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  1. G

    Watch Series 5 - stolen -

    My Series 5 watch was stolen by a someone, I know who, however it would be very illegal of me to get it back from them the way I want to. I have reported this to the police and marked the watch as missing on my find app, now here’s the catch, my watch hasn’t been updated since it was stolen in...
    • gogirl238
    • Thread
    • find iphone app help iwatch 5 missing police stolen
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Apple Watch
  2. allan.nyholm

    How do I silence AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent entries in Console?

    Hello good folks on MacRumors, I have this annoying issue that's listed inside Console app that I can't unsee now. It's to do with listings such as AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[540]: Entered:__thr_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:253 As I've been writing this comment I have gone to...
  3. J

    Advice needed please - which MBP?

    Hi, i'm currently looking at replacing my archaic 2013 iMac with a Studio Display and one of the following two MBPs: - Apple MacBook Pro, Apple M3 Max Chip 14-Core CPU, 30-Core GPU, 36GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 14 Inch | £2,939.98 - Apple MacBook Pro, Apple M3 Pro Chip 12-Core CPU, 18-Core GPU, 36GB...
  4. bastienff

    Menu bar app icons disappear when switching from one fullscreen space to another

    Hello everyone. When I switch from a maximized desktop with the menu bar hidden to another where there's no app in fullscreen using trackpad sweeping, the menu bar app icons disappear for a moment, only the app icons disappear and not the finder menu. Does anyone else experience the same...
  5. Z

    Can't restore from Time Machine backup

    Guys, I need your help! I downgraded my MB Air 2017 from Monterey to Mojave. I have a backup on a portable ssd disc, but Migration Assistant doesn't see it. I noticed that the format from my other machine's backups is different - it's not a disc image, but simply a folder with System, Users...
    • zzziggy
    • Thread
    • help mojave monterey time machine backup
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  6. M

    How do I turn off the text pointers in Sonoma?

    I just upgraded my iMac to Sonoma 14.3.1 Now I seem to get text pointers, pointing to EVERYTHING on my screen. It's driving me crazy, it's not just the internet browser, but it's pointing to everything clickable. Does anyone else have this problem and know how to fix this?
  7. A

    URGENT: Passwords transfer new iPhone 15 Pro

    Hi, I bought an iPhone 15 pro last night and transferred the data from my old iPhone 11 to it. This morning all seems in order except it's asking for all my passwords for my banking apps, set up gmail etc etc. I still have my old iPhone 11 and I have icloud+......... Please oh god PLEASE! Is...
  8. thisMRguy

    How to stop apple ad notifications

    I keep receiving spam popups namely for fitness & apple music for a 3month try out. How do I go about opting out from this in iOS17.x?
    • thisMRguy
    • Thread
    • help notification question
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 17
  9. jastahooman

    Installing Mac OS X Tiger on MacBook Pro 2006 (MacBookPro2,2)

    Have this issue that I have a 500GB SSD and the OS setup shows it as 3.7 TB Help??? If you need more info ask me.
  10. s1oplus

    What mac should i get? (Apple sillicon)

    Hello! Im currently deciding which mac should i get and thought id ask for help here, im thinking a base model macbook air, budget is 1100$ i plan on doing light gaming, web browsing and watching vids, and i want something that can last at least 5 years. What Mac should i get?
  11. R

    New iPhone and pop-up after transferring data

    Hi, Long story short I passed my iPhone to my wife and she set it up transferring data from her previous iPhone to the "new" one. Everything went on smoothly but when the phone was finishing the setup, loading up the apps (when their icons pass from being a shadow to full color), she saw a new...
  12. A

    Battery drainage at night

    I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max and recently, I've begun to notice that my battery drains overnight by a few percentages (around 6% and this is before I even used Do Not Disturb mode). I recognized this two days ago when I had 74% before I went to sleep, and when I got back on my phone in the...
    • anqelic
    • Thread
    • apple help ios 17 iphone 15 pro max tech tech support
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: iOS 17
  13. ANTALA

    Problem with the external hard drive "Windows10"

    My external hard drive has stopped working. The disc is no longer readable . When I connect the disc to my computer, the system asks me to format it. There are very important files on the disc. Does anyone know how to help me?
  14. Chow Andrew

    iMac 27’ Random Shutdowns

    My iMac 2019 is randomly shutting down and sometimes have kernel panic where I cannot boot it up also. When I successfully booted it up and entered apple diagnostic mode it returns the error of ppf004 with error of ppf003 which is suspected to be a fan undetected error. The problem is checking...
    • Chow Andrew
    • Thread
    • help problem hardware
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  15. maxoakland

    Turn Off "Folder shared with File Sharing" Banner

    Hey everyone! I am annoyed by this banner. It appears at the top of every folder and subfolder shared with File Sharing All my folders are shared with File Sharing because I want all my laptop to be able to access my desktop. I don't like seeing this banner at the top of every folder window...
  16. M

    macOS Enable HiDPI on Sonoma via Terminal

    Hi there! I was wondering if there is a way to enable HiDPI on Sonoma via the Terminal, avoiding the use of third-party apps. Is the following command still effective on Sonoma? I am using a Mac mini (M2). $sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist...
  17. M

    Monitor issue with Mac mini M2

    Happy new year! I recently purchased a Mac mini M2 (2023) which I connected to my BENQ EX2510 monitor. My display is set to 1920 x 1080 at a 60 Hertz refresh rate. Unfortunately, the text rendering is far from ideal (please see the attached photo). Do you have any suggestions for fixing this...
  18. O

    iCloud files GONE from desktop after updating to Mac OS Sonoma

    I'm in desperate need of help here... I updated my 2020 MacBook Air from Big Sur to Sonoma and in the process, it seems to have deleted hundreds of files from folders on my desktop. These files were seemingly stored on iCloud as from memory they had the cloud icon beside them and I would often...
    • oliwhiting
    • Thread
    • bug fixes files help icloud icloud drive mac os macbook air 2020 sonoma
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: macOS
  19. 814MB

    13 Pro iOS 17.2.1 hotspot

    Ever since day one of iOS 17 I’ve been having issues of laptops, WiFi enabled TV’s, etc. finding my hotspot. These devices will find other WiFi networks that are available, but will not find my iPhone so I’m 100% certain the issue is on the iPhone end. Has anyone else have this issue? Any fixes...
  20. Olympus_Mons

    Google One VPN doesn’t work on 15 Pro models?

    Been working with Google support for several months now to try and find a solution to the Google One VPN not actually working properly on iPhone 15 models. I’ll try to summarise as best I can below: Issue: VPN takes a fairly long time to connect(30s~), but will then disconnect very regularly...
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