Questions tagged [macos]
Apple's Unix-based operating system. Use for questions about the operating system or to provide OS context. For Mac hardware questions, use [mac]. Questions about using macOS on non-Apple hardware ("Hackintosh"), are off-topic.
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How to Use a Boot Disk USB for Mac Silicon if the client deleted there Macintosh HD Drive already?
The Only thing that comes up when I boot up the MacBook is the "Options" setting when trying to do disk recovery, and from there it won't do anything further, and the wheel keeps on a'...
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Thundebird keeping focus for a few seconds after closing window on macOS 26
Since I upgraded to macOS 26 I noticed an annoying issue.
When closing Thunderbird window and going back to another application the focus is being kept by Thunderbird for a few second making it ...
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How can I tell if someone is remotely accessing or watching my computer? [closed]
I am using macOS.
I’m not concerned about high-level or state-level attackers — just whether a private individual with limited resources could monitor my Mac without my knowing.
I have not enabled ...
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Prevent previous bash history entries from being overwritten
I very frequently retrieve commands from my bash history (^R) and start modifying it to fit my current needs, but if I change my mind and break (^C) to cancel it altogether, whatever changes I made ...
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Why is there no blur on emulated macOS 13 Ventura running on VMware?
I use macOS 13 Ventura and it should have blur in the Dock and in the top bar, but it only shows a solid light grey background instead of showing blur.
VMware tools installed, Windows 11 25H2 host, ...
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Mounting Samba Shares on macOS with Kerberos
For a long time, we have used Active Directory binding to connect our family's Mac computers to an Active Directory server (Windows Server 2022) for authentication. The Active Directory server ...
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Why does Microsoft Word on macOS Tahoe (26.0.1) set a quarantine flag when saving any file?
I'm using the latest version of Microsoft Word (16.102.3) on my MacBook, which is running macOS Tahoe (26.0.1).
When I make updates to a file, and try to save it, it doesn't give me any error messages,...
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How to disable the “Do you want to continue without audio?” nag on Zoom?
I would like Zoom to not automatically join computer audio and give me a choice. This way, if I am joining a meeting at the office, I can opt out of computer audio and use the conference room's audio ...
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How does `open -a` locate an application in Mac
I have used Playwright to install Chromium
playwright install chromium
The executable is in
~/Library/Caches/ms-playwright/chromium-1187/chrome-mac/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium --use-mock-...
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How to know an external drive is failing in macOS before it goes bad? Or how to otherwise prepare?
I had two drive failures compromise my video collection in one instance and my backup in the second.
In the first case, video data became silently corrupt on an external USB SSD, in the second, older ...
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How to set up a macOS “QWERTZU” Keyboard on Windows?
I’m using a macOS “QWERTZU” keyboard on a Windows computer, but I can’t seem to configure the correct keyboard layout on Windows.
On my previous PC, I managed to configure an Apple French “AZERTY” ...
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How to stop Roblox and RobloxStudio apps from duplicating
I am the main user of my Mac laptop, and as I am the only admin, I install all apps. My son is using the laptop for his studies, including Roblox modelling/programming, under his own user account.
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Automator Workflow to attach a fixed file to the current email in Apple Mail
I'm trying to build a really simple Automator Workflow (Quick Action specifically) to attach a fixed PDF file to the current message draft.
I've built a Quick Action Workflow with two elements, Get ...
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Why does only 1 monitor work after swapping a pair of 24" for a pair of 32" with a MacBook M1 Pro?
For the last few years I've been using a MacBook M1 Pro at home with a pair of 24" Asus monitors. The MacBook M1 Pro is connected to a dock via USB-C (or maybe Thunderbolt - not sure), and the ...
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How to download original sound quality from YouTube on macOS?
How to download audio from YouTube videos without re-encoding at its original sound quality on macOS? Or original audio data file?
I've tried this:
yt-dlp -x --audio-format opus
Not sure if it still ...
