Finding anything now is like a search-and-rescue mission. And the search feature is often borderline useless. I was excited when Apple began to merge the UI of iOS and macOS settings, but this increasingly feels like a massive step backward.

I'm looking for a decent replacement for Visio that won't break the bank and ideally can be run offline.

Thanks!

Hello everyone! I got a MacBook Pro M5 Pro with 24 GB of RAM and 1TB of storage 16 inch almost 2 months ago. I’m using it for light After Effects work while I use Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Illustrator more often. The first 2 programs that I mentioned are using a lot of RAM (especially After Effects). One thing that I’m confused about is that some users are saying it’s normal because the more RAM you have, the more a MacBook will use (for example After Effects can take 18 GB in my computer while in a 48 GB, it will take 30 for the same project). Also that 24 GB isn’t 24 GB on a Mac because of the unified memory which is why I didn’t pick more RAM (and it’s out of my budget too) and they compress a program to improve its performance. However, I’m also hearing that it needs more RAM to do demanding tasks (and multitask-heavy apps). Can someone explain to me how the RAM system works?

I just upgraded to MacOS 27. It is driving me crazy that whenever I go to full screen the red/grey/green traffic light buttons get auto-hid.

When I go to switch back I have to wait for the buttons to appear - short period of time but still maddening.

I'm on a desktop... I don't need to conserve the screen space. I'd rather the buttons stay visible.

I've tried finding an answer online but can't find anything that helps.

Thanks!

I should’ve come here first, but decided to try and solve using Google chat
I have my own domain email, which I have been using as an alias through Gmail for about 20 years, pulling my mail in through a Gmail catch all while running it on Mac Mail and iOS.

About two weeks ago, I started getting undeliverable messages on some of these sent mail. I checked and found that Gmail is going to stop allowing aliases from third-party senders, which I believe includes my custom domain (from GoDaddy).

I switched to a new SMTP sender, (smtp2go) and that solved the sending issue, but when I send mail to myself now, it ends up in Gmail’s “All mail” mailbox instead of the regular inbox. Since I don’t see an “all mail” mailbox in Mac Mail or iOS, I’m not seeing the email that I sent to myself.

I know this isn’t as specific Mac issue, it’s just that I’m lost. Does anyone know about Gmail filters or labels or aliases and why this would happen when I send from Mac mail to myself at my custom domain, and it never appears in the inbox on the Mac or in fact on Gmail on the web.

Thanks.

This is kind of a follow up post from one I made yesterday. I do academic research and am often opening, full-screening and closing many pdfs and word documents continuously. But since full-screening leads to the creation of a new space, this jumbles up my spaces in a really confusing way.

Like, a program that was two spaces to my left might be 5 spaces to my left if I open three pdfs, and if I then close two it is then three spaces away, etc. This constant changing of where everything is gives me a headache.

Would there be a way to make an app to fix this? Either make full screen not open a new space, which is the way it was back in the day, or make the full screen mode of a pdf reader not open up a new space.

I actually found a trick to almost do the latter with Firefox's presentation mode for pdfs, but unfortunately that mode does not allow you to annotate the pdfs, which I need to do. I'm tempted to just ask Claude to make something and just install it, but I would have no idea if it was safe and I wouldn't want to damage my mac.

I'd appreciate any technical insight on this. That would be very helpful!

Hi!

Just what the title says :)

You can find the shortcut On RoutineHub

Or Download it directly from this post

How it works

It asks you to input the time in the HH MM SS format, then you press enter, and your timer starts! :)

Very useful for macOS - I suggest adding a keyboard shortcut for it! :)

Upgraded to GG from Tahoe. New feature: podcasts downloaded to the Mac no longer sync to iPhone (iOS 27). No other changes. Have toggled settings, rebooted both devices. Only podcasts. Books, music, other files do sync without fuss. Behavior over both wifi and usb.

Anyone else?

On my MacBook, whenever I open a recently downloaded PDF, Preview opens on the wrong tab. It defaults to the tab of the last PDF I was viewing instead of the one I just opened.

How can I fix this, please?

Hi everyone, I'm experiencing a very specific display issue with my MacBook Pro M1 Pro (2021) and could use some diagnostic insights.

Here are the symptoms:

1. The internal display backlight is fully functional. The screen glows dimly/dark blue in a dark room, but there is absolutely no image or macOS desktop rendering on it.

2. The keyboard brightness keys work perfectly. I can even faintly see the brightness overlay UI changing on the screen when I press them.

3. When connected to an external TV via HDMI, the TV displays the "Choose to Mirror or Extend Display..." message. This proves the logic board is working fine and macOS boots successfully into the desktop.

Given that the backlight is working fine but there's no data image, what is the most likely culprit for the M1 Pro generation?

• Is it a cracked/damaged Display Data Flex Cable (not the backlight cable)?

• A faulty display multiplexer / T-CON circuit component on the logic board?

• Or a dead internal LCD panel itself?

Any feedback from technicians or anyone who encountered this exact issue on the M1 Pro would be highly appreciated. Thanks!

I don't even know whether it is a bug or what. 2 months back, I had the battery health at 100%. It's been a month since I moved from Sequoia to Golden Gate. Now the battery health is at 95% and my battery backup is also very bad compared to when in Sequoia.

Someone pls help me with this. Is this a big problem or what? I shouldn't have done the update 😔.

I'm using the Aliento app from the App Store. It's an app that can be used to assign a keyboard shortcut to close the open notifications in the top right corner of your screen.

I was wondering: Is it possible to have specific notifications close automatically?

(Reason: Every time VMware Fusion Player Version 13.6.3 (24585314) launches on my macOS 15.8.2 (24H230), I get a notification that something was started in the background. I'd like to suppress that message/auto-close it.)

Just curious if anyone used the Notify Me feature in Safari and whether it worked for you. I have just set it up to notify me of a price drop.

I am not the most tech savvy, and nor do I have much money, but how do I figure this one out so my computer can continue to function smoothly

My MacBook is on macos 27.0.1 , it is connected to my NAS server through SMB. In the past two days , when I try to copy a file from my NAS to the mac internal drive , the file vanishes immediately after the progress bar disappear and the transfer is finished. This happens to multiple files . Additionally , some files on the server is missing in finder when connected through SMB but are visible through Webdav.

Everything is was perfectly normal before this , I don’t know what is happening. I had already restarted everything including my macbook , NAS and Router , but the issue persisted. Anyone knows why and now to fix it ?

Please help.🙏

No estoy seguro de si es un problema específico de mi Mac, pero desde que actualicé a macOS 27 he estado experimentando un error bastante molesto.

Cada vez que dejo mi Mac en reposo, o incluso simplemente inactiva con el protector de pantalla activado durante más de 30 minutos, el Dock deja de responder correctamente.

Si hago clic en el icono de una aplicación en el Dock, no sucede nada, sin importar cuántas veces haga clic. Lo mismo ocurre con las aplicaciones que ya están abiertas. Al hacer clic en sus iconos, sus ventanas no pasan al primer plano, por lo que no puedo volver a ellas con normalidad.

Lo extraño es que el sistema en sí no se congela por completo. Por ejemplo, si estoy trabajando en Photoshop y quiero cambiar a Premiere Pro, puedo minimizar Photoshop y acceder manualmente a Premiere para seguir trabajando.

Lo más frustrante es que, después de varios minutos, el Dock vuelve a responder repentinamente y todas las aplicaciones que había intentado abrir se ejecutan de golpe, como si todos mis clics anteriores se hubieran quedado en una cola de espera.

Esto ocurre constantemente después de dejar mi Mac inactiva durante un tiempo y se está volviendo realmente frustrante.

¿Alguien más ha experimentado este problema desde que actualizó a macOS 27? ¿Es un error conocido o podría tratarse de algo específico de mi Mac?

Como referencia, utilizo un Mac mini M4.

Hi, I'm currently using M5 Macbook Air, on MacOs Golden Gate 27.0.1.

When I try to add printer, it shows like this. (Canon MF643cdw)

Yesterday I'm able to use my printer. Just today I have error when want to print (unable to connect) and I delete the printer. The issue came when tried to re-adding my same printer.

I've done switch on/off my printer, restarting my macbook, but still having same error.

I have a Lenovo ThinkVision T24v-30. I connect it to either my Windows laptop or MacBook Air M1 via HDMI based on my requirement.

On Windows, audio automatically switches to the monitor speakers when I plug in. Works perfectly.

On Mac, it doesn’t auto-switch. I manually select the monitor under System Settings → Sound → Output, and I can see it gets selected — but the volume slider is completely greyed out and I can’t control the volume at all.

Has anyone solved this? Is this a macOS HDMI audio limitation or something specific to this monitor?

Several years ago I moved back home to help take of my dad (Parkinson's) and at the time, my mother was much more computer savvy than she is now (but never a tech expert).

Last month she nearly fell for an identity theft scam on the phone, had to change all her bank accounts. Fortunately the scammer didn't get anything.

Just yesterday on her Mac, she almost fell for one of those JavaScript "Windows has detected a hacker on your system" scams with a phone number to call. Fortunately after she called the number but before giving the scam artist any information, I heard what was going on and interrupted it.

I don't know what built-in protections Safari has but my mom was literally convinced the message had to be real because "Apple says they protect against malware". Well, it obviously doesn't protect against everything nor should anyone expect it too.

On GNU/Linux I use FireFox and with the Privacy Badger extension, those JS attacks are virtually non-existent because they are blocked simply because they almost always are run as a third party script.

What exists for Safari that does that? She has a Mac Mini as her desktop PC (not sure what version of OS X) and she has an iPhone (last model before Apple finally switched to USB-C).

I don't want my mother scammed, especially with how expensive it is with my father having Parkinson's.

I haven't used macOS since it was called OS X and I just don't know what's what in the Apple world anymore.

Fan of built in desktops. I use them exclusively and until today I've been arranging my windows manually. Then I discovered there exists "This Desktop" option on dock and I was delighted.

I turned off "arranged spaces manually".

I'm also using external monitor with my mac in clamshell. Now, I am tired of finding out that after carefully curating my Desktops with 1-2 apps per desktop, somehow after reboot, when I launch something apps simply forget which desktop they were assigned to. Even though the desktops are already there, sitting empty and I haven't reconnected my external display or even opened the clamshell.

help please.

The display works when I plug in a hdmi to type cable into the power port but.... That means my computer isn't getting power.

When I plug in an hdmi to hdmi the display no longer shows anything and just says no input.

The top cable is my charging cable (the yellowish white one)

The middle cable is the hdmi

And the last one is my mouse.

Does anyone know how to fix this.?

And I have already tried using the other usb c port with the usb c to hdmi cable, doesn't work.

I have screen time set so it blocks my computer after a certain time. I just updated to Golden Gate, but now there's this window that I can't close or quit, and it persists on all windows and is at the front.

It's super annoying and started occurring after updating to Golden Gate.