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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. J

    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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. W

    Gatekeeper and xcode cli tools

    Hi there, Yesterday i was completly reinstalling my MacBook from built in recovery, after standard configuration, app installation (App Store and trusted sources) i was installing homebrew from official site (brew.sh) with cli installer. GIT was installed from git command typped in terminal on...
  8. T

    No Built-In Audio Output on macOS Sonoma in VMware Fusion 11.5

    Hi, I'm running macOS Sonoma (14.5) in VMware Fusion (11.5) on a Mac Pro 5,1 using OpenCore LP (I know, strange setup), however no audio is detected by the guest OS despite having VMware tools installed and AppleALC setup in the EFI. I'm new to macOS and need the Built-In Audio Output in order...
  9. R

    Unlock screen Lock-Ups on Sonoma (MBP2012) (OpenCore-Patcher 1.4.3)

    Since I've proceeded with an OpenCore-Patcher-based upgrade of my old MBP 2012 with Sonoma I'm experiencing frequent system lock-ups, forcing me to force shutdown (power > 10 seconds), almost on a daily basis. It's almost (always???) in the morning when I try to unlock my machine by entering my...
  10. Joeronzk

    Stop Syncing between Two Macs

    The first time that comes with this weird issue. I bought another MacBook Pro and signed in with my APPLE ID. Currently, two MacBook Pro under the same account. Now when I am copying a link from chrome browser on my old MBP, the new MBP opens the chrome browser too and tries to open the copied...
  11. Joeronzk

    Encrypt external ssd on mac sonoma?

    I back up my data on Mac to external ssd manually once two weeks and for security reason, my goal is to encrypt the external ssd with a password, similar to BitLocker on Windows. When I access the content, the password is required. P.S. I don't like the Time Machine backup option. Thanks
  12. J

    Little Snitch catching Mail connecting to spam servers after 13.x -> 14.5

    So, just finally moved from Ventura to Sonoma 14.5. Didn't change any settings in Mail or Little Snitch. Now Little Snitch is catching an outbound connection from every spam and mailing list email I touch, or even as they arrive and I don't touch anything. In Ventura, Little Snitch wasn't...
  13. R

    Optimized charging in Sonoma 14.4.1

    Hi! Since I bought my MacBook Pro (one year more or less), I noticed that the optimized charging was working perfectly. I use my MacBook Pro almost as a desktop computer. It is only on very rare occasions that I use it on battery. Hence, the optimized charging algorithm understood it quite...
  14. H

    "Other" Option / Login Screen Issues

    Hey y'all! I'm having issues with macOS Sonoma. I have network accounts for a shared device and use the Name and Password method to log in. In previous versions (Ventura and below), switching users from a current locked account would prompt the Name and Password entry form. In Sonoma however...
  15. J

    How do I share files between two users on my Mac?

    Hi all I have two users on my Mac (me and my wife). Is there a way for me to share data between the two of us, given that we have two separate user accounts on our Mac? Thanks
  16. ashleykaryl

    Struggling 2018 mini

    I have a 2018 intel i7 mini running Sonoma 14.4.1 with 32 gigs of ram that I purchased 4 years ago when they had the 2020 refresh. It always ran smoothly enough until a few months ago when it started to struggle with seemingly simple workloads. This has slowed down my productivity significantly...
  17. blackxacto

    (-69716) Error on external TimeMachine disk

    19,1 iMac, Sonoma 14.4.1 to external 4TB TimeMachine backup Disk. Booted into Repair Mode, (Apple+R). Tried to run Disk Utility on a 4 TB external disk. Failed after several attempts w (-69716) Error. Since i do not have a second 4 TB disk, i couldnt store the data. So i erased the 4 TB...
  18. slcook

    MacBook Pro 2019 unable to upgrade to Sonoma

    I haven't been updating software on my laptop as I use it infrequently, however I have tried to do a software update from Mojave 10.14.6 to Sonoma and I am getting an error message saying there is no internet connection. I have a MacBook Pro 2019. Specs listed below. Verified and tried the...
  19. thewhitehart

    Removing duplicate addresses from Wallet & Apple Pay Settings

    Has anyone figured out a way to remove duplicate addresses, emails, and phone numbers from the Wallet & Apple Pay settings? I tried clearing the shipping address from the AppleID website, but that didn’t work. Nor did removing the addresses from my contact card. The fields seem to be populated...
  20. D

    why are cookies cleared when clearing safari history?

    every time I clear my safari history, I log out on all sites, why is this happening?