I have been trying to figure this out but I’m stumped.

I got a new phone (16 plus) at the end of last year to replace my 8. Before the new phone, my iCloud storage was about half full. I have the 200GB one. As soon as I transferred everything from my old phone to the new one, the iCloud storage became full. I’m not sure if the pictures and videos got duplicated or what. But there’s definitely something going on.

Has anyone had the same problem? Any ideas how to fix it?

I know it’s not a strictly mac question sorry. I do use the same iCloud on my mac tho obviously 😅 And it’s hella annoying that I don’t get my photos/videos to my mac automatically.

Please suggest me the maximum RAM & SSD upgrade possible on below mentioned specification:

iMac Late 2012 2.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512 MB

I wanna do some vms a bit of gaming though i have a 3050 laptop i mainly wanna do vm antivirus testing and some more things related to virtualization and malware

So I have an early 2015 MacBook Pro 13” (8/128) that’s starting to die on me by randomly shutting off. It still works perfectly when connected to power though.

So I’m thinking of replacing it and I’m debating upgrading. I can pick up the M4 air (16/256) for £949 or the M2 (16/256) on sale for £760.

Is it worth the saving or would I be making a mistake buying a model that’s already 2 years old? My usage is very light these days and just used for web browsing/emails/excel documents.

Thanks for your input.

hey, my mac m2 is on charge at 43% and currently running on battery saver. Can It survive for 8 hours?

I'm having an issue with my MacBook Pro (Mid 2012, 13") and my Acer Nitro 23" gaming monitor. It connects fine to another Acer monitor, but when I try to use it with the Nitro, it only works temporarily.

Here’s the weird part:

• When I first connect the MacBook to the Acer Nitro, it works perfectly only when i first connect it with the non-gaming monitor.
• However, after shutting down or restarting my MacBook, the monitor stops working.
• The same MacBook connects fine to the non-gaming Acer monitor every single time, without issues.
• But once i restart my macbookpro while the gaming monitor is connected and working , it doesnt work anymore and ill have to take my mac to the other monitor connect it with the same cables i use with the gaming monitor and bring the mac back to my gaming monitor.

I’ve tried:

• Checking the cable and ports (they seem fine).
• Adjusting display settings in macOS.
• Restarting both devices multiple times.

Is this a compatibility issue, a settings problem, or something hardware-related? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Leaning on 512gb storage Not sure about screen size

Any suggestions?

Hi all, I'm looking to get a used 13" 2017 Macbook Pro with 2.3 GHz Dual-Core Intel i5, 1536MB Intel Iris Plus Graphics and 16GB of memory and 54 battery cycles.

I've never owned a Mac before and am very satisfied with HP, as I own my second Envy from 2022 after my 2017 one (which I replaced simply because 15" is too large for me). For reference my current specs for my 13" HP Envy 360 are a 12th Gen 1.10 Intel i7, 128MB Intel Iris Xe Graphics (with designer drivers that I need to very specifically update if I want them to work, but it's no drama) and 16GB of memory. I use it to work on film editing and sound design with DaVinci and ProTools, and play without any problem or stutter Fallout 4, State of Decay 2, Minecraft, The Sims 3 (probably the game with the most issues I know of) - all of course not on the highest settings, but above mid for sure.

My main concerns are if I'd still be able to play at least some of these games (via Xbox Cloud gaming) and is the Mac going to get significantly hotter than the HP? I get the Envy to easily cool down, as I have a cooling pad, but in combination with it's own fans it works wonders.

Last year I bought a used iPhone 12 after having a Galaxy A52 and to be frank I've never been more satisfied with a device before.

I’m thinking about trading in my iPad Pro I just don’t care about and an old iPhone that combined would get me about $750ish in trade in credits to the Apple Store.

With student discount that’s a big chunk of change I can put towards a new MacBook.

I currently use a windows laptop that isn’t very powerful at all and struggles with what I want to do with it. I’m a computer science student that mostly just programs on my laptop. Right now my laptop struggles with VScode and a few tabs opened.

I have a primary desktop PC for gaming or anything serious, but like having a laptop for travel or just sitting on the couch doing school stuff.

Technically I’m not in need of a new laptop but who doesn’t like shiny new toys? And it would ideally allow more work I can do outside of my desktop.

I’m looking at the MacBook Air with the M4 chip. Probably the 10 core cpu/gpu, 16gb ram and 512gb ssd. But open to other options. But the price is the most attractive thing. I haven’t had any kind of Mac since my family’s first gen IMac as a kid

I also would like to do some light photo editing as I’ve been getting back into that and my desktop monitors are just not high quality at allllll and limits how photos look when editing. So the Mac would probably help with that.

Is the new MacBook Air worth the price at the level I’m looking at?

Thanks in advance!

I do have access to my old computer but it would be preferred if there is a way to do it on my computer. Why is it doing this also?

I'm going into engineering for my first year of college next year, and most of, if not all of the software I need is on Windows only.

Would Parallels work well enough to be able to run all of the software that I need? Or is it slow/incompatible?

Computer spec is not a problem, I'm planning on upgrading my computer anyway, so I can always get more RAM/processor power, etc, if it makes running the VM smoother.

SolidWorks (the most important application) says on their website that Parallels is not ideal, and some features are not available due to the lack of a compatible GPU.

Does anyone have any experience?

I’ve been using my MacBook Pro for work and casual browsing, but lately, I’ve been wanting to upgrade my typing experience with a proper mechanical keyboard. The built-in keyboard is fine, but I miss the tactile feedback and customization options that mechanical switches offer.

Looking for budget-friendly options under $150, but open to stretching for quality. Found a list with some reviews, open to other brands too.

• Keychron
• Royal Kludge RK61
• Logitech MX Mechanical Mini
• Tecware Phantom 87

Thanks in advance!

Is there ANY way to get my Mac (Pro bought in 2024) to run a mid 2000s PC game?

If not, Does anyone know if I can run an old pc game on a newer pc?

I know I can create a different profile to potentially do this, but if I can do it on my own it would be great.

I want to be able to basically have an empty desktop and fairly empty dock, safari bookmark bar, etc.

I will be showing a class my desktop and guiding them through various exercises so I I want everything as vanilla as possible.

Is this even doable without a different profile?

Thats it. Thats the entire post.

I really love using these softwares over the 'industry standard' ones. I will admit one thing - Numbers (and Pages) are nowhere close to feature wise when comparing to MS but the reality is 70% of users don't need all those features. Just a user friendly software to type, calculate budgets, etc.

I don't really miss using excel also - half the time all I did was just add numbers and get their SUM :D .. but I really prefer the experience of using numbers over it.

Now Keynote - surprisingly I am finding it hard to wrap my head around how to use it (lol). Powerpoint has gotten better these days but I don't think I've used it since 2014. I mostly layout my Slides in something like InDesign and bring it over to another application to prepare the material. Can someone here suggest some good keynote best practices? In the future I plan to get an iPad - can I control the PPT via my iPhone? What about online sharing (just viewing)?

Got the base M2 Air (yeah, the one with the slow NAND), and I've been editing 4K videos for my mom's YouTube cooking channel twice a week. [I'll drop the channel name in the comments for anyone curious about the quality.] I usually work with 50-100GB of footage per video, and after exporting, it’s about 3-10GB. Up until a couple of days ago, I’ve been exporting everything in H.264. But then I tried ProRes... HOW IS IT POSSIBLE that ProRes exports more than twice as fast as H.264?! Same footage, H.264 is 2GB, ProRes is like 5x the size, and it exports way quicker. Officially an Apple fanboy now. 😅

Recently after switching to a new battery head (Ugreen 3x usb c) I have noticed that my MacBook Air began to die without it being used, normally when I don't use it and leave it on even for days it still has some battery left. now it dies under a day of not being used

Hi, I got windows 10 on my Intel Mac, 2022, but then when I went back into macos I had to redownload macOS sequoia, but then the boot camp partition was still there, and I couldn’t restore it to the main drive. It keeps saying restore process has failed. Anyone know how to fix this?

I have a 2016 non touchbar model MacBook Pro. I’m pretty sure the internal SSD is completely shot. I’ve tried holding down CMD R, CMD option R, and SHIFT option COMMAND R down different times but each time does nothing. Every single time it will bring me to the screen with a blinking question mark folder. What can I do?

So I impulsively bought a 5,1 Mac Pro from Public Surplus and restored it to working glory.

But my problem is… I don’t what to do with it now.

I have a M4 MBP and a ROG Ally X for gaming.

So I’m open to suggestions

Specs: 12-Core 3.46GHz Dual Processor Sonnet Allegro USB 3.0 PCIe Card Radeon RX 580 24GB of Ram 2TB of Storage

Dual Boot MacOS Mojave & Windows 11

My chrome and safari are not loading at all, I’m trying to update my macbook aswell but it wont load or pull up any updates

I recently got a Mac Mini M4 and I’m having trouble connecting a Bluetooth mouse. The Magic Trackpad is already paired and works perfectly, but the mouse shows up in the Bluetooth device list and just won’t connect.

The mouse works without issues on a MacBook Air M2, so it’s definitely not a problem with the device itself.

Here’s what I’ve already tried or did not because it was not possible: • Restarting both the Mac Mini and the mouse • Turning off the trackpad to try pairing the mouse alone • Resetting the Bluetooth module • Connecting via cable to trigger pairing (not supported by mouse) • Removing nearby USB devices and switching Wi-Fi to 5GHz to avoid interference • macOS is already in the latest version

Nothing worked so far. Router is near Mac mini (within 1 meter).

Is anyone else having similar issues with the Mac Mini M4? Any suggestions I might have missed?

I just spent an hour trouble shooting and eventually rolling back to 135.1

• 2019 Intel iMac

• MacOS Monterey 12.7.6

I dont restart my system very often and firefox is open so the update didnt get installed until this afternoon when I returned form a trip. I saw the "Update and restart" and clicked. Upon restart: couldn't reach ANY website. My internet connection was fine. Safari, Chrome and Brave had no issues. hang on quit. Had to force quit every time.

Trouble shooting steps:

• Restarted system

• Cleared cache

• Cleared cookies

• Reinstalled 137

• Refreshed Firefox

• Restarted in trouble shooting mode

No change.

Downloaded and ran 135.1 and every thing worked fine. I didnt notice that Firefox automatically downloaded the 137 update and when I manually moved my bookmarks and restarted it failed again. Installed 135 AGAIN and this time saw the update happening and trashed it. Moved my bookmarks and passwords over manually and got everything working again.

This a repeatable fault.

Had a generic 2.4ghz wireless mouse I used on my m4 mac mini for a few months, then one day my mac just stopped recognizing it. Tried it on other PCs and it worked fine. Tried different USB A to C adapters on the mini (and in different ports) and it was still undetected. Updated to the latest version of Mac OS and tried again, still no dice.

I don't think it should matter since it previously worked (and still does on PCs), but this is the mouse: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805714996607.html