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  1. M

    Config Profile not restricting apps in High Sierra 10.13.4

    Hi All, I'm in the process of adding config profiles on all our student iMacs at my school, with the main aim to prevent them from looking at/accessing Keychain Access, Terminal and the App store. I created the config profile using Profile Manager in Server Version 5.1.5 and I've added...
  2. S

    Macbook not working after being wiped

    Hello, I have a 2015 15" MacBook Pro with Retina display. I am trying to sell it after upgrading to a new MacBook. I wiped followed the procedure of signing out of everything that I needed to. I then proceeded to wipe the drive and this is where it all went wrong. I have done this before and...
    • Sarabee
    • Thread
    • high sierra macbook pro start up issues
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  3. A

    Reinstalling OS, can't erase Mac HD

    TLDR; Boot from install disk for High Sierra, Disk Util won't erase MacHD inside SSD container for clean install, Installer app says Mac HD is locked, never had FileVault engaged and it doesn't show core in diskutil list. I have tried to erase Mac HD but it never moves progress bar and I have...
  4. seme332

    Safari CPU Usage at about 100%

    Since I updated to macOS 10.13.5 my Safari CPU usage always jumps to roughly 100%, freezing Safari and spinning up the fans. Anybody experiencing similar issues? I have tried deactivating all extensions with no luck.
  5. blackxacto

    Why does Apple block turning these fonts off?

    Yes, they must be system fonts, but why use them in their system? Is it that code is written in various countries, and Apple does not translate them into English? I hate seeing these fonts take up so much room in Design and Photo programs. I'll never use them. What a waste of desktop acreage...
  6. K

    lost Bootcamp partition

    Mac details: macbook pro 2016 15-inch 256 GB macOS high sierra 10.13.4 Hi I was trying to remove bootcamp partition from bootcamp assistant but it kept telling me that "startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to single partition". So I tried myself removing bootcamp partition using...
    • KalKooless
    • Thread
    • boot camp high sierra mabook pro macos
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  7. MacinMan

    late 2015 27" iMac and Auto adjust brightness

    Hey all, I've noticed a strange issue with my late 2015 iMac 27" running High Sierra 10.13.5. I have the auto adjust brightness toggle checked in system preferences Displays, and holding a light up, and then moving it away causes the display to change as expected. However, when examining...
    • MacinMan
    • Thread
    • auto brightness display issues high sierra imac 27" macos retina system profiler
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iMac
  8. elkbullwinkle

    macOS 10.13 broken sleep on Radeon R9 280x Mac Pro 3,1

    High I've been running macOS Sierra on MacPro 3,1 with pc version of AMD R9 280X with flashed EFI (no black screen prior to boot) for last year and everything worked fine. I have tried to do the clean install of High Sierra 10.13.5 recently applying dosdude patch, including AMD card patch (it...
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    Safari graphical glitches on full-screen video

    Hello everyone. I have noticed various bugs since I upgraded to High Sierra almost one year ago (this has been the release with the most bugs for me) and some of them have remained consistent throughout the various updates that 10.13 has received. I am currently running 10.13.5. There are two...
  10. Wiley1

    I just need to install an OS -- any OS.

    I did that and a hundred other things. Some of the font messages have disappeared, but I'm still getting a bunch of "TSplicedFont failed creating descriptor for..." messages. It is weird that log entries continue to scroll even after the failure "An error occurred while preparing the...
  11. newyorkguy

    MacOS High Sierra filling internal SSD

    Hi there, recently upgraded to High Sierra on a MBP mid 2015 and I have the problem the SSD ist filling up after some hours after startup. This means starting from 50GB free disk space going to under 1GB. There are no downloads running, Just browser, Mail and Evernote. Tried daisy disk to locate...
  12. V

    Can not connect mac to pc through ethernet

    I have been using ethernet connection between my mac and pc without any problem, for file transfer, until I have updated to High Sierra from Sierra. This was the way that worked https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25349 Now when I enter my credentials to my pc, login window will shake and that is it...
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    System takes up 112 GB of storage!? Need help.

    Hello, hope you are doing good. I went to About This Mac and checked Storage. It says that the System takes up 112 GB of space on my internal SSD. I have a 2017 iMac with interal SSD and the latest High Sierra version. I have very little stuff on my computer. A few big apps but they just take...
  14. K

    Brand new iMac 21.5”, 3.4QC, 32 GB, 1TB turned on first time all I see is black screen symbol

    spent way too much money on this computer. (First Mac) Took it out of the box, booted it up, black screen with that circle with the line through it. Tried the cmd R. Selected to reboot Hogh Sierra. Then it told me which drove to use, but there was no option to pick one... wth?
    • KBrummage
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    • avoid the mac store! high sierra new problem
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
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    New Battery Question

    Hi. I just got this battery installed from a tech shop in my city: NewerTech NuPower 78 Watt-Hour Battery for MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid-2009 & Mid-2010., with a new 256MB SSD hard drive. I am concerned that the battery isn't living up to its "potential" as I am only getting maybe 4-1/2...
  16. jscooper22

    Restart taking more than 30 minutes during upgrade - should i stop it?

    Hi, 2016 tbMBP W/ 1tb ssd. Been running 10.12 (had to when we got it due to software compatibility issues). Now upgrading to 10.13.5 from 10.12.6. For the past 30 minutes the spinner has be progressing v e r y s l o w l y (several seconds between each "tick") and I'm not sure if it's that it's...
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    Yes, another external hard drive question

    Because I'm a bit neurotic in general, which leads me to over-research and over-think stuff sometimes, my head is spinning a bit trying to decide which external hard drive to purchase for my mid-2010 MacBook Pro 15 inch. This will be my first external hard drive. Anyhow, after reading numerous...
    • haremite
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    • external hard drives g technology high sierra macbook pro owc seagate western digital
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  18. baryon

    Random beachballing ever since installing High Sierra

    MacBook Pro Retina 15 inch 11.3 (Late 2013) Intel i7, 2.3 GHz 16 GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 (17F77) Ever since installing High Sierra (I converted to APFS), I've noticed seemingly random, frequent, but short bursts of beachballing...
  19. Riwam

    Has anybody installed 10.13 on a MP End2013 and kept HFS+?

    Somebody posted some time ago a Terminal series of instructions supposed to allow installing High Sierra on a computer with an SSD drive (like my End 2013 MP) and still avoid changing the file system to APFS. I would like to know it in real live anybody actually succeeded to do so? :rolleyes: A...
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    Free Alternatives to MS Office

    I'd like to dump MS Office. The only thing I really use it for is Word. Is there a free alternative for this to use with High Sierra? And is MS Office the only place to get PowerPoint? Thanks
    • haremite
    • Thread
    • high sierra macbook pro ms office powerpoint word
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Mac Apps
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