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  1. E

    Surprising Fan Noise/Usage from my 2012 rMBP on 10.11.5 Beta 5 (15F31a)

    I also just got my rMBP back from Apple after having it's screen replaced under the staingate program. Anyone else see increased fan usage under normal usage, including web browsing and document production?
  2. josephkrishna

    macOS and iOS unification

    It would be so good if OS X and iOS became one unified operating system at the base level, meaning that applications etc are universal across both. To do this without messing up the great way Mac works now, apps built for iOS which have flexible size guidelines could just be run as windowed...
  3. aaronelkins

    Brand new screen drawing app for mac

    Hi guys, I am exited to announce that Vill Q releases today from Pixel Egg Studio, Vill Q is a screen drawing app for your mac which can help you demonstrate you Mac screen to others (like your students, friends, etc...). If you have any interest in this topic, please do visit Vill Q page and...
  4. R

    Profile can not hold drivers - how to clean up?

    Hey guys, my profile can not hold my Wacom drivers to power my Wacom Cintiq screen. I have to install them every time i restart my iMac. When i go into a new profile / user.. the drivers are working fine. When i go into my own profile, the drivers need to be installed again. He can not find...
  5. ionicdev

    iOS iPhone not recognised(no device found) in iTunes and Xcode

    Specs: MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) OS X El Capitan (Version 10.11.4) iTunes (12.3.3.17) Xcode (Version 7.1.1) iPhone 4s (iOS 9.3.1) Problem statement: My iPhone is not appearing in iTunes nor Xcode whenever I plug it to my mac directly through usb cable. The Photos app connects and...
  6. ytech

    Keychain password

    Hey, 1.How does changing the user password via system preferences effects the keychain password? 2.what happens if you reset it? (Now via system preferences) 3. What causes keychain to get into pop ups loops asking for passwords? Thanks
  7. J

    Help - OSX El Capitan - iCloud won't login & Other Issues

    Probably Best off to start with the background to the issue. - Mac Mini Late 2012 was behaving oddly(explained below) in El Capitan so I have: Reinstalled El Capitan - Completed Successfully Done a Disk First Aid - Completed Successfully (No Problems) Now El Capitan is reinstalled when I log...
  8. EnzoAmata

    Windows Centred - Clamshell or Not

    I'm constantly moving between using my MacBook Pro on the road and then when home, in Clamshell mode. I currently use Specticale and a keyboard command shortcut to centre each window! Window positions are never remembered when I move between clamshell and standalone. Does anyone know of an app...
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    How to Move (not Copy) Files from External HD?

    Normally: when you drag a file from an external drive to the Desktop (for example), the file will copy (meaning the file remains on the external HD AND the desktop) Is there a way to JUST drag the file and it moves, rather than copies? (like an option, or a keyboard shortcut?)
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    Safari white alert popup

    Hey guys, I started noticing a weird style for the safari alert popup a few days ago. In this screenshot I just manually made Safari display an alert from the console with a simple: alert("This looks a lot like apple's developer sites and iOS") Have any of you ever seen that? Do you think...
  11. KuhlTime

    The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission

    Hi there, i have troubles replacing two stock OS X images with some i downloaded. When draging both images to the folder a (Blocked) Sign appears near the cursor. I have seen that i need to open up the Information panel and change the permission of 'everyone' to 'read & write'. But then this...
  12. r0k

    Resolved Malwarish Adware on OSX (via Chrome)

    The other day I was trying to buy something on Amazon when little window tiles popped up offering the same thing at Target. I ignored it because I figured it must be some relatively harmless adware on Amazon. Then it popped up on other sites including Macrumors! I also started getting redirected...
  13. Westy8897

    Should I downgrade to Mavericks? - Transition Issuse

    Hi all, I own a Mid 2014 Retina MacBook Pro (2.6GHz, 256GB SSD), and am running OSX 10.11 El Capitan. I much prefer the aesthetics and looks of OSX 10.9 Mavericks, and am thinking about any disadvantages of downgrading? There would need to be some things I have to be able to do if I am going to...
  14. hauntvictim

    Mac constantly sounds like its writing to hard drive

    Is there a way to check to see what might be running on my Mac, its 2009 replaced hard drive last year. Maybe its just old but it sounds like something is still running on it, even when not in use. For example I go to bed and I hear like the hard drive noise. Can I use activity monitor to see...
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    Lost files after El Capitan update?

    I recently updated to El Capitan after the constant notifications from Apple borderline forcing me to do so. It has performed quite well other than a few app incompatibility issues but they should be fixed by developers. Today however I ran into an issue when trying to watch a film, I went to...
  16. K

    HELP! My inVidia Driver won't install, stuck on Mac Default...

    Hi all, I need your help, like the thread title states, I can't install the nVidia graphics driver update, and the option to choose the nVidia driver as the video card driver is greyed out and the system is defaulting to the Mac driver which is not allowing me to use my GTX 980 in my Mac Pro...
  17. Dj64Mk7

    Text Shortcut Syncing

    For reference, I'm talking about the text replacement shortcuts (a default one is "omw" for "On my way!") I seem to remember at one point that these shortcuts would sync between iPhone and Mac through iCloud. It actually happened for me once at long time ago, but never since. Is this not a...
  18. Sandman1969

    Setting up an Apple Update Server on Private Network

    Can anyone point me to some information in regard to the process of standing up an OSX Update Server on a private network not connected to the Internet? I have one server connected to the internet that I plan to utilize to pull updates down from Apple. However, at that point I need to copy the...
  19. S

    Installing Windows (2 Drive System)

    I am trying to install Windows 8.1 on a secondary drive. What I have done is taken out my OSX drive and replaced with the secondary drive. I have booted OSX from a backup on a USB3 hard drive. When I boot into the backup and startup Bootcamp to go through the process it has the Windows...
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    Mac Pro 1,1 and switching from Win7 to OSX

    Hey everybody, i read and tried a lot about this but since I haven't succeeded, I am turning to you knowledgable folks :) Alright so here it is: I am running a Mac Pro 1,1 (MP) with El Capitan (EC)(pike boot.efi) and Windows 7 via bootcamp. I have a non-osx card GTX 660 in the MP which works...