Safari download overwrites files with same name I just updated to Sequoia 15.2. When I was on Sonoma (and every version of Mac OS X prior), if I would download a file with the same name the file would automatically append a number: filename.txt filename-2.txt filename-3.txt Now the file is silently overwritten. After three downloads I end up with a single file that is the most recent version: filename.txt The file contents are different in each download so this is effectively losing information with no warning. Is there a configuration I am missing? EDIT: I just... 2 1 replies
Can a malicious USB run if Macbook is locked? Hi there! Not sure if this is the right sub to ask this, if not please let me know! I have my Macbook Air M3 configured with a very strong password and my “Allow accesories to connect” is configured to “Ask Every Time”. I was wondering, if I keep my laptop with the screen locked, is it possible someone (like an “evil maid”) could connect a USB or external drive containing malicious software and then run it without the password to unlock the Mac? If so, how likely is... 3 5 replies
Mac Sequoia - pictures dissapeard strangely I'm a photographer and I had a shooting today. I tether shoot on my MacBook M1 Pro. I came to the office and I wanted to download the photos on my Mac mini m4. Because the folder was pretty big and I didn't have a free ssd available to transfer the pictures, I tried Airdrop. It failed 2 times because of network something. So I shared the Pictures folder on the network and access it on my Mac mini. I tried to copy the photos but the speed was... 5 1 replies
What's the Deal with ".GlobalPreferences_m.plist" on macOS? Hey all, I've noticed a file named ".GlobalPreferences\_m.plist" keeps reappearing on my MacBook Pro, macOS Sequoia 15.2) after each restart. TinkerTool System says it's a hidden file, not related to normal macOS operations, and might be corrupted or used by apps for licensing/DRM data. It advises caution when deleting it. Has anyone else dealt with this? Any idea which app might create it or its purpose? Thanks for any insights! https://preview.redd.it/kjwm1dioqtce1.png?width=1258&format=png&auto=webp&s=b6ca35d775b9d09bd612b92b2b221894a4f236df 3 3 replies
macOS Sequoia Struggles… My institution’s media studio is currently inking out another year of life out of three 2019 iMacs 🙄. Someone got the bright idea to update these to Sequoia a few weeks ago, much to my dismay, as I often consumed much of the RAM on the previously running Ventura. Two of them are still running fine. One, however, has not fared well. The entire memory is being consumed on startup, to the point that the Mac crashes even in my efforts to log in through safe mode. Since our... 2 2 replies
Time Machine saying not enough space to work - even though there is space Hi guys - pls help. So my macOS Monterey has 250GB of storage- I have used 246GB of this and want to back up my data using time machine to a hard drive (My Passport) which has 1TB of space. It mounts to my laptop and I erased the drive- it now has the TimeMachine symbol but it will not go through with the backup. The error message says that it can't back up because the disk Macintosh HD is nearly full. To clarify - do I need existing... 4 6 replies
How to turn off VoiceOver for the accessibility menu? I have a MacOS Monterey, and when I go to Settings -> Accessibility -> VoiceOver, the option for VoiceOver is switched off. But sometimes when I open my MacBook, the voiceover automatically starts saying "Accessibility shortcuts" out loud. How do I disable this? Thank you! Edit: I've already chosen "Mute speech" under "Voiceover utility. 1 0 replies
After restarting my Macbook the gaps between menu bar icons disappeared. I tried restarting my Mac again and even restarting the menu bar itself through activity monitor and terminal but nothing worked. 1 2 replies
Finder/Files Really? Am I missing something? The Files app on iPhone isn't compatible with the files tab for iPhone in Finder? This is a bit mind boggling. What would the workaround with the least steps look like? [https://support.apple.com/en-us/119585](https://support.apple.com/en-us/119585) Edit: I got it done with airdrop, which was greyed out the first time I tried, apparently because I had a folder selected it didn't like. Regardless, this seems like a bizarre oversight. I can't imagine that nobody wants the ability to transfer files over a cable. 4 2 replies
Indexing app Is there a free app that can index my external drives? I don't need anything fancy, just something that I can use to search by filename when the drive is not connected 4 1 replies
How can I remap additional mouse buttons that are detected as a keyboard. So I just got a mouse, I really like it but the mac detects the mouse buttons (additional ones) as a keyboard which makes softwares like SteerMouse, Mac Mouse Fix and LinearMouse useless because they don't detect the button clicks. Is there any way to change this? 5 0 replies
Will Macs go to sleep if there's no activity even if it's in the middle of some operation? A relatively new Mac user here and I was curious if Macs go to sleep after a period of inactivity even if it's in the middle of some operation, such as copying lots of files. IIRC, on PC, I could be start moving a whole bunch of files from my SD card to my SSD (which could take more than 30 minutes) and just go for dinner while the operation finished. The computer wouldn't go to sleep even though the computer was "inactive". Last time I did this on... 1 6 replies
Never played the game but this Star Citizen video made for a great Aerial Wallpaper! I was considering buying this game on the weekend and whilst watching review videos I stumbled across this: https://youtu.be/nWm_OhIKms8?si=o5CEXvCSpwg3WTgJ My immediate thought was how cool it would be as a MacOS wallpaper so set about doing just that! I used MacYTDL (github) to download the 4K version and then used VLC Player to convert it to .mov format. Lastly used WallpaperVideoExtensionFix (github) to sort a weird random black screening issue. 5 1 replies
Mini M4 insists on using WiFi for SMB shares So on my new Mac Mini M4 I got a weird behavior that I never experienced on any other mac that I used before. Im connected via Ethernet and WiFi. When I connect my SMB shares they all default to using the WiFi. This also happens when I disable WiFi, connect the SMB shares when I’m only connected via Ethernet and re-enable WiFi again. The Mac insists on using WiFi - only if WiFi is disabled. Of course Ethernet is on top of every other network-device in the order... 4 2 replies
Better Mac VNC protection Since my Mac server is sitting in the closet, I would need to enable Screen Sharing / VNC to access it remotely via VPN (outside) or local IP. However, I don't like the fact that it advertise on the network (which is as secured as I can make it) and doesn't have any 2FA. There is a way to make SSH tunnel but it doesn't **require** **SSH,** only optional. Any advice? 2 1 replies
Rejuvenating my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Hi all, (This is a repost of the following on r/mac [Rejuvenating my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)](/r/mac/comments/1hx94jz/rejuvenating_my_macbook_pro_retina_15inch_mid_2014/)) I've been using this baby since 2015, largely for word processing. So, before I continue (and if it even is relevant) I don't intend to replace it anytime soon since the resale value will be quite low and it still serves my use case just fine. However, it takes much longer to restart/shut down and boot up, even with a decent 500Gb SSD. As such, I've been wanting to do... 3 0 replies
M1 MacBook Air, Sonoma 14.7.2, touch id while on Mullvad VPN I've started to notice an issue where the touch id button on my M1 Air is glitchy when I have my Mullvad VPN running. Specifically using touch id with pwd management in Safari and Chrome. So it prompts me for touch id to fill in a saved pwd but touching the touch id button does nothing. I touch it like normal but it doesn't work until the 5th or 10th try, maybe not at all. When I turn off VPN it seems to work fine again. Anyone else experience... 2 0 replies
No "add tab" button safari I seem to have accidentally pressed a dew buttons on my keyboard while on safari, and somehow I completely removed the "add tab button". any ideas? https://preview.redd.it/622ysvbe3qce1.png?width=2880&format=png&auto=webp&s=42c68ccb0998cd046f0761ca242f1d70c27dbc79 2 1 replies
macOS Preview - displays PDFs with text shadow and inverted colours Hi everyone, Could anyone suggest what might be causing macOS Preview to display some PDFs (but not all) in the weird view shown in the attached image please? It shows light coloured text on a dark background, with a trace or shadow of the text projected into the background. The PDFs that appear corrupted display normally on another (older) macOS computer. The only relevant thing I can think that may be different to the baseline macOS configuration is that I installed Quartz as a preparation for RStudio installation a... 5 0 replies