mac os

Hello. I am new to Macs and I am trying to install Big Sur onto a Macbook Air mid 2013. I have checked compatibility and it says it's fine. I put in a new 256GB SSD. I tried formatting to APFS. I formatted in HFS and was able to get the drive to show and it started the install process from my...

Issue: Mac mini "Core i7" 3.2 (Late 2018) upgraded to Mac OS X (10.15.7) because of seemingly random freezes when clients running Filemaker 18 accessed the Filemaker Server on this machine. Time Machine was suspected so it was set to manual as other backups are in place including Carbon Copy...

I installed Windows 10 into bootcamp and everything worked fine. Left it alone for a few days and now when I try to boot into it, I see the Windows logo and then a black screen. I tried holding a flashlight to the screen to see if its a brightness issue related to adaptive brightness, but its...

I don't normally repair Mac's but was asked to take a look at a friend's with everywhere closed at the moment. The machine is a 27" Mac Desktop model I suspect 2010-2012 (Bigger case with DVD Drive built-in) and the hard drive has failed. I have successfully removed the old drive and put in a...

Good morning, I am in the process of backing up and reloading a mac book pro. The user uses mac mail and has a few apps my question is if I use time machine to back up the system will it back up the app's and setting for mac mail and the keychain? Also, my other concern, if I use time machine...

I have an attorney client who has switched from a Macbook Air to a PC laptop. He loves the PC, but one functionality he misses is being able to text/SMS from his Air. He will absolutely not swap his iPhone for an Android. I have not been successful in finding a solution for him. Has anybody come...

I've cleaned my share of MacKeeper infested Macs, but I've never come across a variant like this one. No matter what I do, it keeps returning. I've been telling my client that it is relatively benign, but i'm beginning to doubt myself. To save sometime, i've already tried everything listed on...

Hello I just purchased a volume license of 62 copies of Office 2016 for the Mac. I really don't want to have to touch each system so I am looking for a good solution to roll this out without too much work. I was thinking of uploading the .PKG to Google drive and share it to the users but my...