welcome to my Mac Repair Blog post

Here I have put together some of the most common questions and inquiries people are finding very difficult and demanding to grasp,
especially if you are a new Mac user. And some of the possible solutions, this is by no means an exhausted list.

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#1: Mac Hardware Problem Solution

Rattling dead hard drive

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Q My three-year-old external hard drive stopped working when my Mac showed a warning to back it up and reformat. It now makes a rattling when turned on and won't mount at all. What can I do to rescue its contents?
A Sometimes, before a hard disk fails, you get sufficient warning to be able to rescue as much as possible from it before it packs up completely, as it will continue to mount on your Desktop. In your case, it seems to have suffered internal mechanical failure too rapidly to allow that. Avoid powering it up at all until you've decided what to do about this, as that could only make the damage worse.

Arnold Augustine 19 06 2021.

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#2: iCloud Problem Solution

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Q is iCloud unlimited.
A No. Every Apple ID is allocated 5GB of free storage space, but this is eaten up very quickly. To get more you must upgrade your storage plan.

Arnold Augustine 19 06 2021.

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#3: iCloud Problem Solution

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Q i can't find a download for the app i was using. Has it gone?
A No. Not necessary. if you've bought it through the App Store, it should still be in your list of purchased apps: open the Mac App Store, click on the name at the lower left and you should now see the names, icons and download links for all of the apps you've purchased.

Arnold Augustine 10 jan 2022.

Don't Change Your Username

Don't Change Your Username How can i change the main and only username and password on my Mac?

Don't Change Your Username Changing the password is simple: open the User & Group pane, select the user, select the password tab, and click on Change Password. Changing the Username isn't wise, as it's used to create the name of the Home Folder.

Warnings Of Leaked Passwords

Warnings Of Leaked password Safari's start page wornes us that password for online banking services have appeared in a data leak. What should we do?

Warnings Of Leaked password Recent Versions of Safari tap into lists of compromised passwords, which Apple maintains. When it finds a stored password that matches those known to have been compromised, it warns you and helps you change it to something more secure. This doesn't necessarily mean your password or account have been compromised, though. If a password protects any site or service involving money or sensitive personal information, you should follow Safari's advise and change that to a strong password as soon as possible.

How To Migrate From Old MacOS

How to migrate from old MacOS What's the best way to migrate from my iMac running High Sierra to a new M1 iMac?

How to migrate from old MacOS Although Migration Assistant works best and migrates most data when working between two consecutive major version of macOS, such as Catalina and Big Sur, it can still save time instead of copying across apps and files manually. For a new M1 iMac, start it up and create its main user account before attempting migration. Then use Software Update to bring macOS up to date. Once you're happy it's running smoothly, connect the iMacs back to back using the fastest means possible, preferable Thunderbolt. Open Migration Assistant on each Mac, setting the M1 as the destination, and your old iMac as the source. If you can't get that to complete, go back and be less ambitious about what to migrate until it's successful. Next copy across anything you couldn't migrate, and keep the two Macs running on the same network until you're happy you've got everything. If you prefer, you can use an app like Carbon Copy Cloner to make a copy of your old start up disk to an external drive, to connect to your new iMac and use as the source of migration. Finally, archive your old backups and start fresh ones.

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