Jan 8, 2008 4:17 PM
How is your mouse not working? Is it dead?
Is the wireless mouse a Mighty Mouse or a 3rd party mouse? Does you mouse need batteries? *Just in case it's dirty:* http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302417 How to clean your Mighty Mouse Take a piece of bright white paper, turn the mouse upside down on it, press down on the ball, and run the mouse quickly in circles over the paper. This will remove all the gunk that's building up on the ball TIP: To get to the gook inside the scroll nipple use a plastic toothpick. 'Other Options:' Wear latex disposable gloves. A box of same can be purchased from your local Dollar Store or Pharmacy. Some cell phone leather cases actually fit right over the Mighty Mouse. Clean/wipe the Mighty Mouse off with a damp cloth/rag prior to going to bed each evening. Some users have found using the small alcohol pads quite successful. These can be obtained from any drug/pharmacy or Dollar Store. Only do the following if your warranty has run out: Cleaning inside and dismantling the Apple Mighty Mouse -----------------------— If so, then I suggest (if your 1 year warranty is not up and/or you have Apple Care Protecton Plan) you call Apple Tech Support & ask for a replacement. Mighty Mouse Take Apart Photos
On more than a few occasions (read: a lot), I’ve had to help clients figure out why Apple Mail’s search function wasn’t working. It’s strange to be looking right at a message about baseball that doesn’t show up when you search for “baseball” within Mail. Kinda makes you want to punch things just a little bit.
If that starts happening to your Mac, there are a couple of ways to get it going again. First, you could force Spotlight to reindex your entire drive. While this method may take longer, if you’re not comfortable with finding and deleting files from your Library folder as I describe below, it may be the better way for you. For this, visit System Preferences> Spotlight, click on the 'Privacy' tab, and then either click the plus button at the bottom-left corner to add your entire Macintosh HD to the exclusions list or drag in the drive from your Desktop if it shows up there. You’ll see a scary warning when you do:
But after you click OK, you should see your drive appear in the list.
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Now you’ll want to select that drive and click the minus button to remove it. This’ll force Spotlight to start its indexing over again, and you can click on the Spotlight icon on the upper-right corner of your screen to see its progress.
Sigh. I’m gonna be waiting on that for a while. The things I do for you guys, I swear.
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Secondly, you can try a more focused approach by making Mail reindex its database only. To do this, quit Mail if it’s running first. Then click on Finder’s Go menu and pick Go to Folder:
May 26, 2020 If your Mac is using an earlier version of any Mac operating system, you should install the latest Apple software updates, which can include important security updates and updates for the apps installed by macOS, such as Safari, Books, Messages, Mail, Music, Calendar, and Photos. Jun 06, 2017 The good news is that macOS High Sierra is a widely compatible system software update for Mac. In fact, if a Mac can run MacOS Sierra, then the same Mac can also run MacOS High Sierra. This includes just about any hardware released from 2010 onward, and a few models from the year prior as well. The High Sierra compatible Macs list below is. Mac sierra software for incompatible macbooks. Before High Sierra launched, Microsoft announced that it would not be offering “formal support” for its Office 2011 apps in macOS 10.13 High Sierra. Support for Office 2011 for Mac was due to. Oct 24, 2019 Mac mini introduced in mid 2010 or later iMac introduced in late 2009 or later Mac Pro introduced in mid 2010 or later. To find your Mac model, memory, storage space, and macOS version, choose About This Mac from the Apple menu. If your Mac isn't compatible with macOS Sierra, the installer will let you know. Dec 04, 2019 Support Communities / Mac OS & System Software / macOS High Sierra Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.
Paste the following path into the box that'll appear and press Return:
Once the Finder window for that location opens up, delete any files in there that start with “Envelope Index.” As you’ll see below, I’ve got three:
After you delete those files, open Mail again. You may see this kinda-scary box, and if you do, click Continue and let it do its thing.
Os X 10.12
This step could take a while if you’ve got tons and tons of messages or if your machine isn’t the fastest, so be prepared.
Os X El Capitan
Anyway, after whichever process you’ve chosen is complete, check to see if searching is working properly. Finally you can find all of those messages your grandpa sent you about everything that’s wrong with the world! Now don’t you feel better?
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