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Hello Apple friends, any tips how to optimize the MX500 (500GB for the PC, 1TB for my Late 2015 5K iMac 2TB Fusion but only the hardisk is working. The 1TB will be run on a USB 3.0 external dock back up first then I'll open up the iMac later, I do have a 1TB NVME, so later it'll be 2TB total no...

Hello Apple & Mac friends. What else or setting on both the Mac and PC (PCs, tested on more than one PC) could be preventing the Mac from communicating to the PC's printer. The Mac can mount the Public folders of the PC, no problem but the IP address must be known and that used to mount it (if...

This is addressed primarily to owners of 2016+ 13/15-inch MacBook Pro with Boot Camp volume on internal SSD. I'm trying to set Boot Camp volume (located on internal SSD) label displayed in Startup Manager (Option-boot, boot loader) to something different than Windows. The commands I use are...

This is addressed primarily to owners of 2016+ 13/15-inch MacBook Pro with Boot Camp volume on internal SSD. I'm trying to set Boot Camp volume (located on internal SSD) label displayed in Startup Manager (Option-boot, boot loader) to something different than Windows. The commands I use are...

This is addressed primarily to owners of 2016+ 13/15-inch MacBook Pro with Boot Camp volume on internal SSD. I'm trying to set Boot Camp volume (located on internal SSD) label displayed in Startup Manager (Option-boot, boot loader) to something different than Windows. The commands I use are...

Hello Mac & Apple friends. Is there an app that can know, once you buy an SSD (SATA internal or M.2 NVME or AHCI). There are, sadly techniques that say a certain SSD has this much capacity but sometimes it's really just half or less. There are also straight fakes that use the name of say...

hi guys, I'm at a point where i want to install a modded windows 11 that bypasses the TPM. Im aware that windows 11 on the mac pro 2009 is not officially supported but id want give it a shot. i tried going through the bootcamp installer and even used a windows 7 iso file which bootcamp...

Is there a site out there that, like MacRumors does for the Apple ecosystem, reports news on Windows? I need to educate myself on Windows better and learn technologies coming out in that ecosystem.

This comes under the heading "Minor Annoyance" rather than "Major Issue". Whenever I open a new Finder window in list view, or change from column or icon to list view, the items are always ordered the wrong way! By default I use "By Name" but rather that being ordered from A - Z, or 1 - 9, with...

Hello, somehow inspite of Terminal methods and USB refresh apps (for weeks, many man hours), macOS Monterey won't mount any external drives (it does mount the internal drives), now I plan to burn my older macOS (like High Sierra which has been the most stable macOS by far) installer as a...

Hey all, Can anyone recommend a cable that will allow me to use my Studio Display with Windows? I have a dedicated GPU with DisplayPort / HDMI connections. I've tried a few cables but they don't work, specifcally some DisplayPort 1.4 8K cables, should I be looking for something more specific...

Two Known Facts: Creating Windows bootable USB feature removed from Big Sur and later version. Boot Camp Assistant no longer available on Apple Silicon Mac. So if you want to create a Windows bootable USB on M1 Mac, you can either use Terminal or third-party app to finish the job. Actually...

Hello. I have MacPro 4.1 2009. I flashed it to 5.1, then put Nvidia GT710 (because it have Metal), flashed to firmware to 144.0.0.0.0 and install MacOS 10.13 on NVME via 2$ aliexpress PCI-E NVME adapter. Next I want: buy RX 580 video card reinstall MacOS 10.13 on 12.3 wia OpenCore...

I have to say UC is such an awesome feature and I absolutely loved controlling my iPad from Mac and vice versa. It really brings unity to the ecosystem. But I also have a Windows PC and I would like the functionality extended to it as well, so that all my working devices can be controlled with...

I have a Late 2011 13" MacBook Pro running High Sierra 10.13.6, Quick recap, I initially wanted to install Windows through Bootcamp but it for some reason failed once the laptop restarted to boot the Windows installer disc, the disc ejected and it only said "no bootable device, insert boot...

I am using NTFS compression on my BootCamp and it gives me about 10% extra free space with no detectable performance impact. I am now thinking of using it on Parallels Win 11 VMs on M1, since my MacBook Pro 13" is stuck at 2TB. Has anybody tried this? Have you seen any performance degradation?

My cMP is running RefindPlus > OpenCore and I have Legacy Windows 11 installed on a separate SSD in one of the SATA II bays. I successfully upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11, and it boots beautifully from the RefindPlus boot screen. I have Parallels 17.1.1 installed and was able to run...

I know that I can hit Control + down/up arrow to see the different open windows/apps. This is inconvenient when using a mouse. Is there a way to see ALL open Chrome windows at once like on the Start bar/menu in Windows? I like how all open windows can be quickly seen like this...

Can the M1 chip Macs run Windows 10 or 11 natively? I am aware of what is possible via virtualization (Vmware, Parallels, etc.) Thanks

Hi, Last days I surfed over itnernet to find, how can I fix Fn button not working on Windows 11. The conclusion of my researched and attempts that all the solutions provided (soem of them pretty outdated for up to 6 years) works only for Gen1 keyboard. I couldn't find any... Can someone help...