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Questions tagged [macbook]

Questions relating to Apple's MacBook. Use this tag if you have trouble installing or using Ubuntu on the Apple MacBook.

Please use the macbook-air or macbook-pro tag if the question is specific to MacBook Air or MacBook Pro.

Additional information can be found on Ubuntu's Help Community MacBook page.

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Can I make a bootable USB flash drive for Mac from Windows

The problem MacBook hard drive crashed and is ruined. I need to work on a music assignment on a program only available for Mac OS X and Ubuntu, and will not be able to get a new hard drive for the Mac before the assignment is due. I only have…
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"The created USB device will not boot off a Mac."

Possible Duplicate: Boot from USB on a Macbook I tried to make my USB drive for Ubuntu using unetbootin but after it finished loading the os on usb drive, i get this message: "The created USB device will not boot off a Mac. Insert it into a PC,…
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MacBook Air and Ubuntu 12.04: Good Buy or Go for an Ultrabook?

i tried to set up a Macbook PRO with ubuntu 12.04 and setting up was easy as pie except for a slew of trackpad issues i could never resolve, particularly resting thumb on trackpad while navigating resulted in skipping issues. Now im in the market…
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Create Yosemite usb/dvd installer on ubuntu

I just installed Ubuntu on my Macbook and I did a mistake while installing so my hard drive is formatted. Now the OSX is gone. I just downloaded Yosemite.dmg and I want to create a usb/dvd installer from Ubuntu. I want to install Yosemite back on my…
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No sound out of MacBook speakers & red LED in headphone jack

I have recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my Macbook and after a few days I am now getting very low sound from the speakers as well a red LED is glowing in the Headphone jack. The sound is perfect if I connect my headphones but if I use the speakers…
Adwait Sharma
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USB create for windows laptop on mac

Can I create a bootable USB on a MAC which I can use on a toshiba laptop which is basically stuffed ?
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install ubuntu on macbook 9,1 (released 2016)

I just got a new Macbook 9,1 (released in 2016, and not Macbook Pro 9,1!!) and am new to Ubuntu. Does Macbook 9,1 support the latest verison of Ubuntu?
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Macbook Retina Display Scalling- Web Browsers

I've done the regular scaling from the display settings and the icons and desktop are adequately scaled but the text in the web browsers are still not on the adjusted scale, making everything in the browser extremely small.
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Is `nomodeset` needed to boot Ubuntu from a Macbook's disk, just as from USB?

To install single-boot Ubuntu on an Early 2011 17" MacBook Pro I went through the following steps: Prepare a USB flash using Etcher and the Ubuntu 18.04 ISO file. Press Option. Select to boot from USB. Press e, add nomodeset after quiet…
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Macbook Pro 8.1 Running OSX Lion, Windows7 and Ubuntu 11.10 Problem

I have successfully installed the above 3 operating systems. Windows 7 fails to boot. In refit, I select it, its sends me to Ubuntu's Bootloader (Grub). There too i select Windows 7 from the list, after it comes up with a blank black screen with…
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Ubuntu 14.4 and macbook

I installed Ubuntu on my macbook 2009. The install is almost completely working. But I encountered an issue with my wifi, which does not work. All other things work well such as my NIC, display, desktop environment, keyboard. Can someone help me…
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How to install Mac OS theme on Ubuntu 12.10?

I am using Ubuntu 12.10. As I was inspired by mac OS theme, I want to install that theme in my PC. Can you suggest me the way to install it in my PC?
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Intermittent freezing on a Macbook Pro 7,1

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my MacBook Pro 7, 1. I used to have 11.10 on it. I've encountered a problem were I can boot up and the login screen works flawlessly. When I attempt to log into my account I set up during install it would only…
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Ubuntu 18.04 does not work on a MacBook

I have an Ubuntu 16.04 working very well on a MacBook (2010, CPE Intel Core Duo 2.4 GHz, graphic NVIDIA GeoForce 320 M), along MacOS Sierra. It is just a second computer I use, I thought I could explore the new version before upgrading my main…
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Persisting keyboard light state on boot/shutdown

2011 8,3 Macbook Pro running 64bit 11.10. The keyboard backlight keys are working great, but how can I make them persist state across reboots? I'd like to record the current keyboard backlight state when shutting down and restore it when starting up…
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