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iCloud: Mac Pop-up Message Keeps Asking to "Finish Changing Your Password"
I keep getting this popup message: "Finish changing your password. Your password also protects access to data stored in iCloud. To finish click"... when I click, iCloud window opens "iCloud Preferences wants to make changes to your account. Type your password to allow this." I do have dual...- Macce
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- el capitan hack icloud mac password preferences risk security system vulnerability
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- Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
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Macbook Pro won't switch back to internal speakers after bluetooth headphones
Longest title ever. But. I was listening to music on my new 13" macbook pro (with touchbar) earlier while working. After turning them off, confirming they're not connected to my computer anymore, confirming they're not on the list in my sound preferences, selecting "internal speakers" in sound...- SamAshleyBlogs
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- audio bluetooth headphones internal speakers macbook pro no audio preferences
- Replies: 35
- Forum: MacBook Pro
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iMac makes Clicking noise in sleep mode
My iMac desk top running IOS Mavericks keeps making clicking sound when in sleep mode. I have changed the energy settings to different combinations, but clicking sound still persisted. Doesn't make the noise when I am working on it, only in sleep mode. It also give an error message that says... -
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HELP! Background and Screensavers folder deleted!
I have a mac os x 10.5.8 (yes, that is very very old.) and today, when trying to fix a problem related to the screensaver and backgrounds thing, I accidentally deleted the whole Background and Screensavers folder. Permanently. I tried it on different accounts, actually re-installed the whole...- eojin9642
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- background deleted help ohno preferences quick screensaver system
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Storage in mac os sierra
Hi everyone! In the new Mac OS we can see and easily control our storage, and that great! But the only thing hats not is that my System storage is using up to 63 Gb, which is a lot of space, considering the fact, that its a little over the half of my computer memory. Is there a way that i can...- Mac_Man777
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- mac os mac os sierra preferences storage
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- Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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Editing/Deleting .Plist?
Hi. I am trying to edit the saved username/password within Microsoft Lync through the .plist via the user pref folder - I am sure its these .plists that control the username field when the application starts up - but when I edit the .plist they just revert back with the old username. Can...- CharlieJames91
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- editing plist help lync plist preferences
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- Forum: OS X Yosemite (10.10)
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iTunes 12.3: Won't let me disable Automatic Downloads
Under Preferences > Store > Automatic Downloads, if I uncheck Music, Apps and Books (the only boxes that are ticked) and close the Preferences window, those items are re-checked the next time I open Preferences. I've tried deleting the com.apple.itunes.plist file, and both the localstorage... -
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default text wrap in Pages
When inserting an object in Pages, the default text wrap is "Automatic." I almost always prefer the text wrap to be "None," at least initially. It's a hassle to always need to select the object, go to "Arrange" and change the wrap. Have any of you a way to set the default to "none?" (Or...