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      • Thread I love when i click on OS X Y Yosemite it takes me to crappy el captain

        I love when i click on OS X Y Yosemite it takes me to crappy el captain

        I hate El Captain, Its like you don't want us to bootcamp.view more
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        I love when i click on OS X Y Yosemite it takes me to crappy el captain

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        • Thread How do i delete Mac Keeper from my computer?

          How do i delete Mac Keeper from my computer?

          How do I delete Mac Keeper from my computer?view more
          808euro
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          How do i delete Mac Keeper from my computer?

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          • Thread My macbook pro keyboard backlight stopped working after upgrading to OS X El capitan

            My macbook pro keyboard backlight stopped working after upgrading to OS X El capitan

            So after upgrading my OS X Yosemite to El capitan, for some odd reason my keyboard backlight stopped working. While using the F5 and F6 command buttons shows the light changing, it doesn't actually turn it on.view more
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            My macbook pro keyboard backlight stopped working after upgrading to OS X El capitan

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            • Thread El Capitan: How to gain root access without disabling SIP

              El Capitan: How to gain root access without disabling SIP

              Can someone who knows what they are doing explain this to me? El Capitan is supposed to be "rootless" and is supposed to have SIP in place as an extra layer of security more or less. Is this correct? And in order to d...view more
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              El Capitan: How to gain root access without disabling SIP

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              • Thread how can i download octave on mac el capitan

                how can i download octave on mac el capitan

                i need to download octave on my mac for my math course and the ways that i find on google are a bit complicated for meview more
                Hasan ALTamimi
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                how can i download octave on mac el capitan

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                • Thread el capitan did not installed and now only shows empty monitor

                  el capitan did not installed and now only shows empty monitor

                  I Tryed upgrade el capitan. It was almost compled after 2 or more hours. Was remaining 5minutes. when i return to computer it was just freeze. i press power button. It shuted down. And then when i m trying to switch o...view more
                  Ketokh
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                  el capitan did not installed and now only shows empty monitor

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                  • Thread Return to Yosemite without Time Machine

                    Return to Yosemite without Time Machine

                    How can i get back to Yosemite without Time Machine Backup ?view more
                    Dj GoodLife
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                    Return to Yosemite without Time Machine

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                    • Thread Unavailable free space on hard drive

                      Unavailable free space on hard drive

                      I recently noticed that my new MacBook Pro was running low on available storage space.  It has a 250 GB fusion drive with a 75Gb partition for Windows.  When I looked at the drive in Disk Utility, I found an...view more
                      FTZMan
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                      Unavailable free space on hard drive

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                      • Thread Lost disk space

                        Lost disk space

                        Hello,   I have a Macbook pro retina mi-2012 (10.1) with 16gb of ram.   I'm using mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.3   I'm trying to setup a bootcamp partition. The problem is that the finder says that I ha...view more
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                        Lost disk space

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                        • Thread Missing 30gb after changing to El Capitan?

                          Missing 30gb after changing to El Capitan?

                          Just switched to El Capitan before I was planning on partitioning my hard drive for bootcamp, but, upon restart, i have lost a significant amount of space. Disk utility is giving me mismatching numbers in the same win...view more
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                          Missing 30gb after changing to El Capitan?

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                          • Thread Does apple use / test drives before shipment?  Should my new SSD show usage when it arrives?

                            Does apple use / test drives before shipment?  Should my new SSD show usage when it arrives?

                            I upgraded to a new SSD and it shows that it has been powered on and used already, but not for very long.  Does this mean that Apple tests the drives before they ship, or does it mean someone sold me a used drive...view more
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                            Does apple use / test drives before shipment?  Should my new SSD show usage when it arrives?

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                            • Thread drag and drop on same disk, same partition taking hours. Why, and how to fix it?

                              drag and drop on same disk, same partition taking hours. Why, and how to fix it?

                              Hi,   My computer crashed and I'm putting the backed up files back onto the disk. The drag and drop of the adobe files is 500GB and took a couple of hours to complete. Dragging and dropping that into a subfolder...view more
                              John Galt
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                              drag and drop on same disk, same partition taking hours. Why, and how to fix it?

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                              • Thread How to recover Mac OS partition?

                                How to recover Mac OS partition?

                                I was trying to install windows 10 on my macbook pro mid 2012. I used Boot Camp to create a partition for windows but i kept getting "The selected disk is of the GPT partition Style" so I looked up for a solution and ...view more
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                                How to recover Mac OS partition?

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                                • Thread HDD will not format

                                  HDD will not format

                                  Hello everyone,   I have a MacBook Pro running and I got the following problem.   I have 2 partitions, Macintosh HD and Bootcamp. The problem is that my Macintosh HD is lacking storage, so I want to delete...view more
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                                  HDD will not format

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                                  • Thread After a failed bootcamp attempt, my 2 TB Fusion drive capacity is sliced in half.

                                    After a failed bootcamp attempt, my 2 TB Fusion drive capacity is sliced in half.

                                    So last night I left my hard drive partitioning away with Boot Camp assistant. When I check, I saw no new hard drive symbol on the desktop, so I assumed it failed somehow, and started the assistant new. However, when ...view more
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                                    After a failed bootcamp attempt, my 2 TB Fusion drive capacity is sliced in half.

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                                    • Thread Install Yosemite along side El Capitain

                                      Install Yosemite along side El Capitain

                                      My friend has a non retina Macbook Pro and currently has El Capitain installed. Her school requires her to use some browser software called LockDown that prevents her from cheating on online quizzes, test etc. It howe...view more
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                                      Install Yosemite along side El Capitain

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                                      • Thread 2 Recovery partitions

                                        2 Recovery partitions

                                        Hi, I found out i got 2 recovery partitions that's the output of diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):    #:              &nbs...view more
                                        MarcoURL
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                                        2 Recovery partitions

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                                        • Thread Create a bootable installer for OS X

                                          Create a bootable installer for OS X

                                          I have an iMac with El Capitan that was upgraded from Mavericks ... I also have a bootable Disc on key with  Mavericks version (Made when Mavericks was installed ) .   1. Do I need to make a new Bootable u...view more
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                                          Create a bootable installer for OS X

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                                          • Thread Imac shut down when I restarted it after I trying to print a document. Prior to that it worked fine.

                                            Imac shut down when I restarted it after I trying to print a document. Prior to that it worked fine.

                                            System want reboot after restartview more
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                                            Imac shut down when I restarted it after I trying to print a document. Prior to that it worked fine.

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                                            • Thread Yosemite to El Capitan

                                              Yosemite to El Capitan

                                                   Hello, my question is regarding upgrading to Yosemite to El Capitan. I converted to Windows, and I'd like to know if theres a way to clean install El Capitan without downloading the installer ...view more
                                              PropaneKelli
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                                              Yosemite to El Capitan

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