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    OSX El Capitan Lagging and No Sound...

    Hey Guys, I have a 13" MacBook Air running OSX El Capitan, and it's not behaving properly of late.. It is lagging a lot, and I see the rainbow wheel of death more than often... I've tried all things to resolve it (Resetting PRAM/SMC, Reistalling OS, Wiping the Hard drive clean, and even changing...
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    What are my options Nvidia GPU/OSX?

    just brought a 2008 mac 3.1 32gb El capitan with a NVIDIA GTX 970 (Un-flashed). I want to run a game that apparently has issues with the 10.11 OSX, is there away of downgrading to Yosemite/Mavericks without losing the Nvidia drivers. My concern is that once i downgrade i wont get any output...
    • cortexdnb
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    • downgrade mavericks nvidia gtx 970 osx yosemite
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  3. tht_devs

    [UPDATED]StereoTube Music Player for YouTube - Supercharged YouTube Player

    Hello all, We are proud to announce the first iteration of our innovative macOS app, StereoTube Player. We integrated some very innovative features, and we are keen on creating the best experience for everyone who enjoys listening to music on YouTube on their beloved Mac :) One of the most...
    • tht_devs
    • Thread
    • macos mp3 music osx player stereotube youtube
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Apps
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    Top 10 Most Useful Mac Apps?

    hey guys, i just wanted to know if anyone had a list of the most useful and productive apps that are available on OSX. i'm looking for a list of the best technology recommended by some expert that's much more aware of what's available out there. something like a list recommended by 'John...
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    Newstify - Better way to get news

    Hi All, I would like to present to you Newstify. Newstify holds the simple yet powerful idea of bringing the news to the user and not the opposite where the user looks for news. The app was released three days ago and already reached top 5 in USA under News category. The app is RSS based and...
  6. tarikbatal

    Bootup Failed!

    Hi Guys, Ive tried booting in safe mode, verbose mode, repairing the disk (first aid) within disk utility and nothing. It used to be that the computer would get to the end of the startup progress bar and then shut down. Now it's opening the terminal upon every start and nothing seems to be...
    • tarikbatal
    • Thread
    • bootup problem disk utility failed hard drive hard disk failure osx repair safe mode verbose mode
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
  7. kindofsleepy

    Headaches doing fresh install of El Capitan

    Hi all! Having a bit of trouble installing El Capitan from a fresh install. I've tried literally just about everything I can think of and before I risk crossing the usage cap from my ISP(damn you ATT) I was hoping someone might have a suggestion I haven't thought of. This all stemmed from what...
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    Black Bars on fullscreen MacBook Pro screen

    Hi lately I've been nothing every time I play a video fullscreen on youtube or using a video player software I would be getting black bars on top and bottom of the video. I know it's not the video's problem because in a non full screen viewing it fits fine on youtube or the video player...
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    Force Time Machine Disk Encryption

    Is there a place to edit a plist or enforce that anytime you create a Time Machine on a drive it forces the "Encrypt Backup Disk" is checked off? Trying to setup work machines, and want user to be able to use Time Machine but make sure all backup disks are encrypted.
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    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
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    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
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    Handoff Not Working...no matter what

    Hey, guys! Hoping someone here can help me. I'm the proud new owner of a retina Macbook (early 2015) and I absolutely love it. I'd like to say that it's been problem free, but I can't- Handoff just isn't working! I logged into iCloud using the same Apple ID on my iPhone (iPhone 6S, iOS 9.3.3)...
    • elieknaizeh
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    • continuity handoff imessage imessages ios iphone mac osx osx el capitan
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  13. robcrouch

    Problem running OS X from external SSD

    Hi all, I have my macbook pro 2015 retina model set up so that I use it for work and home and want to keep things separate. I therefore have an installation of el capitan on a SSD drive which connects via usb3 in an enclosure (and i boot by holding alt) everything works like a dream, except for...
  14. randomfrankie

    iTunes Alarm Clock with iPhone Remote

    Hey Forum, I tried searching and found several threads about OS X Alarm clocks but none of them answered my question. So I'm trying to find some answers with a new post. I use a Mac Mini Server as a iTunes media Server at home. I have several Airplay devices that can receive the audio from my...
  15. You are the One

    (Security) Keydnap malware is hungry for credentials

    New OSX/Keydnap malware is hungry for credentials plus the Reg article on the same topic: ⌘+c malware smacks Macs, drains keychains, pours over Tor Related: What You Need to Know About Mac Malware 'Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor'
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    iPhoto 9.5 ERROR thumbnails

    Hello everyone, when I edited a photo, the thumbnail looks like white/pink. Why?
  17. ytech

    Keychain password

    Hey, I would like to get a deeper understanding of how keychain works, for example, when I change my account password (not resetting it) is the keychain password also change?, will it unlock automatically when I log in? Or is it remains the first password I choose when the account was first...
  18. dubstepcats

    MacBook Pro (Retina, Late 2013) No Serial Number

    Today, I opened up an application (coconut battery) to see check how my battery is going along, health, etc. It said that my Mac had an unknown manufacture date and no serial. I opened up About This Mac, and saw that for some reason, it says my serial number is "Unavailable", and it doesn't show...
  19. travisjcoleman

    Creating Rules with many senders

    Hi guys, I'm currently trying to zero my inbox since there are over 50k mails and 4/5 of them spam only, I'd like to filter all them spam by using rules within the Mail.app. The problem here is that I already collected almost 100 different email addresses which I can't put into rules.. that...
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    MacBook PROblems, Applications won't launch, terminal acting strange, browser failure

    I own a late 2011 macbook pro that I've installed 8gb RAM, a 1TB hybrid drive, and a 250 disk drive (in the optical bay). I also have a BOOTCAMP partition on the hybrid drive that I use for engineering software and finite elemental analysis for work. My problem is this: A few weeks ago...
    • denbjornen
    • Thread
    • bash fork browser won't work can't open application chrome crashing osx postdrop problem resource temporarily unavailable terminal
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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