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I just bought a new MacBook Pro, which I intended to downgrade to Mojave. However, clearly it can't since it shipped with Catalina. So, I thought of making a clone of my old MacBook Air hard drive which is Mojave, just to boot from when I need some older apps. Is this as simple and...

It didn't crash immediately after the security patch installation so I don't know whether it has anything to do with that. Anyhow, I cannot play music anymore (for longer than perhaps a few minutes) from the iCloud. Any ideas what might cause this? I'm running late 2013 iMac and can't upgrade to...

Hi, I would like to upgrade from Mojave to Catalina (or Big Sur), but am a bit reluctant to do so because of Catalina's weird new dual-volume HD-Setup. (Guess Big Sur needs the same HD structure, right?) Main reason to upgrade is because of the sidecar feature (don't want to get an Astropad...

hi, seeking an economic (power consum.) gpu with mini-display ports, for cMP 5.1 with 2 apple led miniDP (not thunderbolt). metal for mojave and catalina, displaying the OS with miniDP ports. now: nvidia nvs510 4 miniDP in mojave, all ports do provide signal, miniDP and hdmi work in catalina...

Guys, i would appreciate if someone could shed some light on as to whether a MP 3,1 with a Catalina patch (Dosdude's) will be able run the the above-mentioned GPUs. I have read some conflicting advises (or i am just confused) that since SSE4.2 is not present in the Xeons, the Rxs' will not...

Hi all, I want to restore my Mac to my last Time Machine backup of Catalina. I'm currently on Big Sur and don't want to lose any new data since upgrading. Is there a way I can view every file I've created, downloaded, saved etc. after a specific date (that date being after upgrading to Big Sur)...

I'm currently using a 2015 retina MBP 15" running Catalina. Up until a few months ago it was working flawlessly with external audio interfaces. Recently, I started getting intermittent audio issues - as noticed by other people on a Zoom call, and lately, on my end, being unable to hear people...

Hi all, I want to install catalina on my 2010 Imac (with dosdude1 latest Catalina pathcer) but everytime I try i'll get an error: 'MacOs cannot be installed on your computer. With an error: com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter.fout 49244. It seems I cannot fix the issue, disk utility wont help me...

Does anyone know what causes data loss in Apple Photo after a macOs update? I recently updated to Catalina and lost about 5000 photos in a specific date rate 2018-2019. I had thought I had a time machine backup, but Time machine failed to backup the data, due to the external drive running out of...

I own a MBP mid-2012 non-Retina i7 with 16gb RAM running the latest Catalina 10.15.7 I use a MiniDisplayPort adapter for HDMI and another one for VGA. Both work nicely on my MBP late-2008 on Yosemite when linked to my LG monitor. But the latter is never detected by the MBP 2012 (and yes, I did...

Just setting up a new Mac Mini running Catalina. Since this is going to be used with my TV, and won't have a main password, I don't really want to have all my login passwords, online banking details, etc. accessible on it! I have signed in with my Apple ID, but then tried to switch off all the...

Why does one Documents folder show 16.2 GIG, while the 'regular' folder shows 309 MEG? (Catalina)

Hello! I have just installed Catalina. There are a lot of security warnings... and now I am wondering how to keep my passwords etc safe from applications that ask for access to all my folders. e.g. Adobe, Zoom and Teams Meetings want access to Documents and Downloads and Desktop. If they have...

Afternoon, I have a weird issue on my newly acquired Mac Pro 6,1. It will be working and then it freezes, time doesn't increase and I can't use any keyboard shortcuts... thought I can move the cursor around. Eventually it crashes and restarts (though this can take more than an hour to finally...

Hello today my dad installed "Security Update 2020-001 Catalina" on my old Mackbook retina 15 ( 2012 ) and it broke his A1016 Apple Wireless Keyboard ( it is the old transparent white one ). First i thought it was his macbook, so i tried the usual SMC, PROM , delete Bluetooth files and...

I had to downgrade back to Catalina from Big Sur. I formatted my HD and installed Catalina from a bootable flash drive. After installation I only had about 20 GB of free space on my HD, more than 200 GB was taken up as hidden 'other' files. I tried formatting the HD again and installing Catalina...

I don't want to install Big Sur. Is there a way to block Catalina from downloading this huge 12GB update and installation?

I get confusing results from the internet. My new iMac, which I've barely loaded anything onto, has an 'other' area taking up 40 gigs, which is a lot on a machine that 'only' has 256g.(about this Mac > storage > manage) I tried a chat with apple care, they just kept referring me to vague...

Hi everyone, So I've got a Mac installation (swapped between machines) running Catalina 10.15.7, and the login screen is missing styling on the password input box. It still works, but it's super trippy to use compared to my perfectly functional MacBook. Here's what it looks like: I have...

Hi, anybody here using the album art screensaver in Big Sur (or Catalina - has not been working there as well)? It does not show any album art, although my Music library contains 700 albums - almost each one with a cover picture. When the screensaver kicks in it says something like "there is no...