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So, I have had this iMac in my ownership for a while and I finally got around to using it... In 2016 I purchased an early 09 iMac (24" with the 3.06 GHz CPU) with a graphics card issue. I discovered that adjusting the resolution to 720p can give better results by causing less strain on the GPU...

Hi, I wanted to put what happens to me around here in case someone can help me. I have an iMac 21.5 late 2015 the model is 16.2, in which I just installed a Samsung 860 EVO external SSD in a Sabrent case, the ssd works fine at good speed when you use normal computer. The problem is that when...

Soon as I updated my Apple Watch 3 to watchOS7, I could no longer auto-unlock my MacBook Pro (2018) or my iMac (2019). Both are running latest versions of catalina. Was also having the problem on my AW3 that it was no longer mapping runs in the fitness app. So per recent public advisories, I...

kernel_task has been writing to the SSD like a mad man, it has > 2TB written in a month with 49TB Disk writes till date ( my MacBook is 8 months old) At this rate the SSD would die soon considering SSD's have limited disk writes. How do I stop this from happening / will my machine be fine? I've...

Good day community I never used a vpn before and today im using NORDVPN. I register, download the app on the Macstore and sign in with my credentials. The issue lies when trying to connect I get a message that says VPN Connection "Please enter your authentication information "...

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2020 MBP 13" - Catalina 10.15.6 - AlDente 1.2: When I "open" the app from Applications folder nothing happens and I see no app UI, even though it shows as open in Activity Monitor. What am I doing wrong?

Is there an option somewhere to wipe your iCloud library and start over with only purchased music? I know how to select everything and delete them that way, but it isn’t as simple or clean as the reset option. I’m running the most up to date version of Catalina and found the option buried...

Gang this regards a lovely 2014 MBA with the default Apple 128GB SSD. I have been searching for simply how to get the option, when erasing a disk, to format it to APFS. When I start with Command + R, and choose Disk Utility, I have a different Menu than what I see in the numerous threads on my...

I deleted a standard user by deleting all content including the home catalog. But it still shows up on the login screen. The folder isn't longer o. The system and the only account left is the admin account. What I've done so far: Cleared SMC and NVRAM. Disk utility. Safe mode. Restarted...

Hey all, I've read up on quite a few posts on the Mac charging issues but still can't seem to find an answer. OK firstly, if the power supply is 96W why doesn't the Mac charge at a high wattage? When I look at the battery health app it says its only charging at 5.2 watts, so the Mac dies...

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Recently upgraded my Mac Pro from Mojave to Catalina two weeks ago after holding off for various reasons. I have always used Time Machine for all my Mac's and am very familiar with the inner workings. With this setup, I have a 2013 Mac Pro connected to a Thunderbolt 2 array only used for...

I removed an installation of Ubuntu from my MBP and now I have a 1.06 GB partition that won't mount and won't let me recombine it with the main macOS partition. I had read (yes, on the Ubuntu forums) that I should boot from and install from a flash drive and use Disk Utility on the installer to...

Hi all. I realize this is a lengthy post but I wanted to provide all the info possible, and appreciate all the assistance. I have an upgraded MP5,1 with dual core x5690 procs, 64GB of 1333mhz RAM, multiple SATA drives and a PCIe SSD (not NVME) as the boot drive. The Pixlas mod has been done and...

I've Googled this forever to no avail because it pulls up unrelated problems. This used to happen on my old macbook pro. I bought a brand new fully loaded MBP, I set it up FRESH (not from backup) and the exact same thing is happening. If I push control+command+space to bring up the emoji...

Recently my friends macbook updated to Catalina and he had issues with wifi and the screen flashing. He decided to factory reset it and now it won’t boot at all, and booting into recovery mode brings this screen up. Is there anything I can do for this?

When using Spotlight search, it is not finding a specific file, which I know is located on my Time Capsule drive, which, of course, is mounted and indexing thereof is enabled. Please, see below relevant Terminal extract: Martin@Martins-MacBook-Pro ~ % mdutil -s /...

CCC produced a message suggesting they no longer provide bootable clones as of 10.15.6 ... which I know just came out. Is it REALLY over..? I found a video which alleged that: Sync Folder Pro+ ... which it appears uses Rsync as the 'engine' but has an advanced wrapper which manages the...

Hi, I have an issue I've been seeing since Catalina rolled out on my 16inch MBP. I don't see it on my 15inch MBP. This issue: On trying to reboot Catalina (the issue never occurs during use, only on reboot), after some time in use not always, the reboot process takes 5/6 minutes, then I see...