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    Has Finder QuickLook for JPGs improved in Mojave?

    Have been having issues with JPG QuickLook Finder previews since I got this laptop early this year (Macbook Pro 2017 15" 2.9 GHz currently on 10.13.4). Updated the OS several times from the version that came stock without any results. Was able to drastically reduce .CR2 preview load times with...
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    Other How to send photos without revealing location metadata

    I don't want to turn off the location data for the camera app, because I like the auto geotagging function to tag where my photos are taken. This definitely helpful when using the Photos.app in macOS. But one thing I would like is for it to strip that location data before I send/share the photo...
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    iTunes Dark Mode Bug?

    I just downloaded MacOS Mojave to my MacBook Pro 2016 and I'm having issues with my iTunes 12 library sections, the Album view, Movie View, and Podcast view have this "white border" around all the album covers. I've checked the press images from Apple showing iTunes 12 in dark mode and it should...
  4. Brawlzapper

    Can't update to Mac OS Mojave on an external SSD (Samsung T3) on MacBook Air 2013.

    So I have a MacBook Air 2013, the internal SSD stopped working a while back, so I got an external SSD (Samsung T3) and have been booting and running the latest version of Mac OS high Sierra without any problems. I'm on 10.13.6. I downloaded the Mac OS Mojave installer last night and tried...
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    Questions before I upgrade to Mohave (from Sierra)

    I am finally taking the plunge and upgrading to Mohave (public beta.) I am running Sierra right now and have to waited till now to upgrade because i heard there were some bugs with the new file system and Fusion Drives (& Time Machine too.) Will my 32 bit apps (ex. Picasa) still work? (i thought...
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    Alternatives to BackToMyMac?

    What are alternatives to getting remote access or mounting remote HD when we upgrade to Mojave?
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    How do i stop mac from kernel panicking?

    Hello there! Ive been having trouble recently where my mac frequently crashes and tells me it "restarted because of a problem" this used to happen almost all the time especially when my mac turns display off and goes into a "rest"? and then whenever i try to turn it on.. boom! it crashed. Is...
  8. AjTee

    Is current version in Beta Program actually final?

    Hello, Is current version in Beta Program actually final? Regards.
  9. tykobrian

    Help with Late 2009 iMac

    hope I don't bore you with my rambling. One of our relatives gave away their discarded imac to us and said that we can keep it if we can make it work again. It wasn’t booting up. We sent it to a local repair shop. There are no authorized mac shops here in Bangladesh. Anyway, the people in the...
  10. Mac03ForLife

    MacBook Pro 2011 Hard Drive Swap

    So I have a macbook pro 8,1 from late 2011 whose hard drive is very very slow I was given a faster, larger drive by a friend (same dimensions, etc). I know how to physically swap them, but can someone point me in the right direction in terms of cloning BOTH of my partitions to the new disk while...
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    Restore SSD with macOS High Sierra

    Hi guys. I have Mac Mini with installed SSD and it worked well since one and half year. Recently i got some trouble with it. For some reason(i don't know why),my High Sierra crashed(freezed) two times, third time reboot didn't help and seems to be OS has come to broken state :(...
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    See all iCloud-shared files?

    Hey all I would like to know a way to see all of my shared files via iCloud. I share some files via: Share -> Show People -> Share options -> Anyone with the link I would now like to be able to see all these files collected in some place. Perhaps through a smart folder or automator or other...
  13. SwissDataHoarder

    Macbook Pro 2018 after update 2

    Hello i made a poll about MacOS update 2. Would be cool if you can answer it http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5b8ee476e4b0564f7676bde7 to help other user with their purchase. Please everyone should answer, not only who has problems with the mac. thank you This poll is shared on apple...
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    MacOS could not be installed on your computer

    Hello, I have a problem installing MacOS to iMac. I wanted a new (clear) macos on it, so I deleted Macintosh HD, where macos was installed via Command+R recovery mode using disk utility. Then in recovery mode I clicked on install a new copy of MacOS, it started downloading but in the half of...
  15. bello2185

    Log-in background not showing currently set wallpaper on latest Mojave public beta?

    Yesterday I received my new 2018 MacBook Pro 15" and after updating to the latest High Sierra update I enrolled my Mac in the beta program and installed the latest Mojave public beta. Everything is working correctly but there is one thing bothering me. On my old 2013 MacBook Pro 13" the macOS...
  16. RedWish

    1 app (install) for multiple OS versions/partitions

    For work i have a ssd prepped with 10.11 and 10.13 to service/diagnose a wide arrange of Macs. I also have a 3rd partition with folders and apps which i can use on both OS installs. What i like to create is 1 partition with installed apps which i can use on multiple OS system, so regardless of...
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    Mac OS Lion/GarageBand '11 update expertise please

    I have an old McBook Pro (specs below) I've decided to dust off and use solely for GarageBand projects. I booted it up the other day and played around on Garageband '11 (Version 6.0.5), and it's performance is still serviceable. I'd like to upgrade the GarageBand version on this old MacBook...
  18. ipedro

    Display Background Terminal Commands?

    I've been delving into Terminal after my iMac failed and I was able to save it through Terminal commands in a way that GUI Disk Utility wasn't able to. It got me interested in what's happening behind the scenes. Is macOS not constantly executing commands in the background? Is there an app or a...
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    Disk space decreases to 0, but returns on restart

    When I restart my laptop, I have 30GB of hard disk space left. Over the course of several hours, the available space reported by Finder reduces to 0. When I restart, the free space returns. As an example: I saw my available hard disk space was at 21.1MB, so I restarted my computer. At 9:54am...
  20. AjTee

    Siri hangs after exit from Sleep Mode

    Hello, When I use Siri after MacBook restart it works normally. After exit from Sleep mode, when I press the button, the little Siri window pops up and it makes its standard noise "duh-ding", but the icon that indicates that Siri is listening does not move (icon is hanged), and it does not...