I know there is a joint Computer solving thread but the few Apple questions on there do sometimes get missed, so thought that I would set up a dedicated one for the Mac.

...Bye the way I am quite Computer illiterate apart from what I have picked up...so no point In asking me much -):

Ian,

I wonder If you could make this thread available on the Investors side as well please?

I am only winding you up. lol Your not deprived of water like us in the SE. lol

And don't you start Stan, before you do. :-))

I may have to borrow your hammer skinny!😆

Maybe the water has got into my computer DC!

lol.

With a little bit of luck the juice may change into cider.

That's west country. lol

No rush Kim hope you get yours sorted.

After a lot of trial and error and a long online chat with Apple Support, then a phone call with them, I wiped my hard drive and restored from my Time Capsule, without which I would have been stuffed! My Photo album with over 12,000 photos and 478 videos was lost but I was able to create a new library via iCloud. Everything is back to what it was and I am going to attempt to download Mojave again. Apple Support assure me that all will be fine, if not I know what to do to get back to where I am now! I will leave it to install overnight and hope that there isn't a mess to clean up in the morning. A bit like having a real dog!😀

Sounds a nightmare Kim always the same isn’t it with some of these changes, oh well getting there bit by bit...good luck.

I’ve now got the update message on the iPad but will also wait and see with that as well.

Grrr! Same thing has happened, so I will not attempt to download Mojave again! I'd wait a bit before you try Stan!

Yet again sounds like they release these updates without properly testing them out in the real world.

Looks that way Stan!

Kim. Since you are now happy to restore data why not try the reformat hd, let the machine install mojave automatically and then reinstall your data. A complicated work around for what should be a straightforward task but at least it’s no longer lurking.

Hi kernow, thanks, I have considered that and may well give it a go over the weekend with a large whisky by my side!😀

Buy a PC :-)

I've got one skinny. Laptop Sony Vaio. It's cr*p!😀

Buy a proper one :-)

My Sony Vaio laptop is now quite a few years old and is excellent. Bought it 'used' too.

First thing I did was clear out all the very unhelpful Sony user software which came with the machine. I built my PC myself about two years ago. It's quite hi-spec. Both machines run on W10.

The software on both machines is kept slap bang up to date with 'PatchMyPC'.
The drivers on both machines are kept up to date with 'DriverBooster 6'.
I clear junk out periodically with 'CCleaner'.
BT help me as a user with their 'BT Virus Protect'.
Any difficult Malware, Adware, PUPs or Spyware is cleared out using 'Malwarebytes AdwCleaner'.

I could never get along with Apple Macs. To me, they don't even seem to start up or shut down properly, IMHO.

Each to their own I suppose! I always thought PCs were the best until my brother and his wife ganged up on me and persuaded me to try theirs; I have never looked back! I bought the Sony for my youngest daughter for coursework, it is alien to me after using various Mac computers over the years. This is the first time I have had a problem with a Mac!