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Can't Reinstall OS X
I was planning on selling my macbook so i erased the hard drive but I accidentally erased the startup disk and when I try to reinstall OS X EL CAPITAN it tells me "this item is temporarily unavaiable please try again later"- RayVille
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- el capitan help help !! macbook pro "15 mid 2009 os 10.11.4
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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The application “Finder” can’t be opened.
Hey everyone, I recently updated my Macbook (looks like it's now OS X El Capitan 10.11.16) and after a day or working okay, it suddenly won't allow to me to access Finder. The desktop is blank, and when I click on Finder it says "The application “Finder” can’t be opened." I wanted to try...- spencerlucas92
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- el capitan finder macbook
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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Internal SSD not showing while booted from external drive
Hello all, FACTS: I am trying to clone an external volume (located on a USB 3,5" 500GB HDD SATA drive) to an internal SSD flash drive of my A1398 15" Macbook Pro (mid-2014, 2.8 GHz i7, dedicated graphics). The problem that I am getting is that once booted from the external volume (a CCC clone...- dood_son
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- cloning disk utilty disk0s2 drive el capitan external internal invisible device mojave ssd
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Problem installing OS X on SSD NVMe
Hello! I have MacMini Late 2014 with HDD drive with El Capitan. I bought SSD Samsung Evo 970 M2 and NGFF Adapter. I have added patch-nvme by RehabMan. After that Mac showed my SSD. I tried to erase it with DiskUtility, but had an error: diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ UntitledUFS /dev/disk0 Started... -
GTX 670 in Mac Pro (2008)
Hey, so, I know the GTX 670 Works, and is arguably the best price to performance GeForce Card that will work with Macs. Is there any way to flash the Firmware, and have the bootscreen show? I have the 2600 XT, but Mojave literally wont work with the card in it. I'm currently on El Capitan, as I... -
El Capitan/Yosemite on 256MB of VRAM
Hey, So, I'm thinking of investing in a 3, 1 Mac Pro, with a Radeon 2600 XT. It has 256MB of GDDR4 VRAM, and I was wondering if it would run on Yosemite or El Capitan. I'll definitely upgrade the Graphics Card to something better down the line, like a Quadro 4000, as I'm into video/ graphical... -
iPhone X Maintain data on phone during first connection to iTunes
So here's the situation: My wife got a new iPhone X, but the people at the store didn't let us know that she'd have to upgrade to El Capitan to synchronize the device. Her Mac is capable of running EC, but we never got around to upgrading it. So I attempted to upgrade her Mac, but the upgrade... -
os9/late-OSX - no file-sharing via AFP !?
Inspired by the dicussion about the end of the Dropbox-Client for PPC I tried to establish file-sharing not only for my Tiger/Leopard-PPCs but also for os9. Connectivity with Tiger/Leopard(PPC) and late OSX (ElCap) works fine and is easy to establish. But it took me a while to find out, how...- bobesch
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- afp appletalk el capitan file-sharing network os9
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Upgrading from El Capitan to High Sierra
Hey, Wanna upgrade OSX on my early 2011 macbook pro. Since it can't run Mojave I need to find a way to install High Sierra on it but I can't find it on the App Store how do I go about finding/Making an installer for it.- Joelburman
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- el capitan high sierra macbook pro (13" early 2011)
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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Mac Pro 1,1 graphics card for ElCap server duty
Hey Folks— I have some 2006 Mac Pro servers running Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 that have done a fantastic job over the years. However, I'm considering upgrading to 10.11 El Capitan (via Pikify app hack) for some improvements in the file sharing service, among other things. We all know this about... -
OSX Upgrade Help - 10.10 to 10.11
I am beyond frustrated so apologies if I am missing an obvious and/or previously posted solution here. I have searched here and elsewhere and feel like I am going in circles, so please refrain from any flaming. I have a mid-2008 MBP (5,1) which is currently running Yosemite. I need to upgrade...- drummingcraig
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- el capitan ios12 itunes upgrade yosemite
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- Forum: macOS
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nVidia GPU working only after restarting
Hi I'm using a 1,1 Mac Pro on El Capitan. I have a GTX750 alongside the original 7300GT installed with the latest driver for this version. However, when I boot the system, there's no image. I have to reboot the Mac a few times, then it starts to work. Can you please help me? Thanks in advance -
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Upgrade from El Capitan to High Sierra
Hello, I am using MacBook Pro (early 2011). My current OS is El Capitan (10.11.6). I want to upgrade to High Sierra (which is the last version that can be used by my hardware. When go to App Store and try to upgrade the only option is Mojave. Any help is appreciated!- ivanmacbook
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- el capitan high sierra upgrade
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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rMB not going to sleep when charging?
Hi, I have a rMB late 2016 with El Capitan. It has been losing batt when asleep, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. I just opened it up from sleeping all night, I connect it to charge, press the power butt in order to sleep it, it wakes up, do it again, it wakes up. This is constantly, (I...- iPodClassic1
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- charging el capitan macbook osx retina
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- Forum: MacBook
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What does that mark mean on top right?
I just begin to use macOS 10.11 from 10.9, I found there is a Apple mark on the screen of top right corner, I tried to remove it, but I couldn’t, what can I do? Do I have to do?- mikezang
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- el capitan mark
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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Why prompt upgrade for 10.10 on macOS 10.11?
I upgrade 10.9 to 10.11, now I found there two update info on AppStore as picture, both of are for 10.10, how can I remove them?- mikezang
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- el capitan yosemite
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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can I run el capitan on a mid 2017 imac?
My trusty laptop finally died and I bought a mid 2017 imac which is running high sierra. My problem is that much of my software won't run on high sierra and I would like to either use the HD from the laptop (which has el capitan on it) as a start up disc or make a time machine back up of it and...- tellulah
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- downgrade ios downgrade osx el capitan high sierra imac 27" mid 2017 startup disc time machine restore
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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Can I still download and make a bootable copy of El Capitan?
I'm sure I had a copy, but I must have misplaced it and lost it somehow, and now I need to do a fresh install on my ancient mid-2009 MBP and I'm not sure how to proceed. Any help is BEYOND appreciated :)- danakm
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- el capitan mbp old mac
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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Erased HD on mid 2009 macbook, now can't boot / restore
Hi All, I have two second hand mid 2009 macbooks, both were running El Capitan when I received them. I've decided to sell one so erased the hard drive (nothing much on there) in disk utility. On restart I can't reinstall El Capitan (presumably because I didn't buy it through my apple ID, or on...- fayelizabeth12
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- el capitan hd wiped help macbook mid 2009
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- Forum: MacBook
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Microcode questions
So, I see some threads here in the forum about updating microcodes, and they quickly gather many posts from folks who are apparently more up to date on the benefits of updating such. I thought that perhaps the rest of us might benefit if those most knowledgeable would be able to enlighten us...