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I don't play or burn CDs very often either! I thought that the Eject key on my keyboard had stopped working, then I remembered that Apple changed it a few years ago and you have to hold the key down for a second or two before the disc ejects. Apparently people were hitting the key by mistake...

Just a note to reinforce the benefit of "Combo" system upgrades. At least, I think so... I have been having the slow start-up of Safari for some time. I was running OSX 10.9 at the time. I was advised to remove an application called "Rapport" which was recommended by our on-line bank. I...

Set up a new user and that is all working as it should. I'll transfer over the data I need and delete the old user. I'll do it bit by bit, and check after each stage, in case something in the data is the problem. Still no clue as to what's up with it. It just won't save any settings...

Thanks, I'll try that later. It just seems odd that one user has been fine and the other user is having problems. The second user is only used occasionally and has no apps or anything that isn't shared. It's just used as an area for managing and storing data and back-ups from a couple of...

Thanks for the links. It's improved a bit. I ran through the suggested method twice. I still get asked to login and set up iCloud each time I enter my user area, but it does it quickly without waiting an age between steps. So something has changed. Still no luck with syncing the iPhone and...

I'm beginning to wish I hadn't upgraded... :( The iCloud issue is not fully resolved. The main user section works as expected, as it has always done, but my own section is not right. It does let me log in to iCloud now, but every time I swap into my section for the first time each day, it...

Thanks for that. :) I'm now into iCloud, but still having no luck with the iPhone sync. But I'll run through the Lockdown removal again and do another restart. It's well after midnight in the Uk and I may have done something in my sleep!!

I set up El Capitan on our desktop 2010 iMac last month. I thought that all was well. But there's a problem. There are two users on the iMac one user is mainly for my wife's work and general stuff. The other user is solely for some of my stuff and synching my iPhone. The general user area...

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It's a while since I had a MacMini. But we did have a problem when I installed an Airport card. I thought it was in the slot OK, but it wasn't. The card needed a very hard push to click it into place correctly. I thought I was going to break something!

I run Windows programmes on my MacBookPro using Parallels. Parallels allows you to install a different system, even Linux, I use old an old Windows Vista, and then run the other software as you would on a PC. I use it for some car maintenance and diagnosis. It runs with no issues. I've had...

Just to update this. El Capitan is installed on the 2010 iMac. Everything is working as it did on the old OSX 10.7. No problems with Microsoft Office! :)

Thanks for the info. I do have a lens cleaner. I'll give it a try. But last time I tried one in my old MacMini, it wouldn't come out!! :(

I have a 2010 iMac with a Superdrive. It is running OSX 10.7.5 Yesterday I burnt several DVR-R discs in order to archive material. They were burnt at slow speed and verified correctly. I opened them and checked that all the files were named correctly and had the same size. All was OK...

Oooh! A feature! :D I'll keep it and use it!! Thanks!

This is just a comment as I don't think that anything important is going on, or any fault occurring. But, since I upgraded to 10.11.4 El Capitan I have noticed that the arrow cursor will increase in size hugely if I move it in a fast circular motion. As soon as I stop moving fast, it returns...

Thanks! That's great news. All I have to do now is get her to back it all up, just in case.

I'm want to upgrade our system software, but I have been putting it off for years because my wife has a huge number of Excel worksheets with Notes and Macros on out desktop iMac. That Mac is running 10.7.5 and she is using MS Office for Mac 2008. If I upgrade to Yosemite or El Capitan, I'm...

It's interesting how different things affect these computers. Over two years since our screen was replaced and it's been working with no problems since then. Used every day, all day.

I wasn't selling!! :) I read your post as you having either a router with insufficient range and/or having a router that dropped out from time to time. I had similar problems with various routers, including a Netgear one, but no problems since ditching the Netgear and various others over the...