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  1. S

    How do you buy furniture?

    This is a question that's been on my mind for awhile so I'm hoping I can get some great responses from the community here :). So, as a potential purchaser of furniture I want to buy something that lasts and I'm willing to pay for the value. I've look at regular furniture stores, but for the...
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    Concert video audio is super quiet?

    Whenever I take a video with my iPhone 6s at a concert, the audio is much quieter than it should be. I think it's due to the loudness, because when there's a quiet part in the song, the volume fades back up to normal. I never had this issue with my iPhone 5c, the audio was always normal. Does...
  3. claudiofilho12

    Home spinning iphone button

    I have an iPhone 5, the home button is spinning when I press to go back, it turns left and right, I wonder how I can solve this button problem, it works normal so it's spinning.
  4. Y

    iPhone 8/Plus Apple Upgrade Program HELP!

    Hi! So long story short, my mom got my iPhone 8 through apple upgrade program on her credit card. She has now defaulted on her card and it will soon be cancelled. What will happen to my iPhone once apple tries to charge her credit card and no payment comes through? Can apple block it?
  5. trailrunner44

    Help!>2012 MBP Retina D to MBP 2018? or wait for 2019?

    Hello all !! I have a mid 2012 15" Retina Display (256gb, 8gb RAM, 2,3ghz i7, Nvidia Graphic Card) running High Sierra. I'm a part-time photographer and videographer. I use Lightroom, Final Cut Pro and Premiere CC. The MBP runs all everyday tasks quite good and hasn't any major problems until I...
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    Shutting down displays screenshot of previous activity

    I have a Macbook Pro with Touchbar 2017 model and I've noticed that when shutting down, all apps are quit, but then for a moment the whole screen instead of going black shows a "screenshot" of something that I was doing prior to shutdown. I can't say how long ago exactly, I haven't noticed but...
  7. S

    PLEASE HELP! My iCloud storage is constantly being used up and I dont know why or how?

    I have had the 5GB free storage forever. I have an iPhone X, Macbook Pro, and an iMac. I only have ever used the icloud for what I thought was being used to backup and hold my contact list. That's all I really care about. Photos...I upload manually to computer if I really need to. Right now, its...
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    Macbook Admin Password Reset

    Hello, I've been trying to reset this Macbook's Log in password for like two days now it belongs to my cousin's deceased friend, i've done this before with my brother's Macbook Air twice because he has the memory of a goldfish. anyway the issue with this Macbook that i cant access the...
  9. EPZ379

    The Current Confusing Case of My iMac

    This is my first post to MacRumors, and I wanted to see if I could pick some brains here to see if anyone else either had this issue or knows what is causing this issue. A word on me and this post: I tend to write a lot; I don't want to leave out details when I am attempting to dissect and/or...
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    iMac G4 Hackintosh Guide / or Comission (UK)

    Hey Picking up a 20inch G4 iMac today and I’m keen to convert it into a Hackintosh. I’ve seen a few guides online on how to do this but if I’m honest, they’re too text heavy on the modification “experience” and I’m getting lost/confused trying to follow it. Can anyone point me in the...
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    Running multiple Adobe CC programs at once

    Hello, I design brochures as part of my current job role, and we have at the moment a late 2015 iMac with 8gb memory. It's really struggling with the amount of work I'm needing to do, as a lot of it involves having both Photoshop and InDesign open at the same time which I can't realistic do as...
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    Wait for this years MacBook pro or buy existing model?

    I'm very attracted to the MacBook Pros, and I am an incoming Computer Engineering student. Basically I want to know if it's gonna be worth it to wait for the incoming MBP or just get one that's already out, I am not an Apple "fanboy" whatsoever, but I really do like the design of these laptops.
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    Rise of the Tomb Raider

    Hi! I've been wanting to play tomb raider but have been having bad luck getting a working Pc with it. Does anyone know if MacBook Airs work with the recently added "Rise of The Tomb Raider" in the App Store. Thanks!
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    Way Off-topic, but there is a photo...

    I'm gonna ask for opinions of you lovely people here in regards to naming my assistance dog. She's a three week old French Mastiff, as I need a big dog that can apply lots of pressure to me, so as to bring me back into myself easily and safely when I freak out and dissociate in public. I get to...
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    Why is my macbook doing this?

    Okay, so, I have a 13" 2011 macbook that I got in 2011. About a year and half ago it turned off suddenly and wouldn't reboot, I tried restarting the SMC and all the other stuff they recommend when this happens but nothing worked. Then about a year later I tried plugging it in and it turned on...
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    noobie AF! I NEED HELP mbp 2009 ssd help!

    hi brand new here, been reading through for a while now but cant seem to find the answers im looking for. I have a mid 2009 mbp 15" looking to change the faulty" it makes a grinding noise" HDD with something a bit quicker preferably on the cheaper side. Thanks Will I need an enclosure/adapter or...
  17. Shadow9x99

    Strange GPU behavior on Mac Pro 3,1

    I have two GPUs for my early 2008 mac pro (2x 3.2ghz Xeon, 16GB OWC Ram), the first is an EVGA GTX 285 flashed with the mac efi and the second is an Apple radeon 5770. The system runs OS X 10.11.6 just fine. The strange thing is that in most games on OS X the 5770 outperforms the 285 by a...
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    video converter

    Hello friends and fellow Mac users, Question for anyone to help. I have a MacBook Pro and know my way around the computer but need some guidance. I bought a certification review course from 2 different websites. One is a just a video and the other is powered by adobe captivate. I am not trying...
  19. PurpleHillsMac

    Help! Recover files deleted from Trash on High Sierra

    Hi all, I deleted some files on my Mac that I had copied off my external hard drive. I didn't think I needed it and wanted to free up space. A couple days later, the external HDD died with all my files in it. Now I want to recover those files that I just deleted from the Mac. My Mac had been...
  20. confusedrose19

    Help! 2017 Macbook 12" trackpad and keyboard issues PLEASE HELP!

    I have just managed to resurrect my macbook that has been dead for 8 months, but now its doing that thing that I have read some macbooks do. The keyboard and the trackpad are not showing signs of functioning. I know that the keyboard does work because that is how I turned the screen on in the...