Ransomeware
Bit of a fuss on TV this morning (UK) about ransomware. My Mac runs El Cap protected by Macafee (free with my ISP). I am careful about not opening emails with attachments I don't recognise. How...
View ArticleiTunes FLAC import loop crash
accidently dragged a FLAC album into iTunes now it keeps showing the tracks in grey like it's importing and just stops then crashes. Every time I open iTunes it goes back trying to import hose songs...
View Articlechanging icons
I am trying to change the finder icon on my Mac, but when I try and move the file... finder.png and finder@2x.png I can't ? The computer won't allow me to move them and a dialog box for my password...
View ArticleIs there a way to search with wildcards like in Windows Explorer?
I have a folder and I'm trying to search only specific files so that I can delete them in one click and I can't seem to find a quick way to do this. Any method I try in Finder still involves weeding...
View Articleitunes and safari cookies
Hello people. I was wondering if there is some terminal command or something else I can do to get iTunes to store its login cookies in a folder other than the Safari cookie folder. I use Safari as my...
View ArticleMoved photos to external HD, iCloud requires upgrade
Hi, I have moved my photo library from my iMac to an external hard disk and set the new location as the system photo library. I previously used iCloud photo library set to "download originals to this...
View ArticleHelp! Suddenly I can't click anything. Desktop seems unresponsive.
So I was just using my computer normally when I was suddenly having an issue where I could not click on anything. I was forced to hard restart but it did not help. I am still able to navigate with the...
View ArticleSafari extension for Youtube?
On Chrome there are dozen of extensions that allow youtube video to be played "full-window". the player width will match the browser window width. But on Safari I can't find such extensions.
View ArticleRunning Safari (or other) in a separate environment/user
Hi, I use gmail with safari browser, and I am not very happy of using the same browser for other purposes *. So my question is: is it possible to create a separate environment (or a new user, or any...
View ArticleCloud backup service recommendations?
I'm looking for a cloud backup service. In other words, I already do external hard drive backups but I'd like to also have a cloud-based backup. So I don't want iCloud or DropBox that aren't true...
View ArticleUse iMac as voice-controlled media station
So, I'm wanting to use an old 2008 iMac running El Capitan to be a media station (or something), but be able to control it with my voice, via my Android phone. I was thinking that I could use Tasker to...
View ArticleI want to upgrade os x 10.8
so am I limited to 10.11? since my early 2009 iMac (*g ram, 640gHD)will not support 10.12. From reading the 10.11 threads, I think, if the above answer is yes, I will stay with 10.8. Or is 10.10, 10.9...
View ArticleCreating a disk with USB on PC for Mac?
Hi I have a macbook air that has a dead SSD. I don't have the tools right now to remove the SSD and test another one. I have the menu up to reinstall my OS again but had no drive to put it on, is there...
View ArticleSsd wear in Fusion Drive?
I just read this: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/0...-good-and-bad-in-apples-new-apfs-file-system/ After my ssd died from my mp3,1's fusiondrive, I've been thinking how to prolong next ssd's and...
View ArticleSharing MS Office files between OSX and Windows: still problems?
my work desktop is Windows been thinking of a notebook that is mac. I know in the past, people complained that there were formatting issues when importing excel or word files from windows to osx and...
View ArticleAutomounter: Spaces in Folder names
I want to have automounter mount volumes from our Synology NAS onto mountpoints that have spaces in the folder name e.g. /video on the NAS is seen as NAS Videos on the iMac. It's a family machine and...
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