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  1. J

    Fix Mail Sleep Popup Bug

    Does anybody know how to fix the annoying bug where Mail will open while the Mac is sleeping? For those that aren't familiar, this affects users who leave mail open but hidden (click red button but don't quit). This allows for email to be fetched in the background and for notifications to work...
  2. M

    MacBook Pro Retina 15.4'' Kernel Panics Often, Help?

    Hi, I started recently getting kernel panics more and more often on my mid-2012 MacBook Pro Retina 15.4''. I use this machine for development and I need it to be reliable. I seem to only get this issue while connected to external monitors, ie, when using the Nvidia GPU. Any thoughts? If I posted...
    • MathBunny123
    • Thread
    • crash crash reports kernel macbook pro retina macbook pro retina 15 os x
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  3. S

    Safari is slower

    Ever since I updated to 10.11.6 (I believe that is the current version), websites that used to run smoothly end up freezing and I have to close the tab or if I can't, manually kill the process in Activity Monitor. Needless to say, ever since I updated to Yosemite, I noticed my machine takes 5-10...
  4. grahamperrin

    GUI/UI/UX/human interface design blunders in applications for Mac OS X

    Mac OS X including OS X and macOS excluding iOS GUI = graphical user interface UX = user experience human interface as in OS X Human Interface Guidelines … The question What design blunders have Mac users experienced recently? For starters An application that requires: Shift-click to...
    • grahamperrin
    • Thread
    • design graphical user interface gui hig human interface guidelines mac os x macos os x user experience
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  5. B

    Can't open Flash player files in OS X

    Hey everyone! Hoping someone can help out here. I am doing some slide presentations using Flash Player (I know, but it has to be this way). Previously, I would extract the file from a zip on to my desktop and it would just open the presentation. Ever since 10.10, I have been receiving the...
  6. B

    Coherence 4 - Turn websites into apps using Chrome

    Hey there. I am the creator of Coherence. Coherence is a relatively simple app that allows you to turn websites into applications on OS X 10.10, 10.11, and 10.12. It is $2.99, with a free download available on our website. Coherence is unique from similar apps because it uses Chrome as a...
    • bzg0515
    • Thread
    • apple coherence google chrome internet macos os x web apps web browser
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  7. M

    Apple’s Software Quality Decline

    Apple’s Software Quality Decline. This is a nice read and the painful truth. http://mjtsai.com/blog/2014/10/11/apples-software-quality-decline/?utm_content=buffercf405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
  8. D

    Are these permissions correct for the system drive?

    I just happened to notice that the permissions of my boot drive are unusual. They say: Name Privilege system Read & Write wheel Read only everyone Read only I am still using Mavericks, by the way. Is that normal? I also have a partition with Snow Leopard and there it says...
    • danqi
    • Thread
    • hard drive mavericks os x osx permissions root
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  9. M

    Can I roll back OS X on a new iMac?

    If I bought an iMac would I be able to roll back the OS X to Mavericks if I wanted to? I've been told that I may need to buy a developer account..
    • MusicMakerMac
    • Thread
    • downgrade el capitan imac mavericks os x roll back
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iMac
  10. MrEddy

    Gaming mouse without crappy software

    Any mac gamers out there got any recommendations for a good mouse that perhaps doesn't have crappy software. I've got a logitech G602 currently, and while I like the shape and buttons etc, i've just had nothing but issues with the software. Constantly causes my mouse to just cut out and freak...
  11. T

    Better way to embed the artwork to music in iTunes?

    I have had some songs in iTunes where I would change the artwork and it would work for awhile, but then eventually it would revert back to the original artwork that I didn't want. Is there a better way to do that? I tried a Dougscript for it and it lasted much longer, but eventually that would...
    • ToddJ
    • Thread
    • artwork el capitan itunes os x
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  12. lastr

    El Capitan WiFi Problem

    Hey guys, I'm having a very annoying problem right now. As you can see in the pic I attached, the wifi is shown connected, but no available wifi list. Of course, the service is not available, but well, not exactly. If no internet connection, the browsers will tell so. But in this problem, the...
  13. Technologx

    How to dual boot macOS Sierra & OS X Yosemite?

    I have a 1TB HDD I've already partitioned it to be both 500GB. The main partition has macOS Sierra installed and the other partition I want to install OS X Yosemite. The Yosemite update I have is a pkg file and when I try to open it it won't allow me because I'm not running 10.10. So what do I...
  14. sllz

    Blank Screen after Sharing Files and Folders

    A few days ago I tried to perform such share files and folders from Mac (Lion 10.7.5) to Windows 10. While sending files from Mac, Mac stopped very long. Because it is so long I tried to turn off via the power button and when I blame, only black screen on Mac but keyboard and the engine running...
    • sllz
    • Thread
    • lion mac book pro os x
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  15. grahamperrin

    Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) for Mac OS X, pre-Yosemite

    The snapshot previously at http://web.archive.org/web/20140815012123/https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/Windows/Windows.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000961-SW13 has disappeared from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Please: does...
  16. LCPepper

    Three Finger Drag - Missing in Action

    Just had a little fiddle with macOS Sierra... Love the Picture in Picture, Siri is quite useless... But the worse thing, is that Three Finger Drag seems to have been left out; I know where was a scare about this back in the Yosemite days... But I can't find anyway to configure it on the...
  17. grahamperrin

    Adam Leventhal's blog » ZFS: Apple’s New Filesystem That Wasn’t

    From 2006-2009 ZFS was to be Apple's new filesystem… and Wikipedia tells us that Apple's ZFS project closed in 2009, but that was not the end of the story. Recommended reading for anyone with an interest in the history of ZFS for Mac OS X: http://dtrace.org/blogs/ahl/2016/06/15/apple_and_zfs/...
  18. MikeeW

    Two Apple IDs on new iMac

    I have been using MacBooks for a while with one Apple ID. No particular issues. However, I just got a new iMac and set it up with a new Apple ID. Several reasons for this, but the end result is I now have two Apple IDs. I'd like to load some of the purchased apps onto the new iMac. I've read...
    • MikeeW
    • Thread
    • app store apple id os x
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  19. T

    Big doubt on Sierra - my immediate thought after watching WWDC

    Let's have a look what Apple had promised And what Apple actually delivered Translation: Half of customers are pissed off. I think they are really redefining the number of unimpressed users of OS X. Now with the new incoming Sierra release where the emphasis on performance is not even close...
  20. Garrod

    I need help finding old OS X screen saver pictures.

    I'm running El Capitan and was messing around with the screen saver settings earlier. I can't remember which version of OS X it was but there used to be a selection with the following names: Abstract Beach Cosmos Nature Nature Patterns Paper Shadow In particular, I'm after the Nature...
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