Finder losing focus when showing all open Finder windows
When I chose to show all Finder windows (moving my cursor down left out of the screen), I see all Finder windows. When I select one, it make that one active but then focus is immediately stolen by...
View ArticleCan I make a (OS X 10.11.5) TimeMachine backup HD bootable?
Hello all, After endless problems with El Capitan (on Mac HD) not working with a great many non Apple softwares, I erased the internal HD and installed Yosemite 10.10.5. Unfortunately, I did not drag...
View ArticleSierra killed windows
I upgraded from yosemite to sierra and now can no longer use my win 10 bootcamp partition. In Sierra I can mount it and view the files but holding option at startup no longer gives me the option to...
View ArticleHelp needed mounting ISO!
Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me. I'm trying to mount a Windows 10 ISO onto a DVD in OSX. Basically I've been using Windows 10 through boot camp on my Mac Pro for a while now, but after a...
View ArticlePhotos Organisation
I've mucked about with my Photos library on all of my devices recently, and had to delete the library on my Mac as Photos could not repair it. This wasn't an issue as all of my photos were backed up to...
View ArticleCant Clear Website Data
So when i go into Safari>preferences>privacy and then manage website data, i go to remove all the data and it just comes right back. How do I get all of this gone? I have "allow from current...
View ArticleTerminal issue
Why does Terminal hide your inputted account password when it asks for it after you type out a system wide command? I had to run a master command and was asked to type in my password. I did and hit...
View ArticleAirdrop when will it "just work"
I think airdrop is great ... in concept However its implementation is just hazy; it works one in three times on average. And when it fails there is absolutely no way to understand what's wrong. So now...
View ArticleNever VM'd, how to set up and begin?
I've never used a Virtual Machine or Virtual Box before. How do I set one up and begin? It seems to have some great advantages. Is there an online walk-through I haven't been able to find yet? Thanks.
View ArticleKeychain Deleted All Passwords
Has anyone ever had something like this happen? Earlier today keychain had all of my passwords stored that I have been keeping for I don't know how long. I just noticed that none of them are there,...
View ArticleSparsebundle size?
One of the best reasons to use sparse bundles is because they can grow and shrink in size without taking up more space on the disk than the data they currently contain. I'm curious why, when making a...
View Articleunable to read chinese and japanese characters in my iMac
I have an iMac and i can't read some chinese and japanese characters in some files. It can be online or in a file (mp3, txt, doc, etc) sometimes it could be the whole file or just parts of it, the...
View ArticleTime Machine: restoring mailbox, can't see restore button
Apologies if this is an incredibly stupid question. I'm trying to restore my inbox in Mail. I navigate to the inbox in the Mail app, click on Time Machine in the dock. It all appears to work and says...
View ArticlePreview stopped showing embedded photos for PDF
I can't seem to figure out how to show the embedded pdf photos when I open a pdf? Preview used to work fine, but something must have happened. Attached is an image, on the left is the pdf opened using...
View ArticleHandoff only works temporary
Handoff for Safari, Mail, Notes etc. only works for a few hours max. When I try to use it after my iMac has been on for more than a few hours it refuses to work. The strange thing is, the handoff-icon...
View ArticleSeverely screwed Sierra permissions: PLEASE HELP
(wrong section, moved to Sierra) http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/severely-screwed-sierra-permissions-please-help.2015348/
View ArticleHow to enable the (old) 2-step (not 2-factor) verification?
I don't have or want iCloud because of reasons (I like having control over my documents and photos for work reasons (documentation of measurement results, inspection data etc) that I don't want to...
View ArticleHow to export all messages WITHOUT internet connection?
Hello everyone. I have a Gmail account that I access via IMAP with my iPhone, iPad, and iMac. This morning, I noticed that nearly everything was gone, only the last few weeks of emails was in the...
View ArticleImage Capture saves ... to trash
I'm writing this so that others may not go thru the pain I did... If you use Image Capture to download photos from the iPhone you can choose a destination folder. I normally create a local file on the...
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