Seagate HDD external partition problem

Ever since the geniuses at the Apple Store 'upgraded' my wife's MBA to Monterey, we've had nothing but problems.

HDD don't play well with APFS so there isn't even that option in Disk Utility.

Once the 2TB HDD was erased, partition was greyed out. Looks like Disk Utility defaults to Master Boot Record. Turns out it requires GUID.

AppleCare techs didn't know that. Two hours into the afterlife...

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Logic Pro 8

I have the full Logic Pro academic program that unfortunately is too old to use any more and I wasn't sure if it was worth anything to sell?

Also I'm looking to purchase a newer version of Logic Pro for my 2012 Mac Pro running High Sierra and wondering if just going to version 9 would work.

We haven't used the program for quite a while and just used it for personal recordings and song writing.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Kelman.

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Logic Pro 8

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Monterey - the good, the bad and the ugly

I have a brand new (two weeks old) Macbook Air M1 with OSX 12.3.1 (came with 12.2, I just updated to 12.3) … USB C … invested in all the requisite adapters … it will NOT read SD cards from any of three (yes, three) brand new card readers … anybody got experience/suggestions ?

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MacBook Wood Stand

Hello everyone, I've been looking for a laptop stand for a long time. All forums say wood laptop stands are durable. Do you think this brand is reliable? Should I try my luck? say what?
Thanks in advance.
Laptop Stands

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Macbook Air - Opinions Wanted

Hey all,

My wife is tiring of her ancient Macbook Pro and wants to upgrade. She's currently looking at this one: Apple MacBook Air 13.3" w/ Touch ID (Fall 2020) - Space Grey (Apple M1 Chip / 512GB SSD / 8GB RAM).

She is a light user of Word/ Excel, web and Photos.

I've read mixed reviews of these machines.

Any personal experience/ opinions out there?

Thanks!

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High Sierra

Hey all,

I'm looking to upgrade the OS on my 2012 Macbook Pro from El Capitan to High Sierra. From all that I'm reading, High Sierra is about the max I want to go with this machine.

Finding a reliable download of it is another story.

Any assistance would be appreciated!

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icloud sign in problems

I signed out of icloud on my imac (2011 high sierra) as it was not syncing with my iphone and ipad. But I cannot sign in now, I can sign in ok through a browser, but not through system preferences.

I have tried most of the usual things such as restating the computer, and clearing caches; but no luck.

Any ideas.
thanks

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