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macOS 10.13 High Sierra is Apple's operating system for Macintosh hardware. macOS Sierra was announced June 5, 2017 at WWDC, Apple's annual conference for developers where new operating systems have been announced for the last several years.
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Alert sounds on iMac
To start with I would boot into Safe Mode as a troubleshooting step to see if that makes any difference.
Boot into Safe Mode
Follow these steps to boot your Mac into Safe Mode:
Fully shut down you …
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Can I upgrade my Mac but not to High Sierra?
Since you've clarified that you've never downloaded an installer for a later version of macOS, then you've only got three options:
Download an installer from a 3rd party (not recommended)
Acquire an …
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Dock icons switch to generic ones
I would start with a reset and restart of your Dock.1
To reset and restart the Dock, follow these steps:
Go to Finder
Press and hold the option key down
Now go to the Go menu
Select the Library opt …
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MacBook Air turns off whenever lid is closed after High Sierra update
The first thing I would try is resetting the System Management Controller.
Reset the SMC
On your particular Mac, the steps to follow are:
Shut down your MacBook Air
Unplug the power cable from you …
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File sharing broken after installing Security Update 2017-001
Apple has already issued a quick fix to this. Follow these steps:
Launch the Terminal app (usually found in the Utilities folder within your Applications folder)
Copy the following command and paste …
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MBP won't startup, disk is full
The first thing to do is backup your data, although if you were migrating from the PC to the Mac, then you've probably already got an original copy there anyway.
If you have a backup, then probably t …
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Question about compatibility of High Sierra (on MBP 2017) w Photoshop Elements 2018
It's not clear whether your concern is around the fact you're running macOS High Sierra or that you're using a 2017 MacBook Pro?
What I can tell you is that I've seen Photoshop Elements 2018 work jus …
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Dock restarting continuously after High Sierra update
I'd start by trying to reset the Dock first and then manually quitting and relaunching it. Note you will need to re-add any non-default icons (i.e. apps) that you've added to the Dock - so you may wan …
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VirtualBox doesn't start on MacOS High Sierra
Since you do get a The application “VirtualBox” can’t be opened error when trying to open it via Spotlight, my first suggestion would be to just reboot your Mac and run the VirtualBox.pkg installer ag …
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Preview freezes every time I restart it and open a file
As a troubleshooting step I would boot your Mac into Safe Mode.
Boot into Safe Mode
Follow these steps to boot your Mac into Safe Mode:
Fully shut down your Mac
Restart your Mac
Immediately press …
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Quartz Filters not working on High Sierra—is it fixable?
This is a known issue (I reported it directly to Apple engineering) and they are working on a fix in a future update. In the meantime it does mean you need to use 3rd party software or find a workarou …
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Cannot unlock Users & Groups settings
You're best bet is probably to just boot into macOS Recovery mode and then use the resetpassword command in Terminal to reset your password.
More specifically:
Power off your Mac
Boot into Recovery …
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How do I rebuild the Spotlight index
It seems you're getting the error because you're trying to turn indexing back on but the system is seeing Spotlight as disabled.
As a first step I would try the following commands in Terminal:
sudo …
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MacOS: Annoying lag when typing
The first thing I would try is starting your iMac in Safe Mode as follows:
Fully shut down your iMac
Restart your iMac
Immediately press the Shift key and keep it down
Let go of the Shift key when …
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High Sierra forgets display layout on reboot
Your MBP uses Non-Volatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM) to store various settings. It may be worth resetting this.
To reset the NVRAM on all Late-2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro models (with and without To …