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hard drive problem

  1. J

    Problems Reinstalling macOS Big Sur: Nothing Under "Select the disk where you want to install macOS."

    I recently opened up my brand new Macbook Air, the 2020 version with the M1 chip. All was good and well, until I forgot my password. Having not been able to properly set up an Apple ID account, I was left to reinstall macOS Big Sur on the thing. After attempting to do so, I ran into the...
  2. Jason Y

    iPod Ipod Video freezes iTunes and Windows Explorer...

    Hi, I am a new member here and would like to seek some help for my Ipod. I had an old Ipod Video and recently when I took it out and tried to turn it on, it showed sad face. After some research, I knew it could be the hard drive that had been dead. I then found some info to use an sd card to...
  3. O

    TWO DIFFERENT HARDDRIVES ON MY MAC ONE FULL ONE NOT????

    Hi! So maybe I am really stupid- but I don't think I am truly THAT dumb! I recently purchased a mid-2012 Mac Book Pro from Gumtree (a classifieds site in Australia)... went to their house, the laptop seemed in good condition and they said they only ever watched movies etc on it...The house i...
  4. B

    High Sierra causes trouble with external HDs

    iMac 2011. Worked great until High Sierra. Now WiFi won't automatically connect after sleep (but I can live with that). More severe: External USB hard drives start behaving strangely after a while -> I will not be able to copy files to the drive (error -50) I CAN copy from the drive Can't eject...