Rebuilding Fusion drive will NOT erase the hdd?
My ssd from selfmade fusionDrive in my cMP died. After booting to recovery mode and opening Disk Utility, It shows my fusiondrive in red. Then it says "The Fusion Drive is missing a disk" AND after...
View ArticleExternal HDD only mounts after 20 minutes of whirring, is it dying?
I'm using a 2TB Samsung (Model: HD204UI) 3.5 inch hard drive in a Sharkoon QuickPort Duo USB 3 dock, and most of the time it works fine, it's fast, no problems. I use it to back up another external...
View ArticleAndroid Note taking app with Apple Notes integration?
I like Apple Notes on my laptop, but don't have an iPhone. Are there any apps for Android that allow me to take notes both on my phone and the Mac?
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% -...
View ArticleA way to rescale monitor when black bars appear?
Recenly I have bought a LG ultrawide monitor. This monitor is really wide, it has a 21:9 ratio. I love the monitor as it makes multi-tasking, such as working on projects, much easier. There is however...
View ArticleAll browsers showing type as bold???!!!
Hi there, For some reason, all my browsers (safari, FF, chrome) are now showing normal text as bold text. It doesn't effect all sites, but it does effect most, google results for example. I have no...
View Articleencryption / conversion error
While my external hard drive was busy encrypting, the cable got disconnected and now it does not want to finish the conversion or allow me to access the drive. what should I do, it has been stuck on...
View ArticleCreepy new website makes its monitoring of your online behaviour visible
It's a good tool of demonstration for those who are newish (and oldish) to the Web because of its audio/visual feedback. EDIT : After trying this for awhile, a warning -- an occasional profanity is...
View ArticleKernel error really messing up my school work any ideas?
Hi, I have 2010 MB pro 2.5ghz duo core with 8gb ram and el captiane everytime i run a video like youtube or my campus lectures for school the macbook restarts. its really getting in the way of my...
View ArticlemacOS Server or not?
Here's what I'm planning... I currently use my Mac Mini as an iTunes media server, with the library hosted on Synology NAS. The network and disk access speeds are fine for this purpose, but the fact...
View ArticleNeed help getting audio to work on mac mini
I have a macmini that works great and is plugged into my Yamaha receiver that goes to a 3.1 sound setup and 4k tv. I have video files where the audio only plays the surround mode but watching people's...
View ArticleCannot Turn Bluetooth Off
I cannot turn off Bluetooth on my iMac, 27-inch, Late 2013, Version 10.12.1. I click on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar and then click Turn Bluetooth Off. I then get this error message: You cannot...
View ArticleMac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6)
Hello MacRumors Community, I now have a 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID. I decided to 'hand down' the previous MacBook to my mother. It is a MacBook 7,1 or commonly known as the "White...
View ArticleOS X swapping like crazy and barely compressing memory
Hi, it looks like my work iMac under 10.11.6 (but I observed this since 10.9, I think) did not get the memo about memory compression... Every article/thread I saw about it, people always show "oh look...
View ArticleShould I switch my grandparents to a Mac?
My grandparents might get a new computer soon, and instead of them getting a Windows 8 machine (which could be a disaster even with classic shell), I'm considering recommending them an iMac or Mac...
View ArticleDisable YouTube 60 FPS (Force 30 FPS): Save battery and reduce YouTube CPU...
This was inspired by the fact that my MacBook Pro 2010 uses over 100% CPU and starts lagging when trying to play 1080p60 videos on YouTube. Safari slows down, the video freezes, the audio glitches and...
View ArticleAcess safari stored password from file?
Hi! I was wondering if it was possible to access the stored passwords in safari from a directory? Like on windows, there is an encrypted file with all the password google chrome has stored. I think it...
View ArticleAttachments in my emails
the attachments in my emails are not in icon format, how do I rectify this. I have been told to try Mac in-line attachment, where do I get that?
View ArticleNew 3rd party monitor, want volume and brightness keys to work
So I bought this monitor with mini displayport -> HDMI input. Everything is fine except for the fact that I now don't have use of the volume/brightness keys on my wireless apple keyboard. Is there a...
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