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    Unable to reset mac

    Hello, I am trying to factory reset a 2019 13" MacBook Pro. As soon as I open it a spinning globe appears, so I connect to my WiFi and wait. I don't remember my Apple ID that I used on this Mac so I click on erase Mac and it restarts. I connect to my WiFi again and the same screen shows up...
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    Sierra, High Sierra, Catalina, Time Machine and fixing a disaster

    People, Im stumped after 4 days and need help. While running Sierra, my system was upgraded to the Catalina disaster without my knowledge. The Time Machine backup last done that would save everything was done in Sierra. Of course, I cannot find anywhere a Sierra installer, but I do have one for...
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    Alternative to Music.app (Catalina)

    I am looking for an alternative Music plater for Mac OS. I wish to say goodbye to Music.app as there are several issues which I cannot live with. Are there any great alternatives? I am looking for an application that plays the music (mostly mp3s), allows me to search it quickly and to organize...
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    Fix Media Sharing in Catalina

    I recently migrated my Windows 10 iTune library to Catalina. Wound up as easy as copying the directory off of a windows share to my external iMac drive. My issue was I could not get my Apple TV 4K to view my photo folder that I also brought over from Windows. Wound up the issue was the Apple TV...
    • radamo
    • Thread
    • apple tv 4k catalina media sharing win 10
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  5. Peacock22

    Issue with Magnet

    Hello, I am running macOS 10.15.2 Catalina and I recently purchased and installed Magnet form the Mac App Store. I notice that when Magnet is running, apps such as Preview and TextEdit do not disappear from the dock after all of their windows are closed and I have switched to another app...
  6. upbythomas

    MP 1,1-5,1 Does the AMD RX 590 (MSI) can work in a 3,1 Mac Pro?

    Hi everyone, recently I bought a MSI RX590 Armor 8GB OC for my 3,1 Mac Pro. Obviously, I've installed macOS Catalina with dosdude's solution before connecting the new RX video card in there (and Catalina works perfectly with the original ATI card). But, after put the 590 in and connected the...
    • upbythomas
    • Thread
    • 3.1 amd catalina gpu mac mac pro (early 2008) rx590
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    Catalina 10.15.2 dynamic wallpaper strange behavior

    Hi, Sorry if this has already been discussed. My dynamic default Catalina wallpaper behaves strangely : after the logging screen - 4 times out of 5 - I got a wallpaper picture that does not correspond to the hour of the day. When choosing a fix picture (day for exemple) in parameters, then...
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    Slow Start of Activity Monitor

    Greetings. Did a clean install of macOS Catalina on my Late 2017 27'' iMac and my Activity Monitor takes around four (4) seconds to launch. It was happening in 10.25.0 and still happening in 10.15.2. If I look in console I see this: default 21:12:36.586163+0300 Activity Monitor Synchronize...
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    Can somebody tell me why I can't rename my Mouse and Keyboard on my iMac?

    As the title says I bought an iMac late 2013 with Catalina and I can't rename my Mouse and Keyboard? Somebody any idea? Thanks
    • flodschi22
    • Thread
    • catalina imac keyboard mouse problem
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: iMac
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    Downgrade from Catalina to Mojave from BEFORE machine's manufacture date...

    Hi, I received my brand new MacMini yesterday, running Catalina of course. For software/driver reasons (mainly my trusted old Wacom tablet), I want to downgrade to Mojave. I got my external drive set up as an installer drive with Mojave on it. It appears in the "Startup Disk" selector, but I...
  11. TheWeirdFriendWithOldMacs

    New AirPort board = No App Store?

    Hi, A friend of mine dropped his MBP 15" Retina Early 2013 and the wifi stopped working. I helped him buy and install a "new" AirPort/Bluetooth board (661-6534) as well as installing macOS Catalina, and everything seemed to be working just fine. Until he tried to log in to App Store/iTunes that...
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    Music app, missing artwork

    I recently made a clean install of Catalina on my iMac 2017. Way to much problems updating from Mojave to Catalina. I always keep my itunes library files and music on a separate external HD. After importing the XML in the new music app, can't figure out how, but I 'm missing all my artwork in...
  13. blackxacto

    Whoops, it's gone?

    I formatted a 6TB spinning drive w APFS for backing up my Catalina SSD drive. Then wrongly dropped an additional folder of files onto the 6TB drive. The folder disappeared. Anyone know how to view/recover the folder? The keystrokes Command+shift+period do not work to make the folder visible.
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    Mac OS Catalina doesn't see Boot Camp on external drive

    Hello everyone. I have been using Boot Camp on an external USB drive for months on Mojave without any problems. I could open Startup Disk, select the external Boot Camp drive, and reboot my Mac from there into Windows. Now, just upgraded to Catalina, and the very same USB drive doesn't appear...
  15. ulyssesric

    [HELP] Files on Desktop are not accessible

    Device, OS version and other background info: MacBook Pro Retina late-2013, Catalina 10.15.1 FileVault is not enabled. iCloud Desktop/Document syncing is not enabled. Time Machine backup stored on an external drive; auto-backup is temporarily disabled. Daemons, extensions and login items...
  16. Phrasikleia

    Can I migrate between Macs running different versions of Mac OS? (Mojave to Catalina)

    I have a very slow internet connection at the moment, and I'm very short on time, so I don't want to upgrade my old MacBook Pro that is running Mojave to Catalina if that's not necessary for migrating to the new MBP (which is arriving today). If I want to use migration assistant, do I need to...
    • Phrasikleia
    • Thread
    • catalina migration assistant mojave
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  17. Spooner83

    How do I screen record audio from MacBook only and not background room noise?

    I have my internal microphone selected when I screen record my music production to make tutorial but I still get background noise from the room. How do I only record the audio from my MacBook when screen recording my sessions? Thanks
  18. DThompson55

    Package Installer breaks in Catalina 10.15.1

    After cleanly installing the 10.15.1 upgrade the other day I found I can no longer install new software packages. That is, anything that uses package installer, any files with .pkg extension, just hang with rainbow twirly. Where might I find a fix for this or more information? googling the the...
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    Uninstallation of Xtrafinder for MacOS Catalina

    Hi i am having trouble uninstalling xtrafinder under Macos catalina, emailed the support but to no avail. it is stated in the installer: To uninstall XtraFinder: Disable System Integrity Protection Delete XtraFinderPlugins.bundle from directory...
    • Cardsnk
    • Thread
    • catalina macoscatalina xtrafinder
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  20. trumpetmercenary

    Latest Catalina beta breaks Wikipedia functionality in Dictionary?

    I just updated to 10.15.2 Beta (19C32e) on both of my Macs and Wikipedia articles no longer load in Dictionary. Does anyone else have this problem?
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