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  1. kevinakerberg

    2007 17" MacBook Pro A1229 No Display Backlight

    Hi everyone, I have a 17" MacBook Pro model number A1229 that I'm trying to fix up for my grandpa to use. When I initially bought it, it had a bad display backlight then as well so I replaced the display inverter board. No luck in fixing the issue. Then I replaced the entire display assembly and...
  2. P

    Guest account data recovery

    Hey, I hope you are having a great day. Yesterday my sister did a 8h video editing in AF and a lot of other stuff in my MacBook as a guest account, we didn’t knew that the files deleted when you log out or when the system shut down, which happened in this case because it ran out of battery...
  3. A

    Use Mac With broken fan

    Hi, i have a 13 inch 2012 MB, the fan is broken and in my city there isn't any shop where I can fixt it. I only use it for things like word, for taking notes or powerpoint and web browsing. The temperatures of the Mac are around 65º to 75º celsius. In web browsing about 60º. I am wondering if I...
  4. w4z

    macOS PDF issues

    This is a general issue and gather all to one thread will be good for next releases. I upgraded to high sierra 10.13.5 from sierra 10.12.6 and immediately returned back to sierra cause of this issue. Im using my 2017 macbook pro w touchbar for home use and work presentations (interior and vector...
  5. K

    Persistent freezes, lags, beach balls on High Sierra 10.13.4

    Hello! I've recently purchased Macbook Pro 15'' 2017 with TouchBar, which came preinstalled with High Sierra, so I kept it on. Transferred all the apps / settings from my previous Macbook Pro. And Ever since I have transferred all my stuff from Sierra to High Sierra, High Sierra seems to be...
  6. HunterCupp

    MacBook Air (2013) Suddenly Dead

    Hello all, I've received a 2013 model MacBook Air that does not power on or respond to anything. The story I was told was that the previous owner was using an Arduino connected directly to one of the USB ports and somewhere along the line they (The MacBook Air & Arduino) both died. I assume...
  7. M

    Desktop Switching Behaviour, not so friendly

    Is this expected/normal behaviour? Can it be changed? whats happening: - using pages in fullscreen on desktop 2 - switch to desktop 1 where I have two safari windows split vertically - another open pages document moves to front covering left side safari window - I use mission control to locate...
  8. D

    iMac Pro iMac Pro anti-reflective coating wearing off

    Hi guys, Posting this here regarding my iMac Pro issue which I experienced yesterday. I've had the Mac for just over 3 months and it was the first time I decided to give the screen a wipe using an apple cloth supplied with the iMac. I noticed a white, small dot/speck to the right of the screen...
  9. fb3993

    Macbook Pro 15 2017 - Graphic card issues

    Hi all, I have recently purchased a Macbook pro 15' 2017, with Radeon Pro 560 graphic card. I have noticed that after I wake up the laptop from sleep, the graphic card does not fire up and I need to restart everything if I need to use it. Is anyone else experiencing this? And is there any fix...
  10. Sovon Halder

    Safari - Google Drive - Too Many Redirects

    I'm running latest OS. For the past month or so, this weird thing started happening. Every time I try to download something from Google Drive, there are too many redirects ending in "Safari can't open the page". I tried deleting site data from 'Manage Website Data'. But next day the issue...
  11. B

    messages app issue

    Hi, I have been having issues with the messages app for awhile and looking for help/answers. So my family and I have a group message where we send funny videos/photos of our cat. Every time one of them sends me a video the video is grainy/blurry/hard to see and really small however their phones...
  12. SaltedsnakE

    After upgrading to High Sierra 10.13.4, sleeping has gone weird.

    I just updated my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) to High Sierra 10.13.4 and noticed that whenever I put my iMac to sleep mode, it's screen black-out instantly rather than fading out like it used to. Is there anyone who has the same issue or is it just me?
  13. Sovon Halder

    Airpods Degraded/Uneven Battery - Apple Support - My Story

    It's been about a year I purchased a my Airpods and have never misused them like dropping in water etc. Recently I've noticed that i'm getting little over 3 hours of music/movie playback from Airpods. It used to be over 4 hours earlier. Checked this on both my iPhone & macs. Also the left...
  14. T

    Bluetooth issues, MX Master 2s and Surface Keyboard

    I think I have tried it all now... Had all the latest updates to Windows 10 1709 (Fall Creators update). Last night I wiped the computer macOS and windows, cleaned partitions and installed it all again, but this time I have a earlier version of windows 1703, Creators Updated. And in both of the...
  15. P

    Trying to restore harddrive after an upgrade to High Sierra froze. Any help appreciated

    Hello! So as you can tell by the title yesterday i noticed a free upgrade option to High Sierra (was on sierra when i tried to upgrade). Well after sitting at the install start up screen all day i gave up, realizing it froze on me and tried to reboot it. Aaaand well i guess it's kind of ****ed...
  16. Kyle1519

    MBP not detecting 5GHz Channel 144

    Hi Everyone, Need some help with an issue I'm having with a Mid 2012 15" MBP. My 5GHz channel is setup to use channel 144 for wifi. This channel gets the best speeds and signal in my apartment so I don't want to change to another channel. The issue is, the channel doesn't show as a supported...
  17. Anasshm

    Laggy Scrolling Problems on Chrome on Youtube

    hi I Just switched from Windows to mac Os this week , i have a Macbook air 2015 i5 with 8gb of ram i got surprised today with how Laggy and terrible scrolling on chrome was especially on Youtube , even though it works buttery smooth on both Safari and Firefox here is a video comparison Safari...
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    How would I increase the bootcamp partition size?

    When I installed Windows 7 Pro on my MacBook Pro 15" 2014 I allocated about 75 gigabytes to Windows. When I finished installing Windows and most of my other programs I realized that I should've increased the partition size. How would I increase the partition size? I've looked this up before and...
  19. HorrorGeekAndy

    iPod touch iPod Touch not showing song titles

    Hi there, My 6th Generation iPod Touch is failing to show song titles when I view them via Library>Artist>Album. The songs do play when I touch them and the info then appears, and the names do show when accessing the songs via Library>Album or Library>Songs, but it is still a little...
  20. F

    MacBook Pro 15’ 2014 Windows 7 Battery “Plugged in, not charging.” Issue

    I recently installed Windows 7 Pro using the BootCamp utility on my MacBook Pro 15” 2014 laptop. After the installation I checked the battery. It says "99% Available(Plugged in, not charging)". Is this something to be concerned about? And if so how would I fix the issue? Any help and/or...