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  1. S

    Repaint 1 px sized dent on bezel Apple Watch 5 (OCD Alert)

    Ok, I understand that some people will say "you OCD'er, you must enjoy your watch, stop obsessing". That said, I pay a premium price, so I expect a watch in mint condition. What's the case? I received my new Apple Watch 5 yesterday. There's a 1 px size white "dent" on the upper right bezel...
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    MP 6,1 Mac Pro 6,1 - 12core /D700 flicker issue

    So I’ve posted about this before but I’m running out of patience. I’ve had my Mac Pro 6,1 trash can since release. Ironically in the first few weeks of owning it I had a fault., naturally 7£k is a big chunk of money, so with it being so new it was replaced outright by Apple. This in recent...
  3. iiurii

    theBin – the next generation of trash bin for macOS

    About three years ago we've confronted multiple errors in system Trash, which we had to solve manually. At this very moment, we've realized that there should be a better way to deal with this problem. In a couple of weeks an idea was born, to make theBin - a smart trash bin, that could do it for...
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    Can somebody tell me why I can't rename my Mouse and Keyboard on my iMac?

    As the title says I bought an iMac late 2013 with Catalina and I can't rename my Mouse and Keyboard? Somebody any idea? Thanks
  5. gts250gamer101

    Early-2008 iMac not booting

    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...
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    Watch won't download & install apps.

    Hi everyone, A few days ago I've bought Watch S5 44mm GPS. I'm having trouble installing apps. Please see the screenshots. Apps won't download and install. I've tried the following; -Soft resetting both the Watch and my iPhone. -Updated both the iPhone and the Watch to their latest version...
  7. crould

    I lost my Cellular network while using GPS together with wireless charging in the car

    Hi all, I have a problem with my new iPhone 11 Pro Max. I used my iPhone 11 Pro Max as a navigator and placed it on my wireless charging PAD, it lost Cellular signal then GPS is stop working after awhile. iPhone was quite hot. So I did turned off and on Cellular network turned off and on GPS...
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    iMac 2019 problems

    I bought in summer a 2019 iMac with Vega 48 and 512GB SSD. The machine died after a few days of use. I returned it for the money, to decide what to do. In different threads some people commented similar experiences of random restarts, instability issues and other iMac problems (the same problems...
  9. Pitbull Dad

    Text Notifications Not Showing on Watch

    Well I am having a day. I will try and keep this short. The watch gets the messages fine (shows them un-read in my inbox), but does not alert me when they come in. -my notifications are on (both in the app, on my phone and on the watch) -notification privacy is OFF - tried unsyncing the phone...
  10. nicom806

    Problems after Mojave 10.14.6 update

    Hi everyone, Today I updated Mojave to the 10.14.6 version. However, when I start my MacBook pro and I'm in the login page I don't longer have the same background (I have a grey one instead) as before and the cursor speed is not the same : Before the update, I used to have the same background...
  11. supergaia

    Fantastical 2 can't connect to my google account

    Hi i have downlaod yesterday the trial version of Fantastical 2 , but i can't connect to my goole account I open the preferences of fantastical 2 ->acconts -> click-> on google -> it opens firefox and I enter my email and password in firefox , and i accept to allow Fantastical to access your...
  12. NecRosex

    [RESOLVED]Keep getting error "Could not load Print & Scan preference pane."

    Hello. I was printing a document using pages, something went wrong I had to force quit the printing queue. Since that moment I can no longer print anything, neither can I open Printers & Scanners. I tried : -logging in as a Guest user - same problem. -booting into Safe Mode - same problem in...
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    Keynote links issues while using remote

    Hey I have a presentation build mainly on videos and links which I placed above the videos. I want to use my iPhone to control the presentation. for some reason when the presentation reaches a slate that has a transition set to the end of it with a delay, I can't press the links that I placed...
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    HomePod HomePod can’t understand the word “the” in requests

    I’ve been troubleshooting this for weeks and am getting nowhere. Recently my HomePod has started saying “I’m sorry I can’t find anything like that this time” when I ask it to turn off “the table lamp” (or any of my other hue bulbs around the house). Previously Siri understood this no problem. I...
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    PDF cause Computer to Freeze and/or Lag

    My 2018 Macbook pro currently running Mojave v 10.14.5. After the last update, I have experienced immense computer freezing and/or lag when working on PDFs (and only when working on PDFs). Actions that cause the problem include: downloading PDF (regardless of size), moving PDF from one folder to...
  16. Bluewhistle

    Wired Keyboard is a crazy fool - help!

    Hi All, I have a A1243 wired silver keyboard. When I plug it into my iMac (2014) running Sierra 10.12.6, it does silly things like: • The space bar producing TMTM"TM"TM" • Command - S - turning on caps lock etc. I've reset P-ram, etc and even run MacBooster virus checker with it plugged in -...
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    MP 6,1 2013 MacPro 12core d700 flicker

    hey guys. Thought I’d reach out. I’ve had an ongoing issue for well, years with my Mac Pro. Having had almost every part replaced the Mac has a flicker on external display. Apple have now determined that the flicker on my screen is because it’s in a scaled resolution. However it doesn’t do it on...
  18. Boco1117

    I got a Power Mac G5 for free but it won’t start up

    As the title, I got it for free. I am cleaning up the classroom since it is the end of the school year and I see a Power MAC G5 sitting in the corner. My teacher let me get it home for free. It was the dual 1.8 version. It got everything, but when I press on the start button, it kind of start...
  19. lautaroml

    Change MacBook Pro 2017 SDD. Now I can't login.

    First of all, thanks for helping me with this. My problem is the following: I have a 13-inch MacBook Pro 2017 without Touch Bar. I bought an SSD (512 GB) to change the one I had (128 GB). I opened the computer, made the SSD change and started the operating system. At first it went well but now...
  20. Sovon Halder

    How Do I Uninstall parallels ?

    It's like a virus that won't go away. I tried everything their website recommended for proper uninstallation. Moreover I took time and deleted everything that I could find in various folders within ~/Library Still every time I open context menu, the crap is there.. And clicking on those...