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Turn off USB power when closing MacBook lid
I have a USB-powered cooling pad under my MacBook Pro. When I close the lid to put my MacBook to sleep, I would like the cooling pad to turn off. In other words, I would like the MacBook to cut ...
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Mac Mini won't boot with USB Drive connected
I have a 2012 Mac Mini with 2 x 3TB Seagate GoFlex Desk external hard drives. Both drives have their own power supplies and work perfectly.
I use both Mac OS X and Windows7 on the Mac for different ...
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Clean install Windows on a Mac on new SSD
I recently bought a new SSD. I own a MacBook Pro with Boot Camp and a Windows 7. However, I don't really use my OS X. So I've decided to skip it and do a clean Windows 7 install on my new hard drive. ...
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How Format a USB as Mac OS x Extended on Windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I format a partition as HFS on a PC?
Is there a piece of software that can help me do this on Windows 7? My overall goal is to create a portable Mac OS X boot from USB,...
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Format USB Drive with FAT on Mac with different Allocation Unit Size
I've been asked to format a USB Drive with a larger Allocation Unit Size than the default. I'm using a Mac, Snow Leopard. In Disk Utility, I am unable to see anything to do with Allocation Unit Size....
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Acceptable USB chips for Mac OS X
With Apple's push to the App Store for Mac OS X applications, and the fact that you are not allowed to install drivers in the OS to be in the Store we are left with a hardware quandary.
Investigating ...
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Files show up in recovery programs after permanent delete on Mac OS X
I have to give back a USB drive given to me from work that has some personal financial data on it. I already deleted the files, but when I look at recovery programs, they're still there! I've tried ...
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Multiple Live CDs on a Single USB using a Mac
Okay, so after searching high and low, trying YUMI and XBOOT with zero success (and probably causing damage to my drive for so much reading and writing), I'm turning to the StackExchange community!
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With a USB bluetooth adapter do the devices pair with the dongle or the computer?
For example if you are paring a mouse and a keyboard to your Mac or PC using a USB Bluetooth adapter. Do the paired devices pair to the dongle or to the computer? Could you plug that adapter into a ...
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External hard drive only visible in System Profiler, doesn't mount, not visible in Disk Utility (Mac)
I have an external hard drive that does not mount to my Mac laptop, nor is it visible in Disk Utility. It is, however, visible in the System Profiler under the USB section. Any suggestions as to how I ...
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Disable unsafe USB removal warning on OS X
Is there any way to remove the warning message that pops up on Mac OS X when you remove a USB device without ejecting it properly first?
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How to mount a hardware locked usb pendrive on a mac?
I recently got this pendrive from my bank. It's a 4GB drive - but all that shows up on my mac is a 2MB partition containing a file logintool.exe. I confirmed that on windows I can login - but ...
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FireWire to USB via a FireWire and USB hard drive
I have got an old PowerBook G4 with FireWire 400, and a new(ish) iMac with FireWire 800.
If I want to start the PowerBook G4 in Target mode, I can't plug it into my iMac because they use different ...
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Write Fedora.iso to USB and boot it from a Macbook
I have an .iso image of the full Fedora 16 install (Downloaded from http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options#formats as "Fedora 16 DVD")
and the question now is: How do I write it on a USB stick,...
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Why would attaching a USB hub affected the performance on a Mac?
My brother-in-law bought a 10 port active USB hub and connected it to his iMac(it's couple of years old). Over the course of about a week he noticed that his computer's performance has slowed quite a ...
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