Nervous about upgrade to El CapitanHi, I am currently running OS X 10.8.5 on a Mid 2012 Mac Book Pro. I have a 500 GB HD and have 432 GB available. My processor is a 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 and I have 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 memory. ...view more
FINDER PROBLEMS!!!it says "the last time you opened finder it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try reopening its windows again?" and it doesnt give me the time to do this it pops open and closes in the blink o...view more
how do I encrypt a folder for emailI'd like to encrypt, ideally compress and encrypt a series of pdfs and mail them to a Windows person. I know stuffit does that but it is cumbersome and I have an old version. Any ideas on a modern utility - or using...view more
Thread iMac gets very hot, and even is warm when idle...
iMac gets very hot, and even is warm when idle...Hello, My iMac 27 2011, OSX 10.8.5 is getting very hot, I can barely hold my hand on it, i'm only using Firefox & Mail. Other recent problems are: 1 Once it goes to automatic sleep sometime...view more
Thread How do I fix the panic (cpu 0 call error...
How do I fix the panic (cpu 0 call error...When i powered my MacBook Pro i received an error msg: panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8026a59241): "Unable to find driver for this platform: \"ACPI".\n"@SourceChache/xnu/xnu-2050.20.9/lokit/Kernel/IOPlatformExport.cpp:15...view more
Problem with Azeri keyboard layoutWhile using my Macbook Air (10.8.3) I have problems with keyboard layout as I discovered that there is no standard question mark symbol "?" when I switch to use Azeri keyboard. I am not using any third-party app, just...view more
R.I.P. James PondSaddened to learn today of the passing of James Pond, aka "Pondini," whose expertise has helped so many of us. http://www.beckerfamilyfuneral.com/obituary.asp?did=13012view more
Mac always opens with a Google pageA new problem: in the last few days, whenever I start up my Mac, Safari opens with a Google accounts page! There is nothing either in Safari preferences or in the login items in System Preferences to account for this....view more
boot up is taking a long time ... help !!my mac is taking long time to start up .... i dont know whats wrong with it ... even my hard drive if 80% vacant can anyone telll me waht can be the issue please ???view more
Beware of MacKeeperWhen one installs MacKeeper, which claims to be software to "Clean and protect your Mac" it installs several items of adware and scareware that not only annoy you and urge you to buy stuff that you don't want or need ...view more
Cannot Activate Bluetooth Host ControllerI have a Mac Pro Silver tower running 10.8.4. It suffers from the Bluetooth Mouse stutter problem, so I purchased the only USB Bluetooth adapter I could find that said it was compatible with Mac: The Orico BTA-403. &n...view more
Accidentally deleted startup discMy startup disc was too full and I was getting error messages and computer running slow. I went to recovery mode startup (where you hold down command and r) and then disc utility and erased the entire thing! There ...view more
