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Hello, today while encountering some problems in trying to install the official release version of Big Sur (was on DevBuild/Public Beta before) i've noticed this... Macintosh HD in Container disk1 is greyed out and can't mount it, the text at center height in the main window should be...

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Is there any way to determine what would be the most CPU/RAM efficient way to run mail and calendar on an old mac? (C2D edu iMac from mid-2009 with SSD and 8gigs of RAM) I need to run Google's calendar and mail. Running macOS Catalina. Option 1: Pin two tabs in Chrome Option 2: same, pin two...

I recently signed up for the 2TB option for iCloud. I have about 1.3 TB of photos and videos on USB drives. I would like to copy them to iCloud. So far, when I do that, it appears to replicate the data on my MacBook's local SSD drive. Obviously, the files on the USB drive are larger than my...

Many years ago I used to be in the professional tech world. By roughly 2006 I was burned out, and so I left and went to do other things. In the intervening years, I've completely switched over to the Linux world, and haven't actively touched anything from Apple (or Microsoft). By "actively...

I'm currently on macOS Catalina, and have been reviewing the new features that Apple touts for macOS Big Sur. I'm seriously wondering: does Big Sur offer any significant improvements to productivity? Any noteworthy and truly helpful improvements to the user experience? Is the UI really that much...

Desktop: Stacks are nice, but it is still this huge amount of wasted space. One idea would be to remove the notification center and place widgets on the desktop. Safari Bookmarks: Zero change. Ever. Lists and folders like it's the 90s. Apple could take cues from Apps like Pocket. Another idea...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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/