On my iMac I have 2 operating systems installed, and Windows 7 and Mac OSX. Until recently I did not use OSX, but I tried as it looks. But now, back when I want Windows 7, I will begin when you turn to run Mac OSX. I know how to switch to Windows, but only temporarily, off the PC and when starting to hold the Alt key and selected by Windows. But after turning the PC begins to load OSX again.
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iMac, Windows 7
I have a 80GB Intel X25-M G2 that cannot boot in less than 30s.
I keep reading that people get bootup times as low as 15s, and I was wondering if there is something I am doing wrong.
I am using about 30 GB of SSD space, and I use a 500 GB 7200 RPM Seagate Momentus XT hybrid as a scratch disk (downloads, documents, pictures, etc.) in the optibay.
I just did a clean install of snow leopard yesterday, formatted my X25 (wrote zeros, mac [journaled]), installed SL, updated, etc. The bootup time went up to over one minute.
I reinstalled snow leopard again (did not format this time) and it went down to 33s. I then reset the pram and it went down to 27s.
Now, it's back around 30s.
My iMac starts up to a white screen and stays that way and won't start.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
How do I turn off programs that automatically start up when I turn on the computer? I want to improve the processing speed of my system and I'm pretty sure programs running in the background are slowing me down.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), mid-2011, quad-core i5 2.5Ghz, 16GB
If I select from the menu bar another available wireless network (one without a password for example) and then switch back to my own wi-fi network, am I still safe?
Did the fact that I connected to another network present any risks?
I did not send any private info during that time, any risks of getting hacked?
Sometimes restarting is not enough: you need to power off your Mac, wait for a little, and power it on again.It could be a script which act like the "schedule" program in system preferences: it would switch off the Mac immediately, the add 1 minute to the current time and switch it on again.
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mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
The internal SuperDrive has a big demage and needs to get replaced by a new device. The replacement is to expensive. Therefore I bought an externalisier drive. But how can I deactivate the SuperDrive by Software?Â
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ibook G4, iMAC2,16GHz Core2Duo, 2GB DDR2 667 MHz, NAS 1 TB HDD, Mac OS X (10.6.4), iPhone 3GS 16 GB, Apple TV
how do I make it so the folders in the Home menu on my iMac stay to the new layout? The Icons I'm talking about are the ones that you find in the Go menu of Finder, Those Icons to the side of each word (such as downloads) appear in the home folder but then they change back to the default folder icon again, is there any option or something I could do so it won't change and it will keep these images as the defaults?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I inadvertently switch to classic mail viewing while wiping off mouse but can't figure out how to switch back to LION OSX way of seeing mail.
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AppleTV 2, Mac OS X (10.7.3), I have an o2 router
I just installed the new iMac but when I've been asked on the type of keyboard I answered "Italian" by mistake.
Now some keys are not typing the right character (eg : y and z are inverted), and some others.
I would need to change this, or do it again since the beginning, but when I enter into preferences --> keyboard --> I cannot find any place where I can change that setting.Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
My outgoing email still works but my incoming doesn't. I guess this is an imap problem but it won't let me into the imap setting to fix it.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I'd like to restore the Dock from CoreServices when I first installed Leopard. When I click restore it doesn't let me restore it because the Dock is now in use.
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It worked before I calibrated the battery, but today when using the MBP for the first time since calibrating it won't switch.
Is there a way to exchanging/switch primary/secondary display in OSX via shortcut instead of manually dragging the menu bar between the "displays layout" in the displays pref under "Arrangement tab" ? I'm very surprised that apple didn't address this simple issue yet.
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iMac9,1, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
To switch from wifi to ethernet and vice versa? I connected the ethernet cable and turn off wifi but it won't connect till I reboot it. Is this the only way? Also if I have ethernet cable and wifi turn on at the same time, which connection would my computer default to?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
I like to have the application dock auto hide on my mac book pro, but I also have a couple applications that require me to click near the bottom of the window. Is it possible to temporarily disable the dock from appearing while I move the mouse near the bottom of the screen, perhaps like it's possible to disable the magnification with one of the modifier buttons?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
As much as I trust him, I have a suspicion he might vandalise my facebook or bid on something on ebay, since firefox remembers my passwords. So, if I drag firefox out of applications and onto a pendrive, will i be able to stop it working and then drag it back on the next day? (I know it would work with most apps, but I don't know where firefox keeps passwords and cookies etc)
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a Mac Pro with all hard drive slots filled. The first two disks (includes startup disk) are independent, and 3 and 4 are set up in a RAID 1 mirror. I have to take my computer into the Apple store for a repair and I'd like to just take out all the disks except for my startup disk... however I'm not sure how to go about doing so for the RAID. If I take the drives out, and boot up the computer with them no longer inside, will the computer "freak out" and/or will the computer no longer recognize the RAID if I put them back in again later?
If the latter is the case, will the data be lost or would I just have to set up the RAID again... and if I do that, will that also cause the data on the drives to be lost, or is it possible for it to mirror them again without needing to make changes to the data?
This morning when I plugged in my MagSafe Power Adapter to my MacBook Pro, I heard a 'pop' sound. It sounded like fuse going or something. Then I noticed that the Green light was not turning on, nor was the Amber light. I then unplugged everything and let it sit there for about 30 seconds and then plugged everything back in. The Green light then turned on and the MBP recognized it as a power source. The question is should I be worried? AppleCare expires for me in December of this year.
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Info:Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have an additional HDD in my powermac and TM is set to auto back to this but what i want to do is run a backup to an external HDD from which i will import the data to my parents computer so that i have another backup of my stuff in a different location for safety's sake but i didn;t think you could change the location of the back up on a temporary basis and that all you could do is run a fresh backup on the external drive and re-run another back up which will take ages again onto my existing hdd.
Info:PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 1.8GHZ 4GB 300GB Iiyama Pro-510
Is there a way to temporarily delete/disable a keychain to see if it is the culprit of a problem in Yosemite?
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
I just bought a used macbook pro 2010 from Craigslist. Whenever I start the laptop, it keeps taking me to the OS X utilities.Â
When I try to "Reinstall OS X", it asks me to Install OS X Mavericks. After putting in my apple login, it says "item is temporarily unavailable".Â
How do I install OS X Mavericks or update to Yosemite?
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
