What Happens if My External Startup Drive Fails? (Mac Mini M4) Hey everyone, I’ve got a Mac Mini M4 that I’ve set up to boot from an external SSD. Everything has been running smoothly until I started thinking. what happens if that external drive fails? To have tried, removing the external drive and tried booting up, hoping it would fall back to the stock SSD. Unfortunately, it didn’t. I also tried holding the power button during startup, but nothing came up on the screen. If my external drive ever becomes faulty, what’s the workaround? How do I: 1. Boot from... 5 1 replies
How confusing is the icon of the Calendar app? How confusing is the icon of the Calendar app? 3 0 replies
How confusing is the icon of the Calendar app? How confusing is the icon of the Calendar app? 1 0 replies
How confusing is the icon of the Calendar app? How confusing is the icon of the Calendar app? 1 0 replies
How confusing is the icon of the Calendar app? How confusing is the icon of the Calendar app? 1 7 replies
FileVault Recovery Key Missing on MacBook I’m using a **MacBook Pro 16” (M1 Pro, 1TB)** on **macOS Sequoia 15.2**. FileVault is enabled, and the settings show: [WARNING: You will need your login password or a recovery key to access your data. A recovery key is automatically generated as part of this setup. If you forget both your password and recovery key, the data will be lost. FileVault is turned on for the disk “Macintosh HD.” A recovery key has been set.](https://preview.redd.it/mv7mf9rgjr9e1.png?width=912&format=png&auto=webp&s=e2096e9d3d1cdd4406238049da9fe86059e89f58) However, I don’t remember setting up a recovery key. Terminal commands show: sudo fdesetup validaterecovery Enter the current... 5 1 replies
Apple Photos Storage between Devices (iCloud) I’m tired of paying a monthly fee for iCloud storage for all my photos on my iPhone (I have ~350GB of photos), so I am trying to setup an external HDD connected to my MacBook. The aim is to obviously to store all my photos on my own drive so I don’t have to use iCloud as storage, but to also maintain the “Apple data” such as time and date for each photo that can be lost when exporting the photos to Windows devices. To move all my photos... 1 0 replies
videos longer than 2 minutes not saving everytime i record a video thats longer than 2 minutes my mac doesn't save it. showing up as 00:00 and blank. i have a m1 2020. what should i do to fix this issue? 5 1 replies
Intermittent Keyboard Connectivity Issue with MacBook Air M2 in Clamshell Mode via Dock Hi everyone, I'm facing an issue with my MacBook Air M2 when using it in clamshell mode. I connect it via a dock, which has two USB ports and one HDMI port. The HDMI port connects to my monitor, and a third-party keyboard (about 3-4 years old) connects through a USB cable. This keyboard is a Windows keyboard with a Windows button, which I also used previously with a Windows PC. Occasionally, the keyboard stops responding, and I have to disconnect and reconnect the dock to get it working... 1 0 replies
New Year, New imaged mac: Whats in your dock (and in your toolbar). Every year I clean-install my macs between christmas and new year to make them fresh and speedy again (and clear out the year of cruft that has gathered on them). My dock only consists of the apps i use the most. Here is my list, what is yours. **Dock** \- Safari (I try to use the native browsers) \- Outlook (webapp) because Office 365 don't play nice with Apple Mail. \- Reddit (because I love you guys) \- Reminders (for ...reminders) \- Notability (notetaking, also on my mac). \-... 1 0 replies
Mac unable to compute storage I bought my Macbook Air M2 on october last year, it's working flawlessly as usual, but from the last two days I am trying to check the storage of photos and other applications, but that loading never ends... . Any suggestions will be helpful. https://reddit.com/link/1hoq5q6/video/nfdc37w8gq9e1/player 1 0 replies
Trying to get 2013 trashcan to boot First mac :) Tried all control r and more just freezes on world - waited hours and rebooted tried for days. 1 5 replies
MS Word stopped functioning as it has and now changed all of my formatted files My MS office ( Word) cannot be updated because my Mac is too old. What worked two days ago is now formatting without my ability to modify. All of my archived word files are now altered to look like this: I f y o u a r e t r y i n g to c h a n g e t h e s p a c i n g s o t h u m a n s c a n r e a d t h... 4 0 replies
Automator QuickAction Help? Hello! I am hoping to get some help in creating a QuickAction shortcut to run a Terminal command that extract a specific file every time. I have .cbz files that I want to extract specifically the ComicInfo.xml file from the cbz. I have homebrew and 7z installed, so I have been doing this by opening up a Terminal at the Folder and run the following command on every file individually every time: `7z x filename.cbz ComicInfo.xml` Is there a way for me to make a QuickAction with Automator to... 5 0 replies
Safari Tiling Bug in Seqouia 15.2 https://reddit.com/link/1hoo96p/video/r4xubuewup9e1/player I don't know if it's just me but I'm having a really weird issue with Safari on Seqouia 15.2 when using my M2 Pro MacBook Pro 14". When I tile windows side by side then make a new window out of a tab, I get this really weird behavior with the new windows that's made. Has anyone else experienced this problem or does anybody know a fix for it? I've tried everything including reinstalling the OS, but the issue is still there. If anybody has a solution I... 2 0 replies
Weird display/color saturation issues Hi all. I’m new to Mac as of the last few months and have an m4pro mini and a maxed out m4pro MacBook Pro, that is usually docked. On both of these machines things are fine for a bit then I’ll get odd display issues on the monitors (both the normal monitor for the mini and the external monitor for the docked MBP. The display may get very washed out or may have odd extra lines or color variations. A reboot fixes it but nothing else does. The machines... 5 0 replies
Application (Intel) - error installing on M4 Pro chip I have the M4 pro chip in my MacBook Pro. There has been a few applications I have attempted to install and failed and I suspect it is because they were the Intel versions. I have Rosetta installed (I checked by ticking the 'open with rosetta' box in terminal). The app in question was epic games launcher for unreal editor. I drag the dmg file to my applications folder sucessfully then when trying to open the apps - 'error occured when installing' window appears. Is there a work-around ?... 5 2 replies
M4 Mac Mini Display and MacOS Scaling Hi, I currently own a MacBook Pro 2017 base model with a very old (but 4K 30Hz) monitor from Samsung. I’ve just recently purchased the new M4 Mac Mini and it is on its way. I am looking to upgrade my monitor too. I was initially looking at the BenQ MA27OU for about £449, but it said 4K, and my current monitor (as mentioned) is also 4K, but when I set it to that, everything from the GUI to apps looks super zoomed out, and very uncomfortable to read,... 4 3 replies
What is the best widget app that is free and I can download from the web? What is the best widget app that is free and I can download from the web? 5 2 replies