Questions tagged [macos]
macOS is the current marketing name for Apple's Macintosh Operating System. This OS was previously known as OS X, and Mac OS X before that (which itself succeeded the 'classic' Mac OS).
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Restrict Safari Autocomplete To Just Home Pages
In Safari (iPad, iPhone, Mac) it often tries to autocomplete the web address to an overly specific page. So for example if I type “Amaz”, it will fill in the address of a specific product page that I ...
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I am unable to factory reset a Mac Mini that is locked in Internet Recovery loop
Recovered a Mac mini A1993 (late 2018) Intel from a friend who passed suddenly. Trying to just factory reset the thing, and it's now locked in Internet Recovery loop. It ignores holding option, ...
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How much storage space do I really have?
I have a Mac Mini M4 with 500 GB SSD running macOS Tahoe 26.1. The internal drive is formatted APFS, of course. I’m getting some confusing results when I try to see how much storage I have available. ...
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How to reset password on a partitioned drive? (MacBook Air 2024) [closed]
I partitioned my computer to create a separate drive onto which I’ve saved ALL my data. Then I PW protected it to prevent Apple from sucking up my info into the Cloud. Now I cannot remember the PW. I ...
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Why am I not getting an alert sound when a text message comes in macOS?
When I am actively using my Mac, and I get an inbound text message, it often doesn't make a sound and I cannot figure out why. The message does show in the "Messages" app. Also, ...
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How to host local repo of select Homebrew packages?
I want to allow a group of users to use Homebrew for macOS, but I also want to maintain the update schedule and list of available packages, including Homebrew itself. My understanding is that I could ...
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Unmounting multiple IOS simulators
In my Disk Utility I see five “Apple Disk Image Media” volumes. They all appear to be IOS simulators. Now, I have done a little IOS development in XCode, but I don’t understand why these images ...
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How can I ssh to macOS from an X Windows machine, and run a browser to display on X Windows, sort of like XTerm?
I have a macOS machine running Catalina. I also have a Linux machine running Ubuntu 20.04. I can ssh -X user@macos-machine and then run XTerm, Xeyes, and other X programs on the Mac, displaying them ...
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Whole system freezing / stuttering at regular intervals in macOS Tahoe 26.1
after the fascinating issue with the Clock app—which is still embarrassingly buggy even after removing the mobiletimerd.plist file—I have a new, fresh issue with macOS Tahoe. At apparently random ...
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Why http://linux/ gets redirect to linux.com in Safari
Today I was trying to google the header file linux/cleanup.h, but surprisingly when I typed it in Safari address bar, it redirect me to https://linux.com/cleanup.h. In fact, simply http://linux/ will ...
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MacOS app for github projects
Is there an app that allows me to use github projects on my mac, basically as an app?
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Stocks widget on macOS Tahoe isn’t updating BTC price (after BTC crash)
Stocks widget on macOS Tahoe isn’t updating BTC price (after BTC crash) date Wed Nov 19 10:51:16 CET 2025 Wrong price: in Stocks.app direct also wrong price: Correct price: I did a reboot, remove ...
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What version of ncurses is included with Sequoia and Tahoe?
What version of ncurses is included with macOS 15 (Sequoia) and 26 (Tahoe)? macOS 14 (Sonoma) upgraded to ncurses 6.0, which made 256 colour terminal support easier. $ sw_vers ProductName: ...
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Disable local network access filter [duplicate]
Unfortunately Apple decided to make all of our lifes more complicated by incorporating new so called "security" features that block software from accessing the local network. I know that ...
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Adjust the Vim color scheme in the terminal of macOS Tahoe 26.1
As mentioned above I want to adjust the Vim color scheme in the terminal of my macOS Tahoe 26.1 system so that it resembles the color display scheme in Linux. Also i'm using a MacBook Air M4.
