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  2. baudejogos

    Macbook Pro Retina A1502 '14 LCD Compatibility - [Problem after new logic board]

    Gentlemen, I got an old 2014 13" Retina MacBook Pro i5 2.6ghz with 8gb of ram that was not working. No power. Bought a Logic Board from eBay and made sure I got one from the same year: 2014 2.8ghz i5 with 16gb of RAM. All connectors were re-seated, more than once and then... No video. Behavior...
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    Identifying monitoring across devices?

    Hello everyone. I have been long suspicious that my ex (and child’s father, with whom I am in a legal matter with for DV) may have access and is monitoring my devices. I don’t know if it’s one device, or all. My suspicion is he may have access to my texts, internet activity, location, possibly...
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    VISA says that hackers accessed iPhone's Apple Wallet

    My partner was contacted by VISA about an attempted fraudulent transaction using a VISA card in her iPhone's Apple Wallet. They traced it back to a Facebook ad that she had clicked on from within the iPhone Facebook app, but she had not bought anything from the store linked to the site. She does...
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    NFC tag detected on iPhone 13 while no other devices were around.

    I got this nfc tag detected notification pop up on my phone yesterday while I was inside my house, thing is there’s no other devices that were in the room besides a Nintendo switch. Also no one in this house owns any AirTags, and my Bluetooth was off:/ I didn’t click on the link. I’m trying to...
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    System Files Disk Usage on iPhone 8 Plus, 256 GB

    NOTE: I’ve attached relevant screenshots for all of the issues I describe below. If anyone else out there owns a 256 GB iPhone 8 Plus (preferably Product Red), and you have installed iOS 15.5.x or 15.6.x (especially today’s release of 15.6.1), may you PLEASE respond with the amount of disk...
  7. joelkalsi

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 4,1 and a 5th PCI-E connector?

    The airport connector looks like a mini PCI-E connector and it got me thinking has anyone equipped this port with anything other than a wifi/bt card? It may lack a +5V or +12V power pin as there are separate wires for the airport card (which include the antenna, but one of them is for power?)...
  8. iDento

    Fake Fortnite emails from Apple?

    So I got this email today from support@prtaystre.zohodesk.eu, I wonder if it is fake or not, this is the first time I receive such an email and obviously from the email address, it is not Apple who sent it.
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    I never seen this logo before

    Ah, is my iMac being hacked? My iMac have so many weird things happened for this week, 1.keep asking me my Apple ID passwords(I enter it every time and the code), 2.lots of bugs 3.the logo. 4being so laggy. I only download a few things 1.google chrome(from safari) 2.Roblox(from safari)...
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    Keychain Hack / Disk Utility > HELP!

    Guys, Hoping you can help - I've read the threads on the forum and a lot of you are very knowledgable. I've got a 2019 MacBook Pro Retina and for the past few months I havre had a virus / malware issue. I've taken it to Apple, spoken to Apple Support and even contacted and visited several...
  11. robd003

    iOS 15 Beta 8 Exploitable by Pegasus?

    Does anyone know if the current iOS 15 Beta 8 is susceptible to the Pegasus exploit that was patched with 14.8 today?
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    iPhone hacking using accessibility shortcuts/settings?

    Hi everyone. I am new here because I have a specific question related to a confounding situation with my personal Apple devices over the past three months. I have been dealing with very strange behavior and potential remote access on several of my brand new & updated phones, all of which have...
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    Unexplained App Download - Pokemon Go

    Ok a bit of unexplained behavior here…. When I first used my iPhone 8 running iOS 14.6 yesterday, I found that Pokemon Go had somehow downloaded onto my device and was sitting right there on my home screen. The problem I am having is explaining how Pokemon Go got downloaded to my phone. 1)...
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    Clover efi bootloader attack on 2014 Mac Mini?

    I went away for the Christmas holiday only to return to days later to see that my Mac mini head crashed and on the screen was displayed the boot loader screen for the clover efi. I believe clover is related to running macOS on a hackintosh. I don’t know much more about it than that. My internal...
  15. DCIFRTHS

    Expert opinions needed - Is security compromised?

    Just got a 2017 Macbook Pro with 16GB Ram, 560 Radeon and 512 SSD. It was an unbeatable offer, so I couldn’t pass it up. The person who owned it before me used it to live stream, and has installed different versions of free streaming and server software - only heaven knows what else on it. The...
  16. Appledoesnotlisten

    Preventing Data Recovery from a Factory Reset Mac

    I am going to sell two Macbooks that are now hosting a bunch of sensitive info. i am aware that certain apps can recover deleted data, even after a factory reset, and want to prevent that from happening to my computers. What are the most reliable and yet not overly time-consuming ways of...
  17. videosoul

    Single application Dark Mode... possible?

    Has anyone yet worked out how to make Dark Mode work in just one application on macOS? I've found the terminal commands (NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance etc), NightOwl, and another similar program (I forgot what it's called). But the way all of them seem to work is Dark Mode needs to be turned...
  18. videosoul

    macSO Music application "Filter Field" feature

    I was so happy to discover the Command-F "Show Filter Field" option works in the same way the old Find/Search box did in iTunes. This is the main way I look for music in my library, and it really annoyed me how the behaviour of the main Find/Search box has been changed in Music. Has anyone come...
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    iPhone 2 iPhone icon on Audio?

    Hi, my iPhone 11 Pro always showing this 2 iPhone icon on the Audio under AirPlay. My another iPhone doesn’t have this. Both using same wifi connection but I don’t think it’s related. When I click the other iPhone icon, the 1st one will disappear. Please see the photo attached. Anyone knows...
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    latest checkra1n supports T2 / Touchbar. Finally undervolting on windows?

    I'd like to undervolt my MacBook's i9 under Windows using the latest checkra1n release which supports hacking into the T2. Anyone here who knows how to accomplish that? download the latest checkra1n here. Thanks in advance.