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So I recently picked up an old MP 3,1 from workj that was having some hard drive issues. I replaced the hard drives and then upgraded the OS to Catalina, The next things I did was to switch to an SSD on a PCIE platter, I then tried using a MSI RX570 GPU. Then I started running into problems...

I have a new MacBook running 10.15.7. When I install a non-Apple apps, like DxO PhotoLab 4, BBedit, the installation appears to proceed as normal. But it results in the installed app's ALIAS being put in the applications folder. An attempt to open the app with that results in the app attempting...

[edited] I've changed the name of the folder, so now it s the good one ;) thank you @Andrew Kinnear Hi all, I was so upset that my iSight wasn't no more supported by apple system, I had video working but no sound, no iSight sound in sound pref pane ... and after some research I found this...

So my MacBook Pro (late 2013) 8MB RAM, 2.8ghz i7 and iMac 27 inch (late 2012) 32MB RAM, 3.4ghz i7, are both still on High Sierra since I was using Photoshop CS5 and needed the 32 bit support. But I have now upgraded to CC so don't need to stay on High Sierra Both my MacBook and iMac are...

I have two iMacs, 17,1 w Mojave and 19,1 w Catalina. Catalina Mac can see the Mojave Mac via bluetooth. I am trying to sign out of iCloud on the Mojave iMac. I am using the same Apple account on both Macs. I use iCloud for my desktop on the Catalina iMac, and for the Mojave iMac. When trying to...

Can someone please tell me what's causing high CPU usage? --------- EtreCheck version: 5.6.3 (5221) Report generated: 2020-11-22 20:20:22 Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com Runtime: 3:07 Performance: Excellent Sandbox: Enabled Full drive access: Disabled Problem: Other...

Hello, today while encountering some problems in trying to install the official release version of Big Sur (was on DevBuild/Public Beta before) i've noticed this... Macintosh HD in Container disk1 is greyed out and can't mount it, the text at center height in the main window should be...

My macbook pro: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) 2 GHz Intel Core i7 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Should I upgrade to Catalina from Mojave? I think Catalina is the last OS that this mac support, so I had the idea of leave it with the last OS possible but I read awful reviews in the App Store.

Hello all readers, I am new here to MacRumours forum. I have been a faithfull mac-user for years. I am posting this thread here, in hope to find a solution to a persisting problem i can't seem to get rid of. I have been with a screen "problem" on my new Macbook pro 2019 (catlina) and on my...

I usually run my 2017 MacBook Pro connected to an external monitor. Since installing the supplemental update to Catalina (10.15.7, released Nov. 5, 2020), display mirroring no longer functions properly. It hops back and forth incessantly, alternately blanking the external monitor but leaving the...

I don't like write a big wall of text for telling a history but this is my experience going from Catalina to Big Sur and back to Mojave. I'm a developer and I have to test my software from macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) to the newest macOS available (Big Sur), my machine is a 6 core 2,6 GHz...

Hello Folks I’m new to this forum and joined for this particular topic. There are already many threads of changing the VRAM on my unsupported Macbook here and on other sites but the are all kinda long (posts over a couple of years) and some are not dedicated posts but mixed various questions...

10.15.07 19H2 Late 2013 iMac Hi. My Mac has been running slowly after an upgrade to Catalina. This obviously could be many things, one of which being that my CUDA is not longer compatible, which is another topic I'nm struggling with. Upon looking in Activity Monitor I wound WindowServer is...

I bought a slightly used early Macbook Pro 15 (2013 I think) from a friend earlier this year and immediately upgraded to Catalina. When I found out that I couldn't use iTunes with Catalina and couldn't update my iPod Nano 7 with Apple Music (I couldn't create playlists in Apple Music that were...

Hi, I use an LG 4K monitor that works like a charm when I use HDMI directly with the Mac Mini 2020. Would like to use a Sonos Beam soundbar and in order to do that, I'm using an HDMI switch audio extractor. I wondered if I could get the audio to work but to my surprise, there's no video...

So, I have had this iMac in my ownership for a while and I finally got around to using it... In 2016 I purchased an early 09 iMac (24" with the 3.06 GHz CPU) with a graphics card issue. I discovered that adjusting the resolution to 720p can give better results by causing less strain on the GPU...

Hi, I wanted to put what happens to me around here in case someone can help me. I have an iMac 21.5 late 2015 the model is 16.2, in which I just installed a Samsung 860 EVO external SSD in a Sabrent case, the ssd works fine at good speed when you use normal computer. The problem is that when...

Soon as I updated my Apple Watch 3 to watchOS7, I could no longer auto-unlock my MacBook Pro (2018) or my iMac (2019). Both are running latest versions of catalina. Was also having the problem on my AW3 that it was no longer mapping runs in the fitness app. So per recent public advisories, I...

kernel_task has been writing to the SSD like a mad man, it has > 2TB written in a month with 49TB Disk writes till date ( my MacBook is 8 months old) At this rate the SSD would die soon considering SSD's have limited disk writes. How do I stop this from happening / will my machine be fine? I've...

Good day community I never used a vpn before and today im using NORDVPN. I register, download the app on the Macstore and sign in with my credentials. The issue lies when trying to connect I get a message that says VPN Connection "Please enter your authentication information "...