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  1. G

    Mac won’t sleep or shut down due to persistent PreventUserIdleSystemSleep assertion — can’t find the cause

    I’m having an issue on macOS where my MacBook Air refuses to sleep or shut down properly. When I run: pmset -g assertions I consistently get a system-wide assertion: PreventUserIdleSystemSleep = 1 pid 119(powerd): "Powerd - Prevent sleep while dis play is on" No third-party audio drivers...
  2. miles8888

    Any using iOS/iPadOS 26, but still using Sequoia for macOS?

    I'm seriously hating what I've seen so far of LiquidGlass on macOS 26.2 To paraphrase some famous words "One giant step backward for Mac-kind" But as far as I can see the implementation on iOS and iPad is less-worse, and I want to upgrade my iPhone & iPad to take advantage of latest security...
  3. J

    Extracting diskarbitrationd and storagekitd from IPSW — possible?

    Hi all, I’m trying to dig into the internals of macOS and was wondering if anyone has experience extracting specific system daemons from an IPSW. In particular, I’m looking for diskarbitrationd and storagekitd from a macOS 26.x IPSW. I know IPSWs can be mounted and contain several payloads...
    • J4M3S704
    • Thread
    • daemon ipsw macos
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  4. J

    Mac OS 26 Is Utter Garbage and Apple Has truly lost its way....

    It's clear that the next generation of useless engineers are completely taking over those that built the iPhone and OS X, and it's a sad day. I have never thought I would say I would be installing garbage from Apple, but here it is. OS 26 Tahoa is truly garbage and an affront to what Jobs and...
  5. JirkaCink

    Finder is very slow in Select / Save As

    Hello, I need some advice. I’m using a Mac Studio M1 Max and after yesterday’s update to macOS Tahoe 26.1, Finder has started to lag significantly whenever I try to save or select a file through a dialog window. For example: in Illustrator I choose “Save As…”, the Finder dialog opens, and...
  6. R

    Super helpful tip: PDF technology on macOS (saving/editing PDFS)

    Saving pdf’s is easy: file->print->save as pdf (the button is on the bottom left hand side) Now you can open the PDF in Preview (this works on iPad too, works really well with a hardware keyboard) and click the box with the three dots and the pen, eventually you can type in text in the blue...
    • r_atkins
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    • files macos pdf storage
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  7. Aquamite

    FaceTime Spatial Audio

    Ever since I bought my AirPods Max (USB-C) a few months ago I've been unable to get Spatial Audio with Head Tracking to work during FaceTime calls on my Mac computers (a Mac mini M2 and a MacBook Pro M3 Pro). Apple still lists Spatial Audio with Head Tracking as available during FaceTime calls...
  8. R

    Looking for macOS Download Manager That Auto-Sorts Files by Website & File Type

    Hi everyone, I'm trying to find a Mac app or method to automatically sort downloaded files into specific folders based on file typeand/or source website. Examples of what I'd like to do: Downloads from abc.com → ~/Downloads/abc Any PDF file → ~/Downloads/PDFs PDF files from def.com →...
    • rassm
    • Thread
    • automatation downloads macos utilities
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  9. rebelo

    Sequoia cannot be installed on M5 Macbook. Silly me.

    I'm glad you cannot be killed by regret. Bought a brand new M5 Macbook Pro and for the third time I really tried to use Tahoe. Gave up. Erased everything and voilà, you cannot clean install anything but Tahoe. Thanks, Apple. Really silly, but I guess stupidity is on me for not asking first at...
    • rebelo
    • Thread
    • downgrade macbook pro macos sequoia tahoe
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  10. S

    iCloud Mail IMAP node stuck on p61‑imap.mail.me.com

    Hi, I am having a persistent problem with my iCloud Mail account on my Mac (running macOS Tahoe). The account continually attempts to connect to the server p61‑imap.mail.me.com (port 993) and times out. I have already tried the following troubleshooting steps: Deleted the local Internet...
  11. J

    MacBook Stuck on Internet Recovery

    Hi everyone. I have a MacBook Air 2018 Intel processor. Currently it has a problem right now. The screen is stuck in internet recovery with the globe moving. When selecting a wifi network and entering my wifi password, the cursor lags a lot. When I try going back to another recovery and even...
    • joeel291
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    • internet recovery macbbook macos
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  12. J

    Need Official macOS Sequoia 15.7 IPSW from Apple Server

    Hey everyone, I’m looking for the official macOS Sequoia 15.7 IPSW file directly from Apple’s servers, but I can’t find it on any of the usual IPSW sites. I need it for reinstalling and testing purposes. If anyone has a direct Apple link or knows where it’s listed, please let me know. Thanks...
    • J4M3S704
    • Thread
    • ipsw macos
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
  13. C

    Spreadsheet for all macOS versions and MacBooks support EOL

    Hello everyone! I thought on here there was some spreadsheet that listed all of the MacBooks and their current EOL status and their OS version support. Would anyone here know anything of that?
  14. rebelo

    Spaces in vertical spaces, is there a way?

    Hey there. I'm a heavy user of Spaces, usually two to the left and two to the right 24/7. I wonder if there's a way to use Spaces using "up and down" spaces as well? A third-party app, maybe? It would be a blast, wouldn't it?
    • rebelo
    • Thread
    • daily use macos spaces
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  15. eva2000

    Tips For Managing Disk Space. What's your method?

    I'm a lifelong Windows user who moved to MacOS on a 14" Macbook Pro M4 Pro, 48GB, 1TB around 10 months ago. I just checked my disk usage, and I'm surprised I'm already down to 214GB of free disk space! How are other folks managing and organising their disk usage/data on their Mac devices? Any...
    • eva2000
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    • diskspace macos
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: macOS
  16. zula

    Here's what happens when you mirror a new iPhone to a non-updated Mac...

    On my M1 MacBook Air, I recently set up iPhone Mirroring with my new iPhone 17. My Mac (I know, I need to update) is running Sequoia 15.4.1, obviously predating the 17s. So I expected iPhone Mirroring to either throw up an error or be really glitched - but it isn't. It works perfectly. Except...
    • zula
    • Thread
    • glitch iphone iphone 17 iphone 4 iphone mirroring macos macos glitch macos sequoia sequoia sequoia 15.4.1
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  17. S

    how can i fix oclp writings after black screen on gt 1030 2 gb

    i was make oclp but i was take writings after black screen please help me i will make yours help my system is: asus h410m-k motherboard - intel i5 10400 - gt 1030 2 gb graphic card and i have dualboot windows and sequoia macos on my computer on now thank yours help my config is this: click...
  18. timelessbeing

    restore previous Finder sessions

    I keep around 30 Finder windows+tabs open with various projects in progress. For me they served as a queue of things that needed attention. For years, the windows were always restored on restart. Suddenly today, they did not. The Go>Recent Folders menu is of no help. It only lists 10 of the...
  19. Noah Jiang

    [Imprint] Offline Batch Watermarking & Image Privacy Toolkit for macOS

    Hi everyone, I’m an indie developer — a computer science and art double-major in my second year at university. I love dancing, photography, and programming, and I built Imprint to solve a problem I kept running into when sharing my own photos: protecting them quickly and safely without...
    • Noah Jiang
    • Thread
    • batch processing designer exif removal image tool mac app macos metadata photographer privacy watermark
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  20. steve62388

    Photos app, hidden photos missing [solved]

    If I hide a photo in the Photos app on my iPhone I can see it in the Hidden folder on both my iPhone and iPad, however I do not have a Hidden folder in macOS. If I hide a photo in macOS there is still no Hidden folder in the macOS Photos app, but the hidden photo does show up on my iPhone and...
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