What OS, computer and version of iTunes?

How about some specifics on the computer? CPU, RAM, HD, Year of manufacture and if you did a backup before updating (presumably to Yosemite)?

Keep us informed on which Mac you get and what your coworkers think of your apostasy!

I'm pretty sure Python runs on Mac. In fact I think it comes preinstalled, but just in case give Apple a call to verify it. I don't think you have any problems running a Mac at work. Most major applications are available for both platforms, and in a pinch you can always run Windows in a VM or Boot C...

I just want to bring up a couple of points. Macs don't come with flash preinstalled. You'll have to download it for free from Adobe and only takes about a minute to install. The second point is be aware of which MacBook Pro you buy. The 15" Machines are quad core and I believe only i7, while th...

How old is your MBA and do you have Applecare? Even is you don't have Applecare, the mac still has a 1 year warranty. I'd bring it to an Apple Store and have them take a look.

It might be the hardware or it might be a munged driver. Reinstalling the OS would clear up the driver problem and is no more painful than an OS update, it just takes longer.

It's also handy to have a wired mouse around and they can be very inexpensive. I picked up a few for $3 each.

Check if you have a recovery partition by holding ⌘ R while booting (disk utility will show it grayed out). Try reinstalling the operating system. It can cure a lot of ills and is less painful than it sounds.

Your data is likely still on your HD, just take it out, pop it in a case and plug it into another Mac to check.

I don't recall if Lion had a recovery partition but it's worth a try. Turn it on and hold down ⌘ R for a while and see what happens.

2011 iMac, still on Lion and no backup?

I’m not really big into texting and I delete the few non-text messages that I get. We determined early on that the problem wasn’t coming from there. Er… the Videos app is the first party app called Videos. It’s the Apple supplied app used to play the movies, music, etc., that either get downloaded f...

I've had problems with iOS 7 since day one. I posted a tirade in the Apple Discussion forums and it was promptly deleted so I'll post it here. Please let me know if you're having similar problems and if you've come up with any solutions. So here it is... First was “Other” memory getting out of hand....

Glad to help! Just out of curiosity, where did you find the culprit?

Mark

First thing I'd do is upgrade the OS to 10.7 or 10.8. If that doesn't help I'd bring the Mac to an Apple store and see if it might be the video hardware.

Mark

Check your login items under accounts in System Preferences and look for something different that might be causing this. If you don't find anything there look in the Library folders in the root directory, System folder and your home folder for the StartupItems folder(s). Peruse them for possible cul...

I run Win 7 using Parallels. Strange as it may seem, my Mac version of Avast (free) seems to find infected software in the Windows HDD file more often than Avast (free) for Windows does while Windows is running.

Since I keep my emails on the server, deleting on one device is enough. It may not happen instantly on the other, buy they'll sync sooner or later.

Well, It’s been a while since I worked with an SSD but I treat them no differently than HDDs or flash drives. As rule I will first partition with a GUID Partition Map (necessary if the drive is ever to be used as an OSX boot drive), format it as HFS+ (journaled). I don’t know about doing a one pass ...

If your iPad is WiFi only then it doesn’t have a GPS or cellular circuitry to determine its location. If does then you may have location services turned off.

I recall that it's possible, just a bit convoluted and requires a lot of spare disk space. Then again I haven't looked into this in many years, so could you provide a quick rundown of the process?

Hi Jenni,

First make a bootable backup of your drive (Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper come to mind). Boot from the clone (hold the option key down while booting) and repartition your original boot drive. Re-clone your backup to one partition and install the older OS on the other.

Mark