8500 DDR3 SODIMM). As I require 8GB for my current MBP not to slow to a crawl with some of my usage patterns, I wonder if the Air would be able to…
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How do I force 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi on Mac OS X v10.10 (Yosemite)?

I would like to force 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi on my MacBook Air, because where I am currently, everyone is on 5 GHz, and it has been clogged up, so it’s really slow.
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Windows 8 RTM Final on Macbook Air

If I try to install the Windows 8 RTM Final (from MSDN) on my Macbook Air Mid 2011 using Boot Camp, I get this error: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's…
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