Fix: This Item Is Temporarily Unavailable – Mac OS X Recovery Mode

Fix: This Item Is Temporarily Unavailable – Mac OS X Recovery Mode

When you attempt a Mac OS X system recovery (boot holding command + r), you get a message this item is temporarily unavailable and it prevents you from completing a re-install of the OS. Some online reports suggest to login to iCloud from Safari by backing out of the installation and selecting Get Help Online from...

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Why: Running bless to place boot files failed. – RAID Mac OS High Sierra 10.13

Why: Running bless to place boot files failed. – RAID Mac OS High Sierra 10.13

After installing or restoring from a Time Machine backup with Mac OS High Sierra 10.13 to a RAID hard drive, the installation or restore may appear to complete and show a startup disk, but when you attempt to boot from it you receive a message running bless to place boot files failed. This is because the...

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Reduce iMovie Library Size – Mac OS X

Reduce iMovie Library Size – Mac OS X

Whenever you drag a file into iMovie, the file is automatically copied and stored inside iMovie’s My Media section for your project. The media file will continue to exist until you decide to go in and manually delete it. It seems iMovie users forget about this. Gradually, as you begin to drag new media to iMovie...

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How To: Reset Display Color Mac OS X

How To: Reset Display Color Mac OS X

Did you accidentally screw up or delete your Mac OS X color display setting  calibration? This is frustrating and there is no easy way to revert back to the old calibration you had. However, you can factory reset your Mac OS X screen display color settings. Follow the steps below.     Open ColorSync Utility in...

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Enable: Mac OS X Calibrate Display Expert Mode

Enable: Mac OS X Calibrate Display Expert Mode

The latest version of Mac OS X High Sierra hides the Expert Mode option in the System Preferences Display option. Here is how to to enable expert mode.   Open Display system preferences. Now, hold down the option or alt key on your keyboard and select Calibrate…   Expert Mode option will appear and be checked. 





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