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    Resolved Dark Mode

    Hi, I recently bought a MacBook pro and the dark mode is not working as you can see in the screenshots. it only darkens the menu bar and the dock also had the same problem on macOS Catalina. Please help
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    lost my user profile in my macos 10.15 system

    Hi Team My Macbook Pro with Os 10.15 restart no advise and when system mac 10.25 was started, my user profile was blank, all my archives, folder and photos been disappearing, configuration mail, etc. is there any way to check the hidden system to see if my profile is in a hidden temporary, for...
  3. KnechtNoobrecht

    macOS partition missing after removing a partition

    Hi. I installed Linux Mint on my MacBook from late 2009 to just try it out. In order to do that, i added a partition to my SSD, so the one for macOS had to get smaller. After i was done trying what i wanted to, i went back into macOS, opened Disk-Management-Utility and deleted the partition for...
  4. joshuawhite929

    Antivirus recommendation?

    For those that think that the mac doesn't need antivirus, you can stop reading now. ;) For everyone else, I am using Catalina and I am growing tired of kernel panics from Norton which still uses kernel extensions. There has got to be a better way. Malwarebytes seems to work, but I am not...
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    TV app playlist shuffle on macOS?

    Hello, I was wondering if there was anyway to shuffle a playlist on the TV app? (Just like how a music playlist works on the Apple Music App) You can do this via the home sharing app on the Apple TV (product not app) where a playlist can be shuffled, however you can not seem to do this via...
    • ShizumiAoki
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    • macos playlist shuffle tv app
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  6. darshkpatel

    kernel_task writing >2TB a month to SSD, Worried about SSD Lifespan

    kernel_task has been writing to the SSD like a mad man, it has > 2TB written in a month with 49TB Disk writes till date ( my MacBook is 8 months old) At this rate the SSD would die soon considering SSD's have limited disk writes. How do I stop this from happening / will my machine be fine? I've...
  7. patearrings

    Will Apple Fitness work on the imac?

    I see the new service listed as needing ipad,iphone or apple tv, but being as macos already has an apple tv app installed by default, does anyone know if fitness will work via that as long as you have a fitness subscription? I have looked around apples site but cant find any answers. My reason...
    • patearrings
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    • app apple tv fitness macos
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
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    Going full screen with an external monitor changes the screen colour in Youtube and other platforms.

    I have this problem when connecting my MacBook Pro 13" to an external monitor, the colour change when going full screen in videos when web browsing. this happens in all the browsers except Firefox. I noticed that the full screen mode is different because Firefox doesn't add another desktop like...
  9. paul1762

    SD Card not Mounting in macOS 11

    does anyone else have an issue with SD cards not mounting in macOS 11... I have tried terminal in mounting the card, with no luck... Paul
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    Disk space disappeared after bootcamp assistant

    Dear Forum, I have tried different solutions on the internet but nothing has worked out. The problem: I deleted my windows partition to free some space using the boot camp assistant. But since then the additional space just disappeared and I have no idea how to get it back. Here screenshots...
  11. aaronelkins

    Open Source & Free PDF editor for Mac.

    I am working on an open source & free PDF editor for Mac, called PEP (PDF Editing Program). It will be a lightweight alternative for Adobe Acrobat. Check it out if you are interested in. https://macpep.org/
    • aaronelkins
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    • macapp macos pdf pdf app pdf editor
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  12. datumax

    Unsubscribe from Mail > Account Info > Subscriptions dialog

    Has anyone gotten this feature to work? Seems like it would be pretty clutch, but I can't get any subs to show up in the list.
    • datumax
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    • email macos mail
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
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    Macbook pro 2011 Late cannot enable dGPU again

    I'm struggling with some problem involved with enable dGPU AMD Radeon. To the needs of installation MacOS Catalina I had to disable discrete graphics card. I reboot into recovery mode and used command nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00 after reboot I again...
    • jennessee07
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    • dgpu gpu gpu problem graphics card graphics configuration macbook 13 2011 macos
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  14. Wolfie79

    User still shows up on login screen even though it's deleted

    I deleted a standard user by deleting all content including the home catalog. But it still shows up on the login screen. The folder isn't longer o. The system and the only account left is the admin account. What I've done so far: Cleared SMC and NVRAM. Disk utility. Safe mode. Restarted...
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    What version of MacOS X do I choose as a developer?

    I want to choose a stable version that is not buggy (and preferably secure) I read online that Mojave was great, but ended up using High Sierra for a while (and really liked it). Mojave (for the several hours I used it) felt clunky and rushed, I had problems with XCode and other tools. So what...
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    Many years old bugs Apple will never fix?

    I started owning my first MacBook in 2014 (Air), used MacBook as company machine from 2013. Between 2008 and 2013 Linux was my only Desktop. In 2018 I bought a System76 Galago Pro, and tried to move back to Linux because I got mad of all the bugs Apple won't fix since years ago. Below I'll list...
    • dszakal
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    • bug macos
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  17. howdytom

    Universal How can I download a iOS Shortcuts file to my Mac?

    I have created a iOS shortcuts (Workflow) on a iPadOS. Finally, I would like to save and send a backup to Mac. This has been really easy in the past. Unfortunately it is no longer possible to share any Shortcuts via eMail, ftp client or other non iCloud services. It looks like Apple locked down...
  18. bbbc

    BiglyBT / Vuze developer trying to make a macOS legacy version

    The most current versions of bittorrent clients that work on Mavericks (from what I've found) are from over a year ago. I rarely download torrents, but I want a current client that binds with a VPN. I submitted a ticket to the BiglyBT (ad-free fork of Vuze & Azureus) folks and a developer is...
    • bbbc
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    • 2020 app bittorrent client lion macos mavericks os x torrent
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: OS X Mavericks (10.9)
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    macOS Mail Constantly Downloading Messages

    I have a G-Suite account that I have an email domain for my business through. I've been using this since 2009 and have had no issues until about 9 months ago when I noticed my mail downloading 200,000+ emails. It does this so much now that my ISP (Xfinity) has told me that I've reached my...
    • ThatTechGuy
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    • cpu data downloading google gsuite indexing macos mail spotlight xfinity
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Apps
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    MBP 16 2019 encounters SEPOS panic reported by bridge OS

    Hey guys! I bought a brand new MBP 16 less than 1 month and only to encounter SEPOS panic when I let the laptop to sleep. I noticed that it happened frequently if it sleep while usb-c device (not thunderblot) connecting, a XMOS based headphone amplifier more specifically. The macOS version was...
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