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  1. S

    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...
  2. J

    iMac & external hard drive question

    i recently purchased a WD 4TB My Book external hard drive to back up my mac. however after setting it up i realized that what i wanted to do was not use it as so much of as back up, but use it as a place to move data and free up my 2008 imac's internal available space so that it will run faster...
    • johnlandino
    • Thread
    • external drive imac osx
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
  3. maxthackray

    Booting OSX from TimeMachine backup on a Windows Pc

    Hi guys. I'm trying to sort out a problem. I'm going travelling in April for a few months and I don't want to take my laptop with me as it's heavy and I don't want to risk theft or damage. I know that if you use a Time Machine backup to an external hard drive and plug the external drive into...
    • maxthackray
    • Thread
    • backup bootable usb osx time machine windows
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
  4. jusacruiser

    Photos - Sorting Albums in Folders

    I am doing a lot of organizing and sorting in my photos app. Is there anyway to move albums around without having to drag them every time?
  5. suicidejesus666

    kernel_task using more than 400% of my cpu; making the macbook unusable

    Hello there everyone I've been having this issue for a long time now (few months) and it's with my MacBookPro late 2013 15-inch, specs: Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB + NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M Storage: 500 GB SSD OS: El Capitan...
    • suicidejesus666
    • Thread
    • el capitan glitching hiccups high cpu kernel_task lagging macbook pro osx retina display slow
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  6. Dj64Mk7

    Installing Apple Drivers on Windows 7 Causes Never-Ending BSoD Boot Loop

    Hi! I have recently installed installed Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro (13 inch, mid-2009) using BootCamp. The installation goes well and Windows works fine, until I install the Apple Support Software. The installation itself goes fine, but once I restart, Windows becomes unusable, as I am put into...
  7. lrmd98

    Adobe CS6 - After Effects - Not Compatible

    Hi guys, Just tried to launch Adobe After Effects CS6, must say i haven't used it for over a month.. All my other CS6 applications are working but After Effects is saying it's not compatible with this version of OS X. Any ideas as to when an update will come out to support AE again?
  8. -BigMac-

    iMac 5k Gaming: OS X vs Bootcamp

    Hey Guys;) Can anyone provide some FPS/Benchmark comparisons on gaming on OSX vs Bootcamp on the Late 2015 5k iMac? Thank you so much. Please reply in the following format please, to keep the thread informative and clean, as some similar threads have gotten out of control :rolleyes: CPU/GPU...
    • -BigMac-
    • Thread
    • bootcamp gaming imac 5k osx
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: iMac
  9. mattmill98

    Merge old bootcamp partition into main partition

    I erased the bootcamp partition using disk manger so now it is just a empty partition. But I cant seem to merge it back to the old partition. Is the only way of doing this reinstalling OSX?
  10. dawindmg08

    Issues with work email accounts

    Happy New Year, all! I'm trying to troubleshoot some email issues at my office (we're small so I'm the go-to tech guy, plus I've been on Macs for a long time) which have started to become a major problem. Over the holidays we had to respond to some clients and we (there's 3 of us) suddenly had...
  11. L

    Double "photo" libraries? - Help

    Hi all, I was just looking through some of my files and I noticed that I currently have a "Photos Library" (34 GB) and an "iPhoto Library" (43 GB). Can anyone tell me what is going on here? 1. Why do I have "Photos" and "iPhoto" separate? Shouldn't it all just be a "Photos library?"...
  12. Three141

    Macbook air future a OSX tablet? Theory

    I was in another thread and got thinking is the future of the MacBook air line and a full OSX tablet that some want. My line of thinking is the 'Air' 'OSX' product label will soon be free as the retina MacBook takes over (I'm assuming the naming convention will go to just MacBook as opposed to...
    • Three141
    • Thread
    • air macbook macbook air osx tablet
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  13. webitorgal

    Dual OS iPad Pro?

    Will there EVER be a chance of an iPad Pro which can run both iOS and OSX? As in it running iOS when not docked with a keyboard and the option to run either when it is docked? *HOPING*
    • webitorgal
    • Thread
    • ios ipad ipad pro osx
    • Replies: 71
    • Forum: iPad
  14. The_dewbiez

    Just got a used MacBook should I reset it?

    Hi. I just bought a used Macbook pro from eBay and it came in today. I was wondering if I should reset it. the seller gave me the user name and pass word to sign in and it seams that nothing is on the computer and the previous owner is not signed into the app store and iTunes. so should I...
  15. candy101

    Any super users out there know how to delete only a portion of the system logs?

    I was wondering if it was possible to delete only a portion of the system log files on the Mac OSX El Capitan based on a time period? Say I want to delete all activities that occurred between 9am - 10am. Is that possible to do via Terminal? I know the command to delete everything but would love...
  16. candy101

    Does anyone know how to remove a single item from the Recent Items Menu?

    I have been trying to find a solution on how to remove a single item from the Recent Items menu and not have to clear the whole thing. Before upgrading to El Capitan everything worked just fine. I had downloaded Pref Setter software by Night Productions and used that to edit the...
  17. alexdeepsoup

    Reseting fusion drive iMac.

    I have a fusion drive on my iMac (HDD+SDD). Anyways I screwed it up by formatting my SSD while trying to bootcamp my imac. I reinstalled OS X on the SDD and started fresh. I used third party recovery tools, to recover what I needed from the HDD. Now I want to clear my entire computer and start...
    • alexdeepsoup
    • Thread
    • factory reset fusion fusion drive hdd hybrid imac osx sdd
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: macOS
  18. B

    Decoding ArtFile.bin on OS X Lion - Editing Traffic light window buttons

    I'm trying to find a way to decode the ArtFile.bin file in order to theme the red, orange and green traffic lights on the top left corner of the windows in OS X. The file is located at /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources. After a bunch of research, I came...
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