I have MBP 17' early 2011. Need to use SSD for better performance. Just wondering, Will it effect my Parallel desktop Win 7?. Do I need to reinstall windows even if I clone current HDD ?
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
I installed Wnidows 7 using boot camp and it is working fine. Now if I install Parallel destop 5.0, do I have reinstall Windows 7 all over again or is there a way that I can use the existing partition by boot camp without having to create a new virtual machine by Parallel desktop ?
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View 3 Replies View RelatedSo my problem is i installed Parallel Desktop, installed windows 7, 64bit and after i installed Lineage 2 (a game that uses Direct3D) i get an error running the game, were it says i need to enable Direct3D in the DxDiag - but when i run the DxDiag it just tell me that info is not available, so there is nowere i can enable Direct3D :/ I have been googling the issue, but i havent been able to find a solution on how to use/enable Direct3D. However the graphic card i have in my MacBook pro is called Nvidia Geforce GT 330M and does support Direct3D so it must be something that happens because of the mac cross to windows 7 thingy. Also i have been trying to installe the latest drivers from Nvidias website, but i also get an error when i try to install them, saying it cant verufy my hardware - so it must be something about windows not beeing able to detect what kind of graphic card i use cause its on a mac system?? Another thing i notcied was in DxDiag i saw under memory, it only see 1 GB of memory and i have 4 GB available not that it changes anything
My setup:
MacBookPro 2010 model
Core i7 intel processor 2.6 Ghz
4gb memory
Nvidia Geforce GT 330M
i'm trying to install the window xp onto my mac using either boot camp or parallel desktop. tried doing it myself, but somehow it just won't work. i was hoping someone would giv me some pointers on how to make this work. one more thing, my window xp is a downloaded version.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), (RAM - 4Gb)
New to Mac and just updated from Maverick to Yosemite on my Mac Book Air. I have an icon/app that shows Macintosh HD on my desktop. don't know what to do to get it off desktop.
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Wondering if I could use a projector and display what is running on "Desktop 1" to an audience while I take notes using an application running on "Desktop 2" without disturbing the audience with my note-taking.
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OS X Yosemite (10.10)
I have just bought the new Mac Mini,but when the screen comes up it has a football icon in the middle of the screen below that it says type in password (To get to your Desktop}
I hadn`t a clue what the password was so Looked in my book at all the passwords.
I tried them one by one then I struck lucky I typed in this password which I new that it wouldn`t work but to my surprise it worked.
how I can to the desktop without these passwords. In system preferences you can change it,but it says then you will have to remember two passwords.
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Mac Mini 2007
How do I rebuild my desktop file?
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
It's an email address. I can't select it or delete it. Changing the desktop picture doesn't work. It doesn't cause any problems, but it's annoying.
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iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
My desktop icons disappeared (on Yosemite). I switched "View/Sort By" to "Kind" away from "Snap to Grid" and they show back up, but then if I move them back to "Snap to Grid" or "None" they disappear again.
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Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
I've only got 21 GB left on my iMac out of 639 GB or something (I save a LOT of videos and audios). My computer is running soooooo slow so I'm thinking that it's just got too much in there and too close to the max capacity to run faster. Am I right? Do I need to delete things or purge or what to free up storage?
I've already deleted a ton of files but I think they are saved in more than one place which means duplicate files all over the place I think? Not sure.
But I can't always save something to the folder I want to save it in, it goes in my downloads folder where then I have to move it to the appropriate folder to save in an organized manner. I've deleted most of my downloads folder and many videos but I'd rather save them somewhere instead and not just rely on YouTube to host and save them.
I have an online data backup system too, Carbonite, but I'm not sure I can save other things there that then are not still on my computer?
I could save things on a hard drive but will that really solve my sloooow computer running issues?
Not sure what to do?
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), its a 2009 model
I know I removed this icon on previous OS, but when I upgraded to Yosemite, it came back.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Since I installed Yosemite, I cannot right click on the desktop to make a folder, I cannot drag any files or folders or anything to it or use it at all. It's nothing but a slate and useless. I figured it was a bad install so I reinstalled it today and got the same behavior. I wish I could revert to Mavericks and I tried with time machine but it wouldn't let me.
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Message with yosimite is working well but, sharing desktop and look for contacts is impossible?
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iMac (24-inch Early 2009), iOS 7.1.2
Any best way to have windows apps working on my 2012 macbook pro? Is it best to use bootcamp or parallel 7 software?
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MacBook Pro
I can no longer import desktop music to my iTunes since upgrading to Yosemite 10.10.1
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy office needs to be able to move email folders out of Outlook 2011 and into our documents to free up space.
We do however need to ensure that the emails are kept in date order when moved out of Outlook - is this possible?
So far, every time I've moved emails into a desktop folder the date created automatically changes to the date that I've moved the emails. Is there a way to retain the original date, aside from opening each email to check the date?
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
My Macbook pro's trackpad isn't parallel to the body of the laptop. that is, one end of the trackpad (left) is higher than the other (right). This creates the interesting effect of being able to slide ones finger off of the left side of the trackpad and onto the area below the keyboard with almost no resistence. while on the right side you feel a ledge if you try the same motion.
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I had a mac a long time ago and i got it to read the boot camp with parallel but it then corrupted my bootcamp and I've had double images (waste of space since i am now limited to my ssd size too!!).
Does VMWare fusion 3 do this better? before i do it, i want to make sure it's bug free and does not mess up either side!
I need to run a parallel on my mac mini in order to run a windows based program. The message I keep getting in: "enable hardware virtualization support in your Mac's firmware". Does any know how to do this?
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
On iMac 24 intel, I use Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac to work with Windows XP Home edition bk of some SW which only works in Windows. BUT, I cannot get the the numerical pad (num lock) to work while on Windows.
Numerical pad works fine in Mac as does everything else!!!
I have decided to manage two iTunes libraries on a single user account by using the old "option key on launch" trick; one on my Macbook's HD and another on an external HD. However, is it possible to view and access both of the libraries in parallel, or at least switch quickly between them without having to quit iTunes and launch it again?
View 5 Replies View Relatedi just bought the following:
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3.06GHZ INTEL CORE 2 DUO
4GB 1066MHZ DDR3 SDRAM-2X2GB
NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 130 512MB
1.0TB SERIAL ATA DRIVE
APPLE WIRELESS MIGHTY MOUSE
WL KYBD & USER'S GUIDE
COUNTRY KIT,IMAC 24
Now i am wondering which one runs better on Parallel Win XP or Vista? Can i run both of them without any problems?
I'm having some problems with my parallel every time I run windows virtual machine all my mac goes really slow I would like to know how to fix this slowliness haha, I don't know if my mac is the one that don't have the power to run both side by side at a descent speed, or maybe some configurations of the virtual machine i could change to make it run faster?? Here are the specs of my macbook.
Model Name:MacBook
Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors:1
Total Number Of Cores:2
L2 Cache:4 MB
Memory:1 GB
Bus Speed:800 MHz
