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  1. purdnost

    All Devices Resolved: Added a Shortcut to the Home Screen and Now I Can't Delete It

    The Apple Shortcuts app gives you the option to display shortcuts on the home screen. I added one to the home screen, but when I attempted to delete it, like I would an app, it just gives me haptic feedback and blinks. How do I delete this, or is this a bug? Update: So, I wasn't tapping and...
  2. MacUse-R

    Iphone calendar spam invites - delete

    So i just received an iphone calendar spam invite for the first time (unless i have won a brand new iphone XS max). Im struggling to get rid of it. I followed an online guide which was written in 2016 which says to create another "spam" calendar and move the invite to that newly created calendar...
  3. joshuaaravind

    How do I delete system files from MacOS Mojave?

    How can I delete my system files? I don't have any time machine back-up and I don't use apple mail either. Please help!
  4. LillaK

    Resolved All photos duplicated

    Hi all, A few hours ago, I had about 6000 items (photos+videos) in the IPhone library. (I tried to delete 3 photos, which was unsuccessful, because it’s a common glitch I find when my storage is low.) I opened it again in 30 mins, and saw that every single item had been duplicated + plus some...
  5. S

    help recovering disk space. system taking up 200GB

    past few days my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) running mojave 10.14.3 has been slow and overheating. i then realized a new os version came out and maybe i needed to update. i tried to update and my mac has run out of storage (4 GB free disk space remaining) and my system was taking...
  6. S

    How do I uninstall an app + it's accessory files?

    Hello MacRumors Community. Just uninstalled a music app called Reason 10. The file to start the app was inside the app's folder in which other stuff like Factory sounds were. I dragged the entire app folder to the trash and clicked on Empty Trash. Then I searched my computer and found...
  7. lisaThowsen

    I deleted my Macintosh HD! help!

    ok, so i need help. I tried to reset my macbook 2017 to factory settings, but something went wrong. I restarted my mac in recovery mode and used disk utility to erase my disk, then i restarted my mac (without reinstalling MacOS, i know so stupid) and it just showed this symbol . So i restarted...
  8. Apple_Glen_UK

    Removing Email Account from Mail App

    I recently tried using the Mail app for the first time but have decided I’m not keen on it. I have deleted the account by clicking on the ‘-‘ (minus) symbol under the Accounts setting. My question is; will the system automatically delete all the emails off of my Mac or do I need to do it...
  9. mrnuclideman

    Macbook pro deletes files on external hdd

    I got a macbook pro 13.3 2017. 16gb ram. Now its my first external hdd this thing happens and this is getting annoying. If someone moves an externall hdd while its connecting a macbook it throws an error, but after some update the disk becomes and unusable. I cant mounti, i cant use, gotta go...
  10. idioteque_one

    Macbook air stuck in "fn" mode after Mojave update.

    So, I'm experiencing the strangest issue. I recently upgraded my Macbook Air (2015) to Mojave. However, within a few seconds after reboot, the keyboard acts if it is stuck on the "fn" (function) setting. For example, the "delete" key will only forward delete, the left/right arrows make a webpage...
  11. E

    How to delete all Voice Memos on iOS and iTunes ?

    Hello there, I would like to delete all voice memos on iPhone and iTunes too but when i delete on iOS they still there on iTunes. If i delete on voice memos app and on iTunes Library thats good ? Thank you
  12. I

    Delete or Merge a partition

    Hi, I had a bootcamp partition but in some way it got transformed to another kind of partition and now all I want is to delete every partition except the main one (Which runs MacOS). As my MacBook is new, I don't have a lot of stuff in it. I just want to merge all the other partitions into the...
  13. macduke

    Gemini Mac app now on iOS, it's not good

    For those who don't know, Gemini is a long-time Mac app that allows you to find duplicate/similar files on your system and clear up space. Generally the Mac app works pretty well so I just installed it on my iPhone, signed up for the free three-day trial and it took a few minutes to scan my...
  14. S

    Accidentally deleted my Macs internal harddrive!!! HELP!!

    So I was trying to install Windows 10 via Bootcamp on my MacBook Pro (2011). I made a new partition in Disk Utility and called it BOOTCAMP (For my Windows) As I'm planning to use Windows a lot from now on, I decided to make it take up a lot of the space. I resized the partition where my OSX High...
  15. LCPepper

     Apple Watch weird behaviour! (Series 3 LTE)

    So, I have had a weird thing happen... And I have done searches across all the corners of the internet, and I haven't seen anyone with the same problem. I track my sleep with my iPhone and  Watch every night with the Pillow app, and it has always worked perfectly. Until last night... It seems...
  16. Asmwyz

    Unable to delete an email from notifications via Mail App on iOS 11.2 / iPhone X

    This is a very minor detail but I can't for the life of me work out why this is happening. I get an email notification - junk email, I 3D touch it and press Delete. There is Delete and Mark as Read. It doesn't matter what I press, but it doesn't update what I selected in the Mail App. Even if I...
  17. I

    Can't delete/merge partitions after failed bootcamp Installation

    Hi guys, So basically I partitioned my harddrive to install Windows 10 via bootcamp but I ran into a problem. It did not install correctly. Now I can’t merge my partitions back together so I can start again. The normal way of doing this is by either deleting the bootcamp partition with...
  18. Ralphiatto

    Deleted everything on Mac but safari history/bookmarks/faves still there?

    I just reinstalled OS an hour ago by deleting everything on "Macintosh HD" and on the "Apple SSD". When I got my computer back up and running I got on safari and my browsing history from my computer days before I deleted everything was still there as well as my bookmarks, favorites and safari...
  19. appreciatethehelp

    Sundry questions about time machine's "versions".

    1) Does time machine delete the oldest versions based on their age, or the number of versions created? 2) If it deletes based on age, how old do the versions have to be to get deleted? 3) If it deletes based on the number of versions created, how many versions do there have to be before the...
  20. F

    Deleting Cache

    I have the MacBookPro from 2016. I noticed that my cache for Google Chrome is holding over 17gb of data. I have downloaded OnyX to help remove them carefully. But before doing so, I just wanted to ask how safe it is to delete that much data at once. Are these 17gb of data necessary to continue...