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The dirt turned out to be on the outside after... 1,435 Views / 5 Replies  
The dirt turned out to be on the outside after all. Some kitchen spray and a new clean microfiber cloth + tissue got rid of it. Perhaps the other wiping cloth was not sufficiently clean, or absorbent…
Posted by Eldberg, on Jan 8, 2017 at 07:09 AM, in Mac Desktops
Cleaning window 1,435 Views / 5 Replies  
My 27" iMac has some sort of dirt on the screen. Not visible from right angle but from the side. Possibly fingerprints or food stains? I've wiped the screen with window cleaner, kitchen cleaner and...
Posted by Eldberg, on Jan 5, 2017 at 06:54 AM, in Mac Desktops
I checked temperatures with te Mac Fan Control... 1,125 Views / 8 Replies  
I checked temperatures with te Mac Fan Control and the hottest place was 82 C. Most points registered as 42-65 degrees C. Turned out my daughter had turned the screen up to 100% brightness. That will...
Posted by Eldberg, on Dec 20, 2016 at 07:01 AM, in Mac Desktops
Hot iMac 20" 1,125 Views / 8 Replies  
I have two old iMac 27" machines. The oldest one, from 2010, which has had it's hard drive replaced little more than a year ago, becomes very hot on the upper side. I'm wondering why. The other one...
Posted by Eldberg, on Dec 15, 2016 at 03:47 PM, in Mac Desktops
Thanks P. Removing them from Safari seems to work... 533 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks P. Removing them from Safari seems to work but searching the Chrome settings, I can't find anything related to "notifications" nor any way to "add the notifications back".

Åke
Posted by Eldberg, on Jan 22, 2016 at 05:02 PM, in macOS
Forgot to mention that I have already done that.... 533 Views / 5 Replies  
Forgot to mention that I have already done that. Still, the Notifications open Safari.
Posted by Eldberg, on Jan 21, 2016 at 02:19 PM, in macOS
Notifications 533 Views / 5 Replies  
I think this is an OS question and not an Application one.

In the top right corner of my screen there is a symbol which opens something I believe is called "notifications" in English (my Mac...
Posted by Eldberg, on Jan 21, 2016 at 09:44 AM, in macOS
Pottymouth: The listed start objects in the place... 1,607 Views / 10 Replies  
Pottymouth: The listed start objects in the place you mention are only iTunes helper and Dropbox. But in my menu bar I also have Plex, 1Password, AppleTV, VPN and TV shows which are apparently loaded...
Posted by Eldberg, on Apr 24, 2015 at 09:50 AM, in Mac Desktops
Again thanks for replies. (I don't mind a long... 1,607 Views / 10 Replies  
Again thanks for replies. (I don't mind a long reply at all.)

Alen: I downloaded the memory monitor and put it to autoload. Made a screen dump of what it looked like while the disk was working...
Posted by Eldberg, on Apr 22, 2015 at 02:57 PM, in Mac Desktops
Thanks for your answers. Activity monitor doesn't... 1,607 Views / 10 Replies  
Thanks for your answers. Activity monitor doesn't indicate anything weird that I can see, but then I really don't know what to look for. Compared with the job computer today and with only Safari and...
Posted by Eldberg, on Apr 17, 2015 at 03:02 PM, in Mac Desktops
Disk rattle & boot time 1,607 Views / 10 Replies  
Hi all.

I have two identical 20" iMacs, one at work and one at home. They both have 1TB hard disks and run Yosemite. Disks are about half full on each.

Now the one at work starts up in about 2...
Posted by Eldberg, on Apr 16, 2015 at 02:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
Thanks Steve, this solved the problem. Just... 631 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks Steve, this solved the problem. Just removed all printers in the System Preferences > Print/Scan panel, then added whatever was on line. Now things work again.

A good day to you.

Åke
Posted by Eldberg, on Feb 19, 2015 at 11:34 AM, in macOS
Printing problem 631 Views / 3 Replies  
This is a complete mystery to me.
I'm on an iMac running Yosemite. Normally I print on a network printer (Minolta C430). Yesterday I tried to print a small document from Pages. Everything looked...
Posted by Eldberg, on Feb 18, 2015 at 04:37 PM, in macOS
Why the logout? 14,266 Views / 2 Replies  
Logged into MacNN forums. Began writing a post. Wrote a LONG TEXT. Much work here. 5 year old daughter on her way to sleep demanded that I read her a saga. Went away for 10 minutes to do this. Came...
Posted by Eldberg, on May 22, 2014 at 04:20 PM, in Team MacNN
Numeric keyboard 588 Views / 4 Replies  
I am an OLD Mac user. My first Mac was a 512 K "Fat Mac". Through all these years, there is one piece of software which rises above all others as an epitome of user friendliness and efficiency at...
Posted by Eldberg, on May 22, 2014 at 04:16 PM, in macOS
Editing icons 2,759 Views / 3 Replies  
Looked around some more and it seems that icons are a special format, not available directly in Photoshop. There are editors which save in this format, but they cost money. Which would be okay if I...
Posted by Eldberg, on Apr 13, 2014 at 03:39 AM, in GUI Customization
Editing icons 2,759 Views / 3 Replies  
Googled the web for "edit icons mac" and got a zillion descriptions on how to change the appearance of folders, cut-and-paste wise. I want to bring up an icon in e.g. Photoshop and alter it, mostly...
Posted by Eldberg, on Apr 11, 2014 at 09:10 AM, in GUI Customization
iWork 13 581 Views / 2 Replies  
So Apple gave us new versions of Pages, Keynote and Numbers. (I mostly use Pages, which went from version 4.3 to 5.0). Update was free. But the new version sucks. I much prefer 4.3. This brings 2...
Posted by Eldberg, on Jan 28, 2014 at 06:43 AM, in Applications
Solved? 598 Views / 3 Replies  
Since I posted yesterday I've done some more research and it seems the problem was caused by a 3rd party system settings module. This was designed to allow a lot of fancy finger swipes &c on the...
Posted by Eldberg, on Nov 4, 2013 at 02:47 PM, in Applications
Scrolling in Mail 598 Views / 3 Replies  
Recently installed Mavericks on my iMac. Now it seems the magic mouse no longer scrolls in Mail. It scrolls with the usual finger movement in all other applications, just not in Mail. Is this a known...
Posted by Eldberg, on Nov 3, 2013 at 04:12 PM, in Applications
Thanks 1,707 Views / 13 Replies  
Thanks banjo1234 for the magical incantation!

I'm also encouraged by the fact that I don't seem to be the only one with iCloud issues...

Åke
:P
Posted by Eldberg, on Feb 15, 2013 at 08:42 AM, in macOS
iCloud annoyance 1,707 Views / 13 Replies  
Since I started using iCloud, my file dialogues all seem to think this is my default. If I want to save a document from e.g. Pages, the machine will always put up iCloud and so I am forced to click...
Posted by Eldberg, on Jan 21, 2013 at 04:41 PM, in macOS
Back from office... Everything would have been... 1,374 Views / 6 Replies  
Back from office... Everything would have been perfect if only the yo-yos at the Apple service center had re-installed my system as it was – Mountain Lion. As it is, they installed a hard drive with...
Posted by Eldberg, on Dec 6, 2012 at 06:26 AM, in macOS
Obviously I was expecting too little from Apple.... 1,374 Views / 6 Replies  
Obviously I was expecting too little from Apple. I was not expecting total automation. But that's what I got. Turned on computer, attached backup disk. Dialog box offered to restore from Time...
Posted by Eldberg, on Dec 6, 2012 at 03:29 AM, in macOS
Complete restore from Time Machine 1,374 Views / 6 Replies  
Some iMacs from 2009-2010 have a 1TB Seagate hard disk which has proved unreliable. Apple is currently replacing these disks and my iMac is one of those affected. It has now been returned from the...
Posted by Eldberg, on Dec 5, 2012 at 04:29 AM, in macOS
Thanks 749 Views / 4 Replies  
Aw! I'm ashamed that it was that easy and I didn't find it. Thanks ibook Steve.

Åke
Posted by Eldberg, on May 14, 2012 at 09:03 AM, in macOS
Lion settings 749 Views / 4 Replies  
My iMac came with OSX 10.7.4 "Lion" and I find some things in this system annoying. Is there a way to get rid of the default "open windows again on restart" which is always checked, in the shutdown...
Posted by Eldberg, on May 12, 2012 at 04:24 PM, in macOS
Thanks 919 Views / 4 Replies  
Thanks Angelmb, the link you provided helped. It took me a while to figure out that I was supposed to use the "photo gathering" app in OSX. I had expected the driver to come with its own separate app...
Posted by Eldberg, on May 10, 2012 at 06:26 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Drivers for Intel Macs 919 Views / 4 Replies  
I have a scanner Epson Perfection 1650. Epson say there is no driver for this that can be installed on Intel Macs, because the product is so old that they no longer support it. Hmm... there seems to...
Posted by Eldberg, on May 10, 2012 at 10:47 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Boot camp or Wineskin 2,062 Views / 2 Replies  
I want to run a PC game on the Mac. Alternatives are Boot camp+Windows or Wineskin. Installing Windows seems like a lot of work: Boot Camp 30-page installation manual, partitioning hard disk, and...
Posted by Eldberg, on Apr 23, 2012 at 10:38 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Oblivion 553 Views / 1 Replies  
I'm trying to play Oblivion in a Cider version on an Intel Mac. I select "new game". A cutscene is displayed, but immediately after this comes a dialogue box which is not properly displayed; it's...
Posted by Eldberg, on Apr 22, 2012 at 06:36 AM, in Gaming
Oops! 649 Views / 1 Replies  
Mpf!
Posted by Eldberg, on Mar 13, 2010 at 08:57 AM, in Applications
iMovie and iDVD 649 Views / 1 Replies  
Please delete this thread. Problems were all my mistakes, now solved.
Posted by Eldberg, on Mar 13, 2010 at 08:46 AM, in Applications
Window size 680 Views / 1 Replies  
I just bought an iMac with that huge 27" screen. Now when I open an application, it comes up in a very wide window, taking up much more space than the contents. So I keep dragging the size tab to...
Posted by Eldberg, on Mar 6, 2010 at 12:20 PM, in macOS
Thanks ever so much, SEWC! You solved the... 728 Views / 9 Replies  
Thanks ever so much, SEWC! You solved the problem. I simply did what you said and turned off the Stuffit AVR rename function, and the problem is gone! If you're ever in Sweden, I'll buy you a drink....
Posted by Eldberg, on Feb 4, 2009 at 03:09 PM, in macOS
Finder problem 728 Views / 9 Replies  
Thanks for commenting on my problem.
Yes, it happens all the time, also after reboot.
I am able to launch applications and work normally, except for once every 90 seconds, when I get bounced back...
Posted by Eldberg, on Feb 4, 2009 at 02:45 PM, in macOS
Tiger returns to Finder every 90 sec 728 Views / 9 Replies  
My Mac behaves strangely. Every 90 seconds, the icons on the desktop vanish briefly, all Finder windows are closed, and the machine returns me to Finder, from whatever other software I'm working in....
Posted by Eldberg, on Feb 4, 2009 at 11:09 AM, in macOS
 
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