Copying Time Machine backups to new drive increases the size
Hi there, Not sure where else to turn, but hopefully someone else knows how to fix this issue. I had bad RAM on an iMac corrupt my external TM backup drive. So now TM says I can't use write to it but...
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Importing from iPhone iMovie problem
Hi! Always used iMovie for a little bit of editing here and there, until this evening! It boots up fine, but if I click import then it crashes if my iPhone is connected to my Macbook. If I click import...
View Articlemouse stops or lags when loading a program ?
Hello, since owning my mac from last September, my magic mouse has worked perfectly - doesn't get a lot of use - probably about an hour a day. the battery percentage is still nearly at 3/4s. for some...
View ArticleQuick look stopped working
does anyone know why apple stopped supporting quick look for files like QuickTime animation? It's on of the best things that OS X had Without it it's no better then windows
View ArticleInitial secure multi-user setup of OS X
I am new to Mac OS X, but I work in IT and have used a few different OSs before (DOS, OS/2, Ubuntu - and reluctantly Windows at work). I am fully switching our family PC to Mac OS X and accept that we...
View ArticleDisk Utility - HD And Only Partition Showing Different Available Space
So, I'm using Mac OS Yosemite and when accessing Disk Utility, if I look at the boot SSD (that have only one partition), it shows 17.33 GB available, but when looking right into the partition, it shows...
View ArticleBootcamp messed up OSX?
Hello, Originally I was having trouble getting bootcamp to work, while partitioning the hard drive it gave an error message saying files could not be moved. Anyway this was resolved by making a smaller...
View ArticleVolume Erase Failed
I want to reinstall OS X Yosemite on my 27" iMac, I power my iMac by holding the cmd + r key and i go into disk utility and when i click on Macintosh HD and select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) it says:...
View ArticleClone Startup Drive vs Setup Assistant
I realised this is more of an OSX question so I have reposted here... Hello To save time, I would like to clone the startup disc, of my Mini 2014 (Yosemite) onto a Mini QC 2012, which I have resently...
View ArticleHard drive damaged: software repair?
My iMac died and I put its should (the hard drive) is in a usb3 external case. I am running a 2012 mac mini server: both computers were running Yosemite OS. There are some files that I don't have a...
View ArticleHow can I mount iMac 5k INTERNAL HDD using terminal window
Hi I have iMac 5k and I was facing some issue with Internal HDD as shown in images I'm not able to see HDD View attachment 573292 View attachment 573293 View attachment 573291 Can anybody help me how...
View ArticleFolder size in Finder
I added a view option to view size of items listed in Finder but I cannot see size of folders. Yet if I do get info on the folder I can see the size. How can I make the size show up in the finder info...
View ArticleVIPERDNS blocking my web-browser (UK)
So when I try to go on any viewing website such as iplayer / 4od / netflix, my browser (whether it is firefox or safari) reroutes me to this page: https://www.viperdns.com/error.html . I am not that...
View Articleshare connected drive when asleep ?
Hello, i was was wondering if their was a way of sharing a connected usb drive, over the network, even if the mac i asleep. or if not, if their a way to make it visible, so atleast when i want to...
View ArticleRunning A Duplicated App
Hello all, I've just spent an hour or so googling for a solution to a question I have, with no luck. I really like SSBs (single site browsers) for running web apps like Google Calendar and making it...
View ArticleWhat OS X is Apple's in-house business using?
I wonder what is the current OS X that Apple uses in-house as "reliable" to run their business?. Does their in-house OS X change each year, or do they just rely on "old reliable" until they believe...
View ArticleDesprate! (No really I am) Don't know what to do...
So, I have a late 2008 mac pro running the updated 10.10 Yosemite. Last week I got some kind of adware that messed up my hard drive and my dumb ass had erased some much needed hidden files in an...
View ArticleStop Sign popup
I was just on the internet on reputable sites, when there was a little computer notification popup that came up. It looked like the red stop sign one, but it disappeared quickly before I ever read it....
View Articlepostscript to pdf
I have some old .ps files. What can I use to convert them to high quality pdf files? Not sure what Mac OS X uses, but it generates a pretty bad quality pdf. Any suggestions much appreciated.
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