big sur

In the past, I would add the next macOS version to my Apple ID within the App Store, to allow me to use/install a specific macOS version at a future date. However, now macOS is part of the system's Software Updates. How can I download macOS Big Sur, not install, and keep for a future date? I...

The lowest increment for keyboard brightness still seems very bright on my M1 MBA. I used to be able to set it much lower on my previous Macbooks. This may seem trivial, but it is a significant issue for my specific needs. I tried restoring the keyboard backlight function keys and used...

So far (2021, Sept 19) Big Sur 11.6 generally works well (Mac Pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1). 11.5.2 to 11.6 took about 45 minutes including multiple (natural) auto-restarts. ----------------------------------------------------- I only (rarely) get hanging-reboots when I'm experimenting with...

Hi. I've tried everything to create a .dmg that VirtualBox can boot from and install in the virtual macOS Big Sur Machine, so I can test if an app has malware or not because there's a conflicting report between standalone anti-virus and it's counterpart on totalvirus.com (I'm talking about...

I brought my M1 MacBook pro in 2021 January. I faced this screen issue on 27th May, 4th June and 8th July this year. At that time I tried to run Apple Diagnostics and my screen froze at '1 minute remaining' screen. After that, till today (16th September) I didn't face that issue again. Now I...

Well my mac maxes out at big sur, but i really like the safari 15 redesign in Monterey. I believe that it is hopeful that Apple will release Safari 15 as a standalone update like last year. I mean exactly last year on september 16th, apple released safari 14 for catalina and mojave as a...

I have a 13 inch macbook pro 2015 model. The internal ssd died but thanks to the internet recovery mode, i managed to install El Captain 10.11.6 on an external ssd drive. I'm trying to upgrade to Big Sur, but the option to choose my external ssd during installation is greyed out Same error...

Hi guys! I just switched jobs and changed from a 16" MacBook Pro to the 13" one. The old one was from March, so not very old. I have a Sony TV as my external monitor and it worked perfectly with the old MacBook. But after changing to the new one I have issues rendering things that are red...

Why does my Mac lock me out when I step away from the keyboard? The screen turns off. It only turns back on when I hit Cmd + Shift + R. It takes me to a lock screen with the default OS background.

I've been using the Macbook Pro M1 for about a month now. It came with Big Sur installed already. (apparently) I've already been using Intel based applications so Rosetta should be installed, although I dont recall ever seeing the dialogue to download it. Long story short, friend came by and...

I switched from Windows 10 to macOS about a week ago. I used an outdated version of Picasa to organise my photos while on Windows. Unfortunately, however, Big Sur won't allow me to install Picasa because it's not developed anymore. Can someone recommend an app similar to Picasa, please?

I 've just realized that my Xerox WorkCentre 7435 does not working in Big Sur due to lack of drivers. Previous drivers are not working and Xerox says that the printer is not supported in Big Sur. I cannot understand this for a €12000 printer. Is there a way to make it print even with some...

My HP Envy 4527 printer is connected to the home Wi Fi network. All my computers running Catalina can connect to it just fine. However, my MacBook running Big Sur 11.2.1 cannot connect with it. I can't even add it to the list. I get the message "unable to verify the printer on your network...due...

I managed to get the leaked version of Windows 11 ISO and plan to install it on my new PC. However, it seems Boot Camp is no longer working for creating Windows bootable USB drive. Can someone confirm it? When I plugged in a USB flash drive and Boot Camp asks me to eject all external drives...

Specs: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) – 2,2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 – 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 – Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB - Latest occurrence of the issue: While watching content on YouTube this morning, when I went to change the volume by pressing/touching on the volume icons on the TouchBar...

I started noticing this yesterday, when typing in any web browser (Safari, Chrome or Firefox), audio playing in the background (Music or Spotify) glitches out. Anybody else noticing this? its not as severe in Safari, but its really bad in Chrome and Firefox). I noticed its becoming more apparent...

I just confirmed that networked TimeMachine backups use APFS in the same way as they would work on a local APFS disk. APFS TimeMachine protocol has been completely reworked to use snapshots instead of hard links - faster and much more reliable. TimeCapsule also works with this, since networked...

Hey there, I am running the latest Big Sur version but had this issue also before. Currently what happens is that I want to shutdown my iMac. The computer shutdown gets black and then I get the black screen with white text saying your computer was restarted because of an error. Then he reboots...

MacOS Big Sur 11.5.1 update - Photos was unable to open the library “Photos Library”. (4302) So today i ran the MacOS Big Sur 11.5.1 update from the last as i always keep up to date. When i rebooted after the update i was unable to access my Photos library from my external hard drive. I got...

So I dutifully installed Big Sur 11.5 on Friday as I have had no issues thus far with any Mac OS on my iMac At the weekend I could not add a post or a page to my Wordpress website. I checked in with my web designer who can add posts and pages using an older version. I can add using Edge on a PC...