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  1. R

    Early 2006 Mac mini firmware upgrade

    Recently I bought old Mac mini from 2006 and I want to install 4 gb of ram in it and core 2 duo cpu. I upgraded cpu and then I googled that I need to upgrade the firmware to 2.1 for 4 gb of ram. So I used dosdude1 utility and successfully upgraded to 2.1, all was fine but I decided to install...
  2. J

    UTM running x86-64 Ubuntu 20.04 on M1 and the Potential for x86 Windows

    I've been playing around with AMD64/x86-64 emulation using QEmu via the UTM app. My initial use was Ubuntu 20.04 to assess the performance potential for someone who wants to emulate either Linux or Windows on Apple Silicon and specifically the M1. I'm testing on my M1 16GB/1TB MacBook Air. I've...
  3. Q

    Unable to Boot Windows from External Hard Drive on MacBook Pro

    Lately, I've been trying to create a bootable USB drive with Windows installed on it that I can plug into and boot on my MacBook Pro. I followed this tutorial to the word, right up the part where he modifies the boot security settings to permit booting from external sources. My Mac is old enough...
  4. isbyrne

    Moving from Windows to mac

    Hi, Keen photographer moving from Windows (AMD 2400g with 16gb ram) to Mac and need some advice please. I am looking at buying a new Macmini M1 and have watched many videos on advantages of 8g vs 16g models but I'm still somewhat confused. I use Lightroom and photoshop but neither excessively...
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    Shall I keep my Macbook Air M1? Missing apps from Windows.

    It's really light, fast, beautiful and silent. But I'm missing apps from Windows that I use on a daily basis: - PDF printer with profiles. For example, I can assign different printing preferences and folders to print to for PDF Printer 1/2/3 etc. - Simple text editor with macro Also, is this...
  6. H

    Added a SSD on my 2019 Imac and now Bootcamp won't start

    Hey everyone. I just bought a 2019 Imac (MHK23BZ/A Intel Core I3 8GB 256GB SSD Retina 4K 21,5) and I asked my friend, who's a former Apple employee to install a 500 SSD drive (Western Digital Blue) and more RAM. I'm not in the US so Apple charges 4x what he charged me, anyway... Now Bootcamp...
  7. G

    Windows arm for M1 release?

    Does anyone have a clue when we could expect a more offical arm version of Windows for the M1? It's in technical preview / insider. I wonder how long it stays in that
  8. circatee

    Minimize apps or not?

    I am trying to start to use my MacBook Air more and more; coming from Windows. And, with that, curious, do YOU minimize windows/applications (pressing the yellow icon, top left corner of the app) when you are not using them, or leave them up? Does that even make a difference to the processing...
  9. blizzforte

    iPad Pro Documents app - Images don’t open in full size, movies stutter

    A lot but not all of my images don’t open in full size although they are big and should easily fill the screen. But when opened, they are small in the middle of the screen with black borders and I have to zoom in. I tried playing some movies and while some worked other ones stuttered or didn’t...
  10. BlankStar

    Hogwarts Legacy (All platforms)

    An open world game in the Harry Potter universe. I can imagine that I'm not the only one who will be playing this game. *edit* Game got postponed to 2022...
  11. voraciousvegan

    MP 1,1-5,1 Windows on PCIe SATA SSD?

    4,1->5,1. Can I boot W10 on a PCIe 2.5" SSD if I'm just cloning my current W10 over, not a clean install (as I understand, you can't clean install over PCIe)? When I was initially installing W10 on this Mac Pro, I remember it was impossible to do thru Bootcamp, although Bootcamp drivers were...
  12. J

    MBP, Big Sur, Windows very flaky

    2019 MBP, MacOS 11.1. Using Windows via Bootcamp, getting very flaky behavior. Have run Windows and Apple System updates on Windows side. Main issue: using MBP built-in keyboard and trackpad, basic navigation is wonky. Things that should take one click take two. Contextual menu appears every...
  13. voraciousvegan

    MP 1,1-5,1 cMP: MacOS + Bootcamp off Single PCIe Card?

    Can anyone confirm if I can run 2 bootable drives (Mac + Windows separately) off a single PCIe card, if I intend to clone the Bootcamp partition before popping it in the adapter? They're plain old SATA SSD drives.
  14. B

    Will Intel and the others catch up to match M1

    Now that we know the M1 chip is giving Apple a big advantage to the Intel/windows combo. When will Intel/windows start going the Arm route? This entry level M1 is beating some of Intel/AMD’s desktop chip. When the next iteration of the M1 chip comes out for the 16mbp, i mac and mac pro, I think...
  15. G

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 Windows 10 - No audio

    Hello, I have a separate SSD in one of my drive bays which has Windows 10 installed and working on it. I followed this post to install. This was installed form a fresh windows 10 ISO via DVD. Everything seems to work fine - internet, keyboard, mouse, bluetooth connects, etc. I used brigadier...
  16. AnitaRe

    iPad Pro iPad Pro 2020 compatible with Windows 10???

    Hi I m really confused about The compatiblity of iPad Pro (2020 version) and a Windows PC. I would Like to use my iPad Pro like graphic tablet, and I m gonna use programs for graphic, animation (Adobe Illustrator, Animate, Premiere, After Effects) toon boom, and video mapping art. Is It...
  17. R

    Clone Windows Partition

    Hi, I have MBP 2009 13inch with El Capitan & Windows 10. 2 partition on 1 SSD . Now I bought another SSD and I want to clone my Windows partition to the new ssd. How can I do that?
  18. ctjack

    Lenovo legion 5i 17 inch on sale for $1050

    Lenovo.com has a lenovo legion 5i 17" for $1050 - doorbuster. i7 10750h/1660ti/16gb ram/256+1tb I have grabbed one for myself, posting here to let you know about a good deal. Also free returns for 30 days and price match afterwards for 30 days. Stackable with cashback 10% raku + paypal payment...
  19. J

    Windows 10: how to uninstall MacBook Pro Bluetooth driver completely?

    I bought a bunch of Bluetooth USB dongles (some plain Bluetooth and some WiFi+Bluetooth combos). I cannot get the Bluetooth USB dongles working because they all have the yellow triangle on Device Manager / Bluetooth / Realtek Bluetooth Adapter (or similar). The dongle manufacturers say I have to...
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    Hide Other Windows Permanently?

    Never mind