Recent content by rickself

While I was waiting, I ran Disk First Aid, it found a couple things but said all was okay. Maybe it did a minor repair. Restarted many times and now thinking about updating to 15. I'll see if the DFA worked okay and will download the update overnight (SLOOOWWW work network!) Thanks for the tips...

This is getting super frustrating. When I click on an Illustrator file, it might open Word. I click on a PDF and it might open something else. If I search for a particular file, I'm shown the file but when I click on it, it's not the correct file. What can I do? This is my work computer and I'm...

Well this turns out easier than I could ever imagine. I just copy the eml files from WLM and drop them into Thunderbird. Case closed!!

I finally convinced someone in the office to switch to a Mac. Now it's up to me to get their email from Windoze Live Mail to Mac Mail or Thunderbird. How big a project have I burdened myself with? Are there reliable apps that can make the job easier? Thank you!

Thanks but I don’t understand NAS. It’s not printers that I’m worried about, I’m sharing my external hard drive with my coworker, and if I have issues with my Mac and I have to restart, she has to get out of everything she was doing to allow me to restart. NAS, from what I understand allows us...

I have a Mac mini connected to a 4tb drive for Time Machine backup and a 1tb drive for work files. We are a box company and do a lot of image work and layout. I have a coworker using the same drive through a Netgear switch that we are both connected in order to access office printers...

Good afternoon - I have a CD collection that I have put into Music, Mac Mini, Ventura. I'd like to play MY music, on my iPhone 8+ and not have them uploaded (sync'd) to the cloud. I live in the country where Wi-Fi is rare and I need MY music. Music from MY CD's that I purchased. Trying to get an...

Thanks, Satcomer. Educate me on what a thunderbolt ¾ cable is please. Is that just a 3 or 4 thunderbolt cable?

Hey all - I am bringing an intern into my office to learn the ins and outs of Prepress. I currently use a Mini M1 and that will become the intern's Mac. I will get a Mini M2 (Studio I hope!). What;s the best way for me to clone all of my settings, everything so I still have the same functions as...

I appreciate all the help and encouraging words. I’m an Aries! I rarely give up, wave the flag of surrender. I love the Mac, I hate PCs! But to me, the $20 was less expensive than the time I was losing and not getting anywhere. I lost my wife a year and a half ago and feel now more than ever...

I give up. The Internet Archive install file was corrupt. So I downloaded the full install Cheryl linked above and it won't install because it is apparently an update and a version of Mac OS has to be on the receiving disk. I surrender to Apple! I gave in and ordered a USB startup drive from...

I can’t get to the point of right clicking on the installer and having it show the contacts. Maybe because I’ve been using an update instead of the original El Capitan. I did download what I think is the original El Capitan but won’t get to try it until tomorrow. UPDATE: I can see the contents...

Apple keeps throwing up hurdles. Apparently the installer is looking for an installed version to update and won't install 10.11 and of course there is no download for just El Capitan before upgrades.

You got me by seven years DeltaMac! I’ve been in prepress and on the Mac since 1986. Wouldn’t change it for anything. Maybe I should have started by saying I’m running Ventura 13.6.4. Mac Mini M2. I still didn’t see the GUID option in DU, so I ejected and reinserted the USB and then got that...

Wellll, this is turning into a bigger pain than I intended. I haven't been able to boot the old MacPro, hence the reason to create the bootable USB on the M2. So, on the M2, when I format the USB in Disk Utility, it doesn't give the option of GUID map. After formatting, the info shows Master...