Category: problems
Why can’t I drag a contact into a group in Apple address book?
In Apple Contacts you can drag any contact into a group to add them to that group. Sometimes dragging the contact into a group does not work. The way to fix this is to quit Apple Contacts and re-open it and the problem should be resolved.
How to fix the iTunes podcast login problem
I was locked out of my Apple podcast creator account. It was an endless loop of entering name and password, then entering verification code, then back to name and password. At times I could catch a glimpse of my personal information, so it was logging me in, but the page was then disappearing and throwing…
Backups not yet working in Big Sur on M1 Macs.
There’s a bug in Apple’s software that means you can’t clone your hard disk on a Silicon Mac yet. You will be able to use Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner to make a backup, but you can’t yet make a bootable backup. Here’s the message from Carbon Copy Cloner:
How to stop Apple mail opening when you are watching a movie
Since Catalina our movies keep getting interrupted by the Apple mail app randomly opening. One minute we are watching a movie then next moment half our scene vanishes and the Apple Mail appears! Thanks to my son Tim who worked out the solution below. If you close Apple mail (Apple-W or hit the red circle)…
How to upload to Vimeo from iMovie
The latest iMovie has a minor bug in it. The upload to Vimeo button may not work. The way to fix this is to choose ‘Share:File…’ instead of ‘Share:Vimeo…’ from the File Menu. Save your movie as a file. LargeThen upload your movie to Vimeo using the Vimeo website. The problem seems to be that…
Apple mail stuck on “Generating Content to Print”
There seems to be a long-standing bug with Apple mail that when you go to print an email message you can get stuck on a window that says “Generating content to print”. This was fixed on my computer by unselecting the ‘Load remote content in messages’ option under Mail: Preferences: Viewing. For some reason…
How to update an old Apple Airport base station.
If you have one of these Snow Apple Airport Base stations you may have noticed that newer versions of the Apple Airport Utility do not support the older base stations. And older versions of the Base Station Utility won’t launch on newer macs. Here’s how to fix this problem and still use your old base…
Apple support Scam
In Australia there is a very clever scam going on at the moment. When your email stops working, you may get a call from someone claiming they are from ‘Apple Support.’ It may be a polite greeting like ‘Hello this is Mary from Apple Support and we’ve noticed you’ve had a problem with your Gmail…
iPhone “cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the selected items”
I just went to sync my iPhone and I was given this message. This ‘lack of space’ is not a lack of space in your computer, the ‘lack of space’ is on the iPhone. This is somewhat of a bug. I think it is because iTunes is wanting to do some updates to the iPhone…
“Ethernet unplugged” problem in El Capitan Feb 2016
If you woke up today and your ethernet port is not working, it’s because Apple put out a secret release last night that broke it. (You didn’t even need to download a software update, it came overnight…) Apple haven’t released a fix yet but nurds all over the world are trying to solve it.
How to fix the ‘ethernet unplugged’ problem on Apple Airport Extreme
I have a 2009 Apple Airport Extreme. Quite often, once a week or so, I was losing my Internet connection and I would have to reboot the base station to fix it. After reading a few forums I discovered there is a bug in the most recent Apple AirPort Extreme base station firmware. Here is how to fix…
How to get your Fiji Xerox printer working in OS X Yosemite
The upgrade to OS X Yosemite broke my Fuji Xerox Docu-centre C4300 laser printer. When I tried to print it gave me this error: “Filter Failed”. Here is how I eventually fixed it.
How to fix up broken address book sync
For some unknown reason my address book (Snow Leopard) lost its synchronisation with my iPhone…
How to stop iTunes from playing while watching TV
With Snow Leopard Apple have made the pause button on the remote control ALWAYS start and stop itunes.
How to reset the OS X Installer
In Snow Leopard if you try to install a program while another is installing you get an error message saying “Waiting for other installations to complete.” But what do you do if the message stays there after the program has finished installing?
G4 logic board fault – model numbers of affected iBooks
This is the results of a survey I conducted over a year to see what different models of the G4 ibook are affected by the logicboard fault.
How to get your Canon LIDE 60 scanner working in Lion
It took me a while to get my canon scanner working under Lion. The trick is that there are two programs that you need to install – the scanner program and the driver.
Search problems in Mail application
I’ve been having a problem with mail – I can’t do a search on ‘entire message’. It is greyed out.