i installed beta version of mac yosemite and i got two problems:
1. iTunes icon didn't change
2. Spotlight crashes when writing the first word
what should i do?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I created a new folder under root "/" to store my working files But whenever I open this folder using finder, the spotlight search return 0 result no matter what I input I know spotlight have some prefined index path, but some how I cannot add my custom folder to be index
27-inch, Mid 2011Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 (11C74)
I have a w7 dual-booted early 2010 macbook pro, and it has been exhibiting some really strange behavior for a while now. Basically, it crashes randomly. It doesn't give me the bluescreen in either mac or windows when this happens, it simply turns black, locks up, and often makes unpleasant sounds (anything from a clicking like a harddrive to bizzare sounding sound loops if I have been playing music). The weird thing is is that it doesn't seem to have a trigger. It can happen when I'm playing games, when I'm listening to music, or even when I have absolutely nothing running but Microsoft Word. It doesn't seem to have any dependancy on how long I have been using the computer, or even what time of day it is. It started out relatively infrequent--maybe once a month? But now it happens once a day, if not more.
I have still under my applecare agreement, and so I went ahead and sent it in to apple. They only had it for 24 hours before the sent it back with brand new memory... but this (maybe obviously?) didn't the problem at all--it crashed withen an hour of using it. I called apple back, and they said because sometimes it won't crash for many hours, they recommended I send it to an authorized repaire shop. I took it to the shop, and they wouldn't even look at it after I described my problem because, they said, "for problems like these, we never find solutions."
So now I'm stuck with a great laptop that runs BEAUTIFULLY.... except when it crashes. It's even still under applecare, but no one seems willing or capable of fixing it.
Does anyone have an advice? If apple can't find the problem, do I have grounds to ask for them to replace the whole MOBO, or even the whole computer? It's kind of a frustrating situation, because I bought applecare for this exact reason, but it doesn't seem to be doing me any good!
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4), dual-booted with w7
Can I change the picture icon on the mouse arrow on Mac Pro?
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
A user upgraded their MacBook Air, 10.9.3, and now iTunes is crashing when we check for updates and FaceTime is crashing. I'm not sure what else is crashing at this time.
Date/Time: 2014-06-20 11:26:28 -0400
OS Version: 10.9.3 (Build 13D65)
Architecture: x86_64
Report Version: 18
Command: App Store
[Code]....
iPhone and iPad still connect over wifi just fine. Connection doctor says to check network connection.. I did. SMTP server didn't change.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
when i was on my laptop and i forgot to put it on charge so it went flat while i was watching a movie (not on the internet). I couldn't be bothered charging it so i just put it down and went to sleep. The next morning i turned it on and tried opening safari and it went extremely slow, i got the beach ball and when i clicked the apple on top left to try to force quit, after 2 seconds of clicking that froze. When i tried to force quit it from my dock i would click force quit and then my dock would freeze. At this point my mac was just about completely frozen. The brightness didn't change, sound nothing but only the mouse could move. I reset and the exact same thing happened. Google Chrome works so i am using this and i get no freezing problems. It is just when i use Safari.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
The spotlight icon has disappeared from my menu bar. How do I get it back?
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imac g5 20 " 2GHz 1GB ram, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
I tried update my iMac but sent this massage "an error has occurred, Didn't get a response from the Software Update server (actualizaciones.local)."I can surf in internet, watch my email, videos, but not update.
Imac 27" late 2013
Core i5 Quad 3.2
Ram 8Gb
OS X 10.9.4
after an upgrade or reinstallation, Word and Illustrator began opening at startup.:
1. System preferences/users& groups, login items - the two programs are not listed there.
2. hard drive/ library/ startup items - the two programs are not listed there. stop these two programs from opening at startup?
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iMac (24-inch Early 2008), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
Leopard had been working fine for me until this morning. Last night, when shutting down, I did software update and installed some update concerning Password Keychains. A few hours earlier, I installed some Software for my Harmony Remote and it said something like I did not have Administrative Access to the Apps folder.
Now, Spotlight has disappeared from my Desktop - see attachment.
I have tried all of the suggestions here: (Can't paste the link because now my Copy Paste isn't working). (OSX Daily Spotlight help page)
What's going on here?? No spotlight, no copy paste? (I have restarted, but it didnt change anything)
Edit: I also can't drag items from my desktop to my trashcan. I beginning to think these issues are about to snowball...
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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