Issue turning on the mac
Anybody have an issue where you have to press the power button on the back extremely hard or even unplug it completely from the power in order for it to turn on?
No. I barely even have to touch it lightly for my macmini to turn on.
Maybe you got a defective unit.
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What version of the Mac OS X are you running. Go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac and post the version.
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My volume is greyed out when I turn on the Mac, but for some reason it works again when I turn on bluetooth. Nothing in system prefs changes this??? Its all very random and sometimes I do not have this problem at all or it is fixed again when I restart the Mac.
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Look in system preferences>users and groups>log in items.
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My sound preference does not retain its output setting on restart. It resets to internal speakers. I'm getting irritated having to change it every time I turn on the Mac. I'm running the latest system software (10.10.2) on an early 2008 Mac Pro with 4 cores and 6 GB of RAM. This was not a problem before Yosemite, and everything else seems to be running fine. Any help appreciated.
Does not retain system sound preference settings
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I erased my HD and could not install lion. if I turn on the mac now all I see is a folder with a question-mark. How can I install a new operation system?
Install or Reinstall Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on
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4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
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Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
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need help , when we turn on the mac i can hear the fan and there is a picture of the world flashing for about a minute or 2 on start up . But the fan I can hear non stop ?
A flashing question mark or globe appears when you start your Mac
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The iosx and open VPN app on the iPad/phone aren't compatible w my school's VPN, but my Mac is via tunnelblick. I would really like to have VPN access from my tablet so I can access journals without undergoing a tedious process.
Has anyone encountered this and found a remedy? I'm imagining an app from the tablet that can access the Mac at home to turn on the VPN to the school and then have access.. But then I'm thinking id be reading through 2 screens then formatting/resolution could be a problem.
Another thought was setting up a VPN at home so that my iPad can connect to my computer at home via VPN which would then allow me easy access to journals. But I'm lacking experience in this, especially a security issue as I'm going from point A to point C to get back to point B.
I'm open to any suggestions.
ThanksYou should be able to use the OpenVPN Connect app running on your iPad to connect your iPad to the VPN directly. It is an official OpenVPN client for iOS devices.
In what way is it "not compatible"? Have you tried it? Tunnelblick is an OpenVPN client, so your school's VPN is using the OpenVPN protocol. That means any OpenVPN client should be able to access it. (It is possible, but unlikely, that your school uses encryption that is not available on the iPad, but that would be very unusual.)
Otherwise, a remote control app on your iPad would let you control your Mac at home. "Back to My Mac", for example, would allow you to control your Mac remotely. The tricky part of this is that usually a VPN is set up to send all Internet traffic via the VPN server, and I'm not sure how that would work with "Back to My Mac". -
How do you turn off the Mac book pro monitor when using dual monitors?
How do you turn off the monitor on the mac book pro and only see your second monitor?
You close the lid and run in "clam-shell" mode
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I signed out from my icloud because wanted to change my maill address and password for it cause couldnt connect with my old password and mail acc i dont know why.But then realised that i will loose all my data...
Will i loose eveything i have saved now on my mac by signing out the icloud?
and is still 'signing out'...cant turn off my mac and 'system preferences' is still working..
Can i re instal it back?
Please advice what to do ....how to cancel signing out....turn off my mac...or re instal icloud...
Thank youI have the same problem. Unfortunately, the troubleshooting link you added has the first step listed as "Verify that FaceTime is enabled in FaceTime > Preferences" which we (the original poster and I) can't do as our Preferences are greyed out. We can't click on them to verify anything.
In FaceTime itself it's verified my apple id (also double checked via the site) and then it says the email is "verified" but then it freezes and after a minute or so it says "Could not verify the email address. Please check your network connection and try again."
After checking the network connection, it still doesn't work. It's rather frustrating as it all worked fine until about a week or two ago.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Photoshop Update every time I turn on the Mac
Why does creative cloud needs to update Photoshop every time I turn on my mac? It is update 14.2 that keeps on reoccuring every time my computer is turned on.
Any good suggestions?
KR
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NorwayTry dumping your PS preferences and reboot.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776 -
HP Officejet Pro 8600 N911g always cannot print and scan after turn on the Mac from sleep
Dear Community:
This is my printer:
1. Product Name and Number
Product Name HP Officejet Pro 8600 N911g Product Model Number CM750A Product Serial Number {Private Information Removed} Service ID 23022 Firmware Version CLP1CN1150CR Total Page Count 4187
2. Operating System installed (if applicable)
Mac OS X 10.7.5
3. Error message (if any)
After several issue which prevented me from printing I uninstalled all HP software on my Mac OS X 10.7.5 laptop. I downloaded and installed: Officejet-Pro-8600_v12.23.0.dmg after complete I can print and scan. then I go home and put my laptop to sleep. after I come back to work this morning I cannot print and scan again. HP utility cannot connect to that printer because all information there (all fields) displayed as: unknown Please help.
4. Any changes made to your system before the issue occurred
Nothing. I just put my Mac to sleep and put it back on.
5. In the subject title, include a brief, specific description of the problem, and your product information (i.e., product name of your laptop, notebook, printer, other device, etc.)
After several issue which prevented me from printing I uninstalled all HP software on my Mac OS X 10.7.5 laptop. I downloaded and installed: Officejet-Pro-8600_v12.23.0.dmg after complete I can print and scan. then I go home and put my laptop to sleep. after I come back to work this morning I cannot print and scan again. HP utility cannot connect to that printer because all information there (all fields) displayed as: unknown Please help.
Is there anyone out there who have any idea on how to solve this problem? Thank you all in advance.
This question was solved.
View Solution.OK, here are more specific instructions:
1. Open Finder (double-click the Finder icon in the Dock).
2. On the left side of the resulting Finder window click on Applications.
3. Double-click on "Image Capture".
4. Follow the instructions above.
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When I turn on the mac there is no menu bar
http://imgur.com/Q6nOgHX look that picture!
Someone has this problem?Hey there Iboppie,
It sounds like you need to have the menu bar showing in iTunes. This article will help you with that:
iTunes: Turning on iTunes menus in Windows 8 and 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5610
To turn on iTunes menus in Windows 8 or 7, do one of the following:
Press the Alt key.
This will turn the menus on and off temporarily. This will change back to the default, the iTunes menus being turned off, when you next close iTunes.
To keep the iTunes menus active, change the setting by selecting the Menu icon in the upper-left, and then selecting Show Menu Bar. Alternatively, you can press Control-B.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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My MacBook Pro was downloading apps from iTunes and I shut the computer down at my I laws house or so I thought? When I pulled the computer out of my backpack it was still on? I tried to login and it kept spinning so I turned it off and now I only get a gray screen. I can boot it in the windows side and have an external hard drive with time machine backup on it but don't know how to load it without getting onto the Mac side?
Please help!turn off the mac completely
as soon AS you hit power button press following 4 keys
Option + Command + P + R
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For anyone who is struggling with this issue that simply will not go away, please try:
1. Fist turn off the mac
2. Turn on the mac while holding the shift key (safe mode)
3. Once all logged in click on Finder at the bottom of your screen
4. Click on Go 5 steps to the right of the Apple logo
5. Hold the Alt key and click on Library
6. Open the Preferences folder
7. Drag 'com.apple.Finder.plist' to yourDesktop
7. Restart the mac
That should hopefully resolve it, if not place the plist file on your Desktop back to its original location. Thank you!Do a backup.
Quit the application.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Restart, open the application and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.
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