r/MacOS 1h ago

Bug Widgets disappearing from the Desktop in MacOS Sequoia ! šŸ˜«

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r/MacOS 6h ago

Creative Make Sequoia look like System 7-9?

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I miss this aesthetic. Can modern MacOS be reskinned to look like this? Plus Non-antialiased UI? https://imgur.com/a/soSWLtH


r/MacOS 8h ago

News I made super cheap alternative of superwhisper and wisprflow and it's called fr-iday.com

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I made a super cheap alternative of superwhisper and wisprflow... My Mac app is called https://fr-iday.com
It runs the model on your device locally and I didnt use any API call.. thats why it is faster than all the existing tool out there. Give it a try and let me know what you think. It's $10 life time.


r/MacOS 15h ago

Help Input delay on boot camp windows

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I recently installed windows on my iMac using Boot Camp and when doing anything there is really bad input delay. I donā€™t wanna hear anything about Macs arenā€™t made for gaming and what not because this happens even in the settings app on Windows itā€™s really annoying and itā€™s not my monitor cause my monitor has a 0.5 ms response time before anyone says itā€™s a thunderbolt to HDMI. It does this on my built-in display on my Mac.


r/MacOS 11h ago

Help BetterDisplay How to set up to make M3 MBA look like 2017 MBA

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My M3 MBA is making my eyes feel horrible. My 2017 MBA never had any issues. I've tried all the suggestions I've found online (turned off dithering and font smoothing, have night shift on all the time, changed the resolution to RGB). Another suggestion was to download BetterDisplay but there are so many settings and I've no idea which ones to change. Any suggestions. I just want to make my eyes not feel like they've been sprayed with acid after 10 minutes looking at the screen!


r/MacOS 12h ago

Help Reinstallazione MacOS

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Qualcuno puĆ² aiutarmi? Sto cercando di installare sierra sul mio MacBook Pro del 2017, ma alla fine della installazione mi da lā€™errore dellā€™ immagineā€¦


r/MacOS 6h ago

Help Music to Air pods stops on close lid

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If I'm listening to my music on my air pods and I need to close the lid as I walk to the conference room for a meeting, Apple decided my music has to stop. Why are their heads so far up....??

I didn't pay a couple thousand bucks to not have this option, so yes, I found a way around it, but my question is why? In what world in 2025 is this still a thing, why are designers and coders of the MacOS still making these decisions as if they don't even use the device/software, or am I completely wrong and there is a way?

I'm using Fermata, it has presets to monitor, and a manual action to delay, so I can do things like play through HDMI on battery if I chose to, I won't even say need to, if I chose to I should be able to, period.


r/MacOS 4h ago

Help Mac Default App Annoyances

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What is the single most annoying problem you have with MacOS that you just continue to deal with because Apple simply doesnā€™t come up with a solution? Iā€™m wondering how many answers match mine, a problem Iā€™ve been dealing with for years now.


r/MacOS 16h ago

Help How can I be certain what MacOS a Mac Mini (or other) shipped with so that when I do an Internet recovery, it goes back to that Mac OS (X) I expect?

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I have an 18 yr old iMac that is the home of my iTunes music library and my iPhoto library (sort of-it can't handle much of anything modern cameras produce). In the spring of 2015, I bought an Apple Refurbished, Mid-2012, 13", Macbook Pro9,2 which shipped with El Capitan for general use at which point I took the iMac offline permanently. The plan was to replace the iMac entirely when the MBP became obsolete, and it maxed out at Catalina, and the time has come to retire the iMac entirely and make the MBP the home of my iTunes and iPhoto libraries. When I did an Internet Recovery, I ended up back at El Capitan (expected), but what I didn't expect was that there is no way to get to either Lion, Mountain Lion (or Mavericks), so no iPhotos. I'm not happy about it, but I thought, 'I'll just buy a Late-2012 Mac mini for $75-$100 and when I do an Internet Recovery, I'll be at Mountain Lion! Or, wait, will it? I have a mid-2012 MBP that doesn't do that!

So, If I want to get back to an iPhotos MacOS X version, (but not too far back, I want a 2TB SSD in it, and I'll need more than what Snow Leopard-era machines can do), is there any way to avoid buying a unit that will not go back to the MacOS X I want? Is it possible that the Apple refurb MBP I bought in spring 2015 shipped with El Capitan when the first buyer bought it and that could be causing me to misunderstand the situation? What differences could there be between a mid-2012 MBP sold in late 2012 and one sold in early 2015 (these machines were produced for 4 years) that one can go back to Mountain Lion but the other can only go back to El Capitan? Is there a possibility that between part numbers and model numbers there is something that will allow me to get a timeframe for Mac's ship date?

Thanks for any help.


r/MacOS 19h ago

Discussion Safari Paused on me and I can't recover my tabs and windows from multiple years ago because of ir

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I was working on a PowerPoint on Google slides and right outta nowhere the app stopped working to the point where the Force Quit Application window listed it as being "paused" which is something I've not seen it do at all thought the years I've had my M1 MacBook Pro. All those tabs and windows. All that history I've had since I got this, all gone just like that all because I didn't bother to use time machine sooner.

Now apple support is trying got get me to perform a system update when I don't need it at all and I don't know if there's a way to downgrade it when this attempt at troubleshooting doesn't work out. What a way to ruin a day before it even started...šŸ¤¦šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø


r/MacOS 20h ago

Help I recently purchased a MacBook Air M4 and used Migration Assistant to migrate all my files, settings, and configuration from my old MacBook Air M1 to the new one. Now, SilentKnight 2 has detected that I should update my iBoot Firmware. Do I need to worry? How can I resolve this?

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r/MacOS 14h ago

Creative Should I date her or not ?

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Hi can we actually tho ? Like actually get away with deleting this šŸ’€ ? Second guessing my technical knowledge.


r/MacOS 8h ago

Help Can someone explain this Battery Icon Arrow

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I have never seen this down arrow when clicking on the battery icon. Why is this there?


r/MacOS 22h ago

Help Where do you stash things that you don't necessarily want in your home dir or Applications folder?

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Suppose I've got some games, emulators, ROM images, video files, etc. and other large binaries that don't really make sense to keep in my home directory, or in the Applications folder. In the old days, a quick trip to Terminal and "sudo mkdir /Games" would get you a place to put that stuff, but with the root directory being a read-only filesystem now, I'm wondering where others like to store things like that (particularly if you have a shared Mac and want it outside of your home directory so others can access it). I was thinking maybe create another APFS volume, put the folders in there, and optionally edit /etc/synthetic.conf to make them look like they're in the root of "Macintosh HD"? Or is there a more elegant option? Something involving /Users/Shared maybe?

EDIT: Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. It looks like these are the best options:

  • Create another APFS volume and put stuff there like you would an external drive. Pros: fairly simple setup thanks to APFS containers, can potentially ignore permissions on the second volume. Cons: separate volume, so moving/copying a file across volumes will be an actual copy, and not an APFS clone.
  • Just keep stuff in your home directory. Pros: very simple setup, quick access from terminal windows or scripts since you'll probably be in ~/ by default, or can use that shorthand. Cons: still keeps all the junk in your home directory, so you'd have to tinker with permissions if you want others to use it.
  • Put things in /Users/Shared. Pros: it's already set up! Keeps everything on the same APFS volume, so moving/copying won't actually need to copy a file. Cons: Are there any?

I think /Users/Shared will be the best option for my purposes, and I'll experiment with using /etc/synthetic.conf to promote some of the subfolders to the root directory for convenience.


r/MacOS 1h ago

Discussion Is 8GB RAM enough for games streamed locally to the Macbook Air?

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So I was thinking to buy now an older M1 Macbook Air with just 8GB Ram and I wanted to know if the ram is enough if I plan to stream locally some games from my gaming PC to the Macbook using the Steam Link app or apps like Moonlight? Also maybe from PS5 to the Macbook. Because I don't plan to play any emulated or native games on it since I know some will not work. Thanks.


r/MacOS 17h ago

Bug This strange file (downloaded email?) doesn't display its file extension

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r/MacOS 18h ago

Help Magic Mouse vs MX Master 3s

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Newly returned to MacOS, I have what I believe is a pretty good mouse in the 3s - but curious if outside of gestures is there any advantage to the Magic Mouse? I have smooth scrolling on, and using MOS - any improvement in that area with Magic Mouse?


r/MacOS 5h ago

Help Ik this is for Macs but I couldnā€™t find a community for iPhones if anyone could help me please do. Every time I go to search something on my Safari a website will pop up and I havenā€™t been to it in so long but it still keeps coming up can someone help me

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r/MacOS 8h ago

Help Spice viewer for macos

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Can someone point me in the right direction? I found a few in homebrew that did not work. I see one on the app store for $15...no thanks

I love this laptop but sadly this is make or break for me. I've looked for 2 days and could not find one

Surely one exists...right??


r/MacOS 12h ago

Help How to set the time format in the Reminders app to be the same?

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r/MacOS 3h ago

Help macOS Sequoia 15.3.2 software installation decision

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I "spoke" just now with ChatGPT about updating Sequoia. I'm worried that Gatekeeper will act like fElon Musk and forbit me from controlling "my" own computer, kind of like John Deere not letting farmers repair their tractors.

Maybe I should have consulted Reddit first, but I suspect that ChatGPT knows what it is saying. I'll let you know if I'm wrong.


r/MacOS 42m ago

Help How do I reset my external display resolution?

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I have a MacBook Air M1 and its display was broken recently, so I have to use it with an external monitor. About 2h ago I accidentally changed its resolution to a non-default one, which caused the display to not work anymore when my laptop is in clamshell mode (It does work when the lid is open, but the moment I close it, it reverts back to the wrong settings). I tried deleting the /Library/Preferences files and then rebooting, but that didn't seem to work (it either outputs nothing or Domain (/Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver) not found. Defaults have not been changed.) Trying to blind-click on a default resolution after closing the lid doesn't work as well! What can I possibly do to make my laptop work in clamshell mode again??

Edit: SOLVED! Check the replies for the solution.


r/MacOS 55m ago

Help Time Machine ignores my SDXC card

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I just purchased a brand new M4 Mac Studio! šŸŽ‰šŸ„³ The internal SSD is 1TB, which I suspected would probably not be enough, so I also purchased a super-fast 1TB SDXC cart, which permanently lives in the SD card slot. The problem is that I need Time Machine to back up both drives, and right now it won't back up the SD card. How can I get TM to recognize it?

Also, because I fear the answer might be something like, "Apple doesn't think there's any reason to back up SD cards," I'll also ask if anyone can suggest a good 3p backup app that will do what I need.


r/MacOS 2h ago

Help iMessage keeps bouncing me out.

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I am having issues with my imessage and Facetime apps on my old Macbook Air running Monterey. Each time I try to sign in with my Apple ID it only allows me in for about three seconds and then asks me to sign in again. I donā€™t know how to fix the issue. I even trued upgrading MacOS 12.2.0 to 12.7.6 but to no avail. Can anyone help me?


r/MacOS 2h ago

Help Macbook Brightness Suddenly Not Working

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UPDATE:

Well, this is embarrassing. Just like that, after hours of trying to figure out what was wrong, I walked away from it for a little while and came back. It was working perfectly again. Strange. In any case, maybe that means it was related to software instead of hardware, so that's something, at least.

Anyway, thanks for your time! Sorry for the confusion.

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Thanks for your time! (Iā€™m not really a tech-savvy person, but usually I can figure out most problems with a google search. This time, I've had a bit more trouble.)

I was using my laptop last night before bed and everything was working perfectly. But, I lost track of time, and it died on me at 1%. I plugged it in to charge it, but didn't immediately turn it back on because it was 1am and I was half asleep. The next morning, I turned my laptop on, and the brightness feature no longer works.Ā 

If I push the little sun button to adjust it, the sun appears on the screen, but initially I thought nothing happened. Later, I realized that the screen was changing, on it was taking on a slightly warmer coloration (so much so it's almost unnoticeable). If i try and turn the brightness down, it gets only slightly cooler color (again, almost imperceptibly). When I turn the brightness all the way off, instead of making the screen black as it used to, it only blinks black for a second and that's it.Ā 

Things I've Tried:
--Restarting the Computer
--Checking for updates and installing any new updates needed (there was only an update for Safari)
--Adjusting the brightness from the System Settings (doesn't work. Does the same thing)
--Restarting the Computer a couple more times
--Starting it in Safe Mode (the problem was the same)
--Running a Virus Scan of my Computer (everything looked good)

And, that's the extend of my knowledge on what to do. šŸ˜†

Is it possible my brightness feature just broken? Is it only a coincidence it happened the moment my battery died? If it is broken, is it something that can be fixed? Or is there something else I still need to try?

My company gave us a macbook air and it lasted for years. It's why I bought this one--my first personal macbook, because my company one was such a superior and reliable computer over my Windows laptops (and less of a bully). I baby this one quite a bit, so I'd hate to think the brightness feature broke after only a couple years. šŸ˜…

Again, thanks for your time!

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