New SSD, Howto restore user account without media?
Hope someone can offer advice. I am upgrading my mac with a 240GB SSD and 3TB HDD. My plan is to put the operating system and User accounts on the SSD and place the media folders (Music, Video and...
View ArticleAskScript to usernms and pswd for 30 Macs
portishead said: ↑ Seriously! Ask any question you think is dumb here, and I or someone else will hopefully answer your question. This should eliminate a lot of posts in this sub forum.Click to...
View ArticleThunderbolt update fails to install
Greetings, so i have a 2012 iMac here with a 3.4 i7, fusion drive and 680mx. The thunderbolt ports are not recognised, it says in the system profiler under thunderbolt "no thunderbolt hardware found"....
View ArticleAny alternatives to Syphon Virtual Display? Or any way to edit resolution?
Hi all, Currently I have three projectors hooked up to an iMac via TripleHead2Go to create a triple wide screen. I'm currently using Qlab to do edge blending for the projectors and I'm using Syphon to...
View ArticleiOS 10, OS X 10.12, Apple A10 chip, and where this is all headed
Things are aligning in a weird way we haven't seen the likes of at Apple, EVER. Next year, if Apple follows its pattern, the iPhone 7 will be released with an A10 inside; the iPad line will be updated...
View ArticleMission Control Issue
Hi I've searched this forum before posting, so I hope this isn't an annoying post. When I access Mission Control, my desktops appear at the top in the format: Desktop1 Desktop2 Desktop3 Desktop4 And it...
View ArticleDesignate external drive as internal?
So OSX designates drives as being internal or external, presumably based on which bus they are connected to. I wonder if there is any way to override this, and set a drive that is connected to an...
View ArticleRestoring system from Time Machine Backup
hi, I upgraded to El Cap from Yosemite. I now need to restore back to Yosemite. I'm trying this by booting into the recovery partition and restoring from a time machine back up. I've already done this...
View ArticleStopping Time Machine Notifications?
I get a pop up notification from Time Machine like every 10 days telling me I haven't updated. Truth is i'd love to update but my external 160GB is full from all the previous Time Machine backups that...
View ArticleSoftware update 031-51913 WILL BREAK YOUR ETHERNET DRIVER
This software update was pushed via the silent "security updates" to my iMac today: 031-51913 | Incompatible Kernel Extension Configuration Data 3.28.1 After rebooting my ethernet didn't work. Turns...
View ArticleHow to install and run older games on El Capitan
Hello, I'm new to Mac and these forums, so sorry if this topic has already been discussed. I'm using a Mac with OS X El Capitan. I wanted to install and play an older game called "Dungeon Siege" that...
View Articlesudo: Permission Denied
I've used sudo before successfully, but suddenly it doesn't work anymore! For example, I try setting a shutdown timer using Code: sudo shutdown -h +60 or sudo pmset disksleep 30 or even just sudo and...
View ArticleExplore Photos library backup without messing with iCloud
Hi, I accidentally deleted a set of pictures from an album in my Photos library. I use Time Machine and I would like to go back to previous library version to get them back. My concern is wether this...
View ArticleI cannot remove Adobe Application Manager icon
I have uninstalled all Adobe software from my computer, but there is still an "Adobe Application Manager (Other)" folder located in my launchpad. No adobe applications show up in finder when I search....
View ArticleHow to get system volume control on Dell monitor
I have a DELL U2715H Display and while the HDMI carries the audio, it makes it so I cannot use the system volume to control the audio output to the speakers I have plugged into the monitor. I got a...
View ArticleCannot eject CD from my iMac!
I just got my iMac yesterday and having some teething troubles. I put in an audio CD for the first time and I got a prompt from iTunes. Too busy at present, I shut iTunes down and tried to eject the CD...
View ArticlePermissions when migrating to new install
I have an iMac with 1TB internal drive, running Yosemite, multiple user accounts. I want to create an external SSD with El Capitan, and use that as my boot drive. Trying to figure out how to make this...
View ArticleWhat Will OS X 10.12 Be Called?
WWDC 2016 is coming up fast and that means the latest Mac operating system will be release. What do you think OS X 10.12 will be called?
View ArticleHow to change Mail/Outlook icon and prevent it from reverting back to old icon?
I'm using Outlook 2011 and decided to change its dock icon. Everything works great, but each time when I receive an e-mail and thus the dock email notification appears, the icon will switch back to the...
View ArticleWallpaper changing app
Hello, for a long time I'm searching for an app, which would extend the capability of native wallpaper changing in OS X. I like to have my wallpaper different once in a while, however the native...
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