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  1. M

    Thunderbolt 2 to USB-C cable

    Hi, I want to connect my external hard drive with thunderbolt 2 ports to my new MacBook Pro with USB C ports. Is there a single cable solution which can do this, I don't want another adapter or dongle... please let me know, thanks!
  2. jakobaalose

    Has my Macbook 2012 committed suicide?

    Hello people, The problem this time is my Macbook Pro 13" 2012 Medio with MacOS Sierra with a Kingston SSD It starts and runs - but then freezes for about 5-10 seconds in intervals. It started suddenly when I just sat and watched some youtube videos. I have tried to run Apple Hardware...
  3. T

    Glitching USBs/cannot hold a connection

    For quite a while now, whenever I connect my iPhone to my mac usb ports, the connection is extremely unstable. What I mean by this is that the phone will not charge for more than half a second, then reconnect, and the computer will not recognize the phone for long enough to do anything. The...
  4. C

    Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 Cable

    Hey! I was wondering if there's any thunderbolt 3 to thunderbolt cable out there. I'm getting my new Macbook Pro 2016 next week and I was wondering if I could use a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 or HDMI or anything else to connect it to this...
  5. Huntn

    Cutting the Cable Guide

    Cutting the Cable Guide, but preserving content. A work in progress. UPDATE IN PROGRESS Jan 2022 some info maybe out of date If you see something that is glaringly wrong or outdated, please post in a way that get’s my attention, and I’ll be happy to update the info. Updates: * 1April24-...
  6. E

    iPhone 6 home button ripped

    Hi, yesterday my iPhone home button started to randomly stop working but Touch ID did, tried a-lot of things to fix and 1 of them was a ludicrous and stupid idea of "pressing the home button and twisting" I was so tired and frustrated of trying to make it work that I gave up and did it. and then...
  7. Raquel Soares

    iMac as Second Screen

    I have an iMac 2007 aluminum which I don't use it anymore and I also have an upgraded MacMini - late 2012 (16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 - processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7) which is my main computer. I'd like to use my old iMac as a second screen but I'm not sure which kind of cable should I use it. Can...
  8. gjarden3

    iPhone 6 destroying chargers?

    Hi, I have an iPhone 6 that I've owned since December 2014. In the past few months I've been buying chargers pretty much weekly for it because the thing destroys them somehow. After anywhere from a day to 3 weeks of use, the charger starts to do that thing where it disconnects then reconnects...
  9. Z

    iPhone as a flash drive?

    Is it possible to use my iPhone as a flash drive when i connect it with usb on my mac? Just like Android phones do, when connected with the usb cable.
  10. KSTREE

    iPad Pro What do you think about this 2 Apple Pencil accessories??

    Apple pencil charger Apple Pencil Charging Stand
  11. N

    Do 3rd party cables affect the actually day to day battery life of an iPhone 6?

    So, I have a question and I'm sure all of you staff and members can help me answer. This issue has been bothering me for quite some time. So I recently purchased two different 2-in-1 3rd party lightning to micro usb cables. This way I only carry one cable with me whereever I go. They both seem...
  12. Alhajimen

    Hd 5770 not loading

    I bought a used Hd 5770 graphics card. The guy tested it in front of me with his 2007 Mac Pro. I bought the power cable on Amazon to connect it with it. I just did installed it this weekend but it can't load it pass the apple logo. I tried putting back my old Gtx card in but it won't work if the...
  13. R

    Can't connect Dell U2515H using the DisplayPort cable provided with Display

    Hi all, I just acquired a Macbook Pro 15" Mid 2015 model. I had a Dell U2515H monitor already. The cable provided from Dell is a DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort. I was using this same cable with my Macbook Air late 2011 and it was working. I tried using the same cable with the Macbook Pro that...
  14. CausticSoda

    USB C to iPhone Cable?

    Does anyone know where I can get one of these? My searching has probably been insufficient, but I am quite surprised they do not seem to be readily available. In fact, given Apple put USB C on the new Macbook and announced it was the future and all we need (blah blah blah) it does seem to me...