What's taking over my Mac Mini?
I use one of my Mac Mini's as a HTPC (HTMac, I suppose you'd call it). Lately, each time I switch HDMI settings on my stereo to access the computer, I get some type of foreign language. aendre...
View ArticleLocal user account -> iCloud account. Password problems
At the moment I use a local user account and password to log in to my computer. I would like to change the password and convert the local user to my iCloud account and password. This should be possible...
View Articleitunes won't let me drag and drop songs anywhere
I don't know what happened but all of a sudden itunes won't let me drag and drop a song onto my ipod or iphone, It won't even let me drag and drop a song in a playlists within itunes. Does anyone know...
View ArticleiCloud Drive on OS X - size counted on the local hard drive
guys, I have iCloud Drive activated and miste in the finder sidebar. I have saved about 35 GB files (ms office , pictures etc) in a separate folders on the iCloud Drive. The drive is synchronized and I...
View ArticleHow To Change IP To Any Country IP Without Using Software
How can I change my IP to any IP without using software because software slows down the connection? Any assistance?
View ArticleHas Apple finally jumped the shark?
"Apple's Jony Ive and Vogue's Anna Wintour: Machines can build beautiful things" With terrible designed software like iTunes12, has Apple jumped the shark?
View ArticleTime for my first fresh-install... How do I migrate my from Outlook '11 to '16?
Hi all, I've just decided to do my first fresh install of OS X, since I bought my MBP 3 years ago. Previously I've just done the normal upgrade to OSX, but This time I want to start from scratch. I've...
View ArticleHow do I repartition an external hard drive?
Hi. I'm using a MacBook Air and external Hard Drive which is broken up into three partitions, a Mac partition, PC, and Time Capsule/backup. The Mac partition is almost full and so I would like to move...
View ArticleHow Do I: Create templated folders
Ok, so I have a file structure that I create for every job that I do. I'm trying to think of the best way to do this and I thought automator would be the best way, but I can't find a way to make it...
View ArticleI've had it with these 'This computer’s local hostname is already in use on...
Does anybody know how I can stop my Mac displaying an utterly unhelpful message every time it wakes up from sleep: "This computer’s local hostname "INSERT NAME HERE" is already in use on this network."...
View ArticleAutofill inserts wrong email address
Like many people, I suppose, I have more than one email address. In particular I have two in the format abc@MyOwnDomainName and abc@ISPsDomainName (In reality, it's different a different set of...
View Article"nsurlstoraged quit unexpectedly" error
Hi, Ever since I upgraded to El Capitan, I get this error, sometimes, daily. Anybody has a clue? I was hoping the current update (10.11.1) would fix it. The error does supposedly gets sent to Apple...
View ArticleIrritating Safari Autofill issue
Hi, Autofill is dropping the first letter of my email address. An example is as follows: Correct email - johndoe@email.com Autofills as - ohndoe@email.com. Frustrating as you can imagine. This does not...
View ArticleTiger: Best OS X version yet?
Anybody else here miss Tiger? I feel like Tiger was the best Mac OS X version yet, while yes, Leopard has more features, Tiger has a better looking UI, and was overall more stable and less...
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Fidner Dock Icon Missing.
Hey guys. I've recently logged on to my mac to find that my 'Finder' icon is missing from the dock. It is still running, still clickable, with the 'running' light below showing. Well. See for...
View ArticleStop Mapped Drives From Opening in Finder at Restart?
How can I stop the finder windows from opening at startup for all my mapped drives? I've got a few shares set to mount at restart, but that doesn't mean I want the finder window too. Just connect in...
View Articlesudo not working when deleting multiple files through terminal
I'm trying to write a script to delete things I don't need to save space and am having problems with the -delete parameter on the find command - it isn't actually deleting. For example : sudo find...
View ArticleWhen will we get volume-specific Trash options?
The irony hurts. Today I was trying to copy an installer package from Trash to my USB stick. Why? - Because re-downloading the installer is taking too long. The problem was that the USB stick didn't...
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Mac is using 10GB of backups but time capsule is off?
does anyone know what on earth is going on here and where I can find and delete these backups? Time capsule is off and always has been... And 10GB in movies? I don't have *any* movies on my SSD!
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Bypass parental control time limits?
Is there anyway to bypass parental control time limits without creating s new administrator account? I would really like too know, and dont post about how theres a reason my parents put them on because...
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