installation

Hello would like erase/wipe the SDD of my iMac 2020 and afterwards make a fresh install of Sonoma from USB. For this purpose I downloaded athe macOS Sonoma Fullinstaller from the App Store and made a bootable USB-stick with the help of 'createinstallmedia' . The iMac does successfully boot...

Hey everyone. A relatively new mac user here. I wanted to ask whether there is any difference between installing apps using homebrew with cask option or "regular" install - namely dragging the app to your download folder. Homebrew is nice as it allows to do everything from command line, and the...

Quick summary: I tried to install Big Sur on a Macbook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) but this failed and now I can't access it anymore. Now I'm trying to access it through Recovery Mode to back up some files, but the FileVault password claims to be incorrect. Any ideas? Midway through the...

Hey, I have an MacBook 2.1 (White) with a broken CD Drive. macOS is not installed on this MacBook (but it is possible to install macOS). I'd like to use Linux because newer versions of Chrome, etc., don't working the old macOS Version. My idea was to install Linux Mint Xfce on this Mac. I...

So the Sonnet Fusion Flex J3i has arrived. Nothing too exciting but thought I’d share details. I’ll add more info to this thread as I go through installation and testing. If you have any questions, now is the time to ask!

I need an app that will tell me what files are installed for my printer. If I run an overall cleaner app, these printer driver files get trashed. In order to disable the trashing of these SPECIFIC files, I need to know what they are when they get installed. There used to be an app when I ran...

Hi, Me and my wife own an Iphone 11 and XR respectively. Would it be possible for my wife and me to swap Iphones and have the complete exact installations passed to our respective new devices? I would like to port over the exact content of the devices including apps datas, settings, pictures...

I have a Samsung SPP-2040 printer that was working on Sierra. My server crashed and I had to build it from scratch. Somehow I can no longer configure the Samsung SPP-2040 dye-sublimation printer. I have the updated SPL2 installer, but the printer configuration does not show up and I do not...

Howdy all, I was recently given an early-2008 iMac (specifically, this one) of the 3.06GHz variety. I was told that the machine had a dead hard drive, so upon receiving the machine, I disassembled it entirely, replaced the thermal paste on the GPU and CPU, then put it back together with a new...

Hello, I know the question of fast transfer speeds with iPads has been discussed at various places on the internet and on this forum. But I only found discussions about file transfer using that Lightning-to-USB3-adapter where the iPad is the host. Can any of you developers confirm that there...

Hi, Imagine you a have a newly purchased Mac with the latest version of macOS and an old Mac that you configured nicely over time (i.e all System, Safari, Finder, etc. preferences configured to taste). Using Migration Assistant, will it blindly transfer everything from the older Mac to the new...

Has anyone received this message? Started occurring after updating to 10.13.6. I'm also running iOS 12 beta 3 on my iPhone 6s plus. The installation of the new software fails because the software is not available yet.

Hi, been awhile since I've done a new installation or reinstall on any of my machines and just needed a refresh on a couple of things. I have a Mini quad i7 -2012 - that my studio needs to run Mavericks on, for a certain piece of 'legacy' software that won't work well with newer OSX. The...

I’m a freelancer currently working from home, but shortly I’ll have a second office. At home I have an iMac, and I’m thinking of buying a second iMac to place in the other office. I’d like these two setups to be identifical (or for the second to be a mirror of the first). My home setup is...

Here’s my problem: while booted into OS X Tiger install disk (1/4), I cannot get Disk Utility to successfully recognize the new SSD I installed. It hangs with a spinning wheel. At times, it might display the manufacturer name of the SSD (OWC Mercury), but hangs still. I have to power the iMac...

Hi everyone, I've (re)bought to my employer the Macbook I was using as a professionnal machine. I wanted to clear everything on it as it is suppose to become a personal one, so I have created a bootable install usb drive and formatted my hard drive before installation. I installed then mac os...

Hi Guys, I finally found a fix for this issue. So after waiting for almost 4 hours I gave up and force closed my Macbook Pro. I restarted it and the mac failed to boot up showing me some kernel commands. Got me really scared as I didn't take any backup of my files. These are the steps I took...

Hey folks, I'm away from my home setup for a while but upgraded my new 12" 1.33 iBook to a SSD. Problem now is that I have no FW drive around, no USB stick and the DVD drive isn't working :D The only thing I have is a BlackBook, a 10.5 dmg and a FW cable. So I thought it should be possible to...

Does anyone have this configuration working with High Sierra? And if so, how did you install it successfully? I'm running an Early 2009 Mac Pro with upgraded processors, memory and an RX 480 video card with Sierra and when I run the beta installer it never succeeds with the installation. I...

Hi all, I have a 2014 15" rMBP and after the reboot on the update I'm getting the following message: macOS could not be instead on your computer The path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing or damaged. Quit the installer and try again. I restarted loads of...