Help on a time machine backup of a desktop folder
Hi folks. I am looking for help on finding all of the contents of an accidentally deleted desktop folder. I am running a rMBP 2013. The folder (titled SCHOOL) was accidentally deleted yesterday without...
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Keyboard typing letters and numbers
My keyboard is typing letters and numbers. It only happens on the first two rows, (i.e., q1, w2, etc.) I have checked the settings, they seem ok. Any suggestions on how to fix?
View ArticleFlash blocking in Safari
Bit of help / advice / guidance please. Since I switched to Mac a couple of years ago, I've been using Click To Plugin to block Flash content / other annoying things like Silverlight, etc, unless I...
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Duplicate holiday notifications from Calendar?
Anyone else getting duplicate notifications? I just got THREE banners for Veterans Day when my Mac woke up. While I appreciate honoring our soldiers in arms, that's a bit much. I only see "Veterans...
View ArticleNTFS partition recovery suggestions?
My daughter has an external hard drive that has become totally corrupt. It was formatted as NTFS. When I plug it into my macbook, for example, El Capitan can't read it. Does anyone have any...
View ArticleHard drive failure
Hi, Hard drive failed on mac mini late 2009, i use backblaze and i downloaded the restore. Bought a new ssd drive. How the heck do I do this? I put in a ssd in my macbook but it had not failed and used...
View ArticleMac OS X El Capitan or Yosemite
Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan has been an improvement form its predecessor OS X 10.10 Yosemite. It has gotten some nice upgrades such as Split Screen, Smarter Searches in Spotlight, Safari updates etc....
View ArticleOld Calendar & Reminders staying in iTunes
Hi all, A question: After a few years and a different persons that uses the iCal or iPhone's... I got several old Calendars and Reminders lists staying in iTunes... Example "Reminders...
View ArticleDevanagari font
I signed up on pronunciator.com and was attempting to start their Hindi courses, however none of the browsers I use will display the Devanagari font used in the lessons (which are Flash-based). I've...
View ArticleMacMini mid 2011 very slow with latest OS X version. Which Version is best...
Hello, I have on MacMini Mid 2011, 2,3 Ghz i5 with 8GB RAM. I installed El Capitan, but, these make my system very, very slow! Them I installed Yosemite... same think... very, very slow... My Processor...
View ArticleGoogle search slow on Mac
OK, This has been bothering me for a while now and I can't seem to figure out the issue. Does anyone else have an issue with Google's search engine on Mac? Its ONLY google. every once in a while it...
View ArticleBurn home made dvd
i wanted to copy a dvd I made of home movies. Before EC, the disc utility made it very easy to do this. Now, I followed online instructions and it copied the files to the new dvd but that's not what I...
View ArticleiTunes Radio not loading/buffering entire song
I've been having an issue with iTunes Radio using iTunes (12.3.1.23) on OS X El Capitan (10.11.1.) The issue is that iTunes seems to only load/buffer 80% of the song. Once the song plays and catches up...
View ArticleCan't resize window
I managed to make a window slightly bigger than the screen, and now I can't access the 'handle' in the lower right corner to return the window to normal size. I was using screen sharing from another...
View ArticlePoll: Dashboard, Keep it or Kill it?
Dashboard has been disabled by default in the latest beta of El Capitan. It has generated quite a bit of discussion in a blog thread, and opinion seems quite sharply divided. Dashboard is still there,...
View ArticleFresh OSX install?
This is probably a silly question... But I'm trying to sell my 2009 17" MBP. I'd like to wipe it clean with fresh OSX install. I spent the better part of the day downloading and reinstalling OSX...
View ArticleFormatting a dead drive
Hi folks, my Seagate external harddrive stopped working today. I used it as my main time-machine-backup-drive. When I plug it in, it still shows on my desktop (at least one partition does, the one that...
View ArticleI remove icons from the dock but they back every time i open the program
Hey guys, having an issue with icons coming back into the dock after i open a program again. for example i removed all of the icons for the adobe suite from my dock but when i open a program like...
View ArticleHanding down Macbook to a friend
Hi guys, I just got a new MBA 13" 2015 for myself and I want to give my old MBP to a friend. I started by wiping the disk with the recovery partition, but when I tried to reinstall OSX El Capitan with...
View ArticleHow do I quickly minimise all windows?!
I know there used to be a shortcut for this but I can't remember it. I know command+m minimises the current window. Looking for the Windows "return to desktop" equivalent.
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