Early 2008 MB Pro running Monterrey Dusted of my old non unibody early 2008 macbook pro chucked in an SSD and put Monterrey on it. It runs surprisingly well and is very usable! just goes to show that these old Machines are still quite usable. Definitely recommend this if you have an old MacBook laying around! 2 1 replies
sideloadly alternative (for sideloading onto mac, not to sideload onto ios)? hi, wondering if there is an alternative to sideloadly when trying to sideload something on mac. specifically im trying to sideload something to the user-specific applications folder. if anyone can help, please do! any help is greatly appreciated :) 3 1 replies
Help Needed: How Can I Prevent Mac’s Stage Manager from Minimizing Windows Automatically? Hey everyone, I'm trying to make the most of macOS's Stage Manager, which I really enjoy for organizing and visually managing my windows. However, there's a feature that I can't seem to control: when I open a new program or window, some of my active windows get automatically minimized, which I don’t want. I want full control over when windows are minimized, but the Stage Manager seems to handle this automatically when new programs are opened. Here’s my goal: Prevent windows from automatically minimizing when opening new programs. Still... 4 1 replies
How to download new MacOs apps on older Macbook? I would like to download an app from the App Store but I can't because I get the message: "App can’t be installed on “Macintosh HD” because macOS version 13 or later is required" I have a 2016 Macbook pro which only goes up to Monterey 12.7.6. I heard about using OpenCore Legacy Patcher, but I'm concerned that if I update to version 13, it will cause issues with my computer. Thoughts? 5 3 replies
If you’re a couple of OS’s behind, Is it best to jump straight to the newest one or update them incrementally? If you’re a couple of OS’s behind, Is it best to jump straight to the newest one or update them incrementally? 5 7 replies
My Library is greedy AF https://preview.redd.it/tjm8sgsu5nce1.png?width=1666&format=png&auto=webp&s=fdd4567a16260a97a0a4749c4056cd1b135110ef This is over a quarter of my hard drive. I'm afraid to start deleting things willy nilly from the Library, but this is out of control. What can I do about this? 2 3 replies
Need Help Matching Windows Mouse Feel on macOS with SteerMouse – What Are Your Acceleration and Sensitivity Settings? I’m trying to tweak my SteerMouse settings to make my mouse feel as close as possible to how it behaves on Windows. I got MX Master 3S. If I disable acc in system settings then it becomes even worse. Can you share your values for acc/sen? Thanks. 3 0 replies
Photoshop extremely slow on Mac Pro Apologies if this has been asked frequently, but I can't find a solution to my issue anywhere and am getting frustrated. I recently (within the past 30 days) purchased a new Macbook Pro with the M4 pro chip. Base model, 24gb of RAM, 512 SSD, etc. I bought it for a video/media course I just started and in all my research found that these specs would be adequate for the kind of projects we would be working on in the program. Booted up Photoshop for the first time this... 1 1 replies
Notes app doesn't show contents unless double-click Maybe I'm crazy but I can't seem to see the contents anymore when clicking through the various notes. I have to double-click and then it opens up a new window which is a bit annoying as I want to quickly browse through the various notes. Any advice? 4 1 replies
My MacBook wallpaper changes every time I plug it into a display. How can I stop this once and for all? A super annoying problem I've been having lately is that no matter what I do, when I plug my MacBook into my monitor, the wallpaper always changes without fail. The photo is downloaded to the computer and in a folder where it's never uploaded anywhere. Is this a bug or can I stop it somehow? 5 1 replies
Problem with downloads in Safari when i download something it stops and says that it cant be moved? I've seen people post about this happening when saving to an external drive but I'm trying to save directly to my mac and not a external. any ideas? 5 0 replies
How does the text look much better on a 1440p monitor with mac mini using betterdisplay app than on wndows native. Is better display app that good or am I missing something? 2 5 replies
USB Performance If I were to use a USB 3.0 flash drive as a startup disk, how would it run? Would it be slow, or does performance depend on things such as CPU and RAM, independent of the flash drive's speed? 2 5 replies
Can't Adjust Brightness on Macbook Air Hey there. I'm facing a brightness issue for the last few days. I'm using Macbook Air M1 on the latest version of Ventura. I simply cannot adjust my screen brightness. The keyboard brightness buttons and brightness sliders are working just fine. But the actual screen brightness do not increase or decrease. Unfortunately I believe I am the only person facing this issue on the entire planet, since I couldn't find any fix online. I have tried almost everything, including re-installing the current OS. I have booked a call from... 1 0 replies
Move maximize button to title bar I don't understand this huge erection Apple has had for the past 30 years for preventing people from maximizing windows. For the longest time, you could not maximize a window in any way without making the window full screen -- you could only stretch it vertically. Then in Ventura they finally decided you could maximize windows, but you have to hover over the (/) button, wait, then click the filled square button. Why. I don't understand why we can't just maximize a window like in literally every other window... 3 0 replies
MacOs 15 Help I just updated my Macbook Pro to MacOs 15.2 and now my iMessages on my laptop are screwed up. I'm an American living in England and I still use my American phone (iPhone 8) to keep in touch with family/friends and it's also the phone I use for work. I work for an American company. I also have a UK phone (iPhone 11). Once I updated my Mac to MacOs 15.2, the iMessages either want to send messages as my iCloud email or my UK number. My American number... 5 1 replies
How to auto-switch focus to the external display when you move the pointer? Hi Everyone, I’m using a MacBook Pro with an external Dell monitor, and I’d like to make the focus switch automatically to the external monitor whenever I move my pointer there without having to do left click on my mouse or trackpad. Is there a way to enable this behaviour in macOS? Or any third-party apps that can do this? Thanks for your help! 2 1 replies
Difficult to wake two M1 Macs Hi all, I have two M1 Macs - my personal Mac Mini (16gb/1tb/Monterey) and a work-provided Macbook Air (8gb/256gb/Sequoia) that is almost always docked. Both of them have difficulty waking from sleep with keyboard or mouse activity - basically I can press a few keys on the keyboard or click the mouse and see my display start to wake up (power light stops blinking, backlight activates briefly), but then go back to sleep. If I try again I usually get the same result. I usually need to continually hammer... 3 3 replies
mac can‘t read usb sticks anymore? hi, I hope that someone can help me because I really have no clue anymore lol: I found 2 usb sticks and when I plug them in my macbook (also tried it with another mac and with a windows pc) one shows an „error“ message that says: „the connected media could not be read by this computer. eject, ignore, initialize.“ and the second usb shows up normal in the finder sidebar, but when I click on the usb stick it says „0 files“, even though there are clearly files... 4 9 replies
Internet Recovery Boot Loop A “friend” left her MacBook Air at my place a very long time ago. Since that time we have had a falling out. (Story for another time) I have reached out to her and she explicitly told me “she doesn’t care what I do with it”, “she doesn’t want it back”, etc, etc. I’ve always been a Windows or Linux guy, but definitely would like to reset the device to factory settings, and have a Mac I could use. I am booted in recovery mode. 1. I select a... 3 2 replies