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  1. Juliusgirl

    Which MacBook? New or used? Software?! Accessories?! HELP QUICK!!

    I have never owned a Mac/MacBook before but I am in quick and desperate need of a laptop (like need to make money to eat etc. quick and desperate) and I figured that since my photographs, many of my writings, music, along with apps books blahblah is on my iPad and iPhone that I ought to get a...
  2. Taydgh

    Where's my internal hard drive hiding? (MacBook 13-inch mid-2010)

    Hi. The hard drive on my mid-2010 unibody MacBook 13" is hiding. I bought an external drive, made it bootable with 10.12.4, and my computer works fine. (No, I hadn't backed anything up.) Trying numerous methods (e.g. disk utility, testdisk, photorec, free recovery software, all the startup...
  3. S

    I need YOUR opinion!

    Okay, basically i have the option to choose one of theese two computers, and im gonna listen to you guys. Please tell me what u think down below. I really want the computer to last around the 3 years, and i need it for my studies, listening to music, maybe editing a little bit and generally...
  4. music4kid

    Universal Type on your iPhone, iPad using your Mac’s keyboard

    App name: TKeyboard iPhone AppStore: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tkeyboard/id1168383839?l=en&ls=1&mt=8 Mac AppStore: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tkeyboard/id1168383849?l=en&ls=1&mt=12 It's simple, easy to use, I promise ;) Type on your iPhone, iPad using your Mac’s keyboard, no...
  5. T

    Is the New MB Pro 2016 15" Strong Enough for 4K?

    Hey there! I am looking to replace my very old Macbook Pro (late 2011, 13 inch) with a 2016 Macbook pro 15 inch. Now, since my budget is limited I was wondering whether the default configuration is enough in order to have a decent workflow editing 4K footage. Obviously, not a 4K feature, but...
  6. mohammedamr

    Mac pro No Display at startup

    Hello everyone i have a problem when my mac pro startup there is no loading screen its just boots directly to the startup disk What can i do can anyone help Mobo:Mac Pro (Early 2008) CPU:2 x 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Graphics:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2047 MB Ram:9 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
  7. S

    Is macbook air MMGF2HN/A powerful enough for logic pro x?

    I am going to learn music production and vocal editing after some days. I did some research and find out that logic pro x is the best DAW which is mac exclusive and i own windows PC. I only have the budget for buying mac air 2015 which has 8gb ram, i5 5th gen and 128gb ssd (i will buy an usb 3.0...
  8. BeefCake 15

    Wake Time Mac vs. PC?

    I have a 2012 rMBP OSX and a ThinkPad T460s with Win7. I've noticed the wake from sleep on the ThinkPad is miserably slow vs. how fast the Mac is ready to go from sleep. Also, the startup time is massively different getting to the login screen even though both have SSD. Can someone explain...
  9. Z

    How can I transfer apple music downloaded music from my iPhone to my mac?

    Hi, I have a Mac and an iPhone. I use Apple Music. I'v been trying to look for ways so that I don't have to download the same track on both the devices. If I have a track downloaded on one device, I should be able to just transfer it to the other instead of re-downloading it. I tried syncing my...
  10. F

    MESSY HOUSE! HELP!

    I am looking EVERYWHERE for Messy House! It was a game on the Mac in the 90's; most likely the early 90's. It basically just involved picking up items off the floor and putting them into a little bin or putting them in their correct place in the rooms in the house. There used to be one google...
  11. GreenApple29

    Contact on iphone but not on mac

    hello all i have been using my iCloud account on iPhone, iPad, mac mini and MacBook pro not sure when this issue started but i am experiencing an issue with one of my contacts My contact has 2 mobil numbers and on email address associated. When he sends me an iMessage on my iPhone it brings his...
  12. 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...
  13. J

    OS Sierra and iMessage history

    So I have run into an annoyance with iMessage on my mac that's running OS Sierra. When I launch the iMessage app, I delete all the messages. I then go into the library folder in the finder, navigate to the "messages" folder and I delete the contents of the folder and empty the trash. So this...
  14. O

    Best Email Client

    Hello, I need a free email client that works on Mac OS Sierra that has the following. Able to link to my gmail account and sync google groups automatically so that I can make an email messages out to saved contacts in the cloud, google contacts, able to have a relatively fast check mail every...
  15. M

    iMessage problem with saving

    I'm having a weird problem on my MacBook Pro. I think it started to happen much more frequently after I installed Sierra. iMessages will not save properly in Library/Messages and a conversation will only show my outgoing messages with no incoming messages for some time (usually a couple of...
  16. Oblivious.Robot

    Does anyone know what YC-SoundRecord is?

    Updated my 2012 Macbook Pro recently to 10.12.4 and today while watching a Youtube video, I noticed an unusual thing while increasing the sound. Malwarebyte didn't find anything and I have no idea what that is either, the only two things I recently installed are Chrome and Avast. It's 2:30am...
  17. Daniel Reed

    Confirmed: Enable Night Shift on 2011 iMac

    Works (for now)! echo "Night Shift Enable Script for Unsupported Macs" echo "version 1.0" echo "Script made by Isiah Johnson (TMRJIJ) / OS X Hackers" I applied and ran Isiah's script on a handful of 2011 iMac desktops today - NO PROBLEMS...
  18. nutrifreak

    My Photobooth Library vanished. Need help finding it !

    When i opened the app it said chose an existing library or create a new one. i didnt have a backup i tried everything to find it , used apps like disc drill to see if it was deleted. but cannot find the pictures or the videos i took. is this a normal issue ?
  19. R

    Any Way to source Final Cut Pro 4?

    Hello, i need to use Final Cut pro 4 for a project i am currently working on, is there any way of sourcing this version of Final Cut?
  20. K

    Whenever I type anything, Mac auto typing into Launchpad search bar

    Whenever I type anything, be it in chrome, spotlight search, even this very textbook, my Mac has automatically typed it out into the launchpad search bar, and when I hit enter, an app opens up. It's getting very frustrating that everytime I go to facebook.com, facetime opens up with it. Are my...