Advice on imaging/Making Recoveries
So I posted earlier about making never booted images and think I have found a way to accomplish what I want, but still have a few questions as they came up after the fact. First, I have created a...
View ArticlemacOSX system clean before backup and restore
Hello everybody, since I am having some spare time I'd like to make a deep clean to my OS before backup and a restore, basically I have the system running since 2011 on a MBPro which I then restored on...
View ArticleHow to find 'time on battery' but only while in use
On activity monitor it shows how much time the Mac has been on under the battery's power. However this figure includes all the time spent with the lid shut. Is there any way I can find out how much...
View ArticleTransferring large amount of files. Keeps crashing
Am trying to transfer 600GB of movies. (approx 400 movies) from one external drive to another but it keeps crashing saying unexpected error occurred half way through. Is there a easier way to do this...
View ArticleIs there a feature/app that will save my current session?
The mac has a feature that will save your session and reopen all programs when you restart your computer. Is there any way I can save multiple sessions and switch between them? Between different...
View ArticleNotes solution
Hey, I'm currently searching for the best solution to Notes and thought i'd see how other people manage this. I feel like I have two types of notes that I may take and want to store. 1. Notes that...
View ArticlePasswords not appearing on Safari on iPhone
Hi, I've just come from chrome on a PC and the passwords between my PC and iPhone sync'd together automatically when I signed into chrome on both devices. However, on my new Mac I have many passwords...
View Articleconverting Word (2011) to Pages
I understand that very soon my Word (2011) files will not open with the new Mac OS, it has been suggested that I convert my files to Pages. I have a lot of Word files accumulated over the years,...
View ArticleDigital audio output not working on iMac
Hello there, I am trying to get my digital audio out (s/pdif) working on my iMac (2007) with Snow Leopard 10.6.4 on it . When I plug in the special toslink jacket, my iMac won't recognize it as...
View ArticleThumbnail icon update (default app change) ?
I installed IINA. From Command+I I set IINA as default media player for the *.mkv files but the finder is still showing the VLC icons in the preview. How do I manually refresh them ? P.S. I already...
View Articleimovie section for mac rumours ?
Hello, is their a specific section within mac rumours forums, for iMovie help ? i was going to ask some tips on editing a video many thanks in advance, stuart
View ArticleIncorrectly shut down terminal elevated to admin rights
When I was logged in as a standard user I elevated with the sudo command a terminal to administrator rights. However, after I was done, I incorrectly closed that terminal. What risk do I run and how to...
View ArticleMail.app: Subfolders not showing under Inbox but under own section
I'm using IMAP and want to see subfolders of Mailboxes under them. The default folders are setup in Mailbox Behaviours to be under INBOX/Junk/Drafts/etc. The problem is new subfolders are moved under a...
View ArticleFamily Sharing vs. Signing In on each device
I haven't used family sharing but am wondering if I am missing out on functionality. What I do is sign onto my daughters and girlfriends devices (iMac, iPhone (2) and iPad). They use their own Apple ID...
View ArticleRemote login option not saving after reboot
I have two mac minis where both are losing remote login after reboot, and I dont know why. After I check that box in GUI, it saves, at least during that session. But after reboot, I find always that...
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Help to restore partition from TimeCapsule external HDD
Hi, Yesterday I make some mess here... I try to re-install my Sierra on my MackBook Pro.. but when I make the new partition I accidently recreate new partition overriding my External HDD with my...
View ArticleVolume control
Hey there. I have a speaker which has not the option of controlling the volume. Not an issue for itself as long as I can control it through the Mac, but my issue is the following: the minimum volume is...
View Articlekernel_task uses a lot of memory, but only on one account
So kernel_task always uses around 500MB of memory. Have tried doing a SMC reset and restarted it, but it didn't help. Created a guest account and logged on to it. The kernel_task didn't use any memory...
View Articleautomatic restart of utorent after forced shutdown
I am using nordVPN, which forces utorrent to quit if it disconnects. I am wondering if there is any way to make utorrent restart automatically again? Maybe some lines in terminal?
View Articleapfs
I have installed High Sierra on a 32gig USB formatted in apfs and it runs very fast, but it doesn't have a recovery on the startup screen. Is this normal?
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