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  1. Flyview

    Lag when switching spaces with ProMotion

    I noticed something that is slower on my 2021 M1 Max MBP than my 2013 MBP: switching spaces. Whether it's by 3/4 finger swipe or ctrl+arrow key, it takes about 2 seconds after initiating the switch for the new app to become "active" and let you scroll, start typing, etc. The first second is...
  2. zabozhanov

    Valentine’s Dock – A Delightful Valentine's Day macOS App

    Hey everyone, I wanted to share a small project I’ve been working on called Valentine’s Dock, which brings a bit of seasonal romance to your Mac desktop for Valentine’s Day! Rather than altering any system icons, it creates two soft animations: Falling Hearts: Delicate hearts gracefully...
  3. T

    How to stop MacOS from grabbing input on LG OLED?

    Greetings, all! I'm going to assume that my question is related to MacOS itself, rather than the specific computer, but in case it's relevant - I'm looking at an integration issue between my M4 Pro Mac Mini running MacOS 15.3 and an LG OLED65GXP series TV. The issue at hand - this Mac system...
  4. goldmac2006

    MBP for Xcode, AutoCAD and Fusion. Coming from a windows PC.

    Good morning, Mac users! 🌞 I hope you’re all doing well. This year, I’m embarking on an Apple ecosystem refresh. I’ve already upgraded my Apple Watch and iPhone, and now I’m moving on to AirTags, AirPods Pro , and a MacBook Pro. This will be my first Mac. One of the key items on my list is a...
  5. J

    What macOS email clients do you recommend in 2025?

    I'm looking for an ideal macOS email client. Does anyone have some recommendations? Here is the list of conditions for my ideal client. It should be..... - able to select plain text mode always, instead of html (for both sending and receiving emails) - simple and light (no functions such...
  6. MeowingCat

    I'm proud to introduce MacsyZones, macOS Window Manager (free and open source)

    Hello fellow Apple fanboys, I wanted to share my app MacsyZones. It is an equivalent for PowerToys / FancyZones of Windows. Here is the recent version's announcement video: You can see MacsyZones Website: https://macsyzones.com What it does for you? You can create any number layouts with...
  7. Flyview

    Inconsistent tap behavior into inactive window

    I just noticed something really strange on my new (to me) 16" M1 Max MBP running MacOS Sequoia 15.2. When tapping into an inactive window with the trackpad, sometimes the tap actually does something in that window, and sometimes it just makes the window active. This only seems to happen when...
  8. D

    Help identifying MacOS Malware

    I am having what I believe to be a malware issue that is persisting between Configurator restores. I've tried to explain to the Apple Store and to support on the phone but I'm not getting anywhere. I come from a Linux background but I am new to MacOS and I fear I know just enough to see that...
  9. J

    Vulnerable or not? macOS reinstall with the recovery mode via Internet

    I had some troubles with my Mac applications, so I decided to reinstall macOS Sequoia. I tried the macOS reinstall with the recovery mode via Internet. Actually, it took more than five or six hours and the progress bar seemed not working, so I finally gave up and canceled the reinstall...
  10. P

    lsd crash report

    hi. I saw I had two lsd crash reports, one 3 sec after restarting and another just 200sec after that. Process: lsd [117] Path: /usr/libexec/lsd Identifier: lsd Version: ??? Code Type: ARM-64 (Native) Parent Process...
  11. P

    Is this a bug?

    Is this bug normal in sequoia 15.2? If you watch at the menu bar (in the move below), you can see after switching from full-screen the apple icon is there as normal, but the right part of menu bar appears suddenly. MacBook Air m2. installed os from App Store (had some interrupts during...
  12. jagooch

    How can I change the "kind" of a file extension that appears in Finder’s Kind column?

    While organizing the 15k markdown notes that I recently imported into Obsidian, I noticed that Finder show the “Kind” for “.md” extension files as “E-Book” , which is definitely wrong. I did a few google searches and I didn’t find a useful answer among the results, most of which were from 2008...
  13. L

    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...
  14. H

    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...
  15. V

    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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...