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  1. Mr. 123

    iCloud Tabs question

    Hello, My main computer where I do most of my work is on El Capitan (I tried Sierra but it slowed it down so I reverted). My iPhone is currently on iOS10 but I'm thinking of upgrading to iOS11. I read somewhere that updating to 11 would make it impossible to sync safari tabs between my El...
    • Mr. 123
    • Thread
    • el capitan ios iphone mac safari syncing tabs
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iOS 11
  2. asdavis10

    Fusion Drive HDD Data Recovery

    Anyone had any luck recovering data from a HDD where the SSD had failed? Terminal doesn't even show the Logical Volume of the HDD so that it can be forced to mount. Only the EFI partition mounts. I'd certainly never buy a Mac with Fusion Drive and keep them as one disk. Quite the headache if one...
  3. labyrinth153

    Manually Convert to HEVC?

    I have found I am able to export HD videos I open in quicktime to HEVC. This option is not available on SD videos and the like. Is there a manual way to convert any video to HEVC? As far as I can tell the command line avconvert program does not support HEVC.
  4. NCEE2016

    Macbook Pro will not restart, had to use button on keyboard

    Hey everyone, I went to restart MacBook Pro early 2015 13 inch model and it would not restart at all, I hit the button and it went through normal process like it was going to and then nothing ever happens so I had to resort to button on keyboard and that worked fine. I was having a few issues...
  5. Lynne326

    Mac won't accept correct password

    Hi helpers! My Mac mini suddenly won't accept my password. It was fine yesterday, but when I brought it out sleep mode and entered my password today, it won't take it. I have two users on it and it won't take either one. I made no changes to the Mac, I didn't do anything other than normal...
  6. KarSans

    Insect in Macbook Air!!

    I was working on my MBA when a small fly fell from the roof or something on the vent below the screen and the fans sucked it. There was some noise at the starting but onlu for 5 seconds or so. I tried to take it out but couldn't. I resumed my work. I noticed that the brightness was dimming and...
  7. donlic

    Where I can buy/order just the housing of the Mac Pro 2017?

    I want to build myself the ultimative computer and I want to buy just the space gray hosuing of the newest Mac Pro...
    • donlic
    • Thread
    • mac macpro space gray
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  8. Mac03ForLife

    Blizzard Games on macOS?

    Hey everyone Im a huge fan of StarCraft and Overwatch Is there a way to play them on a mac (natively) Im aware that SC Is available for PPC macs, but is it also for intel? Thanks
  9. ColeHayley

    Macbook Late-2014 randomly crashing when not plugged in to a second monitor

    So guys I've been having this issue with my Macbook for almost a year and a half now. The thing randomly shuts down when it is not plugged in to a second screen, weirdly enough, it runs for days when I run it using Windows X. I've tried everything - wiping OS and installing new, checking to...
  10. T

    Cannot create a bootable usb drive

    All the tutorials I have read online like https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372 say that you should have an Install path. This doesn't seem to exist anymore with the latest os versions. What is the new way to create install media? Thanks
  11. Exxhara

    iPhone iOS 11 Bug? - iPhone Backup and Restore error

    My iphone 6+ was having lagging issues when i first updated to iOS 11 so i decided to do a clean reset and restore from a backup. I did a backup a few minutes before doing the clean reset but for some reason whenever i restore the backup it defaults to an older prior year backup and not the...
    • Exxhara
    • Thread
    • icloud ios 11 iphone itunes mac
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 11
  12. F

    How do I enable surround sound on my Mac Mini (Late 2012)?

    Hi guys. I just bought an LG OLED B7 TV and I have my Mac Mini (Late 2012) hooked up to it. For 5.1 surround sound I have a Pioneer VSX 1131. I have my Mac Mini connected with HDMI to the TV, and the TV connects with an optical cable to my Pioneer receiver. This very same setup lets me get...
    • felixen
    • Thread
    • front speakers lg b7 mac mini oled b7 pioneer sound surround surround sound vsx1131
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac mini
  13. T

    Bluetooth

    When I am on a webpage on my mac it shows up on all my other IOS devices when you double tap the home button. This only happens when bluetooth is on. How do I prevent this from happening while keeping bluetooth on so I can use my headphones? THANK YOU
    • TP02
    • Thread
    • bluetooth help help me internet mac website website data
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: MacBook Neo
  14. Skobber

    iMovie Library Transfer

    So, I just got a Macbook Air because my old 2011 iMac is very slow and I needed a faster computer to edit iMovie projects. I'm wondering if I can move my old iMovie Library to my new Macbook, and be able to access the files from iMovie on the laptop and use them in projects. This Library has so...
    • Skobber
    • Thread
    • file imovie mac macbook new macbook air transfer data transfer files
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 11
  15. Mac03ForLife

    CD/DVD Drive Dead on PMacG5?

    Hi. I recently inherited a PowerMac G5 (Dual 1.8, 512mb RAM), and I went to load an Audio CD into the Pioneer optical drive, and it just spun, made a few honking noises, and spit it out. I have extra IDE as well as SATA optical drives, any suggestions / How easy is it to replace this drive...
    • Mac03ForLife
    • Thread
    • cd drive mac osx powermac powermac g5 powermac g5 2017 powerpc
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  16. C

    Line break function Pages

    Hi! I've come across a symbol in Pages when opening a document. I discovered it when selecting Show invisibles under View in the menu bar. It seems to have a simliar function to Enter with one exception when making bullets; Enter creates a new bullet while this symbol seems to make a new line...
    • CapoeiraKid
    • Thread
    • bullet enter invisible mac pages symbols
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  17. P

    Forgot administrator username/password

    Hello all, I am able to login to my MacBook Pro but the issues arise when I have to make any changes to the Mac and the system preferences login arises. Since I have only one administrator account I don't know what to do to fix it. It just won't let me unlock. Do I have to do a system reboot...
  18. Ralphiatto

    Why does my Macbook Pro eat up memory just using basic apps?

    My MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) keeps on using memory from my 120gb "Macintosh HD" from doing simple things such as reading news, watching netflix etc.. I had to reinstall OS and start from scratch yesterday because my computer was using memory for the reason listed above, I thought...
  19. Ralphiatto

    Deleted everything on Mac but safari history/bookmarks/faves still there?

    I just reinstalled OS an hour ago by deleting everything on "Macintosh HD" and on the "Apple SSD". When I got my computer back up and running I got on safari and my browsing history from my computer days before I deleted everything was still there as well as my bookmarks, favorites and safari...
    • Ralphiatto
    • Thread
    • delete mac macbook osx safari
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  20. A

    MBP Partition Recovery to Preserve Data

    So I sort of bricked my old mbp (~2010) with an Ubuntu install attempt...didn't realize that the auto-installer wouldn't even let me choose which partition to install to... Backed out of the install before it properly started but, not before having the mbr/partition table (or mac equivalent)...
    • Aphro
    • Thread
    • data mac mbp mbr recovery
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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