Dedicated TM disks for different files?
I'm posting this to confirm what I believe to unfortunately be true, thats its not possible to backup selected files or folders (or disks) to "dedicated" or specific TM disks ? Eg I'd like folders A,B,...
View ArticleHow to completely wipe an Apple fusion drive after partition issues
Hey All, Like many others I decided to play with disk utility to create an extra partition to install Win 10 on my iMac 5k late 2014 model. Upon going through the Bootcamp assistant I was met with...
View Articleremount SMB from sleep
Hey guys, is there a way to remount an SMB share? I have made an Apple Script to mount it upon login and have it in the Login Items, but everytime you wake up it loses the SMB mount.
View ArticleUnable to Empty trash after failed Xcode Build
I was attempting to Compile Kodi on OS X 10.11 with Xcode 7 (previously had Xcode 6 installed) fowling this guide (Specifically post #63)...
View ArticlePhotos for OS X - importing and referencing original files
Currently I use Google's Picasa for Mac because it can auto import new images/videos into sorted folders on my external HD. More importantly, it can only reference these files on an external HD, and...
View ArticleAuto/lock USB Drive on "Rude" Removal or Normal Eject/Dismount?
Say you're at school or work working on a spreadsheet from your flash drive (that also has a lot of sensitive and confidential information on it)... you lock your computer, and leave the flash drive...
View ArticleMouse keeps double clicking in Snow Leopard after a single click
I have this really annoying issue where my mouse will randomly double click in OS X when i didn't actually double click my mouse. I had this problem before in Leopard (with different mouse) but now it...
View Articlesmall Calendar problem
Why does Calendar display birthdays twice? I'm missing a setting somewhere. When I tick the "birthdays" checkbox I get a double entry for each birthday, so it must be drawing this data twice from...
View ArticleiTunes cloud purchases
Anyone else come across the option to show cloud purchases on iTunes > Preferences > Store going missing? Any idea how to get it back? 12.3.0.44 on El Capitan, though it was missing before the OS...
View ArticleCould someone test something in Spotlight really quickly for me?
If you have a machine with an OS X version earlier than El Capitan, when you trigger Spotlight with command+space, release space and type a character while still holding command, does the character...
View ArticleBing search engine
Hi: I'm really pissed off Bing has become the search engine for my Mac Pro. My default search engine was Google and earlier this week up popped Bing instead along with Montegeobox. How in the hell do I...
View ArticleCopying TM machine backup from external usb drive to system one
OS X 10.9.5 on iMac 2013 late. No Bootcamp. OS X a originally installed by factory plus all those updates till 10.9.5. One of our Time Machine destinations is an external USB drive, a HDD, not a SSD....
View ArticleiPhone won't add updated apps to iTunes
Hey guys, I have a problem with my iPhone 6 Plus and iTunes. I don't know if this has anything to do with iOS 9 but since i updated my iPhone it won't transfer updated apps to my iTunes library. I...
View Articlehow to rescue windows from off the screen?
this is one of my pet peeves with Mac OSX i use dual monitors and some times when im not using dual monitors programs will still open and place themselves in daft positions like i stil have 2 monitors....
View ArticleSafari will absolutely not quit
Quit, force quit, looking for it in activity monitor and killing it there won't quit (it actually does not show up there, nor does it show up if I type top in the terminal). It's like it's not actually...
View ArticleWhere does the Contacts app pull profile pictures?
For some reason when I add a contact, their Facebook profile info no longer pulls over. I think this is a known issue (even if I go to accounts and click the Facebook account and then "update...
View ArticleDoes Facebook not sync with contacts anymore?
I went into preferences, accounts, Facebook, and "updated contacts" but only a few of the contacts are pulled over. Is there a known issue with this?
View ArticleError at startup
Anyone have any idea what this is? It started showing up after upgrading to 10.11. I get 2 of these windows at startup and also when I wake from sleep with HDDs attached.
View ArticleScreen sharing cuts in and out
So I've been having this problem with my base model late 2014 Mac Mini used as a home media/file server for a while now and I haven't been able to figure it out. I was hoping someone here could help...
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