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  1. D

    iMac G3 slot-loading (probably iMac DV): powers on, no POST

    I recently found a iMac G3, of which I think it's a iMac DV (M5521), in perfect physical condition (no dust, scratches) at a thrift shop for almost no money. Unfortunately, and maybe not unexpectedly, it doesn't start. I've dug through lots of forum posts and service manuals to try and diagnose...
    • DukeLeto
    • Thread
    • imac dv troubleshooting
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  2. M

    iPhone 8/Plus New iPhone 8 (Verizon) & having muffled call quality through the earpiece. Any fix for this?

    I tried the following 1. Turing off the Phone Noise Cancellation. 2. Turning off the LTE 3. Turning on Mono Audio Does anyone have any further suggestions. The voice through the Earpiece Speaker sounds a very muffled. Also I end my day with about 45% battery life, but that is only with...
    • MikeS.7456
    • Thread
    • apple apple iphone battery life call quality iphone iphone 8 troubleshooting verizon
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iPhone
  3. persuasiveghost

    Google Chrome freezing constantly

    Since we're on this subject, does anyone else have chrome freezing issues? I use Chrome for some development learning and I'm just used to it. It freezes incessantly: -Regardless of how many tabs I have open. -I'm on 10.14.2 with dark mode. -I've had this issue on my 2017 MB pro and now my...
  4. Jam3s007

    Photos App corrupted — Wife enraged

    Hello all, So here’s where I’m at. My wife has a used 4 year old IMac. It was factory restored by me and was slow as a snail for some reason. Clicking “about Mac” took about 20 seconds for the screen to populate if this gives any clue about how slow this computer was. The computer would also...
  5. D

    issue with my new iMac

    so I keep getting this pop up message of force quit applications. see attached. What can I do to resolve this issue?
  6. ppenn

    Display stopped working for 3 weeks...not works all of a sudden.

    title edit: Now* instead of not 3 weeks ago the display on mu iPhone 6 became unresponsive. Would not respond to any touch. I restored it and set it up as new in case it was software but that didn't work. I just made an appointment to get a new display and all of a sudden...3 weeks later, the...
  7. paulcristo

    Safari 12 crashes Spotlight searches

    I noticed after installing Safari 12 that my Spotlight searches would crash Spotlight. After typing in a few characters, the search field would disappear and the magnifying glass in the upper-right corner of the screen would disappear briefly then reappear. I discovered in System Preferences if...
    • paulcristo
    • Thread
    • macos 10.12 safari 12 troubleshooting
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  8. tekchic

    New Series 4 Only Works on Wifi

    So excited to go from Series 0 to Series 4 today. Stayed at home on wifi all day. Watch/Phone both arrive around 12:30pm, I set it up and paired with no problems. I set it up as not a new watch but from my "restore from backup" of my Series 0. Everything seemed fine all day, then we went out to...
    • tekchic
    • Thread
    • bluetooth troubleshooting wifi
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Apple Watch
  9. seitsme

    Macbook 2009: Plextor 128GB SSD problem & Samsung EVO 850 replacement

    hi all, I have a late 2009 macbook with latest high sierra on it. I replaced the bootable SATA hdd with a 500GB SATA disk as it failed. I decided to add a secondary hdd, a Plextor SATA SSD, model PX-128m6Pro firmware 1.02, dated 2014. on the DVD bay ! I installed osx high sierra latest as well...
    • seitsme
    • Thread
    • macbook late 2009 osx high sierra plextor 128gb ssd problems repair samsung 850 evo samsung v-nand 850 evo ssd troubleshooting
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook
  10. ajryan4

    Power issue with 2011 MBP: I'm out of ideas

    Hi Everyone, I've been trying to diagnose a power issue with my mid-2011 MBP 13" and am running out of ideas. I don't want to take it to the apple store yet because I have a feeling they'll just do everything that I've done already and then try to replace the battery, which I can do myself. So...
    • ajryan4
    • Thread
    • 2011 macbook pro battery troubleshooting
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  11. A

    iPhone 7/Plus iPhone 7 stuck on connecting to iTunes screen

    My iPhone screen was stuck on connecting to iTunes for a couple of hours and there is no sign back to normal. I tried rebooting the device, still the same result. The problem comes out when I remotely erase the device.
    • alexanoin
    • Thread
    • ios iphone 7 troubleshooting
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: iPhone
  12. Shadow9x99

    Strange GPU behavior on Mac Pro 3,1

    I have two GPUs for my early 2008 mac pro (2x 3.2ghz Xeon, 16GB OWC Ram), the first is an EVGA GTX 285 flashed with the mac efi and the second is an Apple radeon 5770. The system runs OS X 10.11.6 just fine. The strange thing is that in most games on OS X the 5770 outperforms the 285 by a...
    • Shadow9x99
    • Thread
    • 2008 mac pro graphic card gtx 285 help mac pro 3.1 radeon 5770 troubleshooting
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  13. lkxag

    Problems after IPhone 6 Plus screen replacement

    Ok so here's some history on my phone. (sorry if its too much to read i thought i should give as much info as i can so find the best help) i got a iPhone from a friend its a iphone 6 plus and the screen was broken, i bought a new screen and replaced it with no problems, it worked fine for almost...
  14. Prometheus777

    TROUBLESHOOTING: iMovie pink flickering issue after share (export), please help!

    Hello, I am trying to edit and export a video for work, and am experiencing this issue, would really like to get it resolved so that I can finish the project. The issue is that after I share (export) the video, it flickers pink and also flickerss a zoomed/distorted image of the video. It does...
  15. TRDmanAE86

    iPod touch Ipod Touch 4th gen random respring after powering off?

    With my 4th gen iPod Touch, I've ran into a interesting problem that's happened a few times upon powering down (it happens sporadically whenever I initiate the shutdown procedure). After I slide to unlock, as its shutting down, it keeps showing the spinning circle for around 2 minutes. Then the...
    • TRDmanAE86
    • Thread
    • 4th gen glitch ios 6 ipod touch 4th gen random respring reboot respring shutdown troubleshooting white screen
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iPod touch and iPod
  16. G

    Cannot restore and update my iphone5

    Anyone can help me fix this issue?, I cannot restore or update my iphone 5 thru itunes. Known issues: - Cant turn on iphone, it only shows “connect to itunes” icon when usb cable is attached. (The possible restoring method would be on itunes only) - Cant restore or update iphone, after all the...
  17. M

    6 got weird WiFi network problems.

    I've got an iPhone 6 with latest iOS version installed that I'm using since the release day. Two weeks ago it suddenly started having connection problems. Even when I'm in a very close proximity to the router it shows 1-2 wifi bars. I thought it might be the router, changed the channel to...
  18. R

    Set Mail app windows to default size

    The windows that pop up when you open an email, write a new one, etc. Does anyone know how to do it? I've resized them but now I want them the size they were set by default...
  19. Q

    Problem transferring videos to pc

    Hi, I am having problems transferring videos to my pc, when I transfer videos, it ends up being an audio file once its done. Its very weird since I am transferring a video to my pc then once its completed its an audio file! No video at all just the audio of the video transferred and the video...
  20. GorillaPaws

    External Boot drive not appearing in boot manager

    I have an older iMac (2011ish) running El Capitan that has a hard disk that's failing. It won't boot normally. I was able to successfully transfer my files via targeted disk mode to a backup disk. My plan is to run macOS High Sierra on an external SSD via a thunderbolt drive array (Thunderbay...
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