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    All iPads iPad vs Mac. What's a computer?

    Which would you pick? Cast your vote above 😀
  2. TheMacProUser

    MP 1,1-5,1 NVME on Mac Pro 3,1

    Hi everyone I know it’s been discussed a lot here but I’m still can’t get my Mac Pro to boot nvme i saw any possible guide but all the guides are written and I can’t understand them can someone send me a video of how to upgrade the 2008 Mac bootrom or maybe write me a new guide or just explain...
  3. M

    OS X won't let me install

    Hello, My 2008 mac suddenly stopped working. When I load it up its asked for a disk password which is fine, then goes to install OS X and says its can be installed. How can I get past this? It just keeps going round in circles once I restart it again. Thanks
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    iMac 2020 Mouse keeps disconnecting

    Hello, I purchased an iMac 2020 recently but I've been having issues with the mouse connectivity. Sometimes the computer cursor stops moving and I have to turn the mouse off and back on for it to reconnect. has anyone experienced this before? Is there a fix for it? I upgraded to the latest...
  5. M

    Shall I keep my Macbook Air M1? Missing apps from Windows.

    It's really light, fast, beautiful and silent. But I'm missing apps from Windows that I use on a daily basis: - PDF printer with profiles. For example, I can assign different printing preferences and folders to print to for PDF Printer 1/2/3 etc. - Simple text editor with macro Also, is this...
  6. xthxrv

    2021 iMac

    Its pretty obvious that the 2021 imac will get a new refresh. Like its been 8 years since they've stuck with the same aluminium body design. Still does look timeless and new but needs a refresh. But is it possible that apple installs the m1 chip or a new apple silicon processor in the imac?
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    HELP, Mac recovery!?

    Someone please help me! I was transferring photos from my phone onto my partner’s MacBook Air and it said “Storage almost full”, then all of a sudden the photo app closed by itself and there was a text saying “Phot app is not compatible...”, can’t remember exactly what it said. I then restarted...
  8. theapplehead

    macOS apps not updating properly

    Whenever I try to update apps on my Mac I continually face an issue. The download for the app update will begin and will reach the point of installation. Then the update hangs for a bit before restarting and installing the entire app over again. I’ve been experiencing this issue with all my Mac...
    • theapplehead
    • Thread
    • app appstore mac macos 10.15 update updatebug
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  9. calliex

    Can not get text message over wifi on my Mac or iPhone

    I am at a friend house this weekend. Where he is located there is no cellular service avail. He does have wifi. I am connected to his wifi trying to get my work email which needs two factor, it sends me a txt with code. I am connected to his wifi both on my phone and my Mac. I can not receive...
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    M1 16GB RAM - Need help!

    Hey guys, I'm new to Apple products in general, I'm a law student and changed from Windows to the M1 16GB 256GB about a week and half ago. I was very excited as the reviews seemed that it held up very well and I've been wanting a more profissional and lighter computer for a while. Unfortunately...
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    Help! Macbook got blocked but in icloud find shows it's not blocked

    Hi, I'd be very thankful If you can help. I was watching a video when suddenly my macbook air 2017 suddenly restarted. The problem is that it is asking me for the PIN to unblock it, but I dont have a PIN because I didn't block it. I haven't share my icoud credentials with anyone so I think...
    • Dlacr
    • Thread
    • block find help icloud mac mystery pin
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Air
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    iCal CalendarAgent error mismatch token

    Randomly and out of nowhere as usual with Apple, they must have changed something on their OCSP end or something that starting from last night the iCal gives error when trying to sync with GMAIL.. worked the next day for almost entire day, then started giving error again randomly in afternoon...
    • ealmonte32
    • Thread
    • ical mac sync calendar
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  13. panr

    [SOLVED] Missing built-in display resolutions on Big Sur 11.3 beta (M1 Macbook Air)

    Hey, did anyone run into some issues with display resolution list on Big Sur 11.3 beta? It's missing `1440x900` 😱 Since `beta1` I can't see default settings for scaled resolution as before (11.2 and below) and got only this (mind the weird order): and the full available list looks like...
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    How can I upgrade my powermac g5???

    I had recently gotten an old PowerMac g5 from a local school of mine and loved it as I used to have one when they first came out. It needed a hard drive and a good cleaning, so I installed a 500GB Samsung 850 Evo I had laying around, and got a 10.4 tiger disk from an old local mac store and...
    • mjacob
    • Thread
    • 10.4 10.4 tiger dual 1.8 help mac powermac powermac g5 powerpc ppc
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
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    USB-C hub BEEPING sound: "usb accessories disabled"

    My Hyperdrive Thunderbolt usb-c hub has suddely stopped working. Lots of info out there regarding the error message "usb accessories disabled/using too much power, etc".....odd thing is that the hub emits a quiet beepig sound when plugged in. I have not been able to find any threads relatinng to...
  16. Sovon Halder

    Apple Silicon - Paragon Licensing Issues?

    I purchased the entire Paragon suite in 2019. Today I installed the trial NTFS for mac app but I am not able to activate (sign in). It keeps saying incorrect credentials. I downloaded the app from "My Downloads" but it gives me the error saying it's an unsupported version. I am on mac mini m1...
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    Delete an app icon in Launch pad?

    Hello all, I'm new to the Mac/Apple world. I downloaded an app, put it into the launch pad. I have since delete the application but cannot delete the icon that is left in the launch pad. I tried holding down left click, cannot delete. tried going into the Mac Hard drive - my name -...
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    A few questions about Carbon Copy Cloner!

    Hello there! Hoping to get an answer about a couple questions I have with CCC. I plan to migrate to it to use as my backup solution. I have long just made a literal drag-and-drop copy of my most important external drives to a hard drive every quarter or so as "backup," but I've decided that I...
  19. Sovon Halder

    Mail App - view attachments as icons?

    Is there any way I can setup the mail app or the Big Sur OS itself, so that the attachments, be that photo, or a pdf containing a photo remains as a thumbnail? I can't seem to figure out a way to do this. This is how it looks now.
    • Sovon Halder
    • Thread
    • attachment images mac mail mail app photos thumbnail
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
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    Trying to decode kernel panic message

    Had a couple of panics in the last few days on my M1 Mac Mini after a couple of months before that of smooth sailing, trying to figure out the problem. Here's the panic string from the most recent occurence: "panicString" : "panic(cpu 0 caller 0xfffffe003196fe28): DCP DATA ABORT...
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