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catalina 10.15.7

  1. danallen

    Wifi Has Worked For Years - Now XXXX FIXED - Almost Always Easy to Fix

    wifi has been great since I got this computer in 2015, but today it is dead. no other problems with this computer that I know of. I am thinking there must be documentation somewhere the tells how to fix this. So far, everything I have found had not addressed the scenario I am seeing. My...
  2. A

    Slow MacBook Pro (15in, Mid 2012, Catalina, SSD, 16GB)

    Hi all, I have loved using this laptop for the last 10 years but in the last 12months it seems to have become slower and slower :(. I have found Firefox becoming very slow when browsing Facebook and other sites and Thunderbird and Keynote can be incredibly slow - complete stop. Occasionally...
  3. G

    adobe raw does not want to work with 10.15

    I have a 2014MBP running 10.15.7 I downloaded the latest Adobe camera raw 15.3 from 2 different sites. The one site states that system requirements are 10.12 Sierra or later. However after I agree to the T&C's a error screen comes up "adobe camera raw can't be installed on this disk Mac OS 11...
  4. M

    Problem With Permissions, Unable to Change Sharing & Permissions

    After transferring files from a MacBook Pro to an external hard drive to my iMac, some of my file permissions are problematical. Both computers were and are running Catalina 10.15.7. Figure 1 shows the sharing and permissions from my Home Folder. Some, but not all, of the next level down...
  5. M

    MP 1,1-5,1 Catalina in MP5,1 does not detect RX5500xt

    Hello. I succesfully installed catalina 1.15.7 on my 5,1 MP (it has some sort of lag and goes slow, i suspect its for the gpu) but that ain't the point. the problem is that catalina only detects the radeon 5870 with the dosdude1 GPU legacy patcher, and wont detect the rx 5500xt, wich was the...
  6. J

    Mid-2012 MBP will not reinstall OS

    I purchased a mid-2012 MacBook Pro in working order from a friend recently and decided to try to wipe it and install the latest supported MacOS. It was working when I got it and was loaded with 10.8.5 Mountain Lion. As far as I understand the latest supported version for this machine is Catalina...
  7. M

    is customizing icons possible on mac os 10.15?

    hi, im looking to customize the icons on my macbook running 10.15, however, i tend to get the "you dont have sufficient permission" messages when going through the "get info" window. i did disable SIP but that didn't work. Im not sure if you're able to customize icons in os 10.15 like older...
  8. R

    Hi, I'm using Macbookpro(Retina 13inch mid-2014)and I face a issue wi colored lines while shutting it down. I'm worried please tell me what to do now.

    Hi, I'm using Macbookpro(Retina 13inch mid-2014)and I face an issue wi colored lines while shutting it down. I'm worried please tell me what to do now. I have to replace the display or don't need to worry about it and leave it as it is. Share your opinions and experience if you are also facing...
  9. Jumpthesnark

    Songs from iTunes Music Store disappear from playlists

    Hi all, I've recently noticed that some songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store are disappearing from playlists (not the library) after I add them. When I buy a new song, TWO downloads appear in the library of my Music app. One has the cloud icon, the other does not. I add the one without...
  10. DominikHoffmann

    Can’t authenticate with networked Mac serving files through SMB

    Over the years, from what I can tell since Mavericks, Apple has made change to the LAN file sharing infrastructure between Mac hosts. AFP is now out completely and even in Catalina, where the protocol was still available, APFS volumes could not be shared, unless SMB was used. This has made what...
  11. A

    Pages and Numbers on macOS Catalina 10.15

    Help! I just picked up a second hand, late 2013 27" iMac, and have started setting it up for my personal use. I went to the App Store to download Pages and Numbers, only to be hit with messages to the effect that these programs can't be installed because "macOS version 11 or later is...
  12. 3

    Apple Pay Payment not Completed (macOS)

    TL;DR: I can't get Apple Pay to work on macOS Catalina with Safari 15.2. All payments fail with "Payment not completed" on the Mac and Apple Pay works fine on my other devices with the same CCs. Looking for help trying to determine what's up here. Longer story: On macOS I have two CC's set...
  13. P

    iPhone not showing up in Screen Time on my Mac

    Hi all, I have 2 older Macs running Big Sur and Catalina. I have an iPad and iPhone running iOS 15.2. I have screen time sharing enabled for all devices. On the iPad and iPhone I can see all 4 devices in screen time but on both Macs I cannot see the iPhone in the list. Only the other 3. I've...
  14. M

    Stata 17 not running on Catalina 10.15.7 on unsupported Mac

    Hello everyone, I am new to the forum, but I am trying to describe my problem as good as I can. I am running macOS Catalina 10.15.7 on an unsupported mac. Specifically, on a mac with the following specifications. Modelname: MacBook Pro Model-Identification: MacBookPro5,3...
  15. V

    mbp 2012 cant install linux - ext4 creation issue

    Trying to get mac mid 2012 13" to install/dual boot ubuntu. Running Catalina w/ bootloader 424 and the original apple HDD 500G spinning drive. I have tried multiple linux distro installs and also using ReFind, but virtually every installation fails when trying to create the EXT4 partition. I...
  16. PulsarJim

    Security update 2021-007 crashes multiple applications

    After the 2021-007 security update on my Macbook Pro 2012 (16 GB 1TB SSD) which is running Catalina 10.15.7, multiple applications refused to start. RStudio, Google Earth Pro, and Stellarium were what I found before giving up and rolling back the update from my Time Machine backup (which fixed...
  17. M

    Menu bar preference corrupt?

    Hi, I'm pretty certain that my user has some sort of preference corruption. I'm running dual displays and when i mouse to the second display under one account, the menu bar switches displays. In my primary user account, it does nothing. Furthermore, spring loaded folders no longer work. I've...
  18. L

    Contacts application acting flaky

    I am seeing Contacts hang a lot lately (spinning rainbow wheel) and have also had problems with the app not letting me tab between fields when adding a new contact — it hangs for a few seconds and then just closes the unsaved contact. I've had to resort to adding them on my iphone and then...
  19. L

    Delay in receiving notifications of emailed invites

    My Macbook Air (11" running Catalina 10.15.7) will notify me of invitations that are emailed to me but there is a long delay between when such emails arrive and the calendar-oriented notification displays. To be clear, I am not talking about the notification of receiving new mail. This has led...
  20. doalex

    Help with VPN over PPtP (Primo VPN) on Catalina. Work but loosing my internet on Mac...

    Hi ! I need help with an issue with a VPN I just buyed to connect to my work computer. Help with the software team seems to be inexistant or so slow that I wont get an answer before Christmass time. I'm able to connect to my job without problem, but after this I loose my Internet on my Mac. I...