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  1. patearrings

    Best version of OSX for an old mac mini

    Hi guys, I have an old 2010 mac mini which i use just for watching netflix etc on my TV. I have noticed it getting slower and slower over the years culminating with my recent upgrade to high sierra. So my question is, which is the best release of OSX to run on an old mac? I hear that el...
  2. Mac03ForLife

    Send Help - Slow MBP

    Please, someone help a guy out I have an MBP 8,1 and it is slow as molasses going uphill in January. There's almost nothing on the drive, only about 222GB used of 500 5400RPM SATA Drive I can't get a clean startup, transfers are slow as... well, you know, FF57 wont launch, Preview freezes when...
  3. Y

    WD 2TB External Hard Drive with ExFat Format takes more than 5 mins to Mount on Mac OS

    Hi, I own a WD 2 TB External Hard Drive which, I have formatted it with ExFat partition. On trying to connect the drive to my Mac (macOS High Sierra), it takes more than 5 mins to show on desktop. I have one partition of NTFS on the same drive, which appears in 10 secs. Can some one suggest...
  4. Mac03ForLife

    Making the Downgrade

    A few days back, I decided to go back to Lion (the OS that originally shipped with my Late 2011 MBP. I did this for a few reasons: 1. lack of an ssd. The new macOSs are designed to be used with Fusion drives or SSDs. Having neither, I decided to go with 10.7 2. Lack of 8Gb RAM: I have 4GB, was...
  5. Y

    WD 2TB External Hard Drive with ExFat Format takes more than 5 mins to Mount on Mac OS

    Hi, I own a WD 2 TB External Hard Drive which, I have formatted it with ExFat partition. On trying to connect the drive to my Mac (macOS High Sierra), it takes more than 5 mins to show on desktop. I have one partition of NTFS on the same drive, which appears in 10 secs. Can some one suggest...
    • ydhuliawala
    • Thread
    • 2tb exfat macos high sierra mounting issue osx slow wd passport
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  6. D

    Is USB audio output to PC possible?

    Hi all! I appreciate any feedback you guys can provide! I have a mid-2012 MBP, a Windows10 video editing PC, and Polk Hampden (USB, 3.5mm, bluetooth inputs) speakers which use their own DAC. All are at the same workstation. Ultimately, I would like quality audio from both computers to be able...
  7. D

    What is SCIM.app?

    I found this in my iCloud Drive settings (see attached screenshot). What is that? Something to be concerned about?
  8. Mac03ForLife

    Signing Into iChat in OSX Panther

    Ive recently inherited a PowerMac G5 dual 1.8 I have tried to sign into iChat on it, but it seems to only take @mac.com email addresses Is there a way around this to use my @icloud.com address with iChat? or is my MBP 8,1 the messages machine? :)
  9. S

    Autofill one at a time?

    Not sure if this is an OSX question or a Chrome question but... Is there a way to autofill one entry at a time instead of changing all possible entries on a page at once? It seems if you choose to use autofill it fills up every available entry on a webpage and will also change any entries that...
  10. murzuphle

    macOS XLIFF default/common menus translations

    Hello, I'm developing a simple macOS application in Swift (Swift 4, Xcode 9, macOS 10.13). I'm now trying to localize it in multiple languages. I'd like to know if there is a way to have default/common menus (File, Edit, Format, View, Window, Help) translated automatically? I'm using Xcode...
  11. Stephan1337

    OSX First Partition visible and not EFI after Cloning with OSX Installer tool

    Hi, I just tried to move my whole main drive partition (It was just 1 "usable" that I was aware of, with Mac OSX High Sierra) to a new Samsung EVO 850 1TB Harddrive. I had to initialise it and convert it to "GPT"-format with my Windows 10 Desktop, because the installer tool from High Sierra...
    • Stephan1337
    • Thread
    • clone efi efi boot high sierra osx partitioning
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  12. bomtarnfield

    HD (with OSX on) not showing in recovery mode?

    Hi all. So I bought a new HD for my Macbook Pro mid-2012. I've installed Mountain Lion (lol) onto the HD from my other Macbook, in recovery mode. So I've plugged the HD in, started in recovery mode, and nothing's showing on Disk Utility – except for a 'disk0' drive with 'Mac OS X Base System'...
  13. D

    macOS How can I install keyboard mappings?

    I have recently purchased a Poker 3 keyboard for my iMac running Sierra. I have set up my keyboard preferences using http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com. I can export the raw data from the above website I just like to know how and where I apply this to my iMac. many thanks David
  14. Mac03ForLife

    OSX Lion or HiSierra

    Hello I bought my 13 inch MBP (2.4ghz i5, 4gb RAM, 500 SATA HDD) in 2011 with OSX 10.7 preinstalled. It worked super well back then, and eventually it was put in a closet for 3 years due to the emergence of my parent's old powermac g5, which I began to use as my primary mac. After 3 years of...
  15. DailySlow

    OSX was there...started downloading...vanished

    What happened? I started download in APP Store of 11, left to grab a beer, came back and nothing AND it's not in the store anymore? This guy is gonna restart.
  16. J

    Boot a Windows HD from an iMac, using Bootcamp?

    I have a Windows machine that had a component failure (GPU), and seeing as the entire Windows drive is contained on a single SSD (which I can slot into one of my external USB cases) I was wondering if it would be possible for me to plug that into an iMac and boot it somehow as a Windows...
    • JVNeumann
    • Thread
    • bootcamp imac osx windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  17. Mac03ForLife

    CD/DVD Drive Dead on PMacG5?

    Hi. I recently inherited a PowerMac G5 (Dual 1.8, 512mb RAM), and I went to load an Audio CD into the Pioneer optical drive, and it just spun, made a few honking noises, and spit it out. I have extra IDE as well as SATA optical drives, any suggestions / How easy is it to replace this drive...
    • Mac03ForLife
    • Thread
    • cd drive mac osx powermac powermac g5 powermac g5 2017 powerpc
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  18. Ralphiatto

    Why does my Macbook Pro eat up memory just using basic apps?

    My MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) keeps on using memory from my 120gb "Macintosh HD" from doing simple things such as reading news, watching netflix etc.. I had to reinstall OS and start from scratch yesterday because my computer was using memory for the reason listed above, I thought...
  19. Ralphiatto

    Deleted everything on Mac but safari history/bookmarks/faves still there?

    I just reinstalled OS an hour ago by deleting everything on "Macintosh HD" and on the "Apple SSD". When I got my computer back up and running I got on safari and my browsing history from my computer days before I deleted everything was still there as well as my bookmarks, favorites and safari...
    • Ralphiatto
    • Thread
    • delete mac macbook osx safari
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  20. Dj64Mk7

    Cannot Install Windows Due to Error

    Hi. I have previously installed Windows, but I had to erase the partition because it wasn't booting. Then I went to reinstall Windows today, and the installer told me my product key was not valid. So I selected "I don't have a product key, and it gave me an error something about partitions and...
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