Install os x SL on MBP faileure

I have MacBook Pro mid-09, it had el capitan os before I removed it I wanted to work completely on win10, and completely formatted all the HDD with the recovery partition included But realised later I need os x badly, and i dont have internet recovery option So I downloaded snow leopard.dmg and made a … Read more

Default keyboard layout in Spotlight

Long time multi-lingual OS X user. I find it annoying when I invoje Spotlight and start typing an Apps name instead of getting “Photoshop” I get for example “Пчотосчоп” (Phonetic Russian Keyboard). I don’t name my files documents or any other creations in anything but English. The solution could be to monitor the changing state … Read more

Insert tab doesn’t work in MS Excel 2011 for Mac OS, Excel quits saying there was an error

I am on Mac 10.11.6 El Capitan Excel version 14.7.2 I will be grateful for your help. I am truly concerned – I can’t use the Insert tab in Excel for Mac; if I try to insert anything in any file – symbol, picture, etc – Excel crashes, opens an Error reporting window (see attached). … Read more

Filevault 2 not accepting any new passwords after recovery key unlock

We use Dell Data Protection Encryption in conjunction with Filevault 2 on all of our Apple Devices at our office. I have a user who was unable to log into her machine at the initial Filevault login with her domain credentials. We tried a bunch of her older passwords which did not work so we … Read more

OSX: How to launch an Application within a specific directory via Dock icon

I desperately want to open a new instance of MacVim by clicking on its icon in the dock such that it opens a wildcard list of files from my OneDrive directory. One tip was to use Automator to run a bash shell script, with something like: open -a MacVim.app -n –args –cmd “cd $HOME/OneDrive/Notes” journal-* … Read more

The action “Save as Adobe PDF” could not be loaded because it is not universal

I am trying to add the action “Save as Adobe PDF” to an automator workflow, but I get the error **The action “Save as Adobe PDF” could not be loaded because it is not universal. **. Automator is version 2.6 on OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, and Save as Adobe PDF action is version 10.0. … Read more

Airdrop won’t detect other devices

My Macbook Pro’s Airdrop won’t detect other devices in the area. I’ve gone through the standard system restarts, switching on an off Bluetooth & WiFi, as well as ensuring that devices are on the same WiFi network. Upon booting up in secure boot (El Capitan), and accessing Airdrop from the Finder, the window turns black … Read more