cacerts: Operation not permitted
Hi guys, I am trying to change permissions of cacerts to add a SSL certificate. Here are my command line outputs. sh-3.2# pwd /System/Library/Java/Support/CoreDeploy.bundle/Contents/Home/lib/security...
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Hello, I'm on an imac running 10.11.5 I have folder that i just cannot delete and it's existence seems to be slowing my computer down. I initially had a dropbox syncing error and when resyncing all my...
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Hi everyone, I am having a hard time with the following. I have 2 imacs, same model, mid 2014, specs, etc both running sierra. They are in the same office area, about 5 feet apart. I am trying to...
View ArticlePhotos crashes when buying / uploading a book?!
I've created a Photobook - not that big - about 25 pages Gone through the process of choosing the shipping address and card details but it goes to uploading screen and whenever it gets to about 90% -...
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Hello, I'm from Germany and I have an Early 2015 MacBook Pro Retina. I have a second Partition with Windows 10 Pro. I want to wipe the whole Disk and setup macOS Sierra. The problem is that I still...
View ArticleSafari and history sync
So, I'm about to buy my first Mac. And I hear everywhere that you should use Safari because it's way more battery efficient. I come from a Windows laptop where I use Chrome and I have a Nexus 6P, so my...
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Dear Macrumors, a "Computer will sleep in 10min" popup window has appeared on my desktop. It appears to be the standard Apple popup for scheduled sleep/shutdown. When I click on "abort", it instantly...
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so the Sierra download I made last week was corrupted. it was obvious at first since I was able to create a USB installer and the USB stick boots fine. except that I was having issues proceeding in...
View ArticleUnable to mount bootcamp partition after resizing
I resized my bootcamp partition using the minitool partition wizard (I've later discovered this wasn't the correct way to do it, I know) and now the bootcamp partition does not show up in OS X, and I...
View ArticleAre "plist" files generally safe to delete?
Are "plist" files generally safe to delete? Lots of solutions to OS X problems seem to involve deleting "plist" files. But, in a general sense, how safe is this? Or, are their "plist" files which you...
View ArticleInternet dis-connects
Have a wi-fi, only one device is affected: MacBook with 10.5.8 Upgraded to 10.6.3 to no avail. Network connection panel say connected but no browser can access a url. Happens only after sleep, and not...
View ArticleTime Machine stuck on Preparing Back up
Hi All My MacBook Pro has failed its back up to my Time Capsule for a few days with Time Machine saying it is "Preparing Backup", but getting no further. I've looked online but the solutions I've found...
View ArticleSoftware update 031-51913 WILL BREAK YOUR ETHERNET DRIVER
This software update was pushed via the silent "security updates" to my iMac today: 031-51913 | Incompatible Kernel Extension Configuration Data 3.28.1 After rebooting my ethernet didn't work. Turns...
View ArticleRestore website passwords after clean install
Hi all, Let's say I have dozens of website passwords originally typed in Safari and stored on my keychain. Now let's say I want to clean install my macOS Sierra and afterwards I want to restore all...
View Articleyahoo takeover!
how do i remove yahoo that has taken over as my default search provider in google chrome and restore it back to google?
View ArticleMail App trash (Sierra, @icloud) useless
Firstly I set up Sierra brand new and the mail.app is absolutely useless. Ok so I decided to clear out some mail. First I had around 30MB used space as reflected by local mail storage and iCloud mail...
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Viewing .dae Files?
Hi I am trying to view some .dae files that are models of a game I know Preview allows you to view the files and even mode around the models too, which is perfect! The only issue is that it only allows...
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CONFIRMED!! Xbox Live Vision Cam works natively with 10.4.9
For the sake of the whole mac community , brave me picked up a Xbox Live Vision Cam from a local ToysRUs (299HKD, around 39 US bucks or 45 maple dollars), to see if it really works with 10.4.9 without...
View Article2 birds 1 stone solution? Screen problems, only boots in safe mode...
Hi guys. I wonder if anyone can give me advice about some serious iMac problems I'm having. Sorry for the long post, but I'm hoping to cover everything here to save time in the long run My machine is a...
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