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    Handoff Not Working...no matter what

    Hey, guys! Hoping someone here can help me. I'm the proud new owner of a retina Macbook (early 2015) and I absolutely love it. I'd like to say that it's been problem free, but I can't- Handoff just isn't working! I logged into iCloud using the same Apple ID on my iPhone (iPhone 6S, iOS 9.3.3)...
    • elieknaizeh
    • Thread
    • continuity handoff imessage imessages ios iphone mac osx osx el capitan
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  2. robcrouch

    Problem running OS X from external SSD

    Hi all, I have my macbook pro 2015 retina model set up so that I use it for work and home and want to keep things separate. I therefore have an installation of el capitan on a SSD drive which connects via usb3 in an enclosure (and i boot by holding alt) everything works like a dream, except for...
  3. randomfrankie

    iTunes Alarm Clock with iPhone Remote

    Hey Forum, I tried searching and found several threads about OS X Alarm clocks but none of them answered my question. So I'm trying to find some answers with a new post. I use a Mac Mini Server as a iTunes media Server at home. I have several Airplay devices that can receive the audio from my...
  4. You are the One

    (Security) Keydnap malware is hungry for credentials

    New OSX/Keydnap malware is hungry for credentials plus the Reg article on the same topic: ⌘+c malware smacks Macs, drains keychains, pours over Tor Related: What You Need to Know About Mac Malware 'Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor'
  5. K

    iPhoto 9.5 ERROR thumbnails

    Hello everyone, when I edited a photo, the thumbnail looks like white/pink. Why?
  6. ytech

    Keychain password

    Hey, I would like to get a deeper understanding of how keychain works, for example, when I change my account password (not resetting it) is the keychain password also change?, will it unlock automatically when I log in? Or is it remains the first password I choose when the account was first...
  7. dubstepcats

    MacBook Pro (Retina, Late 2013) No Serial Number

    Today, I opened up an application (coconut battery) to see check how my battery is going along, health, etc. It said that my Mac had an unknown manufacture date and no serial. I opened up About This Mac, and saw that for some reason, it says my serial number is "Unavailable", and it doesn't show...
  8. travisjcoleman

    Creating Rules with many senders

    Hi guys, I'm currently trying to zero my inbox since there are over 50k mails and 4/5 of them spam only, I'd like to filter all them spam by using rules within the Mail.app. The problem here is that I already collected almost 100 different email addresses which I can't put into rules.. that...
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    MacBook PROblems, Applications won't launch, terminal acting strange, browser failure

    I own a late 2011 macbook pro that I've installed 8gb RAM, a 1TB hybrid drive, and a 250 disk drive (in the optical bay). I also have a BOOTCAMP partition on the hybrid drive that I use for engineering software and finite elemental analysis for work. My problem is this: A few weeks ago...
    • denbjornen
    • Thread
    • bash fork browser won't work can't open application chrome crashing osx postdrop problem resource temporarily unavailable terminal
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  10. Denzydenz

    Stupid question

    It may sounds stupid, but here is my question. Why when i don't use a device (for me it was my iPad & MacBook Pro) for long, when i start using it, it is very slow? And after some time using it intensively it starts to be normal again. Is it hardware or software related? I know this happens to...
    • Denzydenz
    • Thread
    • #ipad #macbook ios osx
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: iOS 9
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    Can not format or erase hard drive using disk utility

    I was having boot issues where I couldn't boot into OSX. Thought the hard drive was bad. So I installed OSX on a flash drive, booted with that drive and used Diskwarrior to save my files. I purchased a new hard drive and tried 100 different times to format the drive using disk utility. It would...
    • airtas
    • Thread
    • disk utility disk warrior format hard disk hard drive cable osx sata cable
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  12. UchihaObito

    Trouble upgrading to SSD using El Capitan

    I'm having problems installing el capitan onto my ssd. I've tried using the partition method as well as using diskmaker X5 but I keep running into errors when I tried booting it up. For both methods, I used an external drive in order to have a bootable OSX. But both methods comes out with log...
  13. psionicsin

    Permissions Issue for Apps in Applications Folder

    I'm running into a weird issue where some apps won't update. The applications ARE in the Applications folder, however it tells me that the applications can't be updated because they're on a read-only drive and that I need to place them into my Applications folder to update them. So, cool...
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    Macbook Air 2011 - Kernel Panic Help

    Hi, I have a Macbook Air 2011 running OSX El Capitan, it was the i5 model with 4gig RAM. It has been working fine over the last 5 years but yesterday I opened up the laptop as I normally do from sleep and it had a kernel panic. The actual issue that happens is the screen does not turn on the I...
    • gibbo18
    • Thread
    • apple el capitain kernel panic mac osx ram
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  15. Glassed Silver

    Defragging OS X El Capitan partition?

    Hey guys, I've tried to get some best practices (/programs) for defragging my Mac, or more specifically, my El Cap partition (shared with a Bootcamp partition hosting Windows 7 and of course the usual recovery partition for OS X). I've tried Drive Genius 3 once, but it caused problems. Well...
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    Issues booting up / blue screen / graphics issues

    I have a mac pro tower 1,1 (which has had various upgrades done by the previous owner). The Mac has started to have some intermittent issues at start up. When booting up sometimes horizontal lines are appearing across the screen, and then it's either hanging on grey screen or blue screen...
    • Gregrb
    • Thread
    • blue screen booting graphics mac pro osx startup problem
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  17. Westy8897

    Snap Desktop Icons to Left? - OSX

    Hi all Just wondering if there was some soft of terminal command or third party application that would allow me to have Desktop Icons on my Mac automatically go to the left side of the screen instead of the right? I just feel that it looks a lot better this way. If I use snap to grid, it snaps...
    • Westy8897
    • Thread
    • desktop icons osx
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  18. cbellyoung

    Lots of white text on frozen load screen!

    I restarted my MBP 15" early 2013 (running OSX 10.11.4) and the loading screen froze and displayed a long series of white text across the left side of the screen. I forced a shut down (by pressing and holding power button), waited a few mins and then turned it back on. It loaded fine, but I'm...
  19. rudychidiac

    Mac app that sends images to iPhone clipboard

    Hi guys, First post! be nice! :D I want to ask, is there any mac app that sends photos to the iPhone clipboard? and vice versa if possible...? I use MacID to unlock my mac with my iPhone, and the app supports sharing clipboard between the two devices, but it's only for text. I'm looking for...
    • rudychidiac
    • Thread
    • clipboard images ios iphone mac osx share
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Apps
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    Preview's Signature Capture Application

    Is there a similar application to Preview's Signature Capture that generates digital copies (with a fair bit of image processing) of handwritten text/drawings? Signature Capture is only useful for small regions (signature sized), but I really like the resulting digitization. Unfortunately, I...
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