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    Help mac keeps crashing

    SO in recent weeks my mac will unexpectedly crash with a plain white screen, then it would stop at a black screen that says "no operating system found" and then i would have to do a hard restart. can anyone help please my model is a 2011 mac mini.
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    Jittery animations when using mission control

    For some inexplicable reason within the last week or so I am being haunted by jittery animations when I swipe between desktops/full-screen Windows running OS X 10.11.3 on a four month old 2015 MacBook Air. I at first thing it might have been that either the cpu or memory were maxed out but...
  3. dubstepcats

    Lots of issues with rMBP Late 2013

    My MacBook Pro (Retina Late 2013 13"), is making wierd noises. If it's sleeping, and I wake it up, there is a tick sound as the screen turns on. When GPU activity is high, it makes ticking sounds when it heats up and when it cools down. It's not the fan, it is working just fine. Any ideas? Could...
  4. Arachas

    What would be smart in my position?

    Hi guys, I'm in the market for a new computer and a tablet. However, I'm completely torn on what to get and I was hoping to get some advice from the more savvy members of this forum. My situation is as follows: I'm a marketing consultant and I spend my days split between on-site work with...
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    Upgrading from 10.8.5

    Is there anything I should know or any steps that I should take before I upgrade? I haven't done it in years and just need to bite the bullet and do it. I have a backup on my system on a external HDD and i pulled my harddrive for an SSD fairly recently.
  6. justinthesommer

    What Will OS X 10.12 Be Called?

    WWDC 2016 is coming up fast and that means the latest Mac operating system will be release. What do you think OS X 10.12 will be called?
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    Explore Photos library backup without messing with iCloud

    Hi, I accidentally deleted a set of pictures from an album in my Photos library. I use Time Machine and I would like to go back to previous library version to get them back. My concern is wether this will interfere with the actual pics in iCloud if I open the old library with Photos. Will my...
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    how to set smart folder search without external hard drive

    For my mac , i have 4 internal HardDrive and one external HardDrive which are 1. OSX (system) 2. Work 3. Transfer 4. Storage 5. (external) Backup Im trying to set a smart folder which only search my Work and Transfer HD But i can't find any setting that i can exclude my OSX ,Storage...
  9. anelad

    Should I use OSX Server as replacement of CloudLinux?

    I have a MacPro and a rented CloudLinux dedicated server with +20 domains. My question is, is it wise to replace CloudLinux with the OSX Server app? My reasons Using MacPro more logically. She is wasting as an in-office server. I want to own my own dedicated server, not a rented one. OSX...
  10. Technologx

    macOS How to link the app menu items to something?

    I want to link the menu items to either my forum or a html document that or another view screen with info on it but I have no idea how to do that. I included a screenshot of what I want to work on.
  11. bardefiorello

    OS X Ai War - Fullscreen Issue

    Hello, I've recently picked up Ai War:Fleet Command on steam and have encountered an issue; which I'm wondering if anyone has a solution for. When in fullscreen mode the top menu bar drops down whenever I move the mouse cursor to the top of the screen. It isn't completely game breaking, but it...
  12. deadoctopi

    Photos, iCloud Library, iPhone, and duplicate photo syncs

    Okay, maybe I'm missing something. Here's the setup. iPhone 6+ iOS beta 9.3 (whatever the recent public release was), macbook pro OSX (10.11.3) duplicate photo fixer pro (comes into play later) I have iCloud Photo Library (full res stored, preview on devices checked) turned on for both my phone...
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    macOS How to add GLES support in XCode project?

    I've added OpenGL.framework to my project but now I still get following message. I suppose I need it to install via brew tool? But what's the package name I need to install if so? .../nanovg/src/nanovg_gl.h:287:3: Use of undeclared identifier 'glBindTexture' .../nanovg/src/nanovg_gl.h:299:3...
  14. buttongerald

    Serious Problem

    Greetings all. I recently was able to downgrade my iMac to OS X Mavericks 10.9.5. I was struggling with this for weeks and after some time browsing here and creating a thread, I got some answers and solutions and I am now back on the OS that ran best on my iMac. Anyway, my iPhone however has...
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    mac screen sharing with ubuntu wont go fullscreen

    Hi I have successfully set up screen sharing with Ubuntu 14.04 machine and MAC OSX 10.9.5 (viewing the Ubuntu machine on my Mac machine), but the display will not go full screen on OSX. I have tried changing the scaling, and also tried changing the resolution output of the Ubuntu machine, but...
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    Maverics or El Capitón 2006 Mac Pro?

    hey guys I did some searching and basically found too much info, I just want to know the basics on what I need to do. We have had this Pro for a while now, and figured it's about time she got some love. It has 2, 2.66 4 core chips I believe, and I want to say 16gb of ram. It's a powerhouse...
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    What is the difference between fstab and autofs

    Im trying to mount network shares in the background in OS X. Just wondering if there is any pro / cons between the two.
  18. Dj64Mk7

    Running Windows 10 on 2009 MacBook Pro

    Hey everyone! So, I know that my particular Mac only technically supports up to Windows 7, but I was curious if it is possible to run Windows 10 on it? Or rather, it's possible, but what kind of experience does it bring? Do the drivers work? Does it behave like it is supposed to?
  19. jgelin

    TRIM on SanDisk UltraII

    Hello all, I recently upgraded my iMac from is basic specs to more appealing ones by adding an SSD and upgraded RAM. I am just now learning about what TRIM is (somewhat) and that OS X does not allow it to be on drives that are not Apple OEM. I would like to know what not enabling TRIM on my...
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    Weird behaviour, unknown folder showed on desktop

    I must admit I'm surprised what just happened on my Mac. I opened it today and realised some folder is on my desktop. Nothing strange? But I didn't created that folder. It name was cfg and it structure was as follow: cfg a mapstyle.sty ResPack.rs satellitestyle.sty...