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  1. efabian

    Universal Sudoku and Killer Sudoku with SudoKoi, iOS 14 widgets, Apple Pencil, and more

    Hi, I'm a long-time iOS developer and worked on popular apps like Fantastical before. Now I released a new app of my own on the App Store. It's yet another Sudoku app, but with some really cool features, no annoying ads and a pretty sleek UI. It supports regular Sudoku and also Killer Sudoku...
  2. Naturedigitalphotography

    Which Mac is worth investing in?

    I need a new video editing Mac and I am wondering which of these two macs I should invest in. Thanks in advance! Imac1 Imac2
  3. Xiang54

    No sound coming from my macbook pro a1286 15" 2011

    Hi everyone! As I wrote on the title I hear no sound from my mac. If I go to System Preferences -> Sound I cant see any audio driver. I should visualize the internal speakers instead. Im not totally sure but the problem is probably begun once I've tried to install soundflower even though now...
  4. F

    macOS Changing variable inside NSView class by button click

    Hello! I'm new to Obj-C and I need to communicate to a NSCustomView (NSView) a change an integer var and refresh the content of the custom view... Any idea? I'm using XIB interface... Thanks
  5. joshuawhite929

    Antivirus recommendation?

    For those that think that the mac doesn't need antivirus, you can stop reading now. ;) For everyone else, I am using Catalina and I am growing tired of kernel panics from Norton which still uses kernel extensions. There has got to be a better way. Malwarebytes seems to work, but I am not...
  6. F23

    When to expect ARM Mac Mini?

    It seems like the first set of ARM macs will be MacBooks. With Apple saying the transition period will take around 2-3 years, when can we expect an ARM Mac Mini? They seem to have neglected it and it is due for an update having only 8th gen CPU atm. Only other current mac with 8th gen CPU is...
  7. M

    Changed name to root user, Cannot do the same with terminal username

    Hello ... I'm very new to Mac... I had an user on my mac which I changed (just the name of it), then subsequently it led me to change the whole Apple id, so I went on to having a brand new everything after entering some info about birthdays and all that stuff. After doing all this, I pulled up...
  8. Alexaaandraaaa

    Cats Knocked over my Laptop

    So my cats knocked over my closed laptop. It’s worked just fine afterwards. No crack on the screen. However it’s gone completely black. It powers on and the apple on the back still lights up. The screen will display randomly and work like normal but quickly go black again. Is there hope for my...
  9. pommephone

    Can't Get AlDente App to launch

    2020 MBP 13" - Catalina 10.15.6 - AlDente 1.2: When I "open" the app from Applications folder nothing happens and I see no app UI, even though it shows as open in Activity Monitor. What am I doing wrong?
  10. A

    MP 1,1-5,1 Can Refit hard brick my Mac Pro 1,1 2006? (install windows on ntfs partition)

    Can Refit hard brick my Mac Pro 1,1 2006? Purpose: I would want to install Windows on existing NTFS partition instead formatting whole drive (and tweaking for Win7 x64 bootcamp). More about it... (I'm curious also I can't solder anything but fry lol ): Adding any efi files to efi partition...
  11. H

    Help? Disable Promiscuous Mode

    Hello all, I am trying to disable promiscuous mode on my NIC interface, en0 to be exact. I am trying to do this on a Mac running OS X 10.15.6. However, I do not have access to any third-party programs, firmware, or external devices like dongles or adapters. Therefore, any solutions have to deal...
  12. dufresne2011

    Mac Help?

    Hello All, I’m looking for some advice. We have an iMac 27 inch (late 2013) with processor 3.2. GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5, Memory 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1 GB. We were running OS X 10.10: Yosemite on it for years with no problems. In the last few tears it started...
  13. CuriousOtter

    NVMe SSD Upgrade on a Late 2012 iMac

    INTRO Hello, I do hope you as the reader are well! I have been given a Late 2012 iMac 2.7ghz 21.5" as a gift, and it is painfully slow. The HDD corrupted and it is running off an external HDD connected via USB. So I am looking to add a few upgrades. I am focussing on the RAM and SSD as the CPU...
  14. passed_tense

    Resolved Worried I may have virus (touchbar acting weird, gaining features that don't exist on mac)

    Hi all, so yes, I did download a thing or two that may have made me concerned. Normally I'm safe with downloads and vet/make sure they're reputable sources but maybe something slipped in. Why do I think this? Because recently, my computer got slower, my browser shut down unexpectedly, and then...
  15. CPark98

    How far has the MacBook Pro Come?

    I thought I would break out my 2006 15" MBP and compare it to my latest 16" MBP and see how far the Machine has come in terms of design in the past fourteen years.
  16. L

    MacBook Pro 16 GPU Switch Issue

    Noticed that when I start photoshop or any software that runs the dGPU the screen will sometimes (not always) flash black and sometimes twice to the point where photoshop will "encounter a problem with the gpu" and will disable gpu acceleration. If photoshop is open this flash will also occur...
  17. R

    PL/SQL Developer Alternatives?

    Hello, I have to use pl/sql developer for a project and was wondering if anyone had any good mac alternatives? I've been trying oracle sql developer and it's not very mac-like. This is for oracle database work. thanks.
  18. R

    Macbook 13" Touchbar - Lenovo USB-C Travel Hub - Ethernet issues

    Helping one with a Macbook 13" Touchbar that bought a Lenovo USB-C Travel Hub for to get all needed ports. It was the only USB-C DONGLE they had in the store they went to. Issue is that with ethernet it get IP address and more from the router but it does not connect at all. Cant ping router...
  19. roxics

    How do I transfer Podcasts to my Mac?

    I just realized my iPhone has 88GBs of podcasts on it. Some of those episodes are not available for download anymore. I'd like to transfer them to my mac mini, which my iPhone isn't synced to. Is there an easy way to do this without some shady third party app I have to buy?
  20. D

    MP 6,1 Does the SSD with a heatsink from a Mac Pro (Late 2013) "trashcan" will fit in a MacBook Pro (Late 2013) 13-inch ???

    Does someone knows for sure if the original SSD that comes in the Mac Pro (Late 2013) "trashcan" which comes with a heatsink attached from factory does fit in a MacBook Pro (Late 2013) 13-inches ??? I know both drives are the same and are obviously full compatible and the only difference between...