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troubleshooting

  1. J

    iMac question on internal hard drive.

    Now, first of all- I want to start off by saying I am new and do not know how to use the site but I am in desperate need of help. I have an iMac that me and my family have been using for a while. I have the iMac Aluminium Unibody, I don't know what model number it is- I just know it is that one...
  2. seitsme

    iPhone 5 or earlier Howto copy-restore apps from a backup to a new iphone 5 without old device

    hello, I have had an iphone 5 16GB, until i sold it. I have had a backup of it as i was using offline map software with bookmarks. Now i bought another iphone 5 64GB. I want to duplicate and move or transfer or restore the map apps from the backup to the new phone so i can have their settings...
  3. D

    iPhone 6(S)/Plus iPhone responds when connected to charger, nothing when connected to computer

    So I had a mom and pop shop replace the battery in my iPhone about a month ago, and its been all downhill from there. Currently my iPhone 6 is completely dead. It started with it just completly shutting off randomly 5-20 times per day (not an old battery problem as the battery was just...
  4. janalyen

    Problems with running a software UAM Image Tool

    Hi there, everyone, I'm having troubles with opening a software I downloaded. It's called UAM Image Tool, to annotate content. I run the console to see why and many things appeared. Among them, it says there is something related to MacKeeper. I uninstalled it from all over the place, but still...
  5. NOT..BLUE..ENOUGH!

    SPELLCHEECCCKKKK!!!!!!!

    Is it just me and my seemly hopeless spelling or is the spellcheck on MacOS awful? I would say at least 40% of the time I have to rely on a DuckDuckGo search to help get my spelling corrected. thoughts? advice on how I can better streamline this? software recommendations?
  6. G

    MBP 13' Retina 2016 Mojave 10.14 Troubleshooting

    Hello! I have a MBP 13' Retina 2016 running Mojave. I can boot up to the log in screen and when I log in, it seems to take forever to load. I've let it load overnight, multiple days the load bar just sits on full but never logs in. I tried recovery mode, it will also sit on a full load bar. I...
  7. seitsme

    iPhone 6(S)/Plus how to unhide the sim pin choice- missing iphone 6x

    hello, I noticed that in the iphone 6s if you want to change the sim pin number-code, you must go to the settings and then phone and then should be a choice to change the sim pin code1 or 2. The problem is that i have no such menu choice on my iphone 6s, updated to latest version. phone is...
  8. D

    iMac G3 slot-loading (probably iMac DV): powers on, no POST

    I recently found a iMac G3, of which I think it's a iMac DV (M5521), in perfect physical condition (no dust, scratches) at a thrift shop for almost no money. Unfortunately, and maybe not unexpectedly, it doesn't start. I've dug through lots of forum posts and service manuals to try and diagnose...
  9. M

    iPhone 8/Plus New iPhone 8 (Verizon) & having muffled call quality through the earpiece. Any fix for this?

    I tried the following 1. Turing off the Phone Noise Cancellation. 2. Turning off the LTE 3. Turning on Mono Audio Does anyone have any further suggestions. The voice through the Earpiece Speaker sounds a very muffled. Also I end my day with about 45% battery life, but that is only with...
  10. persuasiveghost

    Google Chrome freezing constantly

    Since we're on this subject, does anyone else have chrome freezing issues? I use Chrome for some development learning and I'm just used to it. It freezes incessantly: -Regardless of how many tabs I have open. -I'm on 10.14.2 with dark mode. -I've had this issue on my 2017 MB pro and now my...
  11. Jam3s007

    Photos App corrupted — Wife enraged

    Hello all, So here’s where I’m at. My wife has a used 4 year old IMac. It was factory restored by me and was slow as a snail for some reason. Clicking “about Mac” took about 20 seconds for the screen to populate if this gives any clue about how slow this computer was. The computer would also...
  12. D

    issue with my new iMac

    so I keep getting this pop up message of force quit applications. see attached. What can I do to resolve this issue?
  13. ppenn

    Display stopped working for 3 weeks...not works all of a sudden.

    title edit: Now* instead of not 3 weeks ago the display on mu iPhone 6 became unresponsive. Would not respond to any touch. I restored it and set it up as new in case it was software but that didn't work. I just made an appointment to get a new display and all of a sudden...3 weeks later, the...
  14. paulcristo

    Safari 12 crashes Spotlight searches

    I noticed after installing Safari 12 that my Spotlight searches would crash Spotlight. After typing in a few characters, the search field would disappear and the magnifying glass in the upper-right corner of the screen would disappear briefly then reappear. I discovered in System Preferences if...
  15. tekchic

    New Series 4 Only Works on Wifi

    So excited to go from Series 0 to Series 4 today. Stayed at home on wifi all day. Watch/Phone both arrive around 12:30pm, I set it up and paired with no problems. I set it up as not a new watch but from my "restore from backup" of my Series 0. Everything seemed fine all day, then we went out to...
  16. seitsme

    Macbook 2009: Plextor 128GB SSD problem & Samsung EVO 850 replacement

    hi all, I have a late 2009 macbook with latest high sierra on it. I replaced the bootable SATA hdd with a 500GB SATA disk as it failed. I decided to add a secondary hdd, a Plextor SATA SSD, model PX-128m6Pro firmware 1.02, dated 2014. on the DVD bay ! I installed osx high sierra latest as well...
  17. ajryan4

    Power issue with 2011 MBP: I'm out of ideas

    Hi Everyone, I've been trying to diagnose a power issue with my mid-2011 MBP 13" and am running out of ideas. I don't want to take it to the apple store yet because I have a feeling they'll just do everything that I've done already and then try to replace the battery, which I can do myself. So...
  18. A

    iPhone 7/Plus iPhone 7 stuck on connecting to iTunes screen

    My iPhone screen was stuck on connecting to iTunes for a couple of hours and there is no sign back to normal. I tried rebooting the device, still the same result. The problem comes out when I remotely erase the device.
  19. Shadow9x99

    Strange GPU behavior on Mac Pro 3,1

    I have two GPUs for my early 2008 mac pro (2x 3.2ghz Xeon, 16GB OWC Ram), the first is an EVGA GTX 285 flashed with the mac efi and the second is an Apple radeon 5770. The system runs OS X 10.11.6 just fine. The strange thing is that in most games on OS X the 5770 outperforms the 285 by a...
  20. lkxag

    Problems after IPhone 6 Plus screen replacement

    Ok so here's some history on my phone. (sorry if its too much to read i thought i should give as much info as i can so find the best help) i got a iPhone from a friend its a iphone 6 plus and the screen was broken, i bought a new screen and replaced it with no problems, it worked fine for almost...