2008 MBP Battery
I have a late 2008 MBP. Love it! However I had noticed lately that the trackpad was acting up. I figured it was dirty, etc. Then it got to point where it was impossible to click. I thought that was...
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I have a wireless keyboard, touchpad and blue tooth mouse. Since I upgraded this morning, blue tooth no longer works. BUT the mouse, pad and keyboard have just basic connectivity and barely function....
View ArticleBooting into Windows in Mountain Lion
Not sure if anyone else is haveing the same issue. I am unable to boot into my windows partition by holding down the option key as i boot the computer. Just wondering if the command has changed or its...
View Articlesmc retina update
I have tried many, many times to install the update but with the same result. "unexpected error, smc cannot install" the only option is reboot, I select this option and get dark grey screen with mouse...
View ArticleFilevault - Enable and restart but does not start encrypting disk - 10.7.4
Hi all, I am hoping you can assist me. I am trying to enable filevault on my 10.7.4 lion coreduo MacBook.What is happening is that i go through the whole setup process and then the machine restarts as...
View ArticleAre You Having Problems With OS X Mountain Lion? [Let's Talk]
With every new major release of OS X, there are, unfortunately, a lot of people who end up having problems. The big news this morning is that many new Mac owners who are eligible for a free Mountain...
View ArticleWrong keyboard layout on login screen &How to change?
Every time i enter my code at the login screen (a string of numbers),I will (automatically) activate Shift-Lock and type the password.This Always fails.I am forced to use the shift key (and hold it)...
View ArticleExternal hard drive issues after upgrading to Mountain Lion
Hey guys, I've been having difficulties with my external hard drive since upgrading to Mountain Lion yesterday. The drive was working perfectly fine under Lion before I started the upgrade process. The...
View ArticleSSD's for Macbook PRO
Hi I am looking into buying a SSD for my Macbook Pro (Early 2011). Can anyone recommended any model of drives or good website which supply these?Many Thanks Dan
View ArticleCouple of Major Issues with the Mountain Lion
Since upgraded 2011 iMac, I've had some major problems with this release:1. It puts my computer to some kind of sleep that I cannot get it out of and I'll have to hold the power button to force shut...
View ArticleMy MacBook is seriously annoying me
I have a 13", mid 2010 MacBook, which has the 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, and NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB graphics. I'm running OS X 10.8 (12A269).I don't remember this...
View ArticleMid '11 iMac 27" upgradeability
Hey folks,I'm getting a 27" iMac soon, and I'm interested in how upgradeable it is. I'm getting it to help me at Uni, as I have complex learning difficulties (though you'd never know!) and as I need it...
View ArticleHas Mountain Lion Worsened Your Battery Life? [Let's Talk]
It seems like every time Apple releases a new version of iOS the battery life on iPhones would drop significantly. Now with a the newest version of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, some users are reporting a...
View ArticleThe spinning beachball
Hi,So, I've got a beautiful IMac. It's got an i7 processor. I has 16gB of RAM. And, everything's happening on a solid state 250gB drive. I stored other stuff on the 2tB hard drive.I rebuilt my Mac...
View ArticleMountain Lion Help !!!! Whoosh sound !!!
I just upgraded to Lion about 48 hours ago with a clean install and there's one thing just bugging the h*ll out of me. There's a sound that plays every 3 minutes or so that sounds like a 'whoosh'. I...
View ArticleLeopard to Snow Leopard cannot install!
I get the "Mac OS X cannot be installed on this computer" error message when trying to install Snow Leopard with a CD (that originally came with another computer) on a Macbook Pro running Leopard.I...
View ArticleLion and Snow Leopard permissions on SAMBA shares
Hi,We all know that Apple has been unable to use SAMBA now that it is protected by the Open Source GNU what ever and so it wrote it's own version of SAMBA which it put in Snow Leopard and Lion.Has...
View ArticleProblem with Gaydar Chat since upgrading to Mountain Lion and Safari 6.0
Ever since upgrading to mountain lion and safari 6.0, i can’t access the private chat feature in Gaydar chat. (it worked in the previous version of Safari and Lion)Gaydar chat itself works ok, the...
View ArticleHELP: Red color square overlay!
I'm getting a red color overlay on certain areas of the interface. Why is this? How to I fix it? HELP PLEASE!iMac 27" Late 2009, OS 10.8.(See attached images)
View Article10.8.1 function key issues
Since updating to 10.8.1 my function keys no longer work as they did before the upgrade. Got so frustrated I did a clean install and it's still the same. The brightness keys don't work and the volume...
View ArticleMacBook Pro keeps crashing
Dear CultofMac forumers,Since a few days my MacBook Pro late 2011 keeps crashing.Without any warning, not even the Grey crash screen, my screens go black.However, when the screens are black, my fans...
View Articlecan i use my old hard drive (osx ML installed) to import everything on my new...
I do have a 250 gb hdd installed mountain lion. I was wondering if i can use it for restoring on the new mac. Like if it was a time machine backup. I am asking this becuase I have hard drive issue, and...
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