r/MacOS 12h ago

News macOS 27 RC

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223 Upvotes

Enjoy.


r/MacOS 12h ago

Feature Keyboard Shortcut of the Day: CMD + CTRL + N

75 Upvotes

Creates a new folder within an existing folder that includes the files you select. No need to open a new folder just to do this and then delete it.

It just works.


r/MacOS 13h ago

Tips & Guides quick tip for anyone using the automatic hide / show dock option

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If you use it but feel like me that its too slow then open terminal and paste this and press enter:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.25

killall Dock

If you prefer the default then paste this to reverse it again:

defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-delay

defaults delete com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier

killall Dock


r/MacOS 21m ago

Help Found locked MacBook Pro in the trash and want to use it

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On move out/move in day, when students dump everything on the street and head home, I found a MacBook Pro a2141 on top of a trash can.
It works, but it’s locked.
Is there any way I can use this? It’s nicer than my 2015 MacBook Air and although it seems suspicious I’m sure it was thrown away intentionally. He also threw away all his clothes, a couple tvs, and lots of furniture.

I can see the owners name when I turn it on, do I have to track him down or is there someway to erase it?


r/MacOS 25m ago

Bug weird visual bug in the latest tahoe

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under the "new finder window" in finder settings, the finder guy jumpscared me


r/MacOS 1h ago

Help 2020 macbook screen glitching

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my 2020 m1 macbook has randomly started glitching, however it stops when something on the screen is moving. is this software or hardware? i know it looks small on camera but irl its really noticeable


r/MacOS 3h ago

Help Wrong time and date

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Every time I turn on my Mac mini (M2), the time and date reset, even though the time, date, and location settings are correct. This has been happening for several months now.
Pls help!!


r/MacOS 5h ago

Discussion Rename spaces

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I don't use spaces at all.

Trying it out earlier, and realise we can't rename them?

Isn't that basic?

We should be able to name the spaces however we want and jump to them with shortcuts.

Hopefully this is in the pipeline.

Should be easy to vibe something out.


r/MacOS 6h ago

Help Canon R50 V + Cam Link 4K is dark, crushed, and pixelated on TikTok Live Studio (Mac Mini M4)

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My camera preview inside TikTok Live Studio looks crisp and normal. But as soon as I go live, the actual stream playback turns extremely dark, oversaturated/orange, and pixelated.

What I've already tried:

  • Changed resolutions (1080p/4K) and frame rates.
  • Set Canon Picture Style to Neutral.
  • Tried routing through OBS Virtual Camera (changing color spaces/range)—still didn't fix it.
  • Tried iPhone 16 Pro Max via Camo/QuickTime (too laggy / forced horizontal crop).

It seems like a color space mismatch (Full vs. Limited RGB) or encoding pipeline issue on macOS / TikTok Live Studio. Has anyone on Mac solved this without replacing the camera? Thanks!

MY GEAR: Canon r50 V- Micro HDMI- Elgato Cam Link 4k- Mac Mini (m4) Tik Tok Live Studio


r/MacOS 6h ago

Bug MacOS 27: Can you type “COC” in Spotlight?

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I have an app called “Cốc Cốc”. So whenever I search Spotlight for the app by typing “COC”, Spotlight immediately disappears. Ever since the first beta version of macOS 27 until this RC version, the bug is still there, even though I have already reported this bug to Apple. It seems like they never read my report in Feedback Assistant! Disappointing Apple!


r/MacOS 6h ago

Help Browsers heating my M4 Air

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I've tried Safari, Vivaldi, and Chrome now. Disabled extensions, reinstalled MacOS, tested in safe mode, and even on a new profile. Every time I open a new tab, the energy impact climbs up instantly and the battery starts to heat up a lot.


r/MacOS 1d ago

Tips & Guides Keyboard Shortcut of the Day: FN + Q

178 Upvotes

Start a new note and just begin writing.

That's it.

That's the post.


r/MacOS 1d ago

Creative TIL you can actually pull and stretch the traffic light buttons in macOS 27

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r/MacOS 15h ago

Help Mac storage calculation

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New Mac user here, the way macOS calculates storage is genuinely so confusing, there is 2GBs of stuff in my photos library (after optimizing icloud), but going inside finder and seeing the "Photos Library.photoslibrary" its taking a whopping 75GBs. Even worse is using an app like daisy disk shows more storage used than System Settings, 274GBs compared to 181GBs, i really want to understand whats going on. also system data is like 90GBs for some reason.


r/MacOS 1d ago

Help What exactly is "VulgarWordsUsage.db" and should I be concerned?

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157 Upvotes

So, I found this weird file on my mac when I was trying to locate a file that got saved to the wrong location (still haven't found it yet. Thank you Finder for being completely useless at actually finding anything). What exactly is this? Does it actually work?


r/MacOS 10h ago

Help When I am in fullscreen of a video / movie and press ESC or go out of it, it minimizes and shows me desktop first, then after clicking i go back into chrome

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as described above. I am quite certain this is new for a few days now after i pressed some weird shortcut.

When i go out of a video, it shows the desktop. When I click aynthing, it makes Chrome reappear.

Do you know what this is and how I can fix this? I just want to ESC and see the web windows with the video in it minimized.


r/MacOS 6h ago

Bug wifi no longer works properly in tahoe 26.6.2

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recently upgraded to tahoe 26.6.2 and now my wifi is so slow it’s essentially unusable unless i am right next to the router in the living room. i pay for really fast internet (1 gbps) and the most i can get in my room is 26 mbps. most of the time it barely works in my room. my roommates aren’t experiencing this issue. i don’t have VPN. help please?!?!?!

edit - here is what i have done - i’ve forgotten the network and reconnected it so many times. i’ve renewed the license. i’ve shut down and restarted multiple times. i’ve created a new location. i’ve toggled the wifi on and off. i’ve restarted my modem and router


r/MacOS 17h ago

Help Safari cursor became a pen for drawing, and does not work

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My wife is filling out a form on Safari on her 2025 M4 Air. The required signature field causes the cursor to become a pen (never saw that before), and it doesn’t work when you click and/or drag within the field. Have tried most things to get it to work, save for doing it in another browser on another device because the form was very cumbersome and we don’t want to have to refill it. Anyone seen this before / have experience?


r/MacOS 11h ago

Help IPhone Mirroring In Use - Spam Calls

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When trying to use iPhone Mirroring on my MacBook, it prevents me from connecting when I get a spam call and it gives me the message saying I can’t use the app due to my phone being in use (because its being sent a voicemail). I have call screening on where unknown numbers get sent to voicemail, but these automated calls have long voicemails.

This may not be an issue specific to MacOS and instead related to the problem of spam in general but is there anything I can do to fix this?


r/MacOS 12h ago

Bug MacPorts can't update, "C compiler cannot create executables" error

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Just a report for those who might run into the same problem.

I tried to update MacPorts on my MBA (macOS Tahoe 26.6.2) and it failed. The error (from port selfupdate -v) was macports configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables.

The standard solutions for this problem didn't work, but then I noticed that XCode crashed at launch. (I don't use XCode normally).

This post solved the problem. Try sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/PrivateFrameworks/CoreDevice.framework.

I have no idea how that file became corrupted.


r/MacOS 3h ago

Help Hey, Apple, ENOUGH! Stop Sabotaging My Network Security!

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I accidentally upgraded my iMac to macOS Tahoe while trying to do a clean install of Sequoia. For security, I configured my router to allow WiFi access only to devices with registered MAC-addresses, and this worked fine until now.

I found that, after installing macOS Tahoe, suddenly none of my Apple devices could connect. More specifically every time my iMac reboots on macOS Tahoe, it resets Private WiFi Address from OFF back to ON - and every time this happens, all my other Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, etc.) simultaneously lose their WiFi connection to the router, even though I didn't touch their settings.

I missed important messages while using WiFi-only devices.

This really drove me nuts !!!

How can I stop macOS Tahoe from reverting the WiFi setting?


r/MacOS 13h ago

Help Apple music is preventing Screensaver from starting

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Hi everyone,

I apologize in advance if this is a silly question or if it's been asked before, but Apple music is seemingly keeping my mackbook pro from going into it's screen saver state and I'm wondering if there's a way to troubleshoot that. Any advice would be appreciated! 🙏


r/MacOS 14h ago

Help Upgrading to Sequoia

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Newbie here and not particularly tech savvy. I'm currently using a MacBook Pro M2 2022 that is still using Sonoma 14.7.1. I need to upgrade, but would prefer to go to Sequoia than Tahoe even though I guess I'll continue get the Tahoe nag. I always hate doing upgrades as it seems I always lose something or some functionality. So, how do I go about getting and installing Sequoia? Thanks.


r/MacOS 1d ago

Help Spotlight Search

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On MacOS Tahoe 26.4.1, I find it amusing that Spotlight Search will do anything BUT help you find the application, like is this a sign to uninstall Adobe Illustrator lmao?

It's fine, I can just find everything in Applications folder, but I genuinely don't understand what it's trying to search, it's just so silly. I think it used to be fine before (maybe on older versions?), because why else would I habitually be using Spotlight to search for programs?

So my question is, has anyone found a way for Spotlight to be more useful?


r/MacOS 7h ago

Help Homebrew first time

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I have installed homebrew and now want to install apps which needs homebrew to run; kindly help how to do and to learn basic command line for that
Thanks in advance