Security agent has gibberish textCertain dialogue boxes have had their text changed to ascii nonsense, notably the OS's password dialogue box. I have no idea what caused it. How do I fix this? Does this imply something malicious is on my mac? I'm on...view more
Thread Deleted city keeps returning in weather widget
Deleted city keeps returning in weather widgetI am using the new Macbook Pro with Yosemite. I love the notification center, but for some reason the weather widget keeps displaying my home city and a city I went on vacation to. Whenever I try to delete the other c...view more
Google password required at each startupHi, I recently reinstalled Yosemite, and since I added my three gmail accounts in Mail, at each startup all these Google accounts are asking for my passwords. I checked in the keychain, fixed permissions, removed al...view more
Alert DetectorI've searched my computer and cannot find the file for Alert Detector. I remove it in privacy settings but as soon as I log back in it's back! driving me nuts. It's not showing in my firewall at all. What now?view more
Mail Rules to Trigger NotificationHi guys, I was wondering if it is possible to set up a notification system within OS X to notify me (via Notification Center or the swipe in message in the upper right hand corner of the screen) when ce...view more
Thread disable "Check out Photos for OS X" notification
disable "Check out Photos for OS X" notificationIn the top right corner of the screen there has been a notification stating that "Check out Photos for OS X" notification. How could I stop this notification? I have blocked it in notification center by set the alert ...view more
import a calendar .ics file into RemindersI downloaded the Red Sox schedule into Calendar. I'd like to import it into Reminders for a variety of reasons. (I understand that I could just as well leave it in Calendar, but I have my reasons.) Anyway, I exported ...view more
Persistent Window SnapshotsHi! What are these "Persistent Window Snapshots". i recently started to have these popups asking for permissions. can't get rid of them. Rebooting system does not help, appears straight after bootup. Thanks! view more
Thread How can I shut off notifications permanently?
How can I shut off notifications permanently?Ever since I upgraded to Yosemite, my MBP keeps resetting my notification centre to display banners and examples from Mail and Messages every time I restart OS X. It is extremely annoying to have my (sometimes VERY!) ...view more
Thread MacBook Pro Mid-2010 15" Frequent Kernel Panics
MacBook Pro Mid-2010 15" Frequent Kernel PanicsHello all, I have been experiencing frequent kernel panic shutdowns (2-3 a day) since upgrading to Yosemite. To compound matters, after each panic is an additional restart as my computer is already in the proc...view more
Thread After downloading update for Yosemite 10.10.5, I got an annoying popup with a blaring beeping sound that said Safari had crashed. I forced quit Safari, restarted and popup came back once more. Restarted again and popup went away. What was that?
After downloading update for Yosemite 10.10.5, I got an annoying popup with a blaring beeping sound that said Safari had crashed. I forced quit Safari, restarted and popup came back once more. Restarted again and popup went away. What was that?
Thread Enable Notifications in PowerPoint Slideshow
Enable Notifications in PowerPoint SlideshowHello, I am trying to enable Mac OS notifications during a PowerPoint slideshow. I want to be able to see incoming Adium messages while PowerPoint is in Slideshow mode. It is my understanding that either Mac O...view more
Thread Getting rid of facebook notifications on desktop
Getting rid of facebook notifications on desktopIn an iMessage, a friend sent me a link to a facebook page. I was on my macbook air. This was a mobile facebook page link. I clicked it, not realizing. It opened into a browser in google chrome, and something popped u...view more
Extend the time notification shows.HI IS it possible to extend the time that notifications show as some times there is so much to read it disappears before I get to the end. TAview more
Automatic Updates via TerminalHello, Just wondering if anyone out there has any experience customising App Store automatic updates via Terminal. I do know that using the following command (softwareupdate --schedule off), will compl...view more
Facebook notification centre doesn't worki'm having an issue with my Facebook account and the notifications centre. the thing is that i don't receive notifications on my mbp from Facebook account.i changed recently my password and updated the accounts on sy...view more
Thread Calendar alerts repeat every 5 mins in Yosemite
Calendar alerts repeat every 5 mins in YosemiteI want my calendar alerts to appear once, as scheduled. When they appear on the screen I click 'Close' but they keep coming back in less than 5 minutes. In previous operating systems they would only appear once. I don...view more
