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  1. MikeyN

    Taming Sierra for privacy, security, battery life, running cool and general sanity

    The advent of SIP was another step into the walled garden that Apple wants its users to dwell in, doing not much more as pondering how to best spend more money on Apple products. If Sierra would have been a well designed and developed OS then SIP might have been actually a welcome hardening...
    • MikeyN
    • Thread
    • freedom lockdown optimization performance issues privacy processes security sierra
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  2. D

    TimeMachine after OS upgrade

    I have recently upgraded from Mavericks to Sierra. Before the upgrade I turned off TimeMachine. Can I just turn it back on now or should I start over by erasing the drive and letting TimeMachine start fresh?
    • danqi
    • Thread
    • backup mavericks sierra time machine timemachine update upgrade
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  3. D

    Text having off-colored underlay in Sierra

    I've only upgraded to Sierra from Mavericks recently, but ever since text in the dock and a few other places (e.g. the Notes App) has a rectangular underlay, which is sometimes darker and sometimes brighter than the surrounding area. I've attached an example. Zapping PRAM and booting in Safe...
  4. YannikMarian

    Swap content of 2 MacBook Pros

    Hi all, newbie here so hopefully this is the right sub-forum! Here's the situation: I have two MacBook Pros (late 2013; early 2015) and I want to swap both systems, meaning that afterwards MacBook A should contain B's data content / configurations etc. and vice versa. Basically only the...
  5. J

    How to create a keyboard shortcut to start Calendar

    Hi! I'm looking for a way to start Calendar using a keyboard shortcut. I've already done: System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts clicked "+", chose the Calendar app, added Alt-C as the shortcut . . . but it doesn't work. I'm using Firefox 55.0 (64 bit) on a Mac Mini...
    • JohnDohe
    • Thread
    • 10.12.6 55.0 calendar firefox keyboard mac mini late 2012 shortcut sierra
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  6. T

    Yamaha DTX issues

    I'm trying to use a Yamaha DTX multi 12 pad controller with my MacBook Pro (OS Sierra version 10.12.15) and I'm having some issues. I've downloaded the DTX driver and extension and I can find the Yamaha USB-MIDI icon in my System Preferences window. But when I open it I get the message...
    • TXdrumguy
    • Thread
    • advice controller daw driver dtx macbook pro midi multi 12 pad sierra yamaha
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  7. I

    Fresh Sierra and iOS 10 installs - Can't send iMessages from computer

    Hello there. So I decided to update my computer and iPhones operating system and everything is working normally except iMessages. I can send iMessages and normal SMS from my iPhone, but on my computer I can only send SMS's. Everytime I try to send a sms to a iPhone I get an error saying that...
  8. W

    iPhoto and Moto G4 Play smartphone

    MY HARDWARE Apple iMac -- Core i5 @ 2.9 GHz, MacOS 10.10 Yosemite, soon to be upgraded to 10.12 Sierra; DSL internet connection, Evernote app, iPhoto, Microsoft Office, Google Drive, etc. Lenovo-Motorola Moto G4 Play smartphone, Android 6, Google Drive, Gmail installed.' Canon Digital Rebel...
    • Wingsley
    • Thread
    • android 6 android os android to mac connectivity iphoto macos 10.10 macos 10.12 moto g4 play sierra usb yosemite
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Photography
  9. L

    Bird Process Constantly Uses 100% of CPU

    Hi all, I have recently been experiencing an inconvenient and honestly infuriating issue on my Mac running Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 where some 'bird' process just sits there at 100% CPU usage all the time without actually accomplishing anything. In the attached screenshot, you can see that the...
  10. D

    Why do I have a root level .Trash folder?

    I just noticed that there is a hidden .Trash folder at the root level of my hard drive which contains a few files from 2014. Why does this folder exist and how did the files get there? I understand that the normal .Trash folder is in the user's home directory.
  11. L

    Migrating iPhoto library (MBP Late 2008, Mavericks) to Photos library (iMac 2017, Sierra)

    I finally replaced my old MacBook Pro Late 2008 with a 5K iMac 2017. I had added additional RAM and replaced the HDD with a 1 TB Samsung Evo 840 SSD. But, actually, I was not using the old MBP very often in the last two years. I decided to start the new iMac with its clean pre-installed MacOS...
    • Lando555
    • Thread
    • iphoto mavericks migration photos sierra
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  12. M

    MacAir is in Chinese!? Helpppp

    One of my mates recently got me a mac book air but the whole thing is in Chinese! I've tried to restore it (commandR) and then it restarts and just goes Chinese every time. It eventually loads to the Mac OS sierra of some sort not sure which one! I'm unsure which one it is because it's in...
    • misstj
    • Thread
    • chinese help language macbookair sierra
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  13. ashleykaryl

    Moving user data back to boot drive

    For the last year or so I've been using a 256gig SSD on a PCI card as the boot drive, but kept my 600+ gigs of user files on a much larger internal SATA drive. This has worked well enough, however it's starting to cause difficulties with some apps, since OS X now blocks certain processes viewed...
  14. flaubert

    Cheapest graphic card for Mac Pro 1,1?

    What would be the cheapest graphics card solution to be able to run Sierra on a Mac Pro 1,1, assuming that I overcome the EFI hurdle and machine ID check? All I would be looking for is bare functionality, not gaming performance. I see these Mac Pro 1,1 machines on craigslist for $100-$150 from...
  15. F

    Can not connect to wifi/airport problem

    Ok so bought a new imac monday os sierra 10.12.4 and having problems connecting to wifi i will post a few photos to tell you whats wrong As you can see the network window there is no wifi on the left hand side clicking the + brings up a window 'thunderbolt bridge' clicking 'other wifi devices...
    • flyster
    • Thread
    • sierra wifi
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
  16. smorhaim

    Random crashes - MacBook Pro 15" Mid-2014

    I have a Mid-2014 15" MacBook Pro Retina It started crashing sometimes once a week, sometimes more often, then it started crshing very often... every 5 minutes.. or.. every 8 hours... Took it to the Genius Bar.. kept it there for 2 days.. they ran a bunch of tests, it didn't crash for them...
  17. DC3400

    Sierra Upgrade - Can't Launch Any Apps or Open Documents - Two Everyone Permissions Randomly Added

    Upgrading from Mavericks to Sierra: 1. Clicking any application in dock, 3rd party or Apple, makes the dock animate downward off bottom edge of screen and back upward while both screens flash black for a moment. App is not launched. 2. Clicking documents makes any open Finder windows disappear...
  18. WhiteKnightMac

    DualBoot MacOS

    I have a 1TB internal startup disk installed into my Mid-2011 iMac. I would like to do a clean install of the original OS shipped with this system (Lion) and have a partition for the most up to date OS (Sierra) which will be my day-to-day usage. Is it possible to run a DualBoot system with two...
    • WhiteKnightMac
    • Thread
    • bootcamp dualboot lion macos sierra
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  19. F

    Mac Mini WiFi Issues

    Hello - I purchased a 2014 Mac Mini. I took it apart a few days ago to install a SSD. Everything seemed to go well. I installed the OS via WiFi and then upgraded to Sierra the same day. The WiFi worked fine the first couple days, but then today I went to put some files on the external drive...
    • F.Garvin
    • Thread
    • diagnostic mini router sierra wifi
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Mac mini
  20. reignofMO

    What is the best browser

    I have a mid 2014 MacBook Pro - Wondering what is the best browser as far as security and battery saving.
    • reignofMO
    • Thread
    • browsers macbook macbookpro macos sierra
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Mac Apps
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