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  1. Q

    Unable to Boot Windows from External Hard Drive on MacBook Pro

    Lately, I've been trying to create a bootable USB drive with Windows installed on it that I can plug into and boot on my MacBook Pro. I followed this tutorial to the word, right up the part where he modifies the boot security settings to permit booting from external sources. My Mac is old enough...
  2. sulliops

    Safari not computing image aspect ratios from width and height attributes

    I've recently implemented a lazy image loading feature on an image-heavy website, and have been having issues with reflow. I fixed the problem by manually specifying the image dimensions using the `width` and `height` image attributes, as below: <img class="lazyload img-fluid"...
  3. T

    How long does it take to install Catalina?

    How long does it take to install Catalina (from Mojave?) it seems to be stuck (on the progress bar) at around approx 5%.
  4. T

    Quick Look visual glitch (when "reduce transparency" is enabled) on M1

    For the past two years I used hackintosh with Mojave but since Apple decided to go in the direction of Apple Silicon/ARM it was time to move on, too. So, now I'm fully migrated to a brand new Mac Mini M1 (512/16) and I'm really happy with the overall performance (even surprised!) but I noticed...
  5. C

    Loupedeck-like controls for Ipad?

    It may sound stupid question but I was wondering if there are any apps that can turn an Ipad (sidekick enabled or not) to a control console, in similar way you can use a loupedeck for controlling MacOS and a number of apps. I'm using the unified remote sporadically, that is useful but not very...
  6. J

    'metadata.o.config', should I be concerned?

    For a vast number of reasons I cannot get into, over the past month, I have been convinced that someone installed a key logger and other spyware on my Macboook Pro, running Big Sur. Today, I upgraded to macOS v. 11.2.3, and when I logged back in, I discovered a 'recovered files' folder in my...
  7. Nykolaz

    Dumb questions about resolution

    I tried to read some stuff about scaling and resolutions to find some answers but I don't really understand...so here is my problem: - I have a MacBook air, which has a native resolution of 2560 x1600. - I used Easyres to set my display resolution to 2560x1600, which made everything look...
  8. Z

    Universal Timeflower: Photo Organizing Made Easy

    I have been making this app for more than two years. Features including: - Support photos on the iCloud photo library. - "On This Day" photos. - Quickly add a photo or multiple selected photos to multiple albums. - Pinned photo albums/media types. - iOS 14 widget for showing a specific photo or...
  9. F

    Weird new "profiles" section in Settings

    Hi guys, after the last iMovie update the new "profiles" section appeared in Settings. Anybody know what this is? Do you have it there too?
  10. K1K1

    Problem with display

    I'm not sure how this happened, but this shows me on the screen when I'm on MacOS, (Chrome web page from Windows is displayed): Disappears after a while How to fix this?
  11. L

    Best macOS for my MacBook Air 13" Mid 2012

    Hi, can anyone advise me on which macOS to use for clean install on my oldy MacBook Air 13" Mid 2012 (2.0GHz, i7, 4GB RAM)? On some sites it becomes a bit blurry as they say "This system fully supports the last version of [...] OS X 10.11 El Capitan", but also that "This model is compatible...
  12. S

    Mac mini failing to install Mac OS on Kingston ssd

    ***Long post warning. So, long story short, I swapped out the hard drive for an ssd and have been failing to install Mac OS ever since 1st problem: after removing the hard drive, I realized that my data to usb cable broke. Great start to the day. 2nd problem: keys for recoveryOS goes into...
  13. jchap

    Small but useful Big Sur UI change... has anyone else noticed this?

    The close button for windows containing saveable documents in macOS Big Sur actually changes depending on the document state. Anyone else notice this? It's pretty subtle, but I'd never really noticed it consciously until today. (The button contains a dark dot when the document is not saved but...
  14. C

    Fileserver/share Recommendation for Macs Clients

    Hello dear community, We are looking for an alternative way to provide a file share for the MacBooks in the office. There must be some kind of best practice for this. Currently, a Windows file server is accessed via SMB. Here the performance with the MacBooks is not acceptable, even with smb...
  15. Hamid1984m

    the operation couldn't be completed. com.apple osinstallersetup.linkfiledownload error 3

    Hi I have a MacBook Pro A1278 that was running on a HDD hard drive and was wery slow, I decided to replace its hard drive with a SSD drive. Then I should install clean macOS, after booting up with a flash usb drive and afew progress I encounter this error! Please help me, I examined overs and...
  16. D

    macOS Big Sur - clean install issues (1008F)

    Hi all, I can see a lot of comments about 1008F errors, all commentators saying different things. Here’s my issue. I was on the beta that was pushed out a couple of days ago and wanted to do a full clean install of 11.1 (NOT the beta). I downloaded via App Store, did a USB build as I...
  17. E

    Mac fails to anyhow partition the disk

    I've tried every guide I could find, reddit, apple support. Nothing works. I've tried partitioning through the terminal, and disk utility. Both give the same error.
  18. B

    Why are bluetooth devices combined together when initially connected onto different user profiles?

    So quick run down: I connect my AirPods to my profile A. I give the MacBook to user B. User B switches to their profile. User B can access all my bluetooth devices along with theirs. I, User A, switch back to my profile A. I can also access user B's bluetooth devices. Why are bluetooth...
  19. A

    Storage in /System/Volumes/Data doesn't add up ("Other" taking a lot)

    I'm confused by the storage stats. I have a macOS Big Sur under APFS (~736 Gi with 578 Gi used) and also a BootCamp Windows (~189 Gi with ~143 Gi used) alongside. "System Information" says I only have ~156G left (= 143Gi) left in macOS, which is consistent with the command df -h as shown below...
  20. HansBricks

    Keyboard and mouse do not work after initial startup

    Hello, I use a Mac Book Pro (running Mac OS Big Sur 11.1) for my desktop setup, which is connected to a Logitech MX Master 3 mouse, as well as a Logitech MX Keys keyboard ... I also use three external monitors - my Mac Book is in a stand and and turns on automatically as soon as I turn on the...