Questions tagged [macbook-air]

The Macbook Air is a laptop in the Apple Macbook Family. Use this tag if you have trouble installing or using Ubuntu on the Macbook Air.

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Ubuntu slow to wake up from sleep

So, I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my 2014 Macbook Air 13inch (no dual boot). When I close the lid, the apple logo is still lit and the screen stays on. Because of this I usually press ...
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Ubuntu showing incorrect battery percentage on MacBook Air (2011). Is it a bug?

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on a 2011 MacBook Air (directly, not using virtualization), and the battery percentage seems off. I left the charger plugged in until the LED turned green, and yet the Ubuntu ...
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Battery indicator on MacbookAir 4,2 incorrect

I have Ubuntu 15.04 installed. My computer and it's battery is a tad old (2011) and typically doesn't last longer than an hour. The battery indicator % never seems representative of the actual status ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 on MacBook Air Mid-2011 Graphic Issue

I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a MacBook Air mid-2011 and Ubuntu works great. But I have a graphic issue with Firefox. I don't know how and when it happens but everyday I'm having this issue. Icons ...
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19.10 MacBook Air '11 Brightness Control not working

I have updated my Ubuntu since Dec 2019. I am running it on MacBook Air 2011, but when I tried to change my brightness to lower. It isn't a working function. I tried to update on my grub /etc/default/...
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Waking up from Suspend/Hibernate issue with Macbook Air

Machine: Macbook Air Late 2015 Ubuntu 18.04 Problem Situation: Laptop lid is left closed for quite some time (at least an hour or so). Open the lid, press power button or keyboard. Nothing happens. ...
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Problem with installation Ubuntu on my old MacBook Air

This is the errors I'm seeing at boot: nouveu 0000:02:00.0: fb: trapped read at 0101078000 on channel -1 [ofedf000 unknown] engine 06 [BAR] client 08 [PFIFO_READ] subclient 01 [IN] reason 0000000b [...
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Mac Webcam not working on skype for linux

I am trying to get skype for linux working, however it is not finding the built in webcam that my MacBook Air came with. I ran lsusb and received this as my output: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 ...
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Brightness adjustment impossible after hibernation (MacbookAir 3.2, Ubuntu 12.04)

After waking my computer up from hibernation (close lid, open lid) I loose the ability to adjust the brightness with the F-keys and in the settings. It's the only problem I have with ubuntu on my ...
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Keyboard and Trackpad are not working on Macbook Air Using Ubuntu TLS

first at all i want to say hello. I'm new in the world of Ubuntu and new in this forum. Now to the problem. I have to install Ubuntu on my MacBook Air 2020 for my university (i ordered a lenovo but it ...
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Ubuntu freezes after booting from USB drive on 2020 Macbook Air

I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my MacBook Air and I get stuck on the screen that gets displayed immediately after you boot off the USB drive where you are prompted to either try out or install ubuntu ...
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2012 11" MacBook Air automatically turns on when power cable attached

I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a 2012 11" MacBook Air and enabled disk encryption. When I turn off the machine, I wait for the disk to encrypt and the machine to power off. Then I close the lid. In ...
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Ubuntu battery life on Macbook Air (6,2) - 14.04 (good) vs 16.04 and 18.04 (kinda bad)

14.04: When I initially installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my 6,2 MacBook Air, I was flabbergasted by the reported (and actual) battery life: OS X reported ~12 hours Ubuntu 14.04 reported ~14 hours (yes, my ...
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Dual boot Mac with Ubuntu

I have a macbook air with Mac OSX and Ubuntu installed on it. I have refind installed on the Mac partition. I am able to boot into the refind screen but my mac partition is not displayed. I am only ...
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Battery showing charging when not plugged in on 2011 Macbook air Ubuntu 18.04

So I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my 2011 Macbook Air and it's saying it's charging when I'm running off battery and vise versa. I don't know if this is a driver issue or what. EDIT: Sometimes it ...
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Microphone doesn't work on Apple Mac Book Air

My microphone doesn't show up in Ubuntu. I am using a Apple Mac Book Air with a Realtech ALC889A chip. The sound works fin, but I just can't get the microphone to work. I tried to modify the /etc/...
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Portuguese accent on macbook air keyboard

I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 on a Macbook air with english keyboard. My UI is setup for portuguese but the portuguese accent is not working. Any known solution for that?
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ubuntu14 on macbook air but webcam not working

I installed ubuntu14 on mac book air. Everything works fine except web cam. I installed cheese and it displays "Device not found". I tried various methods like How to fix webcam on Macbook Pro 5,5 but ...
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Fix marvel ata bug on macbook air 6.2

I have been using ubuntu 14.04 on my macbook air 6.2 for a while now and pretty much everything is working as it should. There is one major problem with the marvel ata chipset though. Every once in a ...
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GRUB boot options in Refind

I'm trying to lower the power consumption on my Macbook Air with the steps at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookAir6-2/Trusty#Finetuning_Powersave_functions but I can't seem to get tlp stat to ...
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Install Ubuntu on Macbook Air 6,2

I have tried to install Ubuntu on a Macbook Air 6,2 without any success. I installed refit and from within macos deceased the mac partition. In order to create a boot medium, I followed the section "...
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13.04 sluggish after installation, live-cd was fast

I just installed a fresh 13.04 on my macbook, but after the installation it's a bit sluggish. Several problems occur: In chromium and firefox, on google.com, the autocomplete search bar lags. ...
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Unable to create EFI partition on Macbook Air 3,1

A couple of months ago, I was able to install Ubuntu on my wife's Macbook Air. At the time it was still running Lion when I wiped it. About a week later, we wiped Ubuntu and installed Mountain Lion. ...
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Why KDE cannot change brightness, while Unity can? Macbook Air 4,2

I installed Ubuntu and KDE too on my MacBook Air 4,2, but I realised I cannot change brightness in KDE. In Unity, it works without problem. Other keyboard keys works properly, sound, play, etc., but I ...
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isight camera on quantal is erratic (macbook air 4,2)

I have a macbook air 4,2 (13" - 2011). The isight camera has become rather erratic in quantal. If I just pull up something like skype and go into the settings, things look fine. The problem occurs ...
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Very slow performance on Ubuntu 22.04 with encryption enabled / I/O SSD issue

I have freshly installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my Macbook Air 13 Inch Mid-2013. I enabled full disk encryption in the setup process (CPU supports AES-NI, all latest updates installed). When starting ...
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Prepare Ubuntu (Server no gui) on one mac for another mac using USB

I have two mac computers. One is a MacMini 2010, the other is a Macbook Ari 2019. Both have intel chips. I want to prepare a new installation of ubuntu with a few things and services and use the ...
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Macbook Air 2013 with Mac TB2 Ethernet adapter seeing slower speeds than wifi? 22.04 Kubuntu

I have noticed when I connect to my home network via wifi.. I can hit speeds upwards of 13 MiB/s ... easily.. BUT when I plugin and use a Apple Ethernet -> TB2 adapter... I cannot hit more than 11 ...
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How can I fix screen tearing and flickering issues with KDE Plasma and SDDM after switching from GNOME on Ubuntu 22.04?

I’m using a 2012 MacBook Air with an Intel i7-3667U processor and no dedicated GPU. I just reconfigured SDDM and went to use KDE, but I noticed that SDDM flickered white rapidly whenever at the login ...
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MacbookAir (21.04): resume from suspend very slow after recent update

Suspend and resume has been working on my MacbookAir for over 6 years now, and it continued to work normally upon update to 21.04. Some ensuing update created an issue where the resume (when pressing ...
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Macbook AIR (2008, beginning). I installed KUBUNTU 20.04.2.0 - everything is fine, apart from the TOUCHPAD - Left button won't work. Please HELP

This is my first Linux install, so please treat me as a beginner. I'm an experienced windows user though. I wanted to utilise my old MacBook air and it seems that Linux is really cool, even with 2Gb ...
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Delayed Wifi turn on after suspend in Ubuntu 20.04 Macbook Air 2017

Active 5 days ago Viewed 13 times 0 I have a Macbook Air 2017, and I have recently installed Ubuntu 20.04. Everything works great, but I have one annoying issue: when I close my laptop and it goes to ...
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Dual Boot Windows and Ubuntu on Mac, without macOS

Can you tell me How to dual boot windows and Ubuntu on macbook air 2017. I tried but I can't boot into windows after installing Linux. I don't want to use macOS
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Change keyboard Ubuntu 16.04 VM on Macbook air

I have just installed Ubuntu 16.04, VM on macbook Air and I'd need to set the keyboard to Italian layout since now it's English US. I tried with System Settings and changed Text Entry, but any of the ...
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Ubuntu on MacBook: Power Usage

I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Apple MacBook Air (2015). The two major problems I face issue with Battery Backup. The battery backup has been significantly reduced to 2-3 hours. The OsX was ...
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Installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Macbook Air - Keyboad not working after mtrack install

I have installed 16.04 LTS on my macbook air using refind no problems and have run apt-get upgrade and update no problem. However the trackpad is very sketchy, so i did some reading on the web and ...
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MacBook Air 1,1 Wireless Broadcom Driver Not Working

Good morning (8:45 am CST) Ubuntu family! A friend of mine gave me his old MacBook Air (1,1) to make faster. Since I wasn't getting anywhere with OS X, I decided to install Ubuntu. The only ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 on MacBook Air 2009 - WiFi, suspend and touch-pad

I have something that is wrong on my system : everything seems to work fine, but then I realized that I couldn't detect any WiFi networks. I installed everything I think I needed such as Broadcom 4321 ...
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Kubuntu wifi does not connect by default when I open my laptop

I am running the newest release of Kubuntu on my 2012 MacBook Air. When I close my laptop and then reopen it a few minute later, I am disconnected from WiFi, and the WiFi selection panel at the bottom-...
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How can I get Gparted to shrink NTFS partition?

I have been trying to dual boot my 2008 Macbook Air with Windows 10 and Ubuntu. The 16.04 live DVD boots but does not offer the option to install alongside Windows 10. When I try Gparted to shrink the ...
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MBA Mid 2011: Black screen on Boot (Installation)

ive been looking around for solutions but neither 'nomodeset'-option nor i915.modeset=0 helped me. I have a Macbook Air Mid 2011 (with Intel Graphics 3000). Im trying to boot it from my USB Stick - ...
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WiFi doesn't work on my Macbook Air 1.1

I just downloaded the newest Ubuntu 14.10 to my Macbook Air 1.1 (2008). Otherwise it is working perfectly but the WiFi is not working. I guess there is a problem with the driver? It has Broadcom ...
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No wifi networks detected

I just got an older macbook air from a friend and it was running a bit slow so I decided to use Ubuntu! I have used Ubuntu in the past but I'm sort of a newbie so please bear with me. When I ...
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Macbook air 2014 13" wireless driver

just installed ubuntu on a macbook air, but cant seem to find bcmwl that actually finishes the installation. I can't connect via ethernet so that's not an option. can someone give me a source or ...
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WiFi is not detecting in Ubuntu 14.10 - Mac

I tried everything to setting up my wifi, because is not detecting anything. After read and done a lot of things I found this page http://pavelmanushin.blogspot.ru/2014/04/ubuntu-12.html which i think ...
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Macbook Air 6'2 installation issues (Ubuntu 14.04)

I'm trying to install 14.04 through a USB stick. I plugged the usb stick in and got all the way through the installation process but after I rebooted and tried to load in through Grub I got just a ...
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MacBook Air (3,2) odd Behavior when starting

So I partitioned my drive and installed ubuntu 14.04 on my mac. I went in ubuntu to install some proprietary drivers. Restarted my computer and this is what happened: Started normally Login prompt,...
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Can't install Ubuntu from USB stick on Macbook Air

Yesterday I tried to download Ubuntu with these steps on a MacBook Air (6,2). I got to the GRUB loader and selected to Install Ubuntu. I assumed that this would work, so I (impulsively) removed the OS ...
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Set Macbook Air to boot to rfind instead of Grub?

I was following the instructions to install Ubuntu on my Macbook Air and went I to install refit there was a note that refit was no longer maintained so I followed the link to refind (http://www....
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Install ubuntu 12.04 on macbook air 6.2: refit resync partitions

I'm trying to set up a MacBook Air 6,2 to dual boot OSX and Ubuntu 12.04. I've been following these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation I'm ...
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