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volumes

  1. C

    new Mini - 2 questions... wallpaper and Volumes

    I have upgraded from a 2013 iMac to a M2 Mini and have two outstanding issues before everything is exactly as I want it (ie as my old machine was): 1. I want my wallpaper to change every minute to a different random picture from my photos library. I have gone into System Settings/Wallpaper and...
  2. pika1126

    Issues With Erasing Volume and Getting High Sierra Installed after SDD Upgrade on a Late 2011 MacBook Pro

    Hi guys, I'm new here. I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro 13-inch. The original HDD on this system started failing, so I replaced it with an SDD Samsung 860 EVO of 500BG. I also updated the RAM. After replacing the original hard drive with a solid state drive, my MacBook Pro ran extremely slow. Just...
  3. petekjohnson

    How to edit SharedFileLists for Finder sidebar items???

    I don't like the way Finder shows Devices and Servers. Normally, individual share volumes do not appear AT ALL. You can open Finder preferences and enable or disable "Cloud Storage", "Bonjour Computers" and "Connected servers" Cloud Storage appears to be where the new FileProvider API will...
  4. L

    What should my partitions and volumes look like. Have 5 containers - Is that right?

    Recently, my macbook pro needed service, so I used SuperDuper to create a back up clone. After reinstalling my backed up clone, I now have 5 containers. Is this correct? It looks like there are 2 hard drives listed, but there is only one. Can I merge them or delete the second one? Attached are...
  5. TitanTiger

    Mojave on second partition, AFPS

    In the past when I've wanted to try out a new macOS version in beta, I've created a disk partition and installed it there. But with AFPS it asks me if I want to do a partition or create a new volume. I'm not quite up on the distinctions with volumes vs partitions and just wanted to ask, what...
  6. Miqs

    Backup volumes on desktop different colour. Why?

    I have 2 backup volumes linked to my iMac. Usually they are both coloured yellow on my desktop but I have noticed one now has changed to green. What does this mean?