A Customer came into the store with MacBook Pro 16" 2019 model A2141. The customer brought in his MacBook saying it won't turn on no matter what he did. He had let the techs know that the apple store said it was a logic board issue and that needed to be replaced when Apple did there testing. When Tech took the MacBook Pro back he did a few MacBook commands, the one that worked was resetting SMC. On Intel Macs this is done by pressing at the same time left Shift + Control + Option + the power button. If you are trying this you might have to wait a few minutes for the MacBook to start up like our tech did. But, To the tech surprise the computer booted to life. Tech noticed the SSD did not have any data on it and needed to be reformatted. We let the client know and he said that was okay. We booted into Mac OS recovery and started the reinstall process for the client. Mac OS Catalina was installed by the online Mac recovery system. after Mac OS was installed Tech did some more testing. Tech Noticed the MacBook Pro was shutting down randomly and wouldn't turn back on with out doing the SMC reset showed above. Sometimes it would work right away and the MacBook Pro would come back to life and sometimes it would need to set before SMC reset works again. Never the less the MacBook Pro would turn back and work with SMC reset. But, it would go into the loop each time of shutting off and have SMC issues again. The tech noticed there was no board damage and no overheating issues. There was noted by other online they were having this same issues. Some even reporting that they had battery draining or not working issues. The thing that was consist from the MacBook our techs were working  is that the MacBook's were all running  Mac OS Catalina. Tech Updated to the newest Mac OS Ventura at the time this article was written. Tech noticed after the Mac OS update the MacBook booted consistently.  Tech Tested it and each time the MacBook Pro booted first time pushing the power button each time. Even restarting the system was working just fine. What techs noticed is that Apple will not acknowledge that there is SMC version issue. When upgrading the Mac OS operating system to a newer one it also upgrades the SMC version. This is because a newer SMC version is needed when updating the Mac OS operating system. 

Tim Cook tops 2011 executive compensation study

Apple CEO Tim Cook's massive stock grant last year continues to put him on the top of executive compensation lists.

by CNET staff  May 21, 2012

Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Apple's chief executive was the highest-paid CEO during 2011, according to a study put out by the Wall Street Journal and the Hay Group consulting firm earlier today.

Cook was granted a pay package worth $378 million after becoming Apple's chief executive last August. Though as the Journal notes, there are some serious strings attached.

The stock grant, which was unveiled in a January proxy filing, had restrictions that keep Cook from collecting the first half of the shares until 2016, with the other half in 2021. Nonetheless, Apple's stock price at the time they were valued puts Cook at the top of the heap.

by Chris Foresman @ arstechnica

A large number of Mac users are reporting that installing OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) is causing a major drop in battery life on MacBook Pros and Airs. Those users have been posting about battery life problems in Apple's support forums ever since Mountain Lion's launch on July 25, but it appears that Apple is now actively investigating the issue.

Users claim that battery life reported by their systems is significantly lower after installing Mountain Lion—in some cases, it's nearly half of what was reported under Lion. The batteries themselves also seem to drain noticeably faster, with more than one user claiming that it was possible to watch the battery indicator drop in capacity.

Some potential explanations include file permission errors, increased CPU use while applications are idling, and network access issues. But despite these theories, no clear fix has been identified yet.

This week, however, Apple began contacting users who have reported the problem in its support forums. Support representatives from Cupertino have been asking users to log activity monitor data and gather system information in order to determine a cause for the problem. (Apple did not respond to our request for comment on the issue.)

My own unscientific tests on Friday morning suggest that battery life may indeed be lower under Mountain Lion on a 2010 MacBook Air. Previously, while running Lion, the system would typically report about 4.5 hours of battery life with my usual set of applications open. With Mountain Lion installed, it now reports just under 3.5 hours under the same conditions, a roughly 20 percent reduction. The battery also appears to lose 1 percent charge every 2 minutes, which is roughly equivalent to the expected run time of just under 3.5 hours.

More tests are needed to prove conclusively that Mountain Lion does drain batteries faster, however, and hopefully Apple's investigation will turn something up. Have you noticed a decline in battery life since installing Mountain Lion? Let us know in the comments.

Posted by Ce's Garcia, Original Article by by Chris Foresman @ arstechnica and can be seen by clicking "Mountain Lion having mysterious effect on battery life for some users"