Imac starts up then shuts downHi There - I have an imac that was running mavericks, and I always ran time machine daily. Last week I went to start up my machine and it stayed in the grey start up screen and an empty status bar appeared, and ...view more
etre check summary, please help :)So my trusty 2010 iMac that I rarely use other than for music and some photos is starting to get really slow. Everything is freezing and the ball is spinning all the time. Here is the etre check report and yes items i...view more
Mac, FireWire, and Elura 100First of all, I have done all the suggestions given at the many communities to no joy(reset pram; smc;reboot; disconnect everything and pwr down for minutes, hours; try on different mac; different cable; etc). I am po...view more
Old Apple ID preventing authorizationI have three apple id's. The oldest (6 yrs ago) is causing a problem with itunes by requesting that I authorize it with the earliest apple id p& password (and even though I enter the password it tells me its maxed...view more
re format ntfs drive?Hi All, I've found a 320gb NTFS drive usb3 "Bipra' brand on amazon for £24. Sounds great as all the the rest and mac formatted ones are either double that price or usb2 only. They get good reviews as they...view more
Solid State Drive "Wakes" SlowlyI installed a 1 TB SATA solid state drive from Other World Computing into my early 2009 iMac. Works great with one exception. When I put it to sleep, it takes 30 - 40 seconds to wake up. I understand...view more
Thread Mail -lost "on my Mac" feature after clean restall
Mail -lost "on my Mac" feature after clean restallAfter I had to reinstall my system my new Mail app no longer has the "on my mac" section. I had stored different emails on it, banking notifications mostly. Is there any way to retrieve them? They we...view more
Can I upgrade my iMacI have an early 2008 iMac 24 inch screen 2.8Ghz - Dual Core 4GB / 800MHZ / DDR 2 SDRAM Its getting a bit slow. Can it be upgradedview more
Thread Should I install Norton anti-virus on my Mac El Capitan?
Should I install Norton anti-virus on my Mac El Capitan?Hello. My husband's Windows laptop recently got infected with the zepto ransomware. (Nightmare, and we consider ourselves very careful. For goodness sake keep at least 2 hard drive copies of absolutely eve...view more
Thread 27 iMac (2012) crashes and requires smc reset to turn on
27 iMac (2012) crashes and requires smc reset to turn onMy late 2012 iMac, i7 16gig RAM 27 inches keeps shutting down. It looks like as if it was unplugged. Happens randomly. Sometimes while playing Diablo 3, surfing facebook or using iphotos or other apps. Seems to not cr...view more
Thread iMac keyboard repeating letters after waking from sleep
iMac keyboard repeating letters after waking from sleepThe wireless keyboard on my 1yr old iMac doesn't like waking up! When I try to type a password, it just repeatedly presses keys, nothing can stop it except a reboot. There don't appear to be any keys stuck down ...view more