MacBook Pro does not boot – prohibition screen – does not see hard drive – blinking folder – stop sign

I have a macbook pro (2009) which was dual booted to windows. Windows bluescreened, I restarted, and the mac woulnt boot (blinking folder question mark). I pulled the hard drive out, copied the data that wasnt backed up, made a bootable osx installer and booted from that. The laptop went to a prohibition screen (stop … Read more

Sharing icons missing from all online sites – MAC after Google sync

I accidentally synced my Mac with Google, lost all bookmarks, etc., but the most puzzling thing is that there are now NO “share” icons on ANY online sites I visit. None. I used to see FB, Twitter, email sharing icons on almost every story and video. Now, there are NONE. Answer Try removing any browser … Read more

Thunderbolt or Mini display port Connect Macbook Pro mid 2012 to a 3d projector

I have a question regarding connecting my Macbook Pro mid 2012 to a 3d projector. So I understood my 3d projector has HDMI input and I need to connect it with my Macbook Pro. I was a bit confused with mini display port and thunderbolt. As I understood my Macbook Pro Mid 2012 has thunderbolt … Read more

Can I get 5.1 surround sound set up to a 2015 MBP Retina?

Is it possible to set up 5.1 surround sound speakers to my MBP? I only see a headphone jack. Could I use something like this, even though it does not list OSX on supported systems? http://us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-x-fi-surround-5-1-pro I have an older set of Logitech 5.1s and would like to use them for my laptop. Its the … Read more

Can I boot Windows 7 on a USB drive attached to by MacBook Pro? If so, how?

I have a mid-2011 Core i7 Macbook Pro that currently is dual-booting a File-Vault encrypted OS X Lion installation and an OS X Snow Leopard installation. Unfortunately I need to keep both of these on the internal drive which I believe prevents me making yet another partition for Windows 7 via Bootcamp because of some … Read more

How do I get drivers working after installing Windows 10 on a MacBook Pro 2010?

I have installed windows 10 to my MacBook Pro 2010 and cannot get the drivers to work after installing the Windows Support software, Boot Camp v4.0.4033 MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) Windows 7 64-bit I used this guide, https://fgimian.github.io/blog/2016/03/12/installing-windows-10-on-a-mac-without-bootcamp, to install Windows 10 without Boot Camp assistant with the application UNetbootin. So it installed OK … Read more