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  1. S

    Why two tones when mounting to MagSafe?

    iPhone 15 Pro and iOS 17.x Why does the phone make two distinct tones when mounting to a MagSafe charger? One tone (thud) to indicate "MagSafe charging" followed immediately by the original tone (thwang) to indicate "charging". This seems very redundant since there's never an instance of...
  2. B

    MagSafe Charge Indicator Stays Orange All of the Time

    My 16" M1X MacBook Pro always indicates via the charger's orange LED on the MagSafe connector that it is charging, even when charging is paused at 80%. Shouldn't it turn green when it's not actively charging the MBP? I use the same charger to charge my M2 MacBook Air and it behaves normally...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Help diagnosing hardware issue

    Hello. When I switched my Mac on this morning, it worked for a short while, then the screen displayed some small squiggly black lines all of a sudden. I could move the cursor for a few seconds after this, then everything crashed. I held the power button to power off and tried to switch back on...
  4. opeter

    Mac mini's (2018) power LED not working

    Hello everybody. I have a strange problem. Yesterday I did shutdown my computer - Mac mini 2018 - and today after I turned it on, the LED doesn't work anymore. So if I look at the case, I don't know, if the computer is on, no indication at all. Like there is no LED "bulb" inside. The strange...
  5. jota73

    Volume Indicator in iOS11

    So according to the Verge, the biggest change in iOS11 what the VOLUME INDICATOR... stating "The volume indicator no longer obstructs the center of the screen obnoxiously." After updating my iPhone I see no difference on this indicator... any one could tell me if I am wrong? Is this something...
  6. RumorzGuy

    Change Dock Background Color and Indicator Lights

    In visiting the official Apple Support forums, as well as a number of other Apple related forums -- such as this one -- it becomes rather apparent that at the very least, for years now, thousands of users have been asking Apple to give them the ability to change the Dock background color, as...
  7. RumorzGuy

    How to Change Color of App Status Indicator Light in Dock

    As I mentioned earlier, yesterday I abandoned Sierra and dropped back down to El Capitan, where I will remain until this old machine kicks the bucket. While I posted this message in the El Capitan section, I wanted to post it here as well, in the hope that some very smart person will help me to...
  8. RumorzGuy

    How to Change Indicator Light Color on El Capitan?

    As I mentioned in the macOS Sierra section, after encountering a number of different problems with using Sierra on my unsupported iMac, yesterday I dropped back down to El Capitan, where I will remain until this old machine kicks the bucket. There is one thing which I would like to...
  9. hikejo

    change color of open app indicator in dock

    In El Capitan, is there a way to change the color of open apps indicators in the dock? Prior to El Capitan, the indicators were white, which were easy to see; now, in El Capitan, they're black, and against the gray of the dock itself, very hard to see. (I'm old, with somewhat compromised...
  10. G

    A1226 Sleep indicator not working

    I was recently given a broken 2007 Macbook Pro and while i have it working, when i put it to sleep, the light does not come on. Does anybody have any ideas on how I could fix this?