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  1. O

    Files in trash still visible?

    Hi, sorry if this this posted in the wrong place, but this is happening on my mac mini (MAC OS X 10.7.5) so I thought I would post it here. Whenever I trash a video or a picture or a song etc, and empty the trash, the file still seems to be present in finder. I cannot open it though. For...
  2. sibby

    USB Forensics Help? Files accessed etc?

    Hi guys, I was wondering what's possible in the realms of forensics when it comes to USB drives, and other external media. What I'd like to know is: 1) Is there a way of seeing how many times a file has been accessed? (this I'd really like to know) 2) Is there any way to see a history of...
  3. LillaK

    Data transfer interrupted. Can I continue?

    Hi all, I was moving 700 GB from an external hard drive (A) to another (B). Problem is, I was careless and let my battery die while transferring.:mad: It was dead for around 20 minutes. Now, 300 GB has been transferred to B, but I can't open the folder and it's light blue. Can I somehow...
  4. R

    Error Code 0

    I am working with one of our clients who is using a Mac (that we do not usually support) but I have been working with them to move over files to an external drive. We copied their entire user library (say 700GB) and moved it over to the drive without any issues. What we have tried to do since is...
  5. spesifikbrush

    General How will the Files app work?

    I've been having this question since the announcement. I watched a review of iOS 11 Files app on the iPad Pro 10.5, it was showing that the "On my iPad" tab on the app was empty, and the New Folder button was greyed out. I know, it's a Beta release, but what should we expect when iOS 11 hits our...
  6. maclab

    The new FILES APP

    The new files app is a big deal for productivity, been able to access all your files from one location, but the question is what will be end up been able to do with these files from this single integrated access point? We are still in early stages of beta, and apps have not been updated to...
  7. KingBowser64

    iOS 11 Files app-Sending Files

    To preface: I have both iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra. My friend was using a Windows machine. From the Files app with iOS 11, I just emailed a friend a folder that consists of pdf files that I stored in iCloud drive over a year ago. The friend informed me that some of the files in the folder...
  8. M

    Files.app - access shared files on Mac over wifi?

    Does the new Files app allow easy access to shared files from a local Mac? Or only cloud providers?
  9. d5aqoëp

    About Files app

    I was excited by this app and thought that finally I would be able to drag and drop any of my files from Windows PC to my iPad connected by USB into "On My iPad" folder. But I was unable to do it. So we cannot use our oversized 256 GB and now 512 GB iDevices as plain dumb Pen Drives? I read...
  10. Rockoar

    Question regarding superdrive replacement and storage placement

    I know this is a (quite) frequently asked subject but I considered that my question was not answered on previous threads (which I searched through the Forum search function) so I'm hoping you guys can help me out. Here's my set of questions: 1) When replacing my MBP13 (mid-2012) Superdrive in...
  11. SShayymiiinXYZ

    Any other way to run .exe files On macOS 10.4.11 than boot camp , wine , and a VM

    i wanted to run a .exe file since i got a mac i tried downloading Wine 1.3 or 1.4 Tried a VM but i didn't have a ISO file of windows i didn't have Boot Camp IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY? (BTW IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A DOWNLOAD TO WINE 1.3 OR 1.4 THAT WOULD BE APPREICIATED):) im new to the forms :/
  12. H

    Files Invisible in Mac Finder but not Windows

    Hi, I'm new to the forum here. and i am having an issue that is starting to occur more and more over the last few days. With the Macs, InDesign files are created and edited on a day to day basis and some times when one of these files gets saved it will then become invisible on the Mac but...
  13. E

    can Files or Folders be HIDDEN on a Mac ?

    is there any way to HIDE a file or folder on a Mac ? on a PC I can right-click any file or folder and select it to be Hidden. How can I do this on a mac ? Thanks
  14. Nimoy

    How to remove iCloud files from my Mac's hard drive

    I've got over 100gb of available iCloud storage and my Mac is nearly full. So I moved some of my large video files to iCloud to free up space on my Mac. The problem is that the files are still stored locally on my Mac! Is there any way to store the files only on iCloud so I can free up space on...
  15. raafael.23

    If I want to save a file to folder B, but point it to folder A, what should I do?

    I'm not sure what title to give to this question, nor where to post it What I want is: when I save a file to folder A, it will automatically save it to folder B, and delete it from folder A, what should I do to make that happen? Should I use a workflow? Symbolic link? what would be the most...
  16. T

    Spotlight doesn't search for files and folder

    Hi all, I'm on El Capitan and have been experiencing this problem: Spotlight suddenly stopped searching for files and folders, only apps, contacts and other information showed up. I realised that if I restart my Mac, it would get back to normal but after a period of time, that problem returns...
  17. N

    Lost files after El Capitan update?

    I recently updated to El Capitan after the constant notifications from Apple borderline forcing me to do so. It has performed quite well other than a few app incompatibility issues but they should be fixed by developers. Today however I ran into an issue when trying to watch a film, I went to...
  18. apple899

    Can't move around files on my external hard drive

    Hello, I'm sure there is something I am not doing right but not sure what exactly... I have no problem moving files (i.e. copying) from my Mac desktop to my LaCie external hard drive, but once they are on the external hard drive, I cannot move them around on the finder screen for the external...
  19. C

    Best External Hard Drive solution with iMac

    Hey there! I'm ready to upgrade my current 27" iMac to the 5k version, but instead of the 3TB fusion drive I was thinking of getting the 1TB flash drive and moving most of my media over to my external hard drive. I currently have a LaCie d2 3TB drive that backs up my entire iMac using time...
  20. N

    photos app. how does it work?

    I wasn't using this mac applications, but the last time I connected my camera , all the pictures were imported in the Photos application (El capitan). Now i do not know where to find my files so as to edit them and copy them. Can anyone help me?