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  1. C

    macOS Sonoma 14.7 - Bugs, fixes, changes

    Sonoma 14.7 BUG FOUND SO FAR: MANY contextual menu (right-click) items missing, built-in and added on from other apps. So far most important is no longer able to compress any applications (used to compress & save to desktop automatically, now it won't do that) and most are missing in other...
  2. Sciuriware

    How do you get a prompt for network access?

    I got 2 identical machines running Sonoma, connecting by remote mount by SMB. One can mount a share on the other, the other can't. Even worse: on 'the other', we have 2 accounts; 'her' account got a prompt in Terminal, allowed and it worked. 'his' account never got that prompt and can still not...
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    tri boot ssd with hdd for hfs+ operations, opencore and linux

    hello, i have a macbook pro mid 2012 for many years and decided to replace the old hdd with an old 1TB WD passport external portable hdd with the red jumper removed to possibly benefit some extra rotation speed. i removed the dvd and i now have the 1TB and a 500GB ssd. All hdds have high sierra...
  4. D

    How to clean up/remove unwanted entries in Keyboard Shortcuts >Services?

    Noob MacOS user as of 4 months ago, went on an app trial spree and now notice there are a bunch of entries in my right click context menu from apps I no longer have installed (I uninstalled them with Appcleaner). A quick google says I can remove them in the Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard...
  5. Sciuriware

    How Do I Get Rid Of iCloud?

    I NEVER asked for it or started it or enabled it or ....... Still MacOS keeps asking me to sync, resume or whatever. I DO NOT WANT to use iCloud. Any one who knows how to silence the 'mechanism'? Thanks in advance ;JOOP!
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    Apple's "Photos" App freezes up intermittently

    Why is Apple's "Photos" App freezing up on my Mac Mini M2, 24gb RAM with Sonoma 14.6.1? This just started a couple of weeks ago. I had to force quit the first time. Tonight it froze again. I was able to close it. I opened it again and it froze again, but only for a moment. ~gwd
  7. Manfred05

    Critical Focus Loss Issue Across All Applications in macOS

    Hey everyone, I've encountered a serious issue on macOS Sonoma that's really affecting my workflow, and I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. Issue: When switching between applications or interacting with Safari (or any other app), the active window sometimes loses focus, making...
  8. Canubis

    Skype crashes on video calls (Sonoma 14.6, Intel Mac Pro 7,1)

    The Skype app reloads (seems to crash) as soon as I start or accept an incoming video call. Starting or accepting an audio call works fine. When I turn on my camera during the audio call it keeps working. However, as soon as the other end turns on their camera, my Skype app either crashes or...
  9. blackxacto

    Signing into Sonoma

    19,1 iMac/Sonoma 14.6.1, How did I add an account blank to my sign-in menu in Sonoma. I used to only need to fill in my password to start up my iMac. Somehow I have added a blank for a name. How did I do this? Anyone know how to go back to only the password needed to start up my iMac?
  10. emraha06

    How many seconds do you wait for the first launch of Word app on your MBP

    I use m2 max device and after clean restart when I want to open word for the first time and click word icon, it takes 10 seconds from beginning of the icon jumping to first document selection menu. Is this 10 seconds of waiting with jumping icon normal? Could you please share yours with...
  11. RazorBackXX

    Fixing finder Window

    Hey fellas i just want to fix my finder window i use command n all day long long to open new finder window and it keeps pressing the letters in where it gives part of the name then ... im sick of moving the side bar to the right just for it to reset. ive deleted the finder.plist twice reset the...
  12. j.tan

    macOS Curious issue with AppleScript and Mac OS Sonoma

    I’m new to AppleScript, and have been writing a script to prepend the current date to an existing file or folder name. The script appears to work well, except for a very specific instance. When using the script to rename a single text file (i.e. a file with the ‘.txt’ extension) on Mac OS Sonoma...
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    iCloud Account Storage Reminders App name in Chinese???

    When I go to Account Storage on macOS Sonoma 14.5 in System Settings->iCloud->Account Storage I see that Reminders appears in Chinese??? I've deleted it and synchronized it again and the name is back in Chinese! Can anyone explain why this happens? See the attached image!
  14. DominikHoffmann

    MB 1,1-7,1 Another go at it: Update OCLP Aluminum MacBook with Ventura to Sonoma

    This time, I am booted into a cloned external drive attached via USB (USB 2 is, of course, much slower than the internal SATA interface, but it’s running in the background). I also turned on verbose booting and and OpenCore Debugging in the OpenCore Legacy Patcher (OCLP) settings. If it stalls...
  15. blackshore

    MP 1,1-5,1 Reinstalling OSX Sonoma with OpenCore Patcher

    Hello folks at Mac Rumors, New here. I have recently bought a Mac Pro 5,1 2010 version for 500€ threw ebay. Unit came with 3 discs and 128GB ram. It came preinstalled with sonoma and OpenCore patcher inorder to run it. I wish to switch system drive to a larger drive to make sure that the...
  16. rjalex

    Please advise on best way of mounting remote Debian share

    For years I had a well working setup where my movie files and their related metadata are hosted on an HDD connected to a Raspberry Linux server running a Debian derivative (Raspbian) and my Vero player devices (also Debian based) used a share from it to play Movies and TV Series. I also use a...
  17. DominikHoffmann

    MB 1,1-7,1 Sonoma installer won’t boot without 🚫

    I got my MacBook5,1 (equipped with 8 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SATA SSD) to the point, where it is running macOS High Sierra (thanks to DosDude1!). I downloaded OpenCore Legacy Patcher (OCLP) 1.5.0, copied the most recent Sonoma installer app to /Applications/, used OCLP to make a USB flash drive...
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    Media player for macOS Catalina similar to Infuse [Merged]

    Hello! I'm looking for a video player similar to Infuse for iOS and macOS. I have lots of my favorite TV shows uploaded to my OneDrive and for the past few years I've been streaming them on my MacBook with Infuse. Infuse allows you to connect your OneDrive account directly to the app and can...
  19. frnak

    [Sonoma] macOS app windows becomes randomly blurry multiple times during the day

    Hi everyone, I’ve recently been seeing a very odd behaviour on Sonoma... I'm currently using 2x 1440p monitors connected to a Mac Studio, and on almost a daily basis after using Mission Control, the app windows on my screen will become ever so slightly blurry and slightly offset from their...
  20. M

    internet recovery loop

    hi! i have a macbook pro from mid-2018, 15-inch. recently, i created a bootable drive using os ventura with my mac on os sequoia beta in an attempt to downgrade to ventura. after updating to ventura to sonoma, my mac started lagging, only when not plugged in charging. i don't think this was...