Cannot disable dark menu bar in El CapitanAn app I was using turned OSX's "dark menu bar" option on, and, while I like it better than the light menu bar some of my menu icons are not visible in dark mode and so I'd like to turn it off. However, the problem is...view more
delete difficult files?On my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) I have files I cannot delete. They were created as a local Time Machine archive when the regular destination was not available. When I discovered the...view more
Thread Keychain Password Errors in El Capitan (10.11.6)
Keychain Password Errors in El Capitan (10.11.6)I work for a school and we are using the Guest Account with our students this year. We are running into keychain errors. Specifically, our users receive this error: "Messages Agent wants to use the "local items" keych...view more
Menu bar disappeared on other monitorsPretty sure the app Spectacle caused this issue. I had it installed, it wasn't working correctly, so I uninstalled. After a reboot, my menu bar disappeared on my other monitors (as in when I move an app to one of them...view more
Thread El Capitan shutting off USB power on MacBook Pro?
El Capitan shutting off USB power on MacBook Pro?Since upgrading my Early 2015 13" Retina MacBook Pro to El Capitan from Yosemite, I have noticed that it shuts off power to the USB ports when it's asleep. I know for 100% certain it didn't use to do this, as I travel...view more
Thread my desktop picture changed automatically this morning when I turned on my computer. I'm not on a network and nobody should have access to my computer settings besides myself. Should I be concerned? Why did the picture change on its own?
my desktop picture changed automatically this morning when I turned on my computer. I'm not on a network and nobody should have access to my computer settings besides myself. Should I be concerned? Why did the picture change on its own?
Securely erasing SSD using FilevaultI'm getting ready to sell my 2009 MBP with a 1tb SSD. I know I can't securely erase the drive like a traditional mechanical platter drive and so someone recommended the following which sounds pretty secure using...view more
Fixing Keyboard “Type" ProblemsMacs have one of three different physical keyboard “types,” which Apple calls JIS (for Japan), ISO (used in Europe, for example) and ANSI (used in the US). ISO has one key more than ANSI -- it is located b...view more
Cannot get a data recovery HD to mountDue to my iMac's HD dying, and my backup HD failing before I could recover, I had to have the backup drive recovered at a data recovery service (expensive). The HD they gave me with the recovered Time Machine backup i...view more
Thread Two-word group name in contacts crashes Mail
Two-word group name in contacts crashes MailHi I have a group name which consists of two words. When I use this group in Mail (El Capitan 10.11.3), I type in the first word of the group name in the "To:" address bar, but when I hit spacebar ...view more
Thread Not able to restart to install El Capitan updates
Not able to restart to install El Capitan updatesHello all, I'm trying to install the most recent update to El Capitan, but my Macbook Pro is unable to restart to install this update. I've done hard resets with PRAM reboots and that hasn't worked eithe...view more
photos will not openJust like I've always done, I put the photo data card into the slot on the side of my Mid-2010 iMac, running 10.11.5, only now, the program "Photos" opens to a blank white page with no photos, or albums or anything. ...view more
Mac Showing Multiple Squashed ScreensI have a Mac Mini and a MacBook Pro. I leave the Mac Mini turned on so I can remote into it using Teamviewer. I also often use the "Share Screen" feature on my MacBook Pro to remote into my Mac Mini when I...view more
Chinese character for nǚWhen typing with the Simplified Madarin keyboard, when I type the letters "nu", the first option to come up is 奴. But I only want the radical for nǚ (the first radical on the left). That character does not present as ...view more
add to keychain but no autofillI want to store all of my passwords using iCloud Keychain Access, but I don't want some passwords to Autofill. For instance, I do not want my user name and password to Autofill for my banking accounts--I always want t...view more
Can´t update to latest OS X versionHey everyone, I just realised that I´m not running the last OS X El Capitan Version on my 2014 MacBook Pro. Currently 10.11.2 is the latest installed version on my system. I checked fo...view more
Fixing Keyboard “Type" Problems
