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Hi ! I'm not sure if I'm in the right section or not but since it's not only iOS related, here's my problem. I upgraded from 5S to 6 and I'd like to transfer only my "Favorites" photos to my new iPhone 6, not the whole camera roll (It's too big and I already have a backup of it on my mac). But...

Hey there! I'm ready to upgrade my current 27" iMac to the 5k version, but instead of the 3TB fusion drive I was thinking of getting the 1TB flash drive and moving most of my media over to my external hard drive. I currently have a LaCie d2 3TB drive that backs up my entire iMac using time...

Hello all, Quick question, is there a way to make my time machine drive that is connected to my iMac thru USB show up on the network and on my MacBook for use with TM? It already has the backups waiting to be used and works when connected, but I want to be able to do so wirelessly so I do not...

Hi all, I really need some help. First of all my "e" key started acting funny (it's like it's active all the time, so it's hard to type an 'e'), now after a few months the same is the case with my "g" key ... I have contacted my insurance company and they are willing to fix it for a price (I...

Guys short question, Do I really need this big backup file of my phone? Can I just delete it and put it somewhere in the cloud? thanks

Yes this really happened, I backup my iPhone 4s to iCloud in a November 2014 but the summer of 2015 I noticed on my iPhone 6 that my backup is no longer there! After many conversations with Apple's employees and "engineers" I follow the instructions and they even had access to my account and...

Just got a computer upgrade through work and IT did the data transfer. I lost all my notes. I know they must be on my time machine backup somewhere (not on iCloud, already looked). When I searched the topic, it looks like they would be in users/library/container, but when I go to users on my...

I got a new (to me) iPad Mini 4. I restored for. iCloud backup. I want to connect to iTunes to get the rest of my music, but when it did, it gave me the option of setting up as a new iPad or restoring from my last iTunes back up which was a year ago on another device If I set up as a new iPad...

Hi guys. I'm trying to sort out a problem. I'm going travelling in April for a few months and I don't want to take my laptop with me as it's heavy and I don't want to risk theft or damage. I know that if you use a Time Machine backup to an external hard drive and plug the external drive into...

Hello, I'm the developer of DSync - Easy Synchronization for Mac. Just released a major update with a fully-featured 7 day trial and would love to hear feedback from the MacRumors community - be it negative or positive, as it's the only way to evolve the application. You can check it out at...

Is anyone experiencing Wi-Fi issues regarding losing internet connection from your Mac when one has setup Time Machine to backup over said network? I have no problem with my internet connection over Wi-Fi on my iPhone running 9.2 but on my month-old MacBook Air running 10.11.2 ever since setting...

Hello community, after a mistake (maybe) in repairing my iPhone, I get only the message "Please connect to iTunes". I had connected my iPhone to iTunes but the software recognize nothing. In that reason I could not do any restore trials with IPSW Files over iTunes. In addition i had try many...

Hello Everyone! I think I lost the touch too. I will buy a new phone but I need to backup my music and photos I have my life here!! I tried to connect my phone to the laptop but when I try to sync the ask me to unlock the phone but I can t! I need your help I m clueless now I tried...

I just setup Time Machine to use a HDD connected to my Asus wireless router. I chose at setup to make it an encrypted backup but the drive doesn't seem to ask me for a password until I try to mount the sparse bundle named after my Mac. Also no password while connected to the router unless it was...