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macos 10.12

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    TRIM support for external drives using SSD instead of HDD

    Hi, About TRIM support for external SSD:- Is TRIM supported for external SSD too? Is this by default or we have to do some setting manually? - For manual settings please point to direction of information. I am thinking of buying a Samsung EVO 250 GB SSD. Put this SSD into a proper case to...
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    Safari and Notification Center Temporarily Disconnect Internet

    Hi, Whenever I enter a search query or URL in Safari, my computer completely disconnects from the internet for 5-15 seconds. I also notice this behavior whenever I open the Notification panel, and it tries to refresh weather, stocks, etc. The wifi stays on and appears to remain connected, but...
  3. mohitdhanawat

    Question about MacOS

    Hi there i have a macbook pro 13' early 2011 running with the below config: OS X 10.10.5 2.3 GHz i5 8GB DDR3 Intel HD Graphic 3000 512MB 320 GB SATA I want to know if it is ok to upgrade to the new macOS. Will my config support the new OS or will it slow down my mac. Thanks in Advance.
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    Modifying Mac OS Sierra system files

    Hi, I was looking one night a few weeks ago about trying to modify Mac OS Sierra's InstallableMachines.plist in the installESD.dmg file. When I noticed it again this morning, I tried messing around with it again, but I still can't add anything. What I want to do is add a Mac Pro 2008 motherboard...
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    No Eject option on right click

    Hey everyone, It seems like I can't find the eject option when I right click on any external storage or .dmg. When I click on the eject icon in Finder's sidebar, it doesn't do anything. The only way for me to eject is with the Disk Utility app. Does anyone know why is this happening? I'm on...
  6. Project Alice

    Keyboard randomly stops working

    Hi all, I have a 2008 MacPro 3,1 that I just installed sierra on. Everything works fine except the keyboard randomly stops working.. nothing will type, function buttons included. But the mouse, which is plugged into the keyboard continues to work fine. I don't even notice until I go to type lol...
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    Finder error -36 (already tried multiple solutions)

    When copying a file to a remote server I get error -36 in Finder. Copying the same file with FTP works OK, so I recon it must be a Finder problem. This was working fine some time ago however, so I am surprised to get this error now. Thus far I have tried the following to solve it: - restart...
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    Chrome Freezes on many sites since 10.12.4

    Ever since I upgraded to 10.12.4, Chrome freezes the entire computer on many sites for about 10 seconds with the spinning beachball/pinwheel. An (unfortunate) example, but there are many others: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump Safari doesn't have this problem. I have tried disabling all...
  9. Sciuriware

    (New?) Time Machine: smart or lazy?

    Hello, since I upgraded to macOS 10.12.4, Time Machine ceased to backup every hour, but only when there is some activity on the machine. Is that a bug or an unpublished feature? ;JOOP!