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  1. M

    How to share external firewire drive array over network

    I have a Macbook Pro in my home office connected via firewire to an external storage drive array that has 4 drives with 6TB total storage. I want to be able to access the contents of these drives when I'm in my garage studio which has ethernet cable pulled to it. I thought of buying a Mac...
  2. Sovon Halder

    Where to buy Windows 10 from?

    Looking for a cheap Windows 10 Pro license. Looking for a Retail copy. Not OEM Any suggestions / tricks? [ EDIT: Will use it on 2017 Macbook Pro 13" TB ]
  3. W

    Woke up to find my ex-partner physically accessing my mac, installed software... need help

    Long story here. But, I need some help ensuring that my computer is not doing anything it should not be... Essentially, My ex was revealed to be a very bad person, and I have a court order to keep him away. One night I awoke to find him frantically trying to close out some windows on my...
  4. MacBookBroLax

    Does macOS High Sierra have many bugs/ is it worth the time upgrading to

    Does macOS High Sierra have many bugs? Is it worth the time to upgrade to?
  5. M

    MacBook Pro Boot Issue

    My late 2013 MacBook Pro running OS X Mavericks is have troubles. I'm able to turn on the computer and get to the login screen, then it just freezes. I'm able to run the computer in safe mode with no problems. I've also read around and there's a lot of signs pointing to a logic board issue. I'm...
  6. D.Anki

    something wrong with disk utility... please help

    this following screen shot is of my disk utility screen after i made a partition and decided to delete it later, but couldn't, so i found a way using terminal with some commands and it worked. now look what happened, please help i only have 2 gb left to work with.
  7. Adsuumus

    MBP 13'' 2017 or 13'' 2015?

    Hello! Please help me to choose between macbooks. I think to buy MBP 13'' 2017 for €1.228 or MBP 13'' 2015 for €1.344. I want to economize money and to buy MBP 2017, but... I don't know.. Is this the right choice? Thank you for the help in choosing!
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    Gamesir T1s on Macbook Pro

    Hello everyone The situation is as follows, update my Macbook pro mid 2012 to High Sierra. I tried using the Gamesir T1s gamepad but when I install the Xbox 360 drivers that I have read it is used to use this control, I freeze the mac and I must restart. I also use openemu the mac recognizes it...
  9. GerWol

    Apple Music not syncing to my iPhone

    I use Apple Music on my iPad, Mac and iPhone. If I add an album / playlist to my Mac it syncs to the iPad (and vice versa) perfectly but not to the iPhone. And when I add an album to the iPhone it appears only there and not on the other two devices. I have ICloud Music Library switched on on...
  10. MSP-Fusion

    Roadmap for macOS

    Creating beautiful roadmap easily and efficiently, for strategy, product, project high-level plans, with customizable options for the business needs Roadmap for macOS release candidate is available for download Intuitive and natural gestures use on a clean user interface – get a perfect and...
  11. O

    Can not book Mac from CD or USB

    Hello, I have a friend with a Macbook Pro (not sure of what month and year) and they consulted me recently to help them out because of a problem they are experiencing. Whenever my friend brought it over, he said that he opened it and saw a blank white screen. He also claims that it is flashing...
  12. A

    Annoying Contact issue...

    So I have my Apple ID added to my home and work Mac. It syncs the contacts via iCloud I believe. I have removed a contact and I NEED this contact to no longer appear, the contact was removed on my mobile phone which is an iPhone iOS 10.3.3 and also has been removed from the "recents" when you...
  13. F

    Sierra - Is it safe to make soft links in /

    I run various lnux Virtual Machines on my macbook for different purposes. Sometimes I write scripts that work on both MacOS and Linux. Its not essential and easy to get around (testing uname) but its pretty neat to write scripts that just work without conditional code for each OS. On my linux...
  14. C

    Can someone help read my log report?

    Hi there. Having issues with graphics card on mbp mid 2012. Can someone help with reading a report during a recent system crash? Thanks I already tried to call apple btw and they couldn't see anything on the apple hardware diagnostic test
  15. ondert

    Is it safe to use Macs Fan Control app?

    Hello, I have a late 2016 15" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Recently, I just checked the temps via iStat Pro and saw that during gameplay gpu temp rises up to 80 Celsius degree. However, the fans were spinning at about 2700 rpm. It was not like that before. Generally, the fans used to kick in and...
  16. Z

    MacBook Pro 2017 login reboot loop, help needed ASAP

    Hey, I have a new MacBook Pro 2017 with touch bar, and yesterday I went to login, and it just kept restarting saying there was a problem with the computer, after loading half way. I’ve tried everything from loading as guest to recovery mode, to disk utility to resetting PRAM, but everything just...
  17. miketurner201

    recovery iPhoto library

    My main question is how do I get my iPhoto library back on my Mac ? I’m was running macOS High Sierra Public Beta 1 And I started getting a constant restart saying ‘your computer restarted because of a problem. The log shows there is a panic report with the kernel trap. The only way out of the...
  18. mikel07star

    MacBook Pro 13’ vs MacBook Pro 13’ touch bar model

    Looking at buying an MBP and I'm struggling to decide between a 13 and the 13 touch bar model. If I were to get the 13 inch core i5 ,get 16gb ram, and 512gb ssd. If I were to get the 13 inch touch bar I would get the base model 8gb ram and 256gb ssd -.I use chrome, a lot of media consuming...
  19. justinshuls

    Upgrading Mac Pro ssd

    What is the cheapest, tested way to upgrade a Mac Pro ssd? Are old macbook ssd's compatible? Can cheaper M.2 drives be used with adapters? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073SB2MXT/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 OWC want 1k for a TB. Thats not going to happen. edit: 2013...
  20. J

    Lock Screen Application Used To Make A Virus/Ransomeware

    Hi, While searching through macOS I came about an application located in /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Support/LockScreen.app called LockScreen.app. This application, as I understand it, locks a mac users computer and make the touch bar, keyboard...