Creating OS X Bootable Installer without Installer from App Store
How do you create a Bootable Installer of your currently installed OS without having access to the Installer? I have Mavericks installed on my Mac. I want to create a Mavericks OS X Bootable Installer...
View Articlestop (exclude) iCloud uploading certain folders
Hello, i have my documents being uploaded currently (in the process of) to iCloud drive, i don't mind this as my files and documents are small, but i have recently installed a game, WOT, which has...
View ArticleSafari 9.1.3 issues
Hi, I'm having issues since upgrading to 9.1.3. I can't login into any website with a u/n and p/w. After I enter my details and submit the page just refreshes with no progress. Also certain sites dont...
View ArticleIt's time for Apple to rethink licensing Mac OS
Before reading on, understand that this is coming from the perspective of a pro user. Someone who relies on a Mac to get work done. Also, someone who has been using Macs since the mid 90's. OK, read...
View ArticleStop Mapped Drives From Opening in Finder at Restart?
How can I stop the finder windows from opening at startup for all my mapped drives? I've got a few shares set to mount at restart, but that doesn't mean I want the finder window too. Just connect in...
View ArticleEncrypting home folder
I need some help out there. I ended up using filevault to encrypt my home folder only on my server. The downside of this is that I cannot use time machine to back up the admin folder contents. I'm...
View ArticleIdentical OS X Installers have different sizes. Why? Checksum?
I'm downloading past OS X Installers from the Mac App Store for safekeeping and I keep ending up with different sizes for identical versions. They are all off by a few bytes. This is the first time...
View Articlehow to create new .txt file in folder
Is there a quick and easy way to create a new .txt file within a folder?
View ArticleUn-Undoing - Finder
So, I had saved some files from a network drive into my documents folder. I came home and on accident I removed Firefox from my dock. I hit command-z to see if it would put it back on my dock. Instead,...
View Articleis this logical volume on my RAID 0 normal??
is this logical volume on my RAID 0 normal?? View attachment 648903 View attachment 648904
View Articlekernel_task and other files
Hi. My MacBook Air has only 128 GB of disk space and I basically don't have anything inside. I only use it for Adobe Premiere Pro, when editing and encoding. I can't understand, how is possible that...
View ArticleWhere has deleted file gone?
I purchased a new Mac Book Pro a couple of months ago and have been copying files over from my old iMac with no problems. My wife is set up with a separate user account and i copied her photo library...
View ArticleMac woes with Microsoft Word
So first I downloaded Word For Mac. Hate it. Just as laggy as the last time I had tried it a couple years and a previous version ago. But I had downloaded Windows through Bootcamp several months ago...
View ArticleDual drive (SSD+HDD) setup on Mac?
I have a 240GB SSD and 640GB HDD in my Mac Pro. Would like to know what is the best setup to run with SSD+HDD. I installed OS X Yosemite on SSD. I am planning to install a second OS, Snow Leopard, on...
View ArticleAutomatic/scripted installation of set application
So, the situation is that I sometimes have to change my work computer. Installing all the developer apps and adjusting settings for trackpad and things like that takes some time, so I thought if there...
View ArticleAnyone heard anything about Backdoor.OSX.Mokes.a?
Did Apple give us the last update to block Backdoor.OSX.Mokes.a? I read that it has installed on PCs and Linux in the past, and now an OS X version is showing up.
View ArticleiMail read receipt
Hi - how do I request a read receipt/please reply to some emails but not by default for all? Thanks
View ArticleMouse Sensitivity Settings Keep Resetting
I use a Razer Deathadder and ever since I've started using it I've had to reset my sensitivity settings (via Apple -> System Preferences -> Mouse) after every system restart. I've read a bit...
View ArticleSystem not booting. How I copy DVD to USB? No longer have optical
Here is the complete story: I have a MacMini 2010 with Snow Leopard. Its not booting up, all I get is a blue screen, finder is not booting. Its not the first time this has happened, and I sort of have...
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