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Just got a new Mac? Drop in and say hello
I’ve been tidying up the stickies and added a new charter and I thought it might be a good idea if we had a thread where new (and old) users could introduce themselves and share their excitement at getting a new Mac. Of course, if you have any questions or issues you should also start a new thread, but this might be a good…
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Apps for Mac
I've been meaning to start a thread like this for a while. Apple Media Devices has two pretty popular threads for general discussion/recommendation of iPhone and iPad apps. This is the Mac equivalent. Have you purchased/downloaded an app recently that you really liked? Looking for a quick recommendation? Post here. I'm…
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Mac Forum Charter - Read Me! [UPDATED 05/11/16]
Welcome to the Mac forum. This is a forum for the discussion of all Mac hardware, software and related products in the Apple ecosystem. If you are having a technical issue, need buying advice or just want to discuss the latest Mac hardware or software announcement or release, then you’ve come to the right place. But this…
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External Disk Error - Can I recover Data?
Having an issue with one of my external drives that no longer mounts on my Mac. It's static on the desk so hasn't dropped or anything and it's formatted to AFPS. I'm on the latest version of MacOS and the disk wont mount on either my iMac M1 or MacBook Air M2. Anything I can do to either mount it or salvage the data?…
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macOS Tahoe
Out today. Will give it a go.
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Final Cut Pro - Blur tool
Trying to get the hang of this. Watched a video or two. I've a webinar recording (about an hour) and need to blue someone's name. Tried Gaussian blur, but it end up applying to the whole thing. Took quite a while to process too, hours. M2 Macbook Air. I'm guessing I need to separate the video into chunks where she speaks…
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Updated OS to Monterey and now Garageband doesn't work
Hi folks, I’ve just updated my mac from High Serria to Monterey and I notice my Garageband no longer works. If I try to update it on the app store it suggests that I upgrade to Ventura which I don’t want to do. This issue is that it doesn’t give me the option to choose a previous version of Garageband (I imagine this is…
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Dropped MBP in the bath. Confirm the worst?
Swishing a nice bath, iphone and 2020/2021 MBP on one of those shelf/tray things, I knocked my (ironically water resistant) phone into the water. In my panic to fish the phone out I knocked the laptop in 🙄 It was closed and asleep at the time but I reckon probably fully immersed for 15 seconds. I shook it dry as much as I…
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Booting an M1-M3 mac from an external ssd
Hello, I'm waiting for the new mac mini M4 to arrive. My plan is to get the smallest internal drive and attach a large (1TB) thunderbolt SSD. I'm hoping to put everything on this drive and boot from it as my main drive. I have seen conflicting views online on how to do this on a silicon mac. Has anyone with an M1-M3 mac…
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MacOS Anti-Virus
Hi fellow Mac users.. Recently I purchased a MacBook Air M1... quick question I have is do I need an antivirus software installed on the Mac. If so, are there any free ones I can use? Thanks in advance
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Purchasing Apple Studio Display from Germany
The Apple Studio Display seems to be much cheaper in Germany: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Apple-Studio-Display-Standardglas-neigungs%C2%ADverstell%C2%ADbarer/dp/B09V47GVXT/ If I purchase from Germany, is switching the plug out for a UK/IE style plug relatively straightforward? Is there anything else that I need to be…
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Magic Mac keyboard
Hi, for the next week or so, I have to use windows 11 with a magic MAC keyboard. On windows, I have to use the usual 'ctrl+alt+delete' to get to login screen. How do I achieve this with magic mac keyboard? (I have indeed googled but cannot find the answer)
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Mac forum - General chit chat/idle banter
Haven't done a time machine back up in a long, long time. Doing it now, seems I've to start from scratch with 279GB to go! Looking forward to Mojave. Went with the beta of iOS 12, but honestly haven't used it much. Missed the event yesterday. Will probably watch MKBHD's videos anyway, have a 5s for work. Thread doesn't…
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mac finder password
have a 2018 mac laptop running ventura I am trying to delete certain applications > right click on app > move to bin brings up a 'finder' window with my firstname.lastname and a password box its not the password I use to login to mac, and its not an old password I thought it was, have tried a few more also but no luck is…
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Can upload files on MacBook pro
hi guys have a MBP 2020 and all was working fine till early today. Anytime I try to upload a file as an attachment the coloured circle runs for about a minute and then nothing happens and if I click on the upload button again nothing happens. These aren’t big files. Any idea what’s wrong? TIA
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MacOS - Frustrations
I bought an M1 MacBook Pro on clearance when the M2 models launched. I had never owned an Apple computer before (of any kind) but since Apple revamped the MacBook Pro lineup, no other laptop on the market comes close in terms of hardware, imo. A few months down the road, and I'm still thrilled with the hardware....but the…
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macOS Sonoma 14.0
Got the update prompt this evening. Will leave it until tomorrow. Never mind. Just installed it. 😀
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M2 MacBook pro.. still available?
So i was looking at getting an M2 MBpro. From the various rumour websites, I gleaned that an update was on the cards, so I waited till the M3 was announced, thinking that they would reduce the price of the M2. What happened.... The M2 mbpros vanished from the apple store.. Will they reappear?
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Recycling old MacBook with a swollen battery
I need to get rid of my old MacBook Pro from 2015. It had a faulty battery due to a manufacturing fault and I had that replaced three years ago. Unfortunately it now has a swollen battery again (mind you, this has never happened with any of my MacBooks before). I was due for a new laptop anyway so I have a new one now but…
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MacOS 13 Ventura
Discuss!
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Is it safe to buy a new MacBook Air M1 from adverts
Have to pick one up from my daughter and see a lot of reputable sellers have them for around €850 for the 8GB 256GB model, some adds state Irish stock Irish keyboard and three pin charger and apple warranty. Compared to buying direct from Apple where the same model costs €1109 with the student discount. So question is any…
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Best place in midlands, Mac laptop trackpad fixed?
Athlone location Mac specific needs.
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External Drive to use as StartUp Disk
Hi, I've got a 2019 iMac which has been incredibly slow for a long time now. It hasn't really been an issue because I haven't been using it, but I'd like to get it back working properly now. I work as a graphic designer so it can make my work fairly painful when it's struggling. Just some details: Processor: 3 GHz 6-Core…
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MacBook Pro mid 2012 updates
Hello. Does anyone know if I can update after OS mountain lion 10.8 please? I want to sell it as I'm not using it but don't want to fool anyone around. Thanks!
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Buy an M1 Mac
Hi there, Just looking to buy a Mac for casual purposes and light work. Will there be any discounts or price drops in them this year? Thinking to purchase on Amazon this month. Thanks.
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Time to replace my Mid-2011 iMac..but need a new monitor first, suggestions?
The time has come, I have to replace my mid-2011 27" iMac. It was top model at the time I bought it and with only ram and SSD upgrades its served me well. Unlikely in 2011 I don't have a shed tonne of money for a replacement. So I'm looking at buying a Mac Mini and separate monitor, I'm waiting for the new mac mini upgrade…
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Macbook docking station
Looking for a docking station for my M1 Macbook air, any recommendations?
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iCloud email - silent spam filtering
Apple has long used silent spam filtering that totally blocks certain emails. Unlike Gmail and other providers these emails aren't filtered to the spam/junk folder, they are blocked on the server and never visible to the user. Mostly it's probably porn and other rubbish but there have been plenty of reports of legitimate…
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Trying to manage a massive Photos Library
I've a MBP with a 1TB SSD. I've a pretty massive Photos Library with 84,606 photos taking up over 776GB of space, which is unsustainable as the library is growing - two decades of photography as a hobby. I've two 24mp cameras, so the file sizes from those two would be a fair bit bigger than the phone pictures, but my main…
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USB port
MacBook Pro m1, one of the usb ports is reads / transfers data however it doesn’t charge. would this be a hardware fault? booted in safe mode and still the same. thank you