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  1. PinkyMacGodess

    Music server for Windows?

    I don't know if it's good/safe to ask this here, but a friend just built a 'server' and wants to use it as a 'media/music server', ironically 'just like your Apple system'. :rolleyes: He's afraid of being 'converted' to the Apple Way. I suggested, wild stab in the dark, Winamp? Apple used that...
  2. G

    iPhone does not appear in iTunes (Windows 10)

    The title sums up the problem, my iPhone (5S) does not show up on iTunes, it does however show up on Windows Explorer, Control Panel and Device Manager. I haven't tried to sync it with my new computer yet. I have tried updating Drivers (says they're up to date), on both my iPhone and USB, but...
  3. MacHiavelli

    Scrivener 3 for Mac delayed by Windows

    Scrivener 3 has been in beta testing for some time, but in a recent support thread, the developer of Scrivener 3 for Mac explained that the release of the rewritten Mac software is being delayed because of the need to have a Windows 3 version available at the same time to enable cross-platform...
  4. W

    Win10 on a 5,1

    Two quick questions: 1) was I not supposed to install Bootcamp setup once I made it to the Win10 desktop? I installed all the other drivers one by one, then double clicked on the Bootcamp Setup software and ran through that. And that was about when things got wonky. Few graphics glitches and...
    • whartung
    • Thread
    • bootcamp mac pro mac pro (2010) windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  5. J

    VMware Fusion & Battery Life on 2016 MBP without Touchbar?

    Hi all, I currently use a 2012 MBA (i7 Ivy Bridge with 8GB of RAM) as my work computer. I end up having to do lots of things in Windows (via VMware Fusion), such as Visio and some other specialized applications, but I love Mac OS (used it for my personal machines for many years). My MBA has...
    • joesegh
    • Thread
    • battery life macbook pro vmware windows
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  6. poiihy

    What narrow/condensed fonts does Windows have?

    What narrow/condensed fonts does Microsoft Windows 7 and 10 have, and what's their exact "font family" name that can be used in CSS? According to Wikipedia's List of typefaces included with Microsoft Windows, it has a font named "Abadi MT Condensed Light" which was included since Win98. This'll...
  7. 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.?
  8. T

    Can't seem to install apple products

    Hey all, I'm running a windows 7 machine and I'm having trouble installing both iCloud and quick time. See the attached dropbox link showing the errors. I can install other programs from other authors just fine and I do have admin access. Does anybody have any idea as to what may be going on...
  9. B

    Restart into OS X

    Hi, Recently I've installed Windows 10 via Bootcamp. The issue I have is when I try to restart into OS X using Bootcamp tray icon in Windows it does reboot my computer into recovery partition not into OS X one. And that forces me to manually change boot partition again. Do anyone experience...
  10. E

    iMac problem - it won't boot!

    Hello everyone, I'm new member to this forum. My english isn't that great, sorry in advance. So here is the problem. My iMac won't boot. It worked well, considering it's an older mac. Just a regular day in my life, woke up, sat down on my chair, pressed the power button. Everything seemed...
  11. O

    Switching from Windows to macOS

    Hi there, Next September, I'm looking to buy myself a new laptop to begin the new schoolyear with a fresh start. Therefore, I'm probably going to switch my 6 year old (slow) Windows laptop to a brand new MacBook. The reason is that I already own an iPhone and iPad and I heard that they work...
  12. M

    Buying new MBP, Questions about Bootcamp

    Hi all, So I had a 2012 MBP that broke so now I am filling in with a 2008 MBP. Definitely time to switch to the 2016 15" model. I think I will be opting for the 512Gb, but I am also considering doing 256 and using OneDrive or Google Drive to let me access my files across the partition a bit more...
    • mgoni1
    • Thread
    • adobe bootcamp macbookpro mbp2016 touchbar windows
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  13. 5

    Resolved 3GB vs 6GB VRAM

    Hey MacRumors folk! Although I love my 2012 rMBP very much, it's just not cutting it for the power I need for uni. I'm on a games programming course and so I'm running a lot of Windows software, and developing for Windows in general. So it's time to build myself a PC - plus I've been wanting to...
  14. superparati

    Bootchamp - what are the other alternatives

    Hi, With my Nvidia GT 120 unrecognised it is time to find an alternative solution. If with El Capitan I was able to boot easily under Windows with the help of Bootchamp, today the same software doesn't work anymore under Sierra. The command line bless is not supported due to SIP as far as I...
    • superparati
    • Thread
    • bless tool bootcamp bootchamp macos macpro terminal windows
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  15. R

    Increasing Bootcamp partition size

    Hello, i'm trying to increase the size of my window 10 bootcamp. I'm using a macos sierra and i created a new partition in disk utility and restarted into my windows 10 and tried using minitool partition wizard to extend my windows 10 bootcamp partition but it gives me an error saying theres not...
  16. 1

    MacBook Pro 2015 does not boot Windows

    Hello, I have got a MacBook Pro 2015 Retina. About a week ago I created myself a external HDD with Windows To Go. The HDD booted perfectly on my older MacBook Air (2014) and MacBook Pro (2012 non-retina), but it didn't boot on my MacBook Pro (2015). Today I checked that my MacBook Pro does not...
  17. Swiftmacer

    Mac Pro 1,1 Extremely Slow HDD Speed on Windows 7

    So in windows I get very slow response time from my hdd and it takes ages to copy files or open programs but on OSX Yosemite it works fine I have 100 mb/s hdd speed. Some help would be appreciated Thanks.
    • Swiftmacer
    • Thread
    • mac pro 1.1 slow hdd speed windows
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  18. SportsPhan8

    A question about Windows PCs and Macs Desktops

    Is there a way/a button to click with the trackpad on my Mac to go straight to the Desktop without having to click finder and pressing FN? On Windows PCs, as a lot of people probably know, there's a button at the bottom right of the computer where you can click to go to the desktop, really easy...
  19. T

    "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"

    I have 2 hard drives which I copy all my Final Cut Pro projects to. I use these drives with Windows 10 as well, so they are in exFAT. One of the drives now comes up with this message when I boot up: "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." It gives options to Initialize...
  20. polaxgr

    Problem installing bootcamp windows on macbook pro 2016

    Hello to all. I have installed without a problem a copy of windows on my late 2012 iMac with bootcamp. I tried to install it on my new macbook pro 2016 ( without touchbar ), also tried other copy, and was getting an error : File : \windows\system32\boot\winload.efi Error code : 0xc000000f...
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