Space not freed up after deleting files I noticed this started to happen recently; when I run low on disk space on one of the hard drives, I move folders over to a new drive (and delete the folders on the old drive), yet there is no increase in free space. Why is that? How can I fix this? Running first aid doesn’t seem to make a difference, disk still checks out ok but I am still very low on space. 5 2 replies
2019 MacBook Pro - Recovery Startups & Boot Drive Not Working Hey everyone, watched a dozen YouTube videos and all the suggestions for recovering macOS is not working. When I try internet recovery I get “recovery server could not be contacted. - both with wifi and Ethernet cord connections. When I try to boot from drive is says system can’t start from boot drive. When I try and change the settings in utilities to allow boot drive start ups I get a message saying there is no administrator. Don’t know how I pulled this one off but would greatly appreciate... 5 3 replies
How do you troubleshoot extension and privacy conflicts? I have a Canon camera which can be used as a webcam if you have this piece of Canon Software on your computer. It requires several items to be given access through the privacy tab in Settings, as well as installing a system extension. I have approved this in my main user account, but no matter what I do the camera will not be recognized and so the Canon software doesn't seem to "see" the camera. If I create a clean user account and launch the Canon software, it... 3 0 replies
Request: better photo carousel screen saver than the built in one I do not know if I am just bad at searching for this, but I would like a relatively simple screen saver that can display photos (and preferably videos too, but secondary wish), fit them to screen and with an interval of my choosing. Certainly must be out there, yes? 3 0 replies
Remote Options to Mac Mini M4 from iPhone/iPad I have a Mac Mini M4 at home that has Parallels installed. Need to run Windows for one specific app. Is there an option to remote in from my iPhone/iPad when I am away from home that will allow me to access my VM in Parallels? 4 4 replies
Rendering on Windows VM - Performance The main computer I use for work is Windows. I'm considering switching to a Mac mini both because it would be a performance upgrade and it would replace a fairly large tower case. My laptop is already an MB Air which I love and another reason I'm considering switching is to make going back and forth with my laptop easier. Most of what I do would run on a Mac with no problems but there are a couple of simulation programs I need which are Windows only. I've run... 2 2 replies
Mac keeps logging me out and restarting every time I try to open So usually when I open my mac, I just have to login and all my windows and everything are there. But now pretty often, I'll open my mac and I have to choose my user (there are two users but I always use the main one) and then when I log in all my windows and applications start loading up and it's a whole process. Why does it do that? Is it a battery issue? I will say that I have had the "service recommended" alert for a while... 5 1 replies
Saving up memory Hey, I have an M1 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM. When I open between 6-7 Chrome tabs, my memory usage gets to 12GB. Can anyone recommend me a better browser to use than Chrome in terms of memory usage? I don’t want to use swap memory for the long term since the SSD is irreplaceable. 3 7 replies
Do You Have to Transfer Data after New SSD Install? I have an old MacBook Pro (mid-2010 version 7,1) that I want to upgrade with a new SSD. I do not have much currently on the computer and I have already downloaded some old documents to a flash drive in case I need them later. I therefore do not plan on needing anything transferred over from the old hard drive. Can I just install the new SSD and get the OS from the standard internet recovery method and then start using the computer? Or do I have to transfer... 5 1 replies
Are all files on a Mac encrypted? Might be a basic question, but my Windows laptop was stolen. This put me in a bit of panic as pretty much all my personal info was stored on it and I realized that if someone were to physical remove the internal ssd, they'd have access to just about everything. So, I replaced it with an M3 MBA and chose to encrypt the drive upon setup. So I might have just answered my own question, but...assuming it was locked, if someone were to gain physicall access to it, there's... 3 10 replies
How to find all aliases? Weird question, I know... but is there a way to find all the aliases that link to a certain file? 3 1 replies
Safari can't show the file in Finder because it was moved after download. hi everybody, I'm trying to download from safari to an external ssd and when I try to open the file it gives me this message. Anyone help?!? 4 0 replies
Hardware Overload Question, M2 Air-14.7 LPX-11.1 Hardware overload question occurring on Logic. Referencing attached image, on a Apple Air M2, 14.7, LPX 11.1 Can anyone offer any insight as to why one of my cores being overloaded when playing back a 7-track project? My plugin chain is very simple too, no double instances, and pretty much just the Q4 and C2 on every track. It's just a single core seemingly struggling and I'm not understanding why the load is not being dispersed to other unused cores; you can see that at least two cores are... 1 0 replies
(Sequoia 15.2) Finder right-click "open with" bloated with old apps. I've uninstalled some apps, and some apps I plan to keep but don't use very often, and this menu it getting out of hand. I can't figure out how to remove them. Any ideas? (They're not in the System Settings - Keyboard shortcuts - Services - that I can see, anyway.) https://preview.redd.it/lsw00h40lu9e1.png?width=643&format=png&auto=webp&s=abb4f2151a5050a3f54845bafe9d3664886e73c8 Some of them are from my Parallels Windoze machine... 1 4 replies
Sequoia 15.1.1 keeps saying "You can open apple account setting pane because it is not available to you at this time" while open icloud from spotlight search I am puzzled with this error message every time when I access icloud setting from spotlight search. I can click 'Ok' to ignore and then icloud account in settings just looks fine. Don't know what 'apple account' settings were referred here. I have signed out and back in icloud, but keep getting this message. Very annoying. Any idea is greatly appreciated. https://preview.redd.it/cb2dublu7u9e1.png?width=540&format=png&auto=webp&s=a3724a830dcea75b4c6135b7b293f3c5ec816a61 5 0 replies
Apple M2 Mini Not Recognizing Samsung M8 Monitor Camera After macOS Sequoia Update Hi everyone, I’m having an issue with my Apple M2 Mac Mini running macOS Sequoia (15.2). After updating to the latest version, my Mac Mini has stopped recognizing the camera on my Samsung M8 monitor. Here’s what I’ve tried so far: • Verified the USB cable is working correctly. • Confirmed that the monitor’s internal camera app detects the camera without any issues. • Searched online for solutions, but I haven’t found anything that works. Despite all this, my Mac Mini doesn’t seem to see the camera. Has anyone... 4 1 replies
Macbook Pro M4 Max Battery help I have my macbook pro M4 Max (base). I will be direct, to be honest I have read and it is always recommended to use the MBP always connected, for two days, the charge has dropped from 100 to 80% and remains at 80% but I have detected that its charge cycles have increased when It always started connected to the source, it had 5 cycles and in a matter of days it increased to 8 cycles, am I being paranoid? [Battery options at the top](https://preview.redd.it/9wxev6kdot9e1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb00c36cb89d7964898f83f0abaed15d5361fa27) Another question, it... 1 2 replies
Bloated menus in OS 15.2 A few days after upgrading I'm seeing Menus with bloated proportions. See pic. This is on a MBPro M1 with an LG 27" external monitor. Is this a bug in 15.2? If not how do I get back to normal proportion menus? Thanks. https://preview.redd.it/jp4ws69rjt9e1.png?width=4424&format=png&auto=webp&s=029df9bb9929bcd19262c022e316c3b977bdf0a8 1 2 replies
Opening an iTunes Libary with Apple Music Hi, I used to have an old Mac with EL Capitan OS. My iTunes library was on an external HD, I used to option-open it. Now, I got a late 2013 “trashcan” Mac Pro with Monterey and since iTunes is replaced with Apple Music, I can no longer choose my old library. My music archive is 1.3 TB and Mac Pro has 500 GB. I want to be able to continue opening my old iTunes library with Music app from the same external HD without losing my playlists and... 3 2 replies
For people using Pathfinder how do I change this? https://preview.redd.it/ofasuw2upr9e1.png?width=2626&format=png&auto=webp&s=059dfe66b39370a526746d566f2070783e814e2e I use the arrange by date added. I want the today group appear on the very top. Thanks in advance for your inputs. 4 0 replies