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I recently got a used Dell U2413 as a secondary monitor to my MBP (15" Mid 2012, non-retina, macOS Sierra). I'm currently an experiencing an issue where the external display would shut off, including its power led, 30mins to an hour after turning it on with the laptop. I would have to either...

Good morning everyone, I have tried to fix this once and got a lot of help from everyone over at reddit but alas, unfortunately, that got me nowhere. So I will run you through the chain of events that lead me here. My MacBook Pro 13'' late 2013 worked fine with Sierra. I updated it to High...

Hello. i tried to upgrade from Sierra to High Sierra and it failed with the error "cant continue the installation cant find /system/installation/package/Osinstall" i tried to repartition the drive from cmd+r disk utility and it dosent let me erase the partition. started with a usb i created and...

I am running Windows 8.1 for several months now using Parallel Desktop on MacOs Sierra. Everything was running fine. However, for the past few days, Internet has stopped working on Windows. PC settings show "no internet connection". Please suggest some solutions. If more details are needed...

Just learned a new trick that can copy and paste text into sticky note by lighting the the text, then command + shift +y. however, this keyboard shortcut alway create a new sticky note. I do see the reason why though. at the same time, would like to know if we also have a keyboard to append the...

I have a multi-layered question here. My left side command, option, control, function, and shift keys do not work as of yesterday. It happened all of a sudden while working in Logic. Restarting didn't help, and I couldn't run many of the start-up options because of the keys not working. I...

I have a 2012 Mac Mini and a 2013 MBA. I am currently running El Cap on my MBA but need to upgrade the OS on my Mini. I would like to keep them on the same version of macOS and will likely run it for the next year. I have found only one thread which indicated a loss of battery life for 2013...

Due to life circumstances, my Mini server has been packed up for the last 18 months, so I am just now reinstating my Mini. It was running 10.10 (Yosemite), but I am in the process of updating the OS and server version. I have been using the Server primarily for TM backup, File Caching, File...

I have been using nightshift on MacOS Sierra on an older macbook air for some time now and it has been working fine. However, this morning it seems the nightshift mode is completely stuck? i'm not able to switch it off using any settings (even tried re-calibrating the display!). I'm stuck with...

Hi! I was happy user of Wacom Intuos 3, but in High Sierra I suddenly have problems with accuracy and Grip Pen tip clicking. Without Wacom drivers the problem does not exist, but then Wacom works only in mouse mode. I am very unhappy about companies leaving support for completely good hardware...

For about a year i have had an issue with MacOS on my iMac. it began sometime during my use of Sierra. After a fresh boot, log out or log in, the OS would perform smooth as silk. After maybe a half hour things start to lag. Most noticeably Safari, Finder, and UI. Safari will catch for...

Hi I have a 2012 MBP with Yosemite and its worked flawlessly for me for years, which is such a relief. I recently heard about these Spectre and Meltdown security issues and freaked out a bit. I do access important and delicate info online quite often. It doesnt seem there is a patch for...

Hi guys I don’t know much about fourms or what I can give out without a big backlash of why I handed this information out (because you know theifs!) but I wanted to tell people about this thing I found that allowed me to make my own user account that had Administrative privileges without...

This morning my MBA frozen at the startup screen. I couldn't restart in safe mode. NVRAM reset doesn't fix the issue In recovery mode i didn't find any issue on the disk Tried re-install the sierra and again the system frozen at the startup screen. Planning to create bootable USB and install...

Hi guys as the title say I move to high Sierra and I did backup with time machine but I don't like and some of my stuff don't work so I go back to Sierra the problem when I try to get the backup from the time machine I get this problem this source contains a newer release of os x. for me I don't...

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Why is this happening? This has happened with any type of storage - HDD, SSD, and flash drives. Example: “Drive A” works fine with 1TB of data. Then, when hooking it back up, my lap top turns it into “MyBook” and EFI” with both partitions showing no data. Would doing a fresh reinstall of...

Hi, Since yesterday, my Mac Mail suddenly keeps crashing everytime I open it up. It keeps alive for around 20-30 seconds, and then closes with the "report / reopen" dialog. I happened suddenly and on a day where I had been using the mail for the entire day, so as far as I know I haven't done...

Please, someone help a guy out I have an MBP 8,1 and it is slow as molasses going uphill in January. There's almost nothing on the drive, only about 222GB used of 500 5400RPM SATA Drive I can't get a clean startup, transfers are slow as... well, you know, FF57 wont launch, Preview freezes when...

Is anyone else seeing in Console the "13 month out of Bounds" message overwhelming error messages? Every since December 1, 2017 this has started. Any ideas!