Reliability of syncing: iCloud Drive Vs Dropbox?
Since I'm paying Apple for 1TB of cloud, because my Photos library is ~300GB, I'd like to use iCloud Drive more. But I'm worried about it's reliability of syncing, does it have issues? I really don't...
View ArticleAny tips? Sudden Issues w/Older MacBook Pro
Hi there, I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro running OS 10.6.8. (Old, I know, but it works for me.) All was working well, then I shut down for a while. When I shut down, Firefox and Acrobat seemed to hang,...
View ArticleHow to Secure erase??
im in CMD + R and i want to secure erase my hard drive. But blast this new Disk Utility in El Captain. I want to secure erase the ssd and then reinstall OSX for the next owner.
View ArticleiTunes prematurely ends songs
My iTunes has begun to cut tracks before their end - with imported (not downloaded) stuff. From what I can tell, it seems to be affect only some tracks - possibly those imported after a certain date,...
View ArticleI made an NTFS partition with Tuxera and now my disk seems to be unreadable
I have a 1 TB WD My Passport Disk. I used to have two partitions on it—one for Time Machine backups and the other to carry files around (both are/were in HFS+). However, one day I made a third...
View ArticleProblem with disk
Sorry if this is posted in the wrong area, just delete the post. Hi guys, Ive had a 2tb hard drive for a while, and my usb port has been broken for a while (well kinda broken) so that means that i dont...
View ArticlePDF Editor for Free ?
Hi guys, I need help for one simple app. I used to have Adobe Acrobat DC for editing my PDF's but now I don't really want to pay anymore for just changing the writings on a pdf. Can you help me find...
View ArticleMac OS and Windows boot USB flash on one device
Hello, I have USB flash 16GB. I want make 2 partition 8gb each and make Mac OS 10.11.4 boot flash on first partition and make Windows 10 on second partition. I make first partition for Mac OS JHFS+ and...
View ArticleHow can I do this using Mac OS X?
I have two computers... Is there a way I can work on a file on one computer, save it, and somehow have it available on the air where I can download it on the 2nd computer and just pick up where I left...
View ArticleOSX Network: Incoming traffic interface and outgoing traffic interface are...
I'm on OSX El Capitan / Yosemite, and I've a strange behavior. I have the ethernet and Wifi interface enabled. The network interface order is set to WiFi then Ethernet, due to some proxy limitation on...
View ArticleWhy don't Ad Blockers work with Safari streaming video?
Ad Blockers don't stop streaming video autoplay commercials in OS X Safari. They do however work fine in Firefox and Chrome. I'd love to use Safari all the time, but I can't stomach having to watch...
View ArticleFinder Search Attribute to Search Within Specific Folder
I have an archive of videos split on 2 drives. Every video has a folder dedicated to it, for project files/resources, thus I can't directly view a clean list of the videos. I need a smart folder to...
View ArticleYouTube fullscreen problems in Safari
Hey everyone. Currently I'm using Safari as my default browser however I have some problem with playing video full screen. It is not playing fullscreen properly but mostly only in the quarter of the...
View ArticleLogin issue
Good day everyone. I was trying to change my MacBook password and on the field for entering new password I mistakenly left it blank and pressed enter. Now I can't login to my computer it says I need to...
View ArticleConnecting to obsolete server popup?
I get a popup on boot reading "there was a problem connecting to the server "minint-pg7xxx". This was a computer that has been removed from the network. How do I get rid of the popup?
View ArticleGet apps to start at login?
Before I updated to El Capitan, I had iTunes, QuicKeys, and Plex Media server all starting at login in. Now none do. I have gone in System Pref/Users/My User/Login Items And added all 3 to start - but...
View ArticleTool / App to Test for Playback Errors and Readability of a CD or DVD on a...
Hey folks, I recently bought my first ever Apple computer (Macbook Pro 2015 model) and have been getting used to it as I've been using mostly Windows all of my life. I decided not to go with a Windows...
View ArticleMultiple user accounts created after Migration Assistant hangs
I had a problem with migration assistant hanging with out completing when going from external drive time machine to new mac. I had to force quit and it seemed to not have worked, I now finally got it...
View ArticleAll I want for Christmas is focus follow mouse
I know, you're likely going to try and convince me that a) I need to give up b) The OS X paradigm just can't support it c) I'll get used to it But, if you, like me, have tried for 8 years to let go of...
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