OSX Photos.app, 6S Live Photos, and Sync
So I shot some Live Photos today for the first time. When I got home, I let Photos import them and sync to my iPhone 6s: the process destroyed the Live Photos, separating them into stills and videos....
View ArticleSnow Leopard won't install, says "this disk cannot be used to start up your...
Ok, this isn't an isolated issue - there are threads about this over at Apple and InsanelyMac: I'm unable to install Snow Leopard. When I run the installer, it'll tell me that "Mac OS X cannot be...
View ArticleNo startup manager
My partners MacBook hasn't been booting not sure of the cause she gave it to someone to repair the screen and they messed up. i just get the flashing folder and ?. I've tried entering recovery to no...
View ArticleHelp with Terminal
Hey MR'ers, i'm trying to help a friend on the other side of the globe with some troubles. I believe he is running Mavericks to start with. Recently his MBP has decided to shoot the bed and won't boot...
View ArticleHow to hide ALL extensions on the whole HD? Need to make an automator flow.
There was a topic like that forever ago: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=362645 The apple automator link mentioned therein is long dead, but I still have the file, from 2012. I run 10.10....
View ArticleUsing dd I'm getting a Resource Busy error
Hello, I'm trying to restore an old Hard Drive image OS.dmg to a usb hard drive that I have. I'm using the command: dd if=/Users/Shared/OS.dmg of=/dev/disk5 bs=1m And I'm getting dd: /dev/disk5:...
View ArticleMac Mail closes slowly
For some reason, with every mac I've owned from Leopard to Yosemite the Mac Mail app closes slow. I have no idea why, but it's always been the case. It's frustrating when I'm trying to shutdown the...
View ArticleSpace question
Hi Everyone, I got a macbookpro (Os X Yosemite 10.10.5) few months ago and ever since have had weird things going on with the disk space. It has normally 120 gb. When I run "disk Inventory" or "disk...
View ArticleMouse Freezing
Hey Guys, Bit of a random problem that I've never encountered before. When I run dual displays everything works fine, when I switch one of them to another input to play my xbox and use a single display...
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Network Volume Mounting Twice
I just want to mount one shared folder on startup, and every time it mounts twice on Desktop. I tried to mount it from shared computers and by IP adress (connect to server) and then drag to Login Items...
View ArticleHow can I create a "changing" and "dynamic" dock icon?
Hey guys, So I'd like to create a Mac OS X dock icon that basically allows for a "dynamic change" when the status of the application updates. Is there anyway I can customize the dock icon in order to...
View ArticleCant upgrade from Lion to Yosemite??
I downloaded it, clicked on instal, entered my password but then nothing happened?? And every time I click on instal it keeps asking for the password but beyond accepting it nothing happens. How to fix...
View ArticleOversized Windows
Hi, I've had a look over the forum and cant see any specific answers, but is there any way to stop apps or OSX from allowing an app to have a window much larger than my screen? I have a 5K imac and...
View ArticleFinder question
Was wondering if anyone could help me with a question I have about Finder. When I open Finder and then a folder, for example Music, it doesn't open the music files at the top of the screen, as in the...
View ArticleHow can I turn off the display in Recovery mode?
Hi, I'm in a problem. I have no back up or bootable OS X USB, and I can't access Mac OS since I completely formated the hardrive and installed windows. However, it seems I can access the recovery mode...
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Unable to connect to Hard disk 1-Parallels 7
Hello, I have had Parallels desktop 7 on my Leopard Mac 10.6. and been using it to run my windows 7 on it for some time now until it all of the sudden says that it cant connect to hard disk 1. I dont...
View ArticleWhat is the final word on Java for Mac?
I am slightly tech savvy but no expert. I keep reading all this information about how dangerous Java is. So what is the final word? Should I remove Java 100% from my Mac? If so, how do I do this? And...
View ArticleExternal Drive is Showing w/ Wrong Name
I have an external drive hooked up that I've named the same as a previous external I had. It's just called "Space". It's 3tb larger than the previous drive I had named "Space". Unfortunately this is...
View ArticleOpen folders in new tab while Finder is already open
Forgive me for asking this question, as I've used Total Finder for this function but am trying to use Apple's Finder. Let's say I have a Finder window open showing my Mac HD. When I click on the icon...
View ArticleiTunes, iPhone selected on apps just spins..
If I open iTunes 12.3 on my iMac, with my iPhone 6 Plus either connected via cable or WiFi, when I select the iPhone in devices, and got apps on the LH menu, I just get a spinny circle constantly. This...
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