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  1. MacGizmo

    New "Alias" icon behavior in Big Sur?

    Forgive me if this is NOT new to Big Sur, but it is new to me. I'm curious if this was the case in Catalina or Mojave and I just didn't notice. The image below shows a standard alias of a folder that has a custom icon on the left - it's a generic folder icon with the little "alias arrow" in...
  2. ryubyss

    can't set "Do Not Disturb" because I can't change the end time

    In System Preferences, I can set the time that "Do Not Disturb" begins but not when it ends. The end time remains stuck on "00:00". I think I may have triggered this because I wanted to have notifications go away all the time and I set the start time at "00:00" as well. Whatever the reason...
  3. E

    unable to link Desktop folder to different folder in Big Sur

    In Mojave, I was able to "move" the Desktop folder to my Dropbox folder, then create a symlink back to it. It's been working fine for years. i.e. create the Desktop folder in Dropbox Delete it from my home folder do the command: ln -s ~/Dropbox/Desktop\ Folder ~/Desktop\ Folder Big Sur seems...
  4. E

    Taking a long time to eject Time Machine disk

    I'm really liking Big Sur so far, but one thing I've noticed is that it takes several minutes to eject my external Time Machine drive, and on several occasions it hasn't ejected at all, I've had to force eject. I have two external drives connected most of the time, one is Time Machine and the...
  5. ryubyss

    problem solved -- ignore post!

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  6. M

    Is it true that Big Sur can brick your MacBook?

    I've got a 2015 Mac Book Pro running Mojave. I have no interest in upgrading the operating system because I need to run the following command (using terminal) several times a day to prevent accidental and unwanted macOS upgrades to Catalina: sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina"...
  7. Markjkc

    Big Sur and MX Master Mouse

    Hi all, I updated to Big Sur and have noticed that certain features on my MX Master mouse are no longer working. I had a few buttons set to do certain tasks such as change desktops and they no longer work since updating. The most annoying one is that the scroll wheel doesn't work but he left...
  8. vanveengames

    TextEdit bugs

    When you're at the end of the file, at the bottom of the window, hitting enter doesn't scroll the cursor into view, leaving you to type blindly. Also, when opening a slightly larger text file (120kb), hitting CMD+down arrow no longer scrolls to the bottom of the document. It scrolls to wherever...
  9. F

    Resolved Desktop inaccessible

    Icons and folders that I had on desktop they won’t show up, I can even open the option list with the double click on the desktop. Files do show up in desktop folder On the finder.
  10. G-Funk

    Continuty, iPhone Hotspot , & iPhone call won't wok on iMac Pro After Big Sur upgrade

    I have noticed that my iMac pro won't recognize my iPhone 12 Pro after MacOS Big Sur Upgrade , i cannot connect to the phone to use its hotspot nor am i able to use continuity or initiate phone calls . my other Macs ( MacBook Pro's & iPad Pro ) seems to be working just fine in recognizing my...
  11. C

    Who Can't Play Netflix at 4K with T2 Chip Mac please check in.

    I would like to know if this is a widespread problem or just minority thing. Some people at this forum have already succeed to play Netflix with their Mac at 4K. But I don't. Please leave a message if you can't. And welcome to leave suggestion of solution if you have some. My device: the...
  12. Mac Fly (film)

    Bir Sur install causes "Update" volume to be added in Disk Utility??

    Update volume added. Disk incompatibility dialog. "Big Sur" volume renamed post-install to "Big Sur - Data" Could someone help clarify some of this stuff. Thx Also: which volumes do I now erase if I which to start over back to Macintosh HD only (my Mojave partition). Can I erase "Update" and...
  13. PinkyMacGodess

    Immediately post Big Sur update, iMac Pro has no keyboard. Found out why. Weird.

    :cool: Weird...
  14. Laurie McCall

    Power outage mid system update

    My iMac was mid way through installing the new Big Sur OS update and there was a power cut/outage across our whole town. Now when I turn the Mac on I see this screen (see image attached). What should I do now? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks
    • Laurie McCall
    • Thread
    • big sur big sur error system update
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  15. skinnycappu

    Big Sur Install Stuck on Black Screen (MacBook Air 2015)

    I do not get any error messages. The Big Sur update has been running for hours but there is no progress. It is stuck after one of the reboots in the black screen with the white Apple logo and the white progress bar underneath it. It has not moved forward in hours. Should I reboot? Will I mess...
  16. tongteh

    "Shift key" + "Arrow" doesn't highlight text on Messages App. Try it?

    hi guys, I tried this on two Mac machines and found the same result and I am surprise no one else is reporting this. For me, it only doesn't work on Messages and every where else seems to working fine (safari, chrome, notes, etc) so far.. strange. to replicate: in message app, type anything...
  17. ferdi2005

    Huge safari memory leak

    After I updated to Big Sur, Safari is having an huge memory leak on my MacBook pro 16 ! I'm The system asked me to close it because RAM was ending. (showing an unrealistic 106 GB because I have only 16 GB of RAM, but it asked me to close it!). I tried to disable extensions but nothing changed...
  18. aevan

    Big Sur won't let me log into Messages

    I did a clean install of Big Sur, and even though I had no problems with Messages on the beta, now it's just stuck at the Sign in screen (I entered my iCloud credentials and it's just showing the little loading animation). In some attempts I also get an error message. I let it try to log in for...
  19. elite953

    Best Torrent client on macOS Big Sur

    Can anyone suggest which is the best Torrent client on macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 ? Vuze torrent client which was running smoothly on Catalina , it is freezing and not responding on Big Sur. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I would like to mention that torrent client qbitorrent is...
  20. GGJstudios

    Big Sur sound output issue

    Installed Big Sur on Early 2015 MBP, upgrading from Mojave. I was looking forward to AirPods Pro automatically switching between my iPhone and Mac. Instead, I lost functionality. I can manually connect the AirPods to the Mac, but it doesn't output sound to them and disconnects them after...
    • GGJstudios
    • Thread
    • airpods airpods pro automatic switching big sur bluetooth macos sound output
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS Big Sur (11)
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