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Max Ram on a late 2007 macbook
All I can find is outdated info, so, now that we can run unsupported systems (Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan) on old macbooks, what is the max ram I can put to my MacBook 3,1 (Late 2007, 64 bit, running El Capitan)? (And what's the reccomended max memory for the best performance?) -
Macbook Pro 2011 loud fans and slower performance
Hi everyone, I have a macbook pro 2011 (early) 13 inch with 16 GBs of ram and an SSD hard drive. Yesterday, a security update for El Capitan was released and without me accepting it, it was installed on my computer. After the update the fans were running all the time. When starting the...- Mr. 123
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- el capitan fans fans high macbook pro macbook pro 13" 2011
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Can't Delete Evil Folder
Hello, I'm on an imac running 10.11.5 I have folder that i just cannot delete and it's existence seems to be slowing my computer down. I initially had a dropbox syncing error and when resyncing all my files this one folder was the one file that wouldn't sync so i tried to delete it. When i try...- blackbones
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- delete el capitan
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OS X 10.11 El capitan audio issues. A class room needs your help ASAP.
Hello guys, My names Josh and if you cant tell already I have literally just joined this forum. A few days ago I started a new career as a Technical support engineer here in the UK. (Love the job and hope to spend many happy years here). Today I received an email from someone in desperate need...- Gleedy
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- 10.11 audio audio issues capitan el capitan issues mac mac mini mini x os 10.11
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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Good to go after reinstall from web?
I just reinstalled my OS for the first time in several years. Looking at my boot drive, I see no "old system folder" or any other such detritus anywhere on the drive and this represents a big improvement. Did the installer really get smart enough to, all by itself, make a fresh system that would...- macmesser
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- clean installation el capitan reinstall
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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Can't install from 10.9 to 10.11 on unsupported mac
Hi guys, don't know if I should ask here for this, but here is my Issue. I have a late 2007 macbook (3,1) and I want to upgrade the OS. The latest version it officially supports is Lion. I was able to install Mountain Lion with MLpostFactor (everything worked, had to go back to lion because of a... -
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Mission Control in macOS Sierra
When swiping up with four fingers using a trackpad on OS X El Capitan, Mission Control would zoom out of your current window/screen and allow you to swipe right and left to the neighboring windows/screens. After upgrading to macOS Sierra, when swiping up with four fingers using a trackpad...- belal
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- el capitan macos sierra mission control
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- Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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Photos App stopped working - not opening
Hi, I'm running a late 2008 Macbook with El Capitan here at work. I use to take pictures with my phone and then post them to Facebook after they synced themselves to the iCloud Library on the Mac. Until today it worked fine, but now Photos.app won't open any more. I can't even access the... -
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Voiceover saying Safari busy and Safari freezing
Hi there My father uses the voiceover on his MacBook Pro which was running OS X El Capitan but as of today is now running MacOS Sierra. When he visits some pages, such as Amazon or Wikipedia, and goes through the headings, he will encounter the voiceover every so often saying Safari Busy. At... -
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Moving Safari Password entries to a different Keychain?
I'm just now getting set-up in a clean install of El Capitan! I went from SL to ElCap with a brief time in Mavericks. Anyway, in years past I would move certain Safari Password Entries into a different Keychain by dragging the desired items from the login keychain to the different keychain in...- petisjioweelsha
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- el capitan keychain access safari 10
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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OS's dmg location and how do i boot?
In Yosemity, im downloading ElCapitan and Siera from the AppStore... 1. where are the downloaded dmg files located? 2. how can i make bootable flashUSB drives out of them? -
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El Capitan Boot disk not showing!
Hi Everyone, I've created 2 different versions of an El Capitan boot drive using Terminal and on Apples advice Diskmaker X (1 on an 8gb usb stick and another on an internal HD) however neither of which will work for me! I've tried choosing system preferences but neither boot disk will show up...- flyman
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- boot disk el capitan
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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Possible issue with Safari and jquery loaded from google?
I was noticing a slew of websites that were failing to load in Safari (Version 9.1.3 (11601.7.8)). I figured site problems initially, but after a bunch more timeouts, I started to dig in a little more. The pattern I ran across was that each was failing to load a version of jquery...- ynotcreative
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- el capitan jquery safari xprotect
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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macOS Sierra Installed, Bootcamp not working anymore...
Hey, I have a 5K iMac which was running OS X El Capitan and Windows 7 (Bootcamp). I upgraded yesterday to macOS Sierra and now I can't boot into Windows 7. It keeps restarting and want's to start the repair assistant. When I try to launch the repair assistant, I can't do so because my keyboard...- d_an_2014
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- blue screen bootcamp el capitan imac keyboard macos sierra os x sierra windows windows 7
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- Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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MacBook Pro Retina 15 inch - Lagging + Very Slow on Youtube.
Hello. My rMBP Seems to be very slow and lag when i play certain videos from youtube in Safari 9.1.3 and the computer heats up. I am currently running 10.11.6. Can someone please assist? My MBP Spec is a Mid 2014 15 inch with NVIDIA GT 750m 16GB Ram.- MacintoshUser101
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- 10.11.6 el capitan macbook pro retina macbook pro rmbp safari
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Huge data sent value in activity monitor
I have a 2011 MBP with OS X 10.11.4 at the moment. I switched to a SSD and installed El Capitan and immediately installed Sophos. I know that's divisive, don't beat me up please. I've had months of trouble-free computing, but recently I've noticed some lag and difficulties with browsers and...- FrodoReserve
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- el capitan little snitch measurement network network traffic
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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iMac crashing sometimes...
Hi all! The last time I have some random crashing on my iMac. I really don't know what's happening here.. I already tried to reinstall MacOS (format the disk and reinstall it) - but that didn't work. I copied the details of my computer crash and pasted it on pastebin here... -
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macOS Sierra nVidia GTX 760 21:9 Support
Hello All, I have updated my 4,1 Mac Pro (Firmware flashed to 5,1) to the latest Sierra build (Gold Master). I am running a GTX 760 via HDMI to my 21:9 monitor. Originally when I had El Capitan I wasn't using the nVidia web driver due to the fact it would not let me display in 21:9. I was using... -
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Which OSX Version for my Mac Mini (Late 2014) for best performance?
Hi everyone! This is my first post in a long time... I used to have an old 2007 Macbook Pro with 2.2Ghz Core2Duo processor and upgraded to 6 Gb RAM . With the years and the numerous OSX upgrades, it became really slow. So slow that it made me swear like never before. Photoshop would hang, the...- SunnyHours
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- 2007 el capitan late 2014 mac mini macbook pro sierra upgrade upgrading yosemite
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Apple trackpad problems with El Capitan
I recently upgraded OS to 10.11.6 on my 2009 Mac Pro and have had problems with my Apple magic trackpad. It seems to intermittently drop and recover connection and also appears to lag in response to input. Often it will respond in a jerky way that causes me to overshoot or undershoot my target...