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  1. 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
  2. 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...
  3. 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
  4. 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...
  5. P

    Clearing macbook white mid 2010 os x 6.8 without installer disk?

    Hello. I'm clearing my macbook in order to to sell it on. I don't have the installer disk anymore but I reinstalled mac os x by pressing cmd+s on startup and entering commands which was successful. The part I am still struggling with is on Disk Utility: the option to erase is greyed out and...
    • poiuysminty
    • Thread
    • disk install disk utility install macbook osx osx10.68 uninstall
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook
  6. often-befuddled

    Seeking straightforward label printing software

    I have a need for label printing software. It should: Print on a variety of labels on 8.5x11 sheets Import XLS files; alternately some other data-file format such as XML... Run on various OSXi versions. Is simple to run. {Setup can be harder but...} Can start half-way through a sheet of labels...
  7. S

    Sudden motion detection support for HDD in data doubler on Macbook Pro?

    Hello everyone, I am new here on the forum and hope that I am posting this question in the right category since its mostly a terminal prompt/OS X question. I have a 2011 i7 Macbook Pro with a data doubler/HDD installed in the optical drive slot. My main drive in the original slot is an SSD. My...
    • SpydreX
    • Thread
    • diy macbook pro 15 late 2011 mod osx terminal terminal window
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  8. Nyte

    Macbook Pro 15 (Late 2008) OS / Hardware question.

    Hello! So I've got this old MBP for dirt cheap, it's got a faulty airport card and speakers, also I need to get a new battery for it. So the question is...should I stick to Sierra on it or just go Mavericks or something, from what I can tell I Sierra runs somewhat sluggish. (It came installed...
  9. Xbfryfd

    Does anyone know of any ARM code in MacOS

    I remember an article where you were able to get OS X 10.9 Mavericks running (kind of) on an iPad Air. I was wondering, does anyone know of any ARM code in newer versions of OS X or MacOS? Here is the article https://tidbits.com/article/14617
    • Xbfryfd
    • Thread
    • 10.9 arm code ipad ipad air mac maverick os osx sierra yosemite
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  10. K

    OSX 10.3 or 10.4 CD-ROM

    Hi folks. I got myself a Powermac G4 "digital audio" (466 MHz, 768MB RAM, ATI RAGE128) off Freecycle, as well as a nice 20" acrylic ADC Cinema Display. The thing is, the hard drive has been erased on the Mac - and it's only got a CD drive. I believe there are some boxed versions of OSX 10.3 and...
    • kyjaotkb
    • Thread
    • 10.3 10.4 g4 mac install discs install problems osx powermacg4
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Apple Collectors
  11. AmazingHenry

    This Forum on Classilla

    I saw in another thread that this forum could be used with Classilla. Tried on my Clamshell (with Panther) and got an error about the encryption. I'm going directly to forums.macrumors.com as @bunnspecial said in that other thread. Any ideas? Thanks, Henry
  12. E

    Notification Center Crashing -Too Many Alerts!

    I have had Apple mail set to "Alerts" in Notification Centre (New Email creates an alert which needs to be dismissed). I had about 800 spam emails come in at once and now Notification Centre hogs the system resources trying to load all the alerts. It never manages to load them all before...
  13. AmazingHenry

    iLeopard Theme

    Was reading through some stuff today, and I stumbled across a theme called iLeopard. I installed it, and thought it was really cool! Since I've never seen it mentioned on here, I figured I'd share it. This theme basically makes the whole system appearance just like iTunes 7 or 8, with the...
  14. MrMage_

    Timing 2 - Automatic time & productivity tracking for Mac

    Hi, I just wanted to announce the release of my new app, Timing 2. Timing observes how you use your Mac and categorizes your activities. You can see how you spent your time and how productive you were, with a great timeline that shows when you did what. It also shows you your most productive...
    • MrMage_
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    • app indie indiedev mac macos osx productivity time tracking
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  15. E

    Which OSX Do i use on a Mac Pro 2009

    hi, I just bought a Mac Pro 2009 2.66 (i think) with 3 Gb ddr3 ram and the stock graphic card. I know the graphic card is not working but thats ok since i have a 660Ti laying around i can use. Now the problem is the Mac does not have a HHD or / SSD so i need to buy one, also okey, was planing on...
  16. MrAverigeUser

    constantly rising horrible CPU-consumption by powerd ....

    Found a very well-done article about the problem still unsolved by apple since several years, Seems that this was beginning with OSX 10.8 (!) and was never really resolved (debugged) by apple ever since - perhaps someone knows more about this bizarre problem I (and shurely lots of other People)...
  17. safernandez666

    rEFInd Delete Entries

    Hello! I have a MacBook Pro Retina. Install rEFInd. My disk has a partition with Linux and another with OSX. Currently OSX recovery and vmlinuz of the Kali appear. How can I hide them? Try modifying the # dont_scan_ *, without luck! Thank you so much for the help, I can give! Here the...
  18. AppleDApp

    App to convert OS X specific files

    Short of manually exporting all my files to the windows equivalent format. Are there apps that will convert numbers, pages and keynote documents to the windows equivalent? with minimal lost formatting fonts etc.?
  19. D

    Which Apple ID to use for iBooks?

    I have two Apple IDs, one for iTunes and one for iCloud. The reason for this is historical, because there was a time when these were different things and my accounts are that old. I have never really used iBooks so far (there are only a few random PDFs in there and two book I bought years ago)...
    • danqi
    • Thread
    • apple id ibooks icloud icloud drive ios macos osx sierra sync
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  20. J

    IMAC internal hard drive cant partition

    I'm planning to reformat my imac but my pc's telling me that I can't partition it. Can someone help me fix this issue? Here is the screenshot of my error. Thanks.
    • jwlayug
    • Thread
    • hdd issues osx reformat update os
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: macOS
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