Setting Time Zone Location stays on
Macbook pro mid 2015 15" on 10.12.4. Only started after the recent update. In preferences I have location services for Time Zone turned off however I keep getting the icon indicating my location is...
View ArticleFixing Volumes Via Terminal
Ok so this all started by me trying to install windows 10 via bootcamp assistant... when that was all said and done (never got windows installed) I gave up and opened boot camp and tried to repartition...
View ArticleWeird process names in activity monitor (maybe)?
So I have been trying to diagnose my battery issue because I am not getting much on just safari with 50-70% battery life (2015 rMB m5). I opened activity monitor and discovered this unknown process...
View ArticleCan I partition my HDD external backup to create 2 passports from 2 macbooks
I bought a WD 1tb HDD backup. I have 2 MacBook airs. I want to backup both. Can I do this on one HDD or do I need 2?
View ArticleTrying to avoid replacing laptop drive
My sister had graphics issues with her 2011 MBP. I removed the SSD from her machine and I would like to replace the files on my 2012 MBP with hers. I have an SSD as well. Is there any way of doing this...
View ArticleHiDPI scaling on Dell U2515H - MacOS Sierra
Hello everyone, I use a macbook pro (early 2013) in clamshell mode connected to a Dell U2515H (via displayport). This is a 1440p monitor. As discussed in threads before, it's very hard (/impossible?)...
View Article[10.12.5] can't use zoom function via mouse or trackpad
I have succeeded in using zoom in the past so I think that it does not come down to my lack of manual dexterity. before you chime in, yes, I do know of the partial hack where you can enable zoom via...
View ArticleBlack Bar that describes what I'm doing and wont go away
Hi, I am a really new mac user, totally clueless and I just loaded Snow Leopard. All is going great except this stupid black bar with white text that is constantly on my screen and tells me what I am...
View ArticleWhy did the line separator disappear in my Finder window?
Please find attached the picture. This has happened on all versions of MacOS including the latest. I had to take a picture of it with my phone, because if I take a screenshot, the line would appear as...
View ArticleClonezilla imaging identical macbooks, different boot times
I'm using clonezilla to image a few macbooks with identical specs. However, only the macbook with the original installation from which the image is created boots normally. The other macbooks that I...
View ArticleWhat's the fastest, stablest and most usable OS X release since Snow Leopard?
As simple as that. I have a 2008 MacBook (Core 2 Duo, SSD, 4 GB of RAM) running El Capitan and a 2009 iMac (Core i5, SSD, 12 GB of RAM) running Yosemite. Both of them present bugs, glitches and other...
View ArticleCleaning up fonts in Photoshop
Not sure if this is a MAC question or a photoshop question. I have a fonts listed with such things as "bold, semi bold, thin" I want to just have the font, then I can select it on the right of...
View ArticleDo I need more memory if memory pressure is alway yellow?
Activity monitor alway shows the my memory pressure is "yellow" on my new iMac 27" with 8GB RAM. Swap use hovers around 1.5GB. Does this mean that I need to buy more RAM? Any way to know if 16GB will...
View ArticleMake smb address stick?
I use my Mac to connect with Windows networking so I can view the files via my PC. A lot of times when I haven’t turned the Mac on in a while the address it is connected at on the network changes. At...
View ArticleHow do you play your pics?
For years I have been dumbfounded how wild-wild-west the screensavers are on my Macs. Shuffle has acted buggy on every Mac I've owned and every OS. It will often choose a couple dozen from my 1000 pic...
View ArticleTM instead off @
I just started my new MacBook Pro, I been using Mac for around six years now, why I say that is this is really strange When I press "ALT + 2" I get the "TM" symbol instead of "@", which gets really...
View ArticleNew Disk Utility
I just upgraded my Mac and I noticed that the Disk Utility is different. It no longer shows different colors for each type of file saved ont he disk, so I can't see how much is music or video, etc. Is...
View Articlesearch for a list of files
I have a list of numbers, those number are in the names of the files i want to find. is there a way to search for each name on that list in a specific folder? Then is there a way to move them to...
View ArticleSteam keeps crashing
I don't know why but when I have steam open and just let it sit in the background it just crash it doesn't close but it become unresponsive and I don't know how to fix it?
View ArticlePHOTOS: Can you turn off auto-upload all photos?
I want to be able to share all of my albums on my iMac with all of my iOS devices, including family members through iCloud. However, whenever I take pictures, I don't want them auto-updated. I always...
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