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  1. telepati

    Cant delete Maps Seacrh History permanently?

    Hi Guys, I am deleting all recent search history but when I open&close the app all history coming back. I have also an old iMac with El Capitan no problem on it. For High Sierra, I am using this article for clean history but no chance every restart the all history still there...
  2. M

    How to clean my Macbook pro screen

    favorite A couple months ago, I started to see some very small stain spots on the bottom of my Macbook pro early 2015 screen. It's very annoying to see while I'm using it. When the screen is turned off, I see it as in the picture below. But when it's turned on, I see it as very small water-ish...
  3. jimmy_uk

    Product to clean iphone x

    Can you recommend safe products to clean iphone x. I understand Apple recommend a damp lint free cloth but this is not always practical. If I'm at work for example where would I dry my cloth. Also I'm paranoid any cloth will pickup dust and crap which could in turn scratch my screen. How many...
  4. N

    Can I restore from backup from a backup done on a FileVault encrypted Mac after a clean install?

    Hi, I was wondering if I could easily do a backup of my current macOS Sierra MacBook, erase the disk in recovery mode and do a clean install of High Sierra on the fresh disk, then restore via backup what I have right now. In other words: would FileVault, which is activated on my current macOS...
  5. Sebastian79

    MBP Screen Cleaning

    What's the best way to clean the MBP screen? I used a soft cloth (The one that came with my camera) and it seems to leave marks. Tnx!
  6. C

    Cleaning junk from iPhone to speed it up

    Hi All, Is there an app made by Apple which cleans the junk from an iPhone like Clean My Mac cleans junk from a hard drive on a mac book? I am hoping there might be an app like this for iPhone in order to speed up the processing or RAM on the iPhone. Please let me know if there is one, or...
  7. A

    Mess on the iPhone 6S screen what can't be clean

    Hi! Few days ago I bought a brand new iPhone 6s. Everything is working fine with the phone. Yesterday I noticed a mess on the top of the screen glass (about the voice speaker). I cleaned with soft skin but it seems it's permanently... I guess it's a glue problem between the glass ant the LCD...
  8. D

    Cleaning AirPods?

    Now that some of us have had AirPods for a few weeks, I figure it's time to start worrying about cleaning them. In the past, Earpods were kind of disposable, so I never worried too much about cleaning them once they inevitably got clogged with earwax. Sorry, but there's no delicate way to put...
  9. M

    iPhone 6 dipped in a little bit of chocolate

    Hey guys, a friend of mine (yeah, i know how this sounds, it's not me for real )had left some chocolate along with his iphone in his pocket and the chocolate had melted. When he took out his phone the speakers, microphone and lightning port were filled up with chocoloate that's hardened. My...
  10. Chris4943

    Cisco clean access auto login?

    How can I automatically login to my college's Cisco Clean Access client that requires I type in a username and password to use the wifi constantly. I would like the end result to be like when I get home and open my computer and I'm automatically connected to my wifi. It's 2016, it can be...
  11. C

    Need to clean dirty aluminium casing of iMac

    Somehow I have managed to get pen marks (a roller ink) on my iMac at work, on the aluminium. Not to mention grubby finger marks. Feeling I should clean it soon before anyone notices… What is safe to use to clean the aluminium casing (to at least get off the dirty finger marks and smudges) and...
  12. M

    Desktop loaded in memory? Clean APP

    I just heard that one should keep the desktop uncluttered because Mac OS will take anything on it and put it in RAM. A lot of stuff on the desktop can therefore slow the system by consuming RAM unnecessarily. This was interesting news for me as I am not the tidiest person in the world and have a...
  13. C

    How do I clean the ports from dust?

    Does someone now how to effectively clean up the headphone & lighting ports along with the speaker & microphone to remove all debris/dirt that gets stuck in there? I haven't been able to come up with a solution that would do so effectively to make it look good as new. Have tried using compressed...