Questions tagged [macos]
macOS is the current marketing name for Apple's Macintosh Operating System. This OS was previously known as OS X, and Mac OS X before that (which itself succeeded the 'classic' Mac OS).
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How to repair a hard drive in recovery mode?
I was trying to copy a 2011 iMac hard drive to a SSD to use on my
M2 Mac mini. I tried to copy it and received errors.
I went to disk utility in recovery mode and got an error message that said unable ...
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Chrome says "To get security updates you need at least macOS 10.15. Please upgrade your OS." on 10.13 (High Sierra). How can I disable that message?
Situation: I have an old iMac (late 2009) running High Sierra (MacOSX 10.13). That is the latest operating system officially supported for that hardware. The computer works well. I am using Chrome ...
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How can I change the fn + C shortcut in macOS?
I'm trying to set up Minecraft speedrunning on my M1 MacBook Air on Tahoe 26.1, and I am using a program for triangulation called NinjaBrainBot. However, this calculator uses the keyboard shortcut fn+...
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How to create a "Learn Spelling" shortcut for words where it's not available in the context menu due to predictive text?
I've been mystified for awhile by the unavailability of "Learn Spelling" in some words' context menu since updating to Sequoia. I reasoned out today that this is due to "predictive ...
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Difficulties moving MS Office LTSC License —> new Mac
I'm tripping over a small problem with my colleague's laptop and I'm looking for what I'm missing. How do I dig out the supportive components that validate the license? The version works just fine; it'...
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Why is Safari forgetting my activity (history, bookmarks, etc.) after every session?
On my Mac, Safari can't seem to remember any of my activity between sessions. This isn't a problem within a session, but as soon as I close the app with ⌘+Q, Safari seems to forget everything I've ...
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Use Picture-in-Picture in macOS Zoom app?
I would like to use the macOS Zoom video conferencing app in the native macOS Picture-in-Picture mode so that I can get work done while also keeping the video call on-screen.
Is picture-in-picture ...
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Why am I unable to enroll certain MacBooks in Apple Business Essentials? "Enrollment failed. Please try again."
Previously our company had no Apple Business Manager account, and every MacBook was set up as if it were a personal device.
We completed the Domain Capture and are now in the process of enrolling the ...
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Which options in Rsync on macOS are crucial for APFS archiving? (v2.6.9 vs. v3.4.1)
Suppose I want to use rsync -a to archive some directories - either somewhere else on my Mac (Sequoia), or on an APFS formatted flash drive.
I could use openrsync protocol version 29 + rsync version 2....
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Password is Locked popup [closed]
I keep getting a "password is locked" pop-up at random moments on my MacBook Pro. Why is this happening, and how do I stop it?
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Delay in Opening Apple Music Playlist
When I try to open (display) a playlist in Apple Music from my own library, I am experiencing significant delay (10s of seconds).
I have restarted both the app and my MacBook. There is no such delay ...
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Launchd deamons won't access my home folder [duplicate]
Before switching from macOS 10.13 to macOS 15 I had some scripts in the /usr/local/etc/periodic/ folder for execution on daily/weekly basis. Some of them were writing to a file in my home folder.
In ...
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Auto Log Dictionary searches
I tried creating a script to automatically search definitions and log the word to a document. Keystroke doesn't seem to work:
on run {input, parameters}
-- Save current clipboard content to ...
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Are there privacy settings that block apps from screen-sharing other apps' windows?
Are there privacy settings that block apps from screen-sharing other apps' windows?
When a MacOS user tries sharing his full screen with me on Signal Desktop, I only see his Signal window; everything ...
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Some macOS versions cause digital blocky artifacts in resulting HEVC videos gained through Compressor after using the Multi-pass option [closed]
Earlier, I reported on digital glitches in detail using the Apple Community website. The original topic is located at Digital blocky glitches/artifacts appear in some resulting HEVC videos after using ...
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