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  1. K

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3.1 working weirdly

    Hi guys! I’m a little troubled here and after a while, a guy on Reddit recommended me to ask here…I got this Mac Pro 3.1 from a friend, half the ram sticks were fried, I purchased new RAM, the pc most of the time works fine, but at random, when I turn it off and then on, I just here a click from...
    • Kwan_wesley
    • Thread
    • help help advice mac pro (2008) strange behaviour troubleshooting
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  2. T

    iPhone 13 Pro Max Royally screwed. No iPhone after broken screen

    My computer illiterate family member has requested my help to get her up and running after a broken iphone 13 pro max screen. The phone still takes inputs but the screen is blank white. Verified by being able to type in 4 digit passcode after FaceID doesn't work. On top of this she has never...
    • trevorplease
    • Thread
    • broken screen dilemma troubleshooting
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: iPhone
  3. Jack Burton

    OWC external SSD enclosure crashes my mac - alternative or fix?

    Hi everyone - got an OWC Thunderbolt 4 enclosure for the blaxing speeds and to use as an adobe scratch disk. I set my adobe scratch to this drive and it causes after effects to crash so hard that "Force quit" does nothing. I have to open my clamshell Macbook M3 Pro and hold down the power...
  4. samusaran240

    Power Mac G5 Troubleshooting

    So, I picked up a Power Mac G5 a few months ago and now decided to go about getting it cleaned up and check to see if it works. Since I'm posting this, something definitely isn't working. Here's what all I've tried already. I have a G5 1.8 DP (PCI-X) A1047. A late 2003/Original according to...
  5. AppleFritterMan

    Why does my accessibility app on my iPhone 12 Pro? Keep opening by itself and listening to me?

    It’s very annoying but on my iPhone 12 Pro I keep getting the accessibility app with the microphone on and it keeps opening the app by itself and it’s a blank screen and every time I close it it just reopens. I don’t know why it keeps doing this, but it drives me crazy. Does anyone know what...
    • AppleFritterMan
    • Thread
    • accessibility help how to iphone 12 pro iphone not working troubleshooting
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iOS 26
  6. fredric98

    XPostFacto Issues on a PDQ

    For the past week I have trying very hard to install Mac OS X onto my PowerBook G3 PDQ. I have burned 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 to verbatim brand CDs at 3x speed to make sure they are readable by the cd rom drive as I've heard that anything over 4x speed may cause issues. I currently have a 256mb...
    • fredric98
    • Thread
    • issues osx pdq powerbook powerbook g3 pdq troubleshooting xpostfacto
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  7. tolozen

    iMac4,1 Built-In Ethernet greyed out

    Hi all, A few weeks ago I got an iMac4,1 from a local guy on Facebook Marketplace. Everything works great (other than a ding on the screen and lots of gunk in the keyboard). I did a clean install and cleaned off the exterior to the best of my ability. Right now it's on OS X Tiger and I haven't...
  8. tolozen

    Macintosh Plus Floppy Drive Issues

    Hi all, Today I received a Macintosh Plus as a Christmas gift. Really awesome gift, it's a truly iconic system and I haven't had a desktop of its age before. It has the Kensington System Saver Mac fan addon on top as well. Unfortunately, the floppy drive (non-high density) seems to be...
  9. Kronomage

    M1 MacBook Air screen fading to white when lid is at certain angles

    This started 6 months ago, and back then the fading happened at a very small angle when the lid is almost fully open or closed. Mostly just an inconvenience as restarting fixed that issue for some duration. However overtime the angles that would make the screen fade out become larger and...
  10. Xebrafish

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 4.1 no image - cooked?

    I have a classic 2009 Mac Pro from a friend that doesn't display or do anything after powering on and chiming. Unsure what troubleshooting steps to do from here... Relevant specs: Dual Xeon E5520 2.26GHz 4C, Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB, 6x 2GB 1066MHz ecc RAM correctly installed, vanilla MacOS...
    • Xebrafish
    • Thread
    • cmp 2009 hardware mac pro (2009) no image tech support troubleshooting
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  11. LegoWormNoah101

    Resolved PowerMac G4 wtf?

    So, here's the scoop. I acquired a Power Mac G4 (466 Digital Audio variant) from VCF SouthWest and did some basic testing. DVD drive, keyboard, Acer wireless mouse, VGA, it's all good. After testing I was ready to create a new user account and start fresh. I used SU mode to delete...
    • LegoWormNoah101
    • Thread
    • need help powermac g4 digital audio setup assistant troubleshooting
    • Replies: 69
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  12. W

    All iPads iPad will not show anymore Connect page when joining public network

    Hi everyone, last month I got a new iPad, the simplest one for various reasons, 10.2 9 gen, and it was doing well, until yesterday I was stuck in a foreign country with a weird McDonald network that was asking me for all my social media logins (i didn't give any) or my phone to connect. After...
    • WilliamTyl
    • Thread
    • ipad 10.2 public wifi troubleshooting wifi connection
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iPad
  13. Bedaso

    Trying to install Adelie Linux 1.0-beta5 on a G4 MDD, installation stops at configuring my hard drive.

    Hello, I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask but since I see quite a handful of Linux posts regarding Adelie, Debian, MintPPC, and others I thought I'd ask here beyond the Adelie IRC in hopes of shedding some light on this error I'm getting, since the Adelie subreddit is very empty...
    • Bedaso
    • Thread
    • adélie hard drive linux powermac g4 ppc32 troubleshooting
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  14. Bedaso

    How would I manually add a USB Ethernet adapter to Mac OS X 10.5.8?

    I’m on 10.5.8 Leopard on my G4 MDD, and I have a Cablematters 4-Port USB Hub / Ethernet adapter with a Realtek chipset connected to my ethernet. It used to work before, but since yesterday it would no longer see the adapter’s ethernet signal, I say this because when I go into “About this mac” I...
    • Bedaso
    • Thread
    • ethernet powermac g4 troubleshooting usb
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  15. I

    Airpods Pro Gen 1 - Static

    So my Gen 1 Pro's are a little over 3 years old. Suddenly the right pod sounded busted. Did a search and found it was somewhat common. So I ordered a replacement pod from ebay which was refurbished and came in beautiful condition. Got it going and now I hear the left pod has a similar crackle...
    • irod87
    • Thread
    • troubleshooting
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: AirPods
  16. I

    AT&T Cellular Activation - Error

    Anyone had issues activating the cellular on a new apple watch today? I keep getting an error. Wondering if a reset of the watch will help.
    • irod87
    • Thread
    • activation error troubleshooting
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Apple Watch
  17. R

    Monterrey 12.6.7 upgrade bricked Macbook (Gen 2) - help

    I backed it up using time machine before upgrading, but it is totally unresponsive (no screen, power button does nothing). I have a 2020 Macbook Pro if that is helpful. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do?
  18. O

    Connecting a 2015 iMac to an LG UltraFine Monitor

    I'm trying to see what I'm doing wrong in this process and I can't figure it out I have a 2015 27 iMac with a 2GB R9 M380 graphics card It's running MacOS Catalina I am trying to connect this iMac to an LG Ultrafine 5K 27MD5KL monitor Documentation says this should work with an Apple OEM USBC to...
    • onelegend
    • Thread
    • imac imac ( 27" 5k mid 2015) troubleshooting ultrafine
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  19. LRSFC-djackson

    How to troubleshoot Macs failing to shut down / restart?

    At my workplace we're finding that Macs won't correctly shut down or restart when choosing those options from the login window or from the Finder menu bar. When attempting to shut down or restart from the login window, the screen goes black briefly, then we see the Fast User Switching animation...
  20. mercerjt

    Troubleshooting why Third-Party VPNs won't connect

    Somehow with either 13.2 or 13.2.1, my Mac won't allow any third-party VPN to work/connect right. I'm looking for any advice folks have before I throw myself at the mercy of Apple Support troubleshooting. Here's what I've tried/confirmed: Isolated the issue to my Mac Studio. No issue with VPNs...
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