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  1. LogicallyHank

    Is safe Bootcamp (Windows 10) on the 2016 MacBook Pro?

    I'm concerned about the reports regarding Windows blowing out the speakers of new MacBook Pros. However, I noticed in an update that Apple claims to have resolved this. Has this issue truly been resolved?
  2. S

    Macbook Pro, internal SSD behaving as if it's a secondary drive

    So this is a really bizarre one. I installed Windows 10 on my 2016 15" TB Pro. I installed a few games that I'd previously been able to run perfectly well on my old 2012 retina. After a few minutes of playing, I notice that there are some audio issues when I play Skyrim, so I go to google. Many...
  3. mainemini

    How to burn Windows readable encrypted disk images or PDFs ?

    Our medical office has several Macs including a rarely used Windows VM via VMWare Fusion on one machine and a couple of chromebooks. We prefer to do most of our work on the Macs. We need to send large PDFs of medical records from our online EMR to other offices occasionally. If these are...
  4. Huntn

    Best Utility Suite for Windows 10?

    For you guys who are running Windows 10 on Bootcamp (me) or running native Windows 10 on a PC (me), what do you all recommend as the best Utility Suite? For me at one point with was System Suite, then it was Tuneup Utilities. Unfortunately the last time I went to renew, Tuneup Utilities had...
  5. G

    Mac Mini boot only Windows 7

    This was unexpected. After moths trying to install a Windows in a partition with bootcamp, I finally succeed, but now OS X is gone... My Mac Mini: 1.83MHz 4GB RAM 128GB SSD in the main SATA and the old 80GB HDD in the combodrive SATA with adapter. I did all the procedure, followed the...
  6. airlied

    Is there a way to turn off the "stick" feature on macOS Sierra?

    On osx Sierra apple added a new feature that is when you move a window close to another it will stick the edges together (sorry about my crappy English I don't know how to describe this but I think you get the idea), which is so annoying since you cant adjust the windows location until you drag...
  7. E

    How enable gzip compression on asphostportal windows hosting

    I have done research on enabling gzpi compression on asphostportal shared windoes hosting and here is the proposed solution: <system.webServer> <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/> <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/> <httpCompression...
  8. W

    PPTP VPN on Sierra - any solutions?

    Ever since Apple dropped PPTP support, I can't connect to my company's VPN servers. A lot of PPTP supported VPN don't work well and are really buggy. For example, Shimo VPN connects but only 20% of things work. I thought about buying Parallels 12 and then connecting through PPTP on Windows, but...
  9. W

    [wrong thread, delete]

    Ever since Apple dropped PPTP support, I can't connect to my company's VPN servers. A lot of PPTP supported VPN don't work 100% and are really buggy. I thought about buying Parallels 12 and then connecting through PPTP on Windows, but that seems like a hack. Does anyone know if this works or an...
  10. H

    Files Invisible in Mac Finder but not Windows

    Hi, I'm new to the forum here. and i am having an issue that is starting to occur more and more over the last few days. With the Macs, InDesign files are created and edited on a day to day basis and some times when one of these files gets saved it will then become invisible on the Mac but...
  11. circatee

    Guide or Video recommendations

    Morning/Afternoon all, Does anyone have a good guide or video link on how to install Windows on an iMac? And, that's whether it be via Bootcamp, or direct (i.e. Windows only, no OS X). Thanks in advance. I searched on here, but...
  12. D

    Updated Windows bootcamp, now OSX is acting weird

    Hi I've updated my Windows 10 running through bootcamp the other day. The update required the iMac to restart a couple of times, while installing the new Windows update. However, things are acting strange in OSX since. I've tried updating to Sierra as well, but no fix on the issues. Here's...
  13. G

    Backing up an iPhone back-up to an external hardrive

    Hello all, I have backed up the actual iPhone backup file on my Windows, to an external hardrive. Question is this - I am going to wipe my computer and reinstall everything. Computer is playing up so want to clear any potential virus' etc. So once I reinstall iTunes and plug in a new iPhone -...
  14. R

    Develop using Unity on Windows, later transfer files to MacBook pro and export ios?

    Hi there Can i develop a 3D game on my Powerful i7 and GTX 970 4 GB windows machine, and when ready to export it to ios (because must have a mac to be able to export to ios), i transfer all the files to a 2013 macbook pro, then use xCode, debug and export to ios version? (found one for about...
  15. kasirus

    Universal Solitaire+™ FREE

    :apple:Download; https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/solitaire+-free/id1164306029?mt=8 Android; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lunavalley.solitaireclassic.google Welcome to "Solitaire+™ FREE"!! "Solitaire+™ FREE" is a classic Solitaire game with Windows style. If you like...
  16. Cr34t1v3

    Macbook Pro Bootcamp

    Hello! I've just tried to install Windows 10 on my Macbook with a 32GB USB using Bootcamp. Everything was fine until I came to the part where I need to pick the partition where I want to install my Windows 10 and of course I've picked the Bootcamp partition but actually I couldn't click on...
  17. Garrod

    Recursed - new puzzle platformer for macOS

    Hello! Sorry to plug this and I don't want to seem like I'm spamming but a new puzzle platformer for macOS (and Windows and Linux if you're that way inclined!) called Recursed has just been released on Steam. It was written by a friend of mine on his own and it's his first game release. It...
  18. RumorzGuy

    Trick to Add the "Suck" Animation to Your Dock

    This is nothing new, but maybe some of you haven't seen it before. 1. Launch the Terminal app from the /Applications/Utilities folder. 2. Type the following in the Terminal: defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect suck; killall Dock 3. Hit your "return" key. 4. If it asks you for your...
  19. d_an_2014

    macOS Sierra Installed, Bootcamp not working anymore...

    Hey, I have a 5K iMac which was running OS X El Capitan and Windows 7 (Bootcamp). I upgraded yesterday to macOS Sierra and now I can't boot into Windows 7. It keeps restarting and want's to start the repair assistant. When I try to launch the repair assistant, I can't do so because my keyboard...
  20. Oohara

    Better Touch Tool and Parallels

    Hi, I work with subtitles using a Windows program, where I'm constantly precision-navigating video files while typing. So far I've always used a Windows laptop where the built in numpad would control the video file, but I'm now looking to move all my work to my MBP. Using an external numpad or...