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  1. basilt

    Howto link G5 & Macpro and 1 display to access data

    Hello, I need to use my PPC G5 2ghz machine and my recently bought macpro 1.1. (2.1) with osx lion (insofar) to access Internal hdd data, usually photos etc, on various hard drives installed in these machines, so i can synchronise them manually. I have 1 monitor only. How can i connect my i.e...
  2. dlondon

    High data usage (unknown reason)

    My iPhone 7+ is using a lot of data (WiFi and mobile) but I don't know why. I first noticed the issue when my phone seemed particularly hot one morning, and later discovered I had used 15GB of mobile data in one day. I contacted Apple who unhelpfully suggested that I switched everything off...
  3. prvt.donut

    PSA: Don't put off backup management until it is too late! How to prepare for the worst!

    A recent post by yet another user whose RAID 5 array failed and due to unautomated backups is now facing a huge bill to recover missing data from a data recovery company that led me to create this thread. Too many companies and IT professionals haven't had this drilled into them enough and as a...
  4. F

    Mail app takes up 6.8GB of storage

    I only have about 55GB available to use since I bought the 64GB Iphone 6, however my mail app is taking up 6.8GB of my phone storage. I deleted all my emails and even deleted the accounts like many solutions said but my mail still takes up 6.8GB? HELP I don't know what to do :(
  5. D

    help with rmbp hard drive data transfer

    hello all I have a retina MacBook pro 2012 a1398 z0ml4ll/a I bought the option with a 768 gb hard drive it looks like my MacBook took a turn for the worse, while playing video games or youtube it would sometimes just shut down / reset eventually the screen just didn't really turn on (but I...
  6. ddkkpp

    2.1gb data usage in one day!

    had a huge data overage on the 18th of August: I have a 2gb data plan and my phone used the entirety of that amount in one day!! No idea why (only thing I remember doing was downloading the olympics app to watch the 200m men's final, all told about 600mb [!!!] of usage). Been trying to chat...
  7. Kminister

    Iphone SE for data and Apple SIM

    I want to buy an iphone SE to use data plan only, photos and travel. I want to know if it's possible to use Apple SIM card in an iphone, I dont need sms and voice but data in multiple country, if I can do, it will be the best, and if yes how? Thanks
  8. Z

    Locking USB ports etc.

    Is there an ability to lock the data ports in an iMac so that a user cannot take files using a flash drive?
  9. M

    data recovery on ipad storage device?

    I have an ipad 2 which is dead (bought an ipad 3 as replacement). Is there a way to recover the data from it? Yes, I know that the icloud backup contains some of this - but I hadn't backed up my game data in a while so I know that the last backup is not current. And yes, there are some games...
  10. SpaceJam1123

    External HDD shows in disk utility but not in Finder after Admin Username change.

    Hi everyone. So I have an iMac (27-inch, Late 2009), 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. I'm currently updated to OS X El Capitan 10.11.5. My internal hard drive recently failed and I replaced it with a Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SSD. After replacing the hard drive and reinstalling the OS everything was...
  11. M. Gustave

    Flickr app data usage

    I'm running iOS 9.3.2 on my iPhone 6s+. Out of curiosity I checked my cellular data usage since the last statistics reset I did a week ago, and to my shock I see that the Flickr app has burned through 4.5 GB in that week. I like Flickr, and I find the app enjoyable to use. In that week I...
  12. A

    Do you leave "cellular data" on 24/7?

    Even when you are connected to WiFi, and does it run out easier this way? I get 3gb a month on my plan and was wondering if I could make it last by having it switched on constantly. Edit. Does just simply leaving it on 24/7 drain the data? Thanks,
  13. E

    Add data folder to DVD authored in FCPX

    I've created my project in FCPX and I've used the (very limited) DVD authoring tool in FCPX to create the .img DVD file. Works great, no issues. Now I'd like to add a data folder to the DVD to include stuff like photos, additional videos at higher resolution, etc. The intent is for the person...
  14. dannyyourd

    Apple Music Data Song Stream

    Recently I removed my unlimited data plan from my AT&T plan because I was only averaging about 6gb/month so I got a much cheaper plan allowing me 20gb/month thinking that I would not ever come close to that. In the last 10 days, since switching plans, I have somehow managed to rack up 15gb of...
  15. SurFaceMac

    iPad Pro Post your Speed Test results 9.7 & 12.9

    9.7 iPad Pro 128g wi-fi only Cox Cable Internet for wi-fi ATT Wireless LTE for hotspot First is Hotspot: Then using Cox and Cisco wi-fi AP 2.4 Surprised at the speed of Hotspot. Would be interesting to see the speeds others are getting through internal cell data connections.
  16. cjh123

    Data recovery Help!!!

    Hi guys!! So I dragged a file unknowingly into my trash as it was under a ton of pictures on my desktop. Cleared my trash. Realized that file was gone. I have two essays due this week that were in there, one of them due in 6 hours (its 2:30am my time). I have tried using Disk Drill Pro and M3...