Intel Mac :: Log In Screen Has Changed/shrunk?
Jul 1, 2012
This may sound silly but when I start my computer, my usual sign in screen has shrunk so that it only covers the top left hand side of the screen, whereas before it covered the whole screen.I put my imac to sleep as usual without altering anything, so why has it changed.Â
Also I have folders on my desktop screen and they seem to be further 'up' the screen, but I cannot move them back again. Before, I had a little hand to grab them and could move them about, now if I try to ' grab ' them I have a strange little expanding box that gets bigger as I move it, but doesn't seem to do anything, what is this, and why am I getting it?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 18, 2012
All of a sudden when I open Safari, it opens to the full screen and the tool bar on top doesn't show unless i click somewhere around the google search box. Then it appears and I can click on diagonal arrows that shrink it to about a quarter of the size vertically. Then I can click out of it by clicking on the red x on the left hand corner.
Info:Mac OS X (10.7)
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It seems to have worked, but there are size inconsistencies when looking at the disk size and space available in Disk Utility, Get Info, and Disk Management in Windows. Some of them show the new numbers, some show the old numbers. Additionally, when I ran Time Machine it backed up the entire HD again instead of just an incremental backup.
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I tried using Loginox last time when I just got my snow leopard, when I tried changing the wallpaper, it crashed on me and this problem arised.
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Jun 28, 2012
suddenly my screen color changed to negative/black on white. but when i inverted the screen did not back to normal quality. the trace or shadows remains when i move the window. when i log out it turns again to negative form. and when i log in it seems back to normal. but it does not have the same quality and sharpness.Â
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Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Mar 12, 2010
Apple revealed a minor tweak to the iPad hardware when preorders began Friday morning, with a button previously designated for audio muting changed to a "screen rotation lock." As first noticed by Jim Dalrymple at The Loop, the switch, located just above the volume controls on the right side of the device, is now devoted to locking the screen orientation in its current state. Previously, the switch was used to mute the iPad. One of the features Apple has touted with the iPad is that it can be used from any orientation the user sees fit. The new feature will prevent users from having the screen rotate unexpectedly as they use the device while browsing the Web, reading an e-book, or accomplishing any other task on the 9.7-inch screen. "There isn't even a single orientation," Jony Ive, senior vice president of design with Apple, said in the iPad's initial promotional video. "There's no up, there's no down, there's no right or wrong way of holding it. I don't have to change myself to fit the product. It fits me."
Like with the iPhone and iPod touch, the internal accelerometer of the iPad automatically adjusts the display to fit the orientation by which the user is holding the device. The iPad allows even more functionality than with the previous products, granting users the ability to turn the iPad completely upside down, with the home button up top, if they so choose. Because the iPad has a focus on reading e-books and newspapers, many users will undoubtedly use the device as they would a physical book or newspaper -- objects that are sometimes read by users laying on their side. The screen rotation lock would prevent the device from shifting as a user moves around. Additional physical inputs on the device are the on/off and sleep/wake button, volume up/down controls, and the home button. Apple began accepting preorders for the iPad Friday morning. Purchases for the device, scheduled to ship April 3 for the WiFi-only model, are limited to two per customer. [View this article at AppleInsider.com]
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iMac
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Apr 1, 2012
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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May 16, 2012
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Nov 12, 2010
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Feb 19, 2012
I have an imac 7,1 - intel core 2 duo, 2,4GHz, that is 20" from mid 2007 with an HARD DISC: Western digital : WD3200AAJS - (320GB) that died.so I bought a NEW HDD: Western digital: WD10EARX - (1TB): Caviar green series I changed step by step the HDD and reconnected everything and all went well, until I re-started the iMac. After approx. 2-3 min the HDD Fan began to increase in speed and since then I have tried everything that I found on the net and nothing worked to slow down the fans.
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iMac (20-inch Mid 2007)
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iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Aug 30, 2014
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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iMac
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iMac
Mac OS X (10.6.3)
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PowerMac, Mac OSX (10.2.x)
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Mar 5, 2012
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Imac intel, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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