• 10,001 Mac questions answered

    Hello and welcome to my user tip.   This is just a general list of repeated questions we get around here, not near 10,001 but perhaps one day.     Q: How do I connect a memory stick from a camera, GP...view more
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  • Help us to help you on these forums

    Hello and welcome to the Apple Support Forums     These forums are mainly a User to User support forum monitored by Apple staff for moderation issues. We don't speak on the behalf of Apple nor can direct wh...view more
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  • MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2010 owners

    Hello and welcome.     If your panic report states "GPU Panic" and your machine model identification is MacBook Pro 6,2, then print out a copy of your panic report and take your machine into Apple for free,...view more
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  • Tune up your Mac here

    Welcome to my User Tip.     One of our regulars here created a nifty little program to give us more experienced users a insight into your Mac and what's going on with it.   What you do is  run th...view more
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  • Changing ownership of a used Mac

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     People are buying Mac's used where the previous owner didn't know or clear the machine properly before selling it, so what occurs is the next owner can't update OS X or ...view more
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  • ..WiFi, Internet problems, possible solutions

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     WiFi and Internet problems are hard to diagnose and usually rare, so this is my known list of possible causes /solutions seen here on the forums / experience   Thi...view more
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  • Secure erase data on a Solid State Drive?

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     Since Apple started introducing computers with Solid State Drives, some people have been asking how to securely erase data on them like they used to be able to do on har...view more
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  • Macbook Pro vulnerable to liquid spills

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     The MacBook Pro is especially vulnerable to liquid spills on the keyboard area, or by side splashes at the rear or side ports.   (It's also sensitive to magnets an...view more
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  • Erase, formatting, OS X installs on Mac's

    Hello and Welcome to my User Tip     This is a bit more advanced topic to give those new to Mac/computers the information they need in regards to formatting, partitioning, installing, backing up, cloning OS...view more
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  • Combine two+ Users Accounts on the same machine

    Combine two+ Users Accounts on the same machine into one.     Hello and welcome to my User Tip     A problem occurs when one uses  Migration Assistant to bring a user account over from anoth...view more
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  • Gray, Blue or White screen at boot, w/spinner/progress bar

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     The gray screen issue at boot can be caused by many things.     1: If you just did a Software Update, the firmware progress bar might be updating, let it comp...view more
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  • BootCamp: "This disc can not be partitioned/impossible to move files."

    Hello and welcome to my Use Tip     "This disc can not be partitioned because it is impossible to move some of its files.   So you saw this in BootCamp and know wondering what to do.   Hard driv...view more
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  • How to uninstall/install software on your Mac

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     Best way to uninstall programs or apps   The best way is to contact the developers site for uninstall instructions, especially if the software required you to enter ...view more
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  • How to safely defrag a Mac's hard drive

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     You might be experiencing some performance issues with your Mac, spinning beach ball, just general slowness and you knew from your PC days about defragging computers. &n...view more
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  • How to install/uninstall Flash, fix problems

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     With Safari 5.1.7+  will disable older versions of Flash as a security precaution, all you need to do it update it or install it.     What is Flash? &nbs...view more
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  • You need to restart, panic report assistance

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     If you have a "You need to restart" message and presented with a kernel panic report, here is some partial assistance to see if you can begin solving it yourself.  ...view more
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  • Mac maintenance steps

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     Although you might have heard that "Mac's don't need maintenance" they actually do in sense to keep things more or less in line or the machine can become a mess through ...view more
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  • OS X 10.4/10.5 need to upgrade, 10.6.8 ok still

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip.     OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and 10.5 "Leopard" is obsolete and insecure, Apple is not paying attention to those versions of OS X anymore.   https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1...view more
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  • Snow Leopard 10.6 password reset, no disk method

    This only works for Snow Leopard.     1: Reboot the computer and hold the command and s keys down to enter single user mode.   You will need a wired/built in keyboard, a PC one will work, the Windows...view more
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  • Folder with question mark issue

    Are you seeing this?       Firmware is telling you that it can't find the bootable operating system it's been assigned to boot from.   Machine is powered on? Hold the power button down to force...view more
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