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    Question CPU throttling that won't go away

    I have a late 2012 iMac that recently started showing CPU throttling. I don't know what caused it, a couple years ago I upgraded the internal fusion drive and disconnected the internal HDD, removed any excess dust and it worked fine since then. I noticed that throttling starts once the...
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    [SOLVED] Hard Drive full after deleting files on 2014 MacBook Pro ?

    My mom has a 2014 Mac Book Pro, currently running High Sierra 10.13.6 with a 250 GB HDD. We're trying to clear some space, which was at around 244 GB used. So far, we've 'removed' about 100 GB of files (iTunes library, mostly). However, the used space is still at around 244 GB. We tried using...
  3. Derk1971

    [SOLVED] Replace SSD

    I have an Imac with SSD but it has Catalina on it and a lot of old software doesn't work because it is 64 bits. I now want to transfer my old SSD with windows 7 to my imac and replace the existing SSD. Can I do that without problems or do I get conflicts? The new situation would be to run...
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    [SOLVED] iMac 2006 5,2 won't boot after hdd replacement, nothing boots

    Hello everyone. If you have read the thread's title, it may sound familiar as there are a ton of articles or questions about it but I haven't found anything that works. This is the situation: iMac 5,2 2005. 2Gb RAM, osx Lion, 160Gb HDD. I decided to upgrade the old hdd and got a 240Gb Kigston...
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    Question 2014~ Macbook Pro Randomly Shuts Down, but ONLY in OSX

    My macbook has had an issue when I boot into OSX where it will randomly shut off from 1 ~ 5 minutes and is random every time. I tried taking it into the apple store to be fixed but they had no idea what the issue could be and suggested I factory reset it to fix it. I did this and it did not...
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    [SOLVED] MacBook Pro Mid 2009 won't boot, detect USB and can't reinstall OS on new SSD

    Good morning, I’m hoping someone can help me. I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2009, it’s no longer booting properly from the existing hard drive and just gets stuck at the loading screen and eventually reboots in a loop. Ive tried all sorts of things to repair it, as well as replacing the Hard drive...
  7. firefarter34

    Question iMac OSX Storage - Partition Issue - Case/Non-Case Sensitive Issue

    Hello there guys, My mother has an iMac from a few years ago and it's been going fine but there's been some issues with it over the last year. She got it from our IT guy who I'll call John. John bought the iMac originally and put windows on it. When he gave it to my mother, she wanted OSX back...
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    Question setting up Mac Book Pro and eGPU?

    Sorry if this is a bit long---owing to a number of changes (current MacBook Pro has poor graphics and full HD, need to renovate my graphics windows machine, etc. I am looking to find a sweet spot in terms of running high-end graphics on an OSX system but also the need, for many of my graphics...