0
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2answers
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Mac Could Not Restart After a Kernel Panic
I was forced to restart MacBook Pro when a kernel panic happened about 2 hours ago... Since then my computer would just stuck on the grey screen with the Apple logo every time I tried to reboot it. ...
2
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2answers
74 views
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Don't have view options in finder
I'm trying to change the icon size on my desktop.
This should be easy via the view options. If finder would offer them.
I tried to get access to the options via the finder menu, cmd+j and I tried the ...
0
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2answers
33 views
Wireless display from one laptop to another
Here is my setup:
macbook pro retina physically connected to 2 external monitors, and keyboard+mouse.
17 macbook on its own
What I want to do:
I'd like to somehow use one of the external monitors ...
0
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1answer
21 views
Should I reinstall the OS after restoring from time machine?
A while back, my MacBook Pro died. It was an older machine (2007 I think), with a Core 2 Duo processor. I was doing regular backups through Time Machine. I bought a I7 MBP, and re-staged the new ...
0
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2answers
52 views
How to back up Boot Camp before upgrading my hard drive to an SSD?
I have a Macbook Pro which has a 750GB HDD. I'm currently using Bootcamp to run Win 7. If I want to upgrade the HDD to a SSD but keep my stuff from both the OS X side and the Win 7 side what are the ...
0
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1answer
35 views
Full-screen apps and desktop arrangements
The picture above is a screenshot from Mission Control showing the desktop and full-screen apps. The problem is that I want a different arrangement. I want the order to be Safari-Desktop-iTunes. I ...
1
vote
1answer
34 views
detect powernap from the command line
I like to plug in my macbook and SSH to it from my Windows machine to take advantage of my 27" monitors, and do work in the shell and in Vim.
Now i know that supposedly the machine is capable of ...
1
vote
1answer
23 views
some system binaries are lost
After installing some RAM my macbook pro would not start,
diskutil showed HDD failure.
Booting in single user mode and running fsck several times to repair the disk lead to a running system.
But ...
0
votes
1answer
43 views
How can I reinstall Mac OS 10.5.8 without erasing data?
macbook OS will not load finder function want to reinstall but don't want to lose data thanx for any/all help!
1
vote
1answer
134 views
Bluetooth Not Available - Mid 2010 Macbook Pro
I have a 13" mid 2010 Macbook Pro running 10.8.3. For some reason, I started it up the other day and my Bluetooth is now for some reason unavailable.
I've had this problem in the past, and if my ...
2
votes
2answers
151 views
MBP w/ OS X 10.8.3 Performing Quite Slowly Lately
My MBP (2.66 GHz i7, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD) is about two or so years old. It's been running like a champ for most of its life. However, within the past few months, I've noticed a considerable degradation ...
1
vote
1answer
31 views
Reformatting MacBookPro6,2
I have a macbook pro 6,2 and don't have the recovery discs as I am traveling abroad and left my discs at home. Is there any way to reformat my hard drive and get it to factory (or near factory) ...
1
vote
2answers
85 views
Mac crash after installing XCode
I tried installing XCode on my MacBook Pro, but for some reason, it suddenly crashed. After a reboot, I saw a message my computer had to restart because of some system failure. After this message, I ...
0
votes
1answer
214 views
How can I get started with FaceTime on a Macbook Pro?
I just bought a Retina Macbook pro about a week ago and I have been trying to use facetime. When I go to select a contact, it dials them but stays in the connection position. It just doesn't seem to ...
0
votes
0answers
488 views
Parallels VM process has high CPU on Macbook Pro Retina when running Chrome in Parallels 8
When I look in Activity Monitor in Mac OS X 10.8.3 on a Macbook Pro 15" Retina while running Chrome (Build 26.0.1410.64) in a Windows 8 Pro VM hosted in Parallels 8 (Build 8.0.18483) I see that the ...
0
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1answer
378 views
Macbook pro boot with kernel panic - can't perform kext scan
I was trying to swap command and option key for my external keyboard following the instruction in
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110529094802391.
When I'm done with change and I ...
0
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0answers
56 views
Reinstall MacBook's OS X
I have a bit of a problem with MacBook Pro.
Currently it's running Mac OS X 10.8.3, but I want to install from DVD Mac OS X 10.5.2, which is for this MacBook Pro and was reinstalled few months back. ...
0
votes
1answer
53 views
Completely Removing Mac OSX from MBP
I have a 2009 MBP that runs Linux Arch and OSX on a dual boot. I have no use for OSX on this machine. I installed it 12 months ago, and straight after installation I set up Arch via BootCamp and have ...
0
votes
1answer
36 views
How to disable the docked Finder monitor pop-up on OS X?
Attached is the screen shot of annoying screen monitor round cornered box, not sure what thats called. I dont know how it appeared!!! I wanna disable it. The Command+option+escape window doesn't show ...
1
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1answer
255 views
Momentary freeze in Mac OS X on USB device atachment
This seems to have only started recently, but every time I attach a USB device or removable media (SD Card) to my Mac Book Pro running OS X 10.8.3 there is a freeze in the mouse cursor for a few ...
1
vote
1answer
593 views
Command + R not working on Snow Leopard reboot
I am trying to install OSX (10.6) from disk, but before I do I want to format the hard drive which requires the Disk Utility from the disk.
I am pressing Command + R at start up, but the MacBook is ...
2
votes
1answer
100 views
Is there a way to hibernate macbook then switch to windows?
I have installed Windows7 by bootcamp on my Macbook, however, every time when I want to switch to Windows, I have to reboot the machine completely. That means I cannot keep my current workspace when ...
0
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0answers
80 views
Can't install an OS on 2008 Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
I've got a MacBook Pro from 2008 with an Intel Core 2 Duo. I installed Ubuntu 10.10, then installed Debian 7 Testing. Debian 7 was fine, but for some reason the red and blue were swapped (green was ...
0
votes
0answers
8 views
Use selected function keys on Macbook Pro for other actions than their default behaviour [duplicate]
I'd like to use the function-keys on the keyboard of MBPro for other functions than the default ones. I know that you can do by pressing fn and F1,F2..etc but I'd like to remap for example the "reduce ...
1
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3answers
4k views
BootCamp 5 + Windows 8 troubles (unsupported hardware?)
I preordered Windows 8 a while back, and as soon as I got it I tinkered around with BootCamp 4 (which technically only supports Windows 7) to get it up and running, since the only computer I have is a ...
0
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0answers
64 views
“Shared” section of the sidebar very long to appear in OS X 10.8.2
After being very satisfied with my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.6.8, I advised a non-technical-skilled relative to buy one, which she did. The MacBook Pro came with OS X 10.8.2 but there is a problem. ...
0
votes
1answer
65 views
I brought My Macbook Pro last year in november (Latest Model available then) and suddenly today started to show a question mark?
I brought My Mac-book Pro last year in November(Latest Model available then) and suddenly today started to show a question mark?
I tried to pull up the option menu by holding Option key while ...
0
votes
1answer
295 views
Macbook pro 13 2012 (HD4000) 8GB(1600 Mhz) single RAM stick issue
I have a Apple Macbook Pro 13" 2012 IvyBridge HD4000 Model which came with
2GB x 2GB RAM.
I Recently bought a single stick of 8GB RAM 1600Mhz (which is compatible).
Gskill 8GB DDR3 FA-1600C11S-8GSQ ...
0
votes
1answer
83 views
How to tell a macmini to stop booting to Windows from a macbook pro?
I need to be able to control a mac mini without a screen and I think using screensharing would be enough. I've enabled screensharing, setup a manual IP address and I have an ethernet cable.
The ...
0
votes
0answers
80 views
External Harddrive not mounting when TRIM enabled
A bought a brand new SSD and installed it into my 2012 macbook pro. I enabled TRIM support right after that and realized that my external usb 3 drive is no longer mounted. When I disable the trim ...
0
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0answers
154 views
MBP Headphone Jack Doesn't Work in OS X but does in Windows
I bought a brand new Mid-2012 MacBook Pro 13" from Apple. Ever since I've had it, it's had this quirky bug where headphones are only recognized if they're plugged in before the computer is woken up: ...
1
vote
2answers
330 views
Dual Booting a Macbook Pro (OSX) with Ubuntu 12.10
I have been trying to dual boot my mid-2012 Macbook Pro running OSX Mountain Lion with Ubuntu 12.10 with a disk and a USB, and none of them are working. I have used disk utility to partition my hard ...
3
votes
1answer
52 views
How to diagnose long start up
My Macbook Pro (OSX 10.8.2) is taking a long time to settle down after booting. I am guessing there are some background processes/apps that are taking a while to start and hogging resources. What is ...
0
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2answers
117 views
My cursor on my Macbook Pro has a box around it that enlarges everything
One day I was surfing the web when suddenly a large clear square appeared around my cursor!
I honestly don't know what to do about it, but it seems like there could be a simple fix.
You can see in ...
0
votes
1answer
173 views
Show hidden files when searching in finder
I can see hidden files in Finder but when I search it doesn't find hidden files.
I have tried everything.
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
I also change "File ...
2
votes
1answer
76 views
Hands free auto repeat. Hidden feature or stuck key?
I have a new MacBook Pro. Twice so far I have pressed a key and removed my hands from the keyboard, yet the key continued to repeat. Once it was the delete key (fn-Delete, the backspace function), ...
5
votes
1answer
330 views
How to remove caps lock delay on Apple MacBook Pro aluminum keyboard
Apple's MacBook Pro has a slight delay on the caps lock key.
That is, the caps lock key has to be held down slightly longer
than normal to register the key press required to engage the caps ...
2
votes
1answer
73 views
Upload file via URL
I'm a recent Mac convert. In Windows when I wanted to upload a file to a website I could do this (see the URL in the File Name text field):
However there's no way to do that in the upload dialog ...
0
votes
1answer
175 views
Cloning an image from MacBook Air to MacBook Pro
I am getting a mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro. I currently have a mid-2011 11" MacBook Air.
I will be purchasing a Crucial M4 512GB SSD for the Pro and I want to clone my existing Air's HDD before I give ...
1
vote
0answers
66 views
Reduce volume of 'blip' sound on Macbook
When I click on the volume buttons I hear the 'blip' sound. I got how to disable it
But generally it is good to get feedback sound so I don't want to turn it off completely. I want to reduce the ...
0
votes
1answer
52 views
Time Machine after formatting still works?
I would like to format my mac, and be able to access old files, photos... from my previous time machine backup.
I have backed up my mac with time machine and I am uncertain if after formatting I will ...
1
vote
1answer
676 views
Macbook Pro Battery / Discrete Graphics Card Issues in 10.8.2
I am posting because I currently have a 15'' Macbook Pro (Early 2011 edition) and have suffered from poor battery life since upgrading from Mac OS X 10.7 to 10.8.
Before the upgrade, I could use my ...
0
votes
2answers
1k views
Does Find My Mac stop working after the system has been wiped? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
If Macbook has been wiped, will “find my iPhone” still work?
I lost my Macbook Pro recently. I had activated iCloud on the computer, so Find My Mac is operable.
If the ...
1
vote
1answer
280 views
New harddrive on a macbook pro 13 inch, dvd drive doesn't work, what do?
What I don't have:
An USB dvd drive
What I have:
Another working, up to date, Macbook (with snow leopard).
purchased Mountain Lion on the app store
A desktop PC
A 4GB usb stick.
A USB harddrive ...
1
vote
0answers
245 views
Macbook Pro boot options wont work, corrupted hard drive?
My macbook pro was running really slow, so I restarted the computer. Now it wont start up at all, I get the flashing file with a question mark. I also tried a bunch of the boot options like holding ...
3
votes
2answers
266 views
New hard drive in Mac Book Pro leading to occasional crashes and kernel panics
Ok, this is kind of a long story...it starts with two swedish hitchhiker twins who knocked at my door...not really but it is a long story because I don't know what facts are relevant.
Ok, so I fall ...
1
vote
1answer
88 views
Three Finger Gesture on 2007-2008 Macbook Pros
Is the three finger gesture supported for the 2007-2008 nonunibody macbook pros? Wondering if I can change spaces on Mountain Lion.
0
votes
2answers
1k views
Macbook pro making clicking noise
I'm not sure when it has been started to make clicking sounds randomly, but it has been bugging me a while. Any idea that what could be cause this problem?
I'm using MAC OS X 10.8.2 and late 2009 13 ...
1
vote
1answer
181 views
Will internal HDD spin down when a Mac is booted from another internal SSD?
On my MacBook Pro, I am planning on removing the optical drive and adding an SSD to the mix. Since Apple doesn't support this configuration, I don't find any official documentation covering SSD in the ...
0
votes
4answers
103 views
Completely remove a program without uninstall app
I removed a program from my MacBook Pro by deleting the app. I also found a few other things in the file system and removed them. Is there a way to ensure no additional information is left on my ...
