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  1. Funfa Bu

    Finder doesn't open/Need to backup files

    I've recently updated to El Capitan and downloaded a ProTools driver I shouldn't have (see ProTools HD Driver 11.3.1 for Mac: http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/download/en379411) and now I can't turn off mac or open finder. I want to backup so I can format (been wanting to do this for a...
  2. arjun.j

    Missing UI elements in Finder

    I'm currently running OS X 10.11.5 on an early-2015 13" MBP, and noticed that the graphical buttons for "back", "view", "arrange by" etc. on my Finder toolbar have been replaced with plain text (see screenshot). Restarting didn't help, nor did updating from 10.11.4 to 10.11.5. I've been unable...
  3. M

    4K Video freezes iMovie & system

    Has anyone else had an issue where the 4K from your iPhone 6S or SE completely locks up iMovie? I have a mid-2014 Mac 15" with decent specs (benchmarks from Geekbench here) but when I go to edit or try to play the MOV file from my iPhone, I just get the spinning pinwheel and the entire program...
  4. t3k

    Finder, how to 'True' Arrange by Modified Date?

    If I arrange by Date Modified it only use folder's modified time, not files inside that folder. (ss attached) Can it be configured?
  5. 3

    Second Partition on a NTFS formatted drive not showing

    Does anyone ever dealt with this problem? I have a hard drive dedicated to run bootcamp Windows, and on this hard drive I have two partitions: a small one for system short stroke and a large one for everything else. However the issue on OS X is that only the first small NTFS partition shows on...
  6. R

    creating a raid from a "folder"

    I have a folder on my laptop that i make changes to almost everyday. For backup purposes I've copied the folder to dropbox, but now my question is is there any way i can get the dropbox folder to automatically "update" pr synchronise with the folder on my mac?
  7. C

    How to open new file/folders in tabs instead of windows?

    I always have a finder windows with some tabs opened, but everytime I click in an app for open a link/folder it opens me a new window. Example: with Dropbox, in the status bar, If I click on a recent uploaded file, it ignores the fact that I have a finder windows opened and opens a new one...
  8. D

    Spotlight/Finder/Document Searching Issues

    Okay, so I have a 2010 Macbook Pro, 13.3 inch with 10.6.8. It seems like every time I make a file in textedit or edit one, then try to find it later, I can't. Every few days the file will show back up. I guess this means it's indexing, but there's no indication of that on my laptop by the...
  9. S

    Can photos reappear in finder after they are deleted? Found suspicious photos on husbands laptop!

    Good Morning Mac Community, Bit of an add question here, but I could do with some technical advice. Does anyone know whether photos can reappear back in Finder long after they were apparently deleted? I just found some very suspicious and "end of marriage" type photographs on my husband's...
  10. fgduthie

    Connecting to a wireless hard drive

    Hi, Weird question, I have a WD 6TB MyCloud drive that works using the MyCloud app to connect, but on the Finder under the Devices/Shared section I do not get a connection to the drive this way. I don't know if this is because of El Capitan or not, but it did work for a time with the Yosemite...
  11. C

    Finder screen location

    I want Finder to always open in a particular location on my screen. Is there a way to make it do that?
  12. goeslikestink

    Problem viewing shared folders in Finder located on PC server

    I have a small office with a Windows 7 PC being used as our server. I have no issue seeing and accessing the server from my iMac but recently I've run into a huge problem that is crippling my work. On my iMac I open "server" in finder (it shows up in the shared column of Finder), I navigate...
  13. J

    iTunes library files

    I'm just having a clear out before purchasing a new iMac, and just wondering what files I need for my iTunes library. I have two folders which look the same - i.e. look as though they contain all my music, which are: Music/iTunes/iTunes Music (68GB) Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music (56GB) Do I...
  14. T

    Finder not sorting by date created

    Hi, For some reason, my finder window is not sorting my files by date created. It does sort them by date in terms of year, but that's all. for example in this one folder, all the files for 2014 are just in alphabetical order. Any ideas why this is? Thanks
  15. oMc

    Resolved No thumbnails in list view

    Hi, I noticed something strange today on my m4v files in the Finder, in the list view. There is no more thumbnails on them, just a blank icon: In icon view all is OK. And even in list view, if I change the size of the icons to the larger one in view options, the thumbnails appears...
  16. eriksmoe

    Ctrl+Tab not switching tabs

    After updating to El Cap 10.11.3 from Yose: Switching between tabs in Safari or Finder doesn't work using Ctrl+Tab. It works only for switching between tool buttons. In Chrome and Firefox it still works as before. Have had this problem before upon updating major versions.
  17. K

    Folder greyed out, unable to access

    Yosemite 10.10.5, ACDSee 3.7, iMac with external SSD as boot disk Yesterday I had been looking at my photos in ACDsee. After I had finished, I shut down the Mac. I usually do that without closing any programs, I let Yosemite do that (wrong?). When I started the Mac a few hours later the photo...
  18. Caladbolg

    Resolved Devices section not showing up in sidebar even after changing it in preferences

    I unchecked and re-checked whatever is in the Devices multiple times, but nothing changes. Tested it with the ones in Favourites; they get updated fine real-time. But not whatever is in Devices. I used Terminal to repair permissions. Deleted finder plist and the sidebarlists plist and...
  19. nico-nico

    Finder and other programs crashes

    I have a somewhat strange problem. I have two network external drives, one Dlink and one WD. When trying to access any of these or even any other machine on my home network that are listed under "Shared" on my iMac, Finder crashes. If I click on network and then try to access anything on the...
  20. bladerunner2000

    Cut/Paste Files and Folders in Finder

    It's 2016 and Apple still hasn't added this basic functionality into the finder... at least not properly. The UNIVERSALLY accepted method to cut/paste has always and forever should be cmd+x and then cmd+v. This is true for all applications I've ever come across except for the Finder. For the...