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MacAlly keyboard model xkeyhub will not bring up the boot picker on iMac
I have a MacAlly keyboard model xkeyhub that I use with a 2011 iMac. I want to be able to bring up the boot picker by simply holding down the Option key at startup. For some reason the boot picker ...
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I'm unable to reinstall OS X
I have an iMac11,1 without an OS on it (Recovery mode is still on it) and I therefore want to reinstall OS X. First thing I've tried was doing it using the recovery mode. I've reformatted the "...
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Touchbar MBP with broken screen won't display on external monitor
I have a Macbook Pro, not sure which year but it's Intel-based with a touchbar and 4 USB-C/Thunderbolt connectors. Recently the screen broke, and the Mac by itself is completely unusable. The computer ...
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Manage "open at login" items programmatically from CLI
I'd like to control a Java (not swift / native) application startup during login. While I can add plists-s to user's LaunchAgents, this does not show up as a login item in system settings. How can I ...
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Cannot install macOS, because new account never linked to macOS. Will a bootable USB work?
I have copied the title from this thread, because my case is very similar, but not quite the same with respect to one detail. Basically, I got a second-hand Mac Pro that was all set up by the previous ...
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MacBook Pro stuck at startup with error code "-3001D"
I have a newer MacBook Pro, but it’s stuck on the startup screen saying:
support.Apple.com/Mac/startup
-3001D
I haven’t been able to find the relevant article it references and it’s stuck. I can’t ...
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iMac 10.15 Catalina takes 2+ hours to boot
One of the 12 iMacs here has a big problem: it takes two hours or more from pressing the button to turn it on until finally ditching the progress bar and showing up the desktop.
It is a MacOS 10.15 ...
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How to set a mac app's working directory instead of my home directory?
I want to start a Mac app in a particular directory. For example IDLE. It starts in my home directory but I want it to start in my /users/peter/Documents/py directory.
Windows has the ability let ...
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Windows Bootcamp at Startup Manager
I recently formatted my Macbook Air 2013 to install Linux. There are currently no OS installed.
When booting into the Startup Manager with the Linux Boot USB, i see the Linux portion (EFI Boot) but I ...
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Mac Pro 1.1 (2006): No Chime, No Boot after SSD Upgrade
I also have a small problem with my Mac Pro...
2x 2.66 GHz dual core
nvidia GT 420 1GB
8 original RAM
I had a 2.5 inch HDD on which I had windows 10 pro and it ran on my mac 1.1 and I wanted to ...
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Numeric keyboard with Touch ID on Mac Studio
I have a numeric keyboard with Touch ID for my Mac Studio.
Installed it and registered my fingerprint.
I was under the impression that Touch ID would also work at a "cold" startup/boot as ...
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Bootcamp 'Could not update computer's boot configuration'
I own a MacBookPro 16inch 2019 Touchbar i9. I need to install Windows 10 on it as a second OS, but I cannot get it to work. Each time I use Bootcamp it gives me the following error right at the ...
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I'm stuck on “Choose Startup Disk” [closed]
During restart I am stuck at Choose Startup Disk. There is no option showing on the display. I am waiting for 20 mins and nothing shows up. Here what I see
How long I should wait? Or there is ...
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iMac 2012 stuck when loading user profiles
I have a very nasty issue on my Mac (2012, High Sierra, SSD, and 20GB RAM).
In the beginning, I was having boot issues (the Apple logo was stuck), but now I can get to a point (using Safe Mode) where ...
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2010 Mac Mini Server- Boot loop then blank screen
My 2010 Mac Mini Server won’t start up. It powers on with the fan running high, shuts off right away, turns back on with the fan running high and stays on but doesn’t show anything on the screen or ...
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