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FYI: 4 more free COVID tests will be available to each household ahead of the holidays - 14 days ago

4 more free COVID tests will be available to each household ahead of the holidays

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Re: Are macOS Security Updates cumulative? - 5 weeks ago

Quotejdc Not answer either... but security from... what exactly? its what? 5? 6? years old at this point... are you surfing the dark web? or visiting random websites trying to download pirated software/tv/music? Even then it doesn't matter... I don't know much about public WiFi but I've read that it's insecure and that you're at risk when using it. Since High Sierra is quite old, I'd feel

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Re: Are macOS Security Updates cumulative? - 5 weeks ago

Quotegadje Any coffee shop or library with faster WiFi in your area? Are you still in Japan? I don't know as I've never used public WiFi and I'm not sure it'd be a good idea seeing as I need security updates. Not in Japan, never been in Japan. Here in the US. QuoteTiangou Security updates are rolled into point-updates for the OS. So, if you're running macOS 10.13.6, you can skip all

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Re: Are macOS Security Updates cumulative? - 5 weeks ago

Quotegadje good question. is the size getting larger and larger? You could try to apply one of them and see if the earlier ones disappear or if they still show up. My guess is that macOS will insist that you apply all of them. I am not sure if the order matters or not. To be 100.00% safe, I could probably apply all of them, in that order. EDIT: I realize that I did NOT answer your questi

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Are macOS Security Updates cumulative? - 5 weeks ago

Are macOS Security Updates cumulative? Do I need to download and install all 14 of these Security Updates or just the the last one? Thanks. Security Update 2018-002 High Sierra Security Update 2018-003 High Sierra Security Update 2019-001 High Sierra Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra Security Update 2019-005 High Sierra Security Update 2019-006 Hig

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Re: Printing from an OLD Mac OS to a NEW Brother printer - 5 weeks ago

QuoteSpinninDan QuoteDewGuy Welcome to the forum! I don't have any experience using VMWare, however, I read a lot and in the back of my head remembered this from a discussion on another forum. QuoteBut I use VMware. And in VMware, if I have a printer set up on the host machine, I don't even have to add a printer to the VM. I just select the check box that says forward print jobs to the host

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Re: Printing from an OLD Mac OS to a NEW Brother printer - 5 weeks ago

Welcome to the forum! I don't have any experience using VMWare, however, I read a lot and in the back of my head remembered this from a discussion on another forum. QuoteBut I use VMware. And in VMware, if I have a printer set up on the host machine, I don't even have to add a printer to the VM. I just select the check box that says forward print jobs to the host printer. And I'm done. He

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Re: Return to MacOS High Sierra 10.13...success! - 5 weeks ago

QuoteBuzz All's swell that ends well. Congrats & Enjoy. == Thanks.

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Return to MacOS High Sierra 10.13...success! - 5 weeks ago

The beginning of this ordeal can be read here. The followup can be read here. I found another source to procure a copy of High Sierra 10.13, and after a long download (crappy internet) installed it yesterday. High Sierra also required the system clock to be set back to get it to install, but now I'm back to where I was almost a month ago.

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Re: Your last Tube TV? - 5 weeks ago

Our last tube TV was a 27" Philips-Magnavox that we purchased on January 17, 1998. It died on April 26, 2022 after 24 years, 3 months and 9 days of service. Haven't gotten rid of it yet as there's no way to get rid of it at present. The replacement is a 40” Samsung.

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Re: Amazon vs Home Depot on Bar Keepers Friend - 6 weeks ago

From my local Menards Bar Keeper's Friend® Liquid Multi-Purpose Cleaner - 26 oz. Everyday Low Price: $2.72 Sale Price: $2.46 After 11% mail-in rebate: $2.19 Bar Keeper's Friend® Powder Multi-Purpose Cleaner - 21 oz. Everyday Low Price: $2.24 After 11% mail-in rebate: $1.99

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Re: Did you get your covid tests? - 6 weeks ago

Quotegadje did you get confirmation emails when you ordered? Yep.

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Re: Did you get your covid tests? - 6 weeks ago

Ordered ours on 9/26 and they were delivered on 10/7.

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Re: Return to MacOS High Sierra 10.13...failure. - 6 weeks ago

QuoteDiana....download it again and send it to you on a USB stick. That is, if you still want it. QuoteN-OS X-tasy!... send a copy on USB, similar to Diana's offer. That's very generous of both of you, but I don't feel comfortable sharing my personal information. Thank you for the offer though. QuoteGGD QuoteRAMd®dI didn't realize Sierra needs to be installed over a Lion install. I thin

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Return to MacOS High Sierra 10.13...failure. - 6 weeks ago

The beginning of this ordeal can be read here. I was able to reinstall Snow Leopard (the shipping OS) on my 2011 MacBook Pro. I was able to download Lion (required for Sierra). When I tried to run the Lion installer it gave an error message. I remembered another member said that for one of the OSes they had to turn their system clock back. I tried that, and the installer was then able to

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

Quotedecay I suggest downloading and saving macOS installers for every version. Have you seen this browser that works on older Mac OS? InterWeb Browser for OS X 10.6 & 10.7 InterWeb is a free and Open Source XUL-based web browser, featuring the well-known Firefox-style "Australis" interface and operation. It supports a wide array of features required for the Modern W

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Re: Quicken Mac 2007 OS X Lion compatible download? - 7 weeks ago

Quotebobinmurphy I have "Quicken for Mac 2007" which is version 16.0 and doesn't run on systems past Snow Leopard. I also have "Quicken20075" which is version 16.1 and runs on systems past Snow Leopard - I'm running it on Mavericks. My version has been updated to 16.2.4, although I'm not sure I kept any of the updater files. I got the Quicken20075 update from MacResour

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Re: Quicken Mac 2007 OS X Lion compatible download? - 7 weeks ago

QuoteGareth I *think* I found my installer (it's labeled as 2007S, which I think was the updated version?). I will PM you a link. Thanks! I sent you a PM reply.

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Quicken Mac 2007 OS X Lion compatible download? - 7 weeks ago

I've got an install disk for Quicken Mac 2007. I purchased the Lion compatible upgrade directly from Intuit back in 2015. I checked my Intuit account and there's no longer any record of my purchasing it, let alone being able to download it again. I understand that Intuit sold off Quicken a few years ago and support for Quicken 2007 was discontinued years ago, so I don't imagine that the new owner

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

I've got Sierra downloading now. Thanks to everyone who helped out and especially to Clay who provide the link to Sierra.

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

Quoteclay try a different browser? I got it working by right mouse clicking the link and selecting "Save link as..."

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

Quoteclay I think your best bet is to download a .dmg of Sierra (10.12) from this link: ( under the "Use a web browser" section) to upgrade your Snow Leopard install. Just tried to download it, and Firefox is no longer throwing up security messages, but I'm getting this instead of a download:

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

Quoterich in distress I would do a safe boot and run disk utilities to “repair” drive. Make sure you have enough space on the drive, and an internet connection. Cmd-opt-R. When I was having the booting problem, it wouldn't do a Safe boot. I did run Disk Utility from the Recovery partition and it said it was OK. When I tried booting with Cmd-Opt-R it said it couldn't connect to the server

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

Quoteclay I think your best bet is to download a .dmg of Sierra (10.12) from this link: ( under the "Use a web browser" section) to upgrade your Snow Leopard install. Then, open up Mac App Store in 10.12 to download High Sierra upgrade. Or, if you need to make a couple hops between 10.6 and 10.12, maybe try Mountain Lion 10.8 or Yosemite as an intermediate step. I agree. Giant pain

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

Quotebtfc “ If High Sierra was downloaded from another Mac wouldn't it be locked to that computer? “ No, not locked. Do you have an external bootable drive? Do you have another Mac with firewire and a newer OS? I thought that downloads from the App Store had DRM that tied them to the owner of the machine? I used to have a external drive that had my Time Machine backups on one pa

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

Quotedecay try here The MrMacintosh page just gives the same links that were posted here and don't work. The iTunes link is the same as the one posted above it takes you to the Mac App Store for download and doesn't work.

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

QuoteGGD I think part of the problem you're running into is that you're trying to download it from the App store from a Mac running 10.6 (Snowleopard). Apple lists 10.8 (Mountain Lion) as a requirement for High Sierra (installer app), and I believe the App store won't let you download (or even display) Apps that don't meet the requirements. QuoteGeneral Requirements OS X 10.8 or late

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

Quoterich in distress # I think your computer is so compromised, it won’t allow a new system on it. Opt-cmd-R It’s your only hope. That didn't work either.

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

Quotetimg I have the same problem. trying to load high sierra from scratch on a 2011 macbook pro, but I can't get past regular old sierra. nothing I tried would let me get the high sierra installer. I also have a 2011 MacBook Pro. A little over a week ago it started booting very slowly and wouldn't finish. Tried many, many times. Tried booting from Recovery and it couldn't connect to the serv

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Re: Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra still be downloaded? - 7 weeks ago

Quoteclay on a compatible Mac, this should allow it: (link to most versions of macOS here: ) I have seen other direct sort of links somewhere, but don't have access to that at the moment. I tried that from the App Store in Snow Leopard (I think it was 10.6.2) and although it would load the page, it wouldn't download the software, the button did nothing, it also didn't come up if I sea

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