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    Sequoia 15.2 dock glitch/bug

    Hi folks! I´ve been suffering these late days one of the weirdest bug I´ve seen in a long time. As you can see in the clip I´ve attached, sometimes when I hit any icon in the upper right area (where Control Center is) the Finder icon down in the dock stays highlighted until I hit something...
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    MBP 1,1-10,2 MacBook Pro 13" mid 2009 - Best unsupported OS?

    I read many thread but I can't find my answer. My wife have the MacBook Pro 13" mid 2009 which I upgrade over the year with 8 GB of ram and a Sandisk Ultra II 480GB SSD. It stil works great but lack of updates make the notebook not working perfectly. So I try to find the best unsupported OS...
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    Click2Minimize: an elegant fix to mac dock's click-to-minimize hassle

    Hi, I'm the developer of this new macOS app Click2Minimize - https://www.idemfactor.com/#apps I was tired of the frustrating macOS glitch that doesn't let me minimize and restore apps with a simple click on their dock icons. I created this little app to bring the seamless and intuitive behavior...
    • victorwon
    • Thread
    • click dock hide macos minimize mouse
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  4. occatiinal

    FocusDock: app to enhance macOS focus modes

    Hey all! I made this macOS application after comming back from holidays and realising I can't keep my focus when there are so many distractions trying to steal my attention. I love that macOS introduced focus modes, but there are few things that are bugging me: Even when the focus mode is...
    • occatiinal
    • Thread
    • application focus focus app macos productivity
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  5. eva2000

    Windows 10 to MacOS - equivalent of ctrl+shift+v paste?

    Hope folks can help, as a life long Windows 10 user migrating to MacOS for first time and well still need to master differences in keyboard shortcuts :) Having difficulties figure out how to paste copied text without formatting (paste plain text). On Windows 10, in Opera One browser, I could...
    • eva2000
    • Thread
    • keyboard shortcuts macos
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  6. bousozoku

    Apple, push new release in the middle of an update?

    I'm trying to update to Sonoma 14.7.2, which Apple is almost hiding, and after the download, they pop up the Sequoia update while it's waiting for restart the computer. Are they so worried about their adoption numbers that they can't imagine people trying to actually work on their computers...
    • bousozoku
    • Thread
    • macos sequoia sonoma update hell
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  7. N

    Dropping my 9th free app today - A file merger to PDF or prompt

    I'm in the dumb but fun process of building 26 free macOS apps, one for each letter of the alphabet. Today I finished (U) Uno, you drop files (almost any file type) or folders and they merge into either a PDF or a prompt for AI. I'm currently improving the performance when dropping more than...
  8. GoGrater

    System differences between upgrading two versions or skipping a version

    Greetings, With my classic Mac Pro, I used to do clean installs of macOS for a fresh start. However, with my M1 Mac Studio, I’m going to upgrade from Monterey 12.7.6 to either Ventura or Sonoma. This is mostly because I don't have the time. Although many people have success skipping a version...
    • GoGrater
    • Thread
    • macos monterey preferences settings sonoma system upgrades upgrading ventura
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS Sonoma (14)
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    Management of Multiple monitors 3x MacOS & Windows 11 In Parallels. 1 Monitor MacOS other 2 monitors Full Screen Windows 11

    I am looking for the best solution to problem below. Note that I am a IT Technician with many years experience in windows but I have very little experience with MacOS. Setup: MacBook Pro M3M running Sequoia 15.0.1 Parallels Desktop 20.1.0 running windows 11 Pro Setup with 2 external...
    • SOLV IT
    • Thread
    • displays macos monitors parallels
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  10. Procrastopossum

    iCloud Passwords for Firefox now Apple-official

    The "iCloud Passwords for Firefox" extension has been taken over by Apple and is now just "iCloud Passwords": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/icloud-passwords/ The original developer confirmed the transfer on the old extension's Github...
  11. danallen

    How to Obtain a Copy of Monterey

    If I may, and if is it not a violation of any rules or standards regarding information that may and may not be requested through a forum similar to this one, I would to request your support in solving two problems related to downloading the Monterey OS from Apple. Problem 1: Am I correct in...
  12. eva2000

    Recommended SSH client for MacOS? Alternatives to SecureCRT

    Hi I am a lifelong Windows user who just bought my first MacBook Pro M4 Pro laptop 😁 80% of my current work is done in SSH client/server administration and web browser, with growing new work with AI. I have been using the SecureCRT/SecureFX bundle for the past two decades on Windows...
    • eva2000
    • Thread
    • macos securecrt ssh client
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  13. Andy_2341

    Admin account vs standard

    Hi everyone, I just bought my first Mac (Mini M4) the other night. Today I was reading through some forums, one of which was from 2020, and found that many people don’t like to use a Admin account all the time and instead use a standard account. Is there a reason for this? Does using the Admin...
    • Andy_2341
    • Thread
    • macos
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: macOS
  14. N

    Sharing 2 weird but free mini-apps

    I'm in the process of building the whole 26 alphabet letters as macOS mini-apps, I'm currently at letter 7. For my first 5 letters, I built apps that actually improved my workflows, but for these last two I went in a more creative and weird direction. Guía is a decision-making buddy, I went...
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    M4 MacBook Pro + External SSD Issues?

    Hello, I have a new M4 Max MacBook Pro 16” I also purchased a new Sabrent SSD Enclosure (EC-SNVE) https://amzn.to/4i5i8EV with a new Sabrent 8TB SSD https://amzn.to/3OunyvE Some facts of my problem: 1. The drive connects and is formatted in APFS (Encrypted) 2. Once I open a folder from the...
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    Keyboard Shortcuts for Apps No Longer Working

    I am on an M4 MacBook Pro with Seqouia on latest 15.1.1 When I go to: System Settings - Keyboard - Keyboard Shortcuts - App Shortcuts Say I want to add a Shortcut for the Music app to View - as Albums I add as Albums and type Command + 2 It doesn't show up or work when I open Music next to...
  17. brgjoe

    Which is better suited for machine just to do my financials (banking, purchasing, etc)?

    I was thinking of getting just a computer for banking/purchasing/taxes, etc. Just one device dedicated to just those purposes. Which would be more secure for that? And I know I am on a Mac-centric site, but there are a lot of people here who are a heck of a lot smarter than I am. So am...
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    TRIM questions

    I am looking for an external SSD / 40Gpbs Enclosure primarily to use with macos but after researching a lot I am still confused about the current status of TRIM. 1) If macos (Sequoia) does not support TRIM over USB then how does Samsung (T series) or other brands external SSDs support this...
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    Updated to Ventura using opencore legacy patcher. I need help!!

    So I have a 27" late 2015 iMac that was running the latest version of monterey. I needed to update to Ventura because my adobe lightroom, photoshop, and camera raw were no longer supported. I followed Mr. Macintosh YouTube video on how to install Ventura on an unsupported mac. I followed...
    • AlyssaR
    • Thread
    • 27in imac late 2015 help !! imac macos macos updat opencore legacy patcer ventura
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  20. N

    Sharing a series of free macOS (14+) mini productivity apps

    Hi 👋 I’ve been building with Claude some macOS mini productivity apps to improve my own workflows as a designer/developer I figured why not share them with the community. I'm basing each in a different letter, maybe someday I'll have the whole alphabet: 1. Achico - File Compressor 📦 —...
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