sierra

I am looking to upgrade my operating system and was all set to do a clean install, but then someone told me on Apple's community forums that there is no point doing a clean install unless you are selling your mac. He said just to do a regular upgrade instead. Which is better? I have had...

I am about to upgrade from Sierra to Mohave (I skipped High Sierra because I have a Fusion drive) and was wondering if anyone has had any problems with Mohave and their Time Machine backup? I want to make a 2nd backup of my hard drive before I upgrade, but money is tight at the moment and...

Here is my issue. The drive states its almost full. 415GB used of a 500GB HD. I am running Sierra on an iMac. When I go into manage it states the system is using all of the space and its grayed out. I do not know how to free up this space. I have run disk utilities thinking maybe the drive is...

I belive someone is hosting a webhost server or something to change website content. Also, if i google certain words the first meaning of the word is often wrong. I had someone over who did an badusb attack on me. i think someone is hosting a mirror server to mirror my whole computer.. here is...

I have Sierra on an external drive (No1) that I use to boot with. On a different ext drive (No2) I have a TimeMachine backup from an ElCapitan system. I wish to delete Sierra from the ext drive (No1) and install Capitan as it is on the TMachine backup on the other external drive I have (No2)...

URGENT HELP REQUIRED! Hello everyone! I have an iMac (Mid 2011) I decided to do a clean install of macOS sierra! I followed all the necessary steps of 1. Downloading the OS package from the app store 2. Preparing the USB drive with disk utility. 3. Creating a bootable USB drive with Terminal...

Hello folks, been a while! This is a long one but I feel the detail is required to hopefully determine the problem. I very recently upgraded my late 2011 MBP 13" from Mavericks to Sierra. It went fine, seemed to run well for a day... then it slowed down, and my apps stopped opening. Naturally...

Just a technical inquiry about Mojave. I'm considering a new- or refurbished-hardware-purchase in the coming months. Could be a 27-inch iMac i7 or a MacBook Pro 13-inch 17 w/ eGPU. Either setup would include an external monitor. I am concerned about window management when using multiple programs...

So, I see some threads here in the forum about updating microcodes, and they quickly gather many posts from folks who are apparently more up to date on the benefits of updating such. I thought that perhaps the rest of us might benefit if those most knowledgeable would be able to enlighten us...

First things first, I'll get the particulars out of the way: I am running MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 on a Macbook Pro (15 inch, 2017) with 16 GB of RAM, a 256 GB SSD and Radeon 555 dedicated graphics. So I've tried and failed to install both the MacOS High Sierra and the beta for MacOS Mojave...

Hi there, I know this can be an Ableton or Apple thread but since both of them are engaged in this case I preferred to ask my question here: I had Ableton 10.0.2 on my iMac which ran Sierra which worked fine until my hdd crashed. I had to switch from a 1TB fusion drive to a 525GB ssd and...

Looking to purchase a new, just announced, 2018 Macbook Pro, but am wondering about compatible OS. Comes preloaded with High Sierra, but given certain software we're still running, we would like to downgrade to Sierra OS. We've done this on 2017 machines, just wondering if the new machines can...

Hi, I'm a freelance video editor and I'm currently working on a production that uses FCP 7 (Yes... you read that right). I have FCP 7 on my early 2008 Mac Pro, but I bought a new iMac Pro earlier this year and would like to use it for this job. We all know that FCP 7 is now obsolete with High...

Hi all So first post... I've a Mac Pro 2012 5.1 that works perfectly when running Sierra with the Nvidia web and CUDA drivers. Thought I'd try to upgrade to High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65) from the latest build of Sierra, not sure build though sorry, although let's just say that the driver and card...

i got a hand me down 2009 imac. Came with nothing. Me trying to outsmart the computer attempted to factory reset and ended up deleting EVERYTHING! All i have is the os x base system which is locked. I can’t partition it and there’s no other drive to re-install sierra. How can I fix this?

This is a general issue and gather all to one thread will be good for next releases. I upgraded to high sierra 10.13.5 from sierra 10.12.6 and immediately returned back to sierra cause of this issue. Im using my 2017 macbook pro w touchbar for home use and work presentations (interior and vector...

Good evening specialists, I have a problem - after a short time. I have a problem: "Can not create a pre-boot volume on APFS installation request" The format in which: gives the equipment to a person in the family and I wanted all the data. Why is there no such idea, I have all gathered...

Hello all, I have a 5,1 Mac Pro (Aluminum) that I am trying to install a GTX 1080 into. The processors are 2x E5620 Xeon Quad cores. The system came with an ATI Radeon 5870 (1GB), which I still have. The brand of the GTX 1080 is MSI. SIP is ENABLED. After selecting "NVIDIA Web Driver" in the...

How "dangerous" is disabling SIP if I want to install Sierra on a 2009 Mac Mini? The official limit of the 2009 Mac Mini is El Capitan but I really need Sierra and am not sure I can afford a new or even second-hand later model Mini. If I have anti-virus software like Sophos installed will that...

Starts very simple. Mac Version of a game (basic .app file) Either saying The application * can’t be opened or it bounces in the dock and disappears immediately. This started on El Capitan. I tried to use Wine to run the windows version of the previously mentioned game using all the...