How to prevent Mac OS Sonoma from sleeping while Spotify is playing in the background? When the display goes off on battery the song that's currently playing stops, any idea how to prevent this? 2 1 replies
Bought MBP M4 Pro, what battery life should I expect? returning user to Mac OS First time going Mac OS in a very long time, I just got a 14" MBP M4 pro configuration, I mainly got it since everyone raves about the performance and battery life, I'm a moderate user with some heavy emphasis on virtualization. If anyone has this configuration, what type of battery life are you getting out of it? I just got it not even 1 day old, came with 75% battery (have not done the first charged) been using it for 3hrs according to activity monitor and I'm down... 2 6 replies
Backup software that DOESN'T recopy files that have been moved but not altered? I was doing some research online and saw this from the "AI:" > **If you're looking for a Mac backup app that avoids copying files which have simply been moved to a different location without any content changes, Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) is widely considered the best option** as it can intelligently detect and only backup files that have been modified, not just relocated. > Key features of Carbon Copy Cloner that help with this scenario: > File level comparisons: > C**CC analyzes files based on their content, not... 4 2 replies
Notes app being glitchy while browsing longer notes Does anyone experience problems with the native Notes app being occasionally glitchy whenever browsing much longer notes? By glitchy I mostly mean intermittent rendering problems with longer notes 1 0 replies
Recent Bootcamp Experience (Curious WHY this happened) I recently tried Bootcamp for the first time and it actually broke my MacOS partition. Thanks to help on this subreddit, I was able to reinstall MacOS with all of my data, however, I would like to try again so I'm looking for WHY this happened. I downloaded the Win 10 iso and had bootcamp partition about \~50gb on my drive (whatever the minimum was). I set up windows but the bootcamp "switch to MacOS" wasn't working (it couldn't find the partition). After restarting and using option as well... 2 0 replies
What is the best way to run windows on mac if I have a m1 chip and I want to do some intense gaming on it? pls i don't know what to use and I don't know what I'm doing 5 7 replies
Network (sometimes) broken via VLAN interface Using a VLAN (less than 100) interface created via Settings (standard settings, MTU, using DHCP, etc) and trying to connect to a service via TCP, it times out, sometimes. When looking in Wireshark I see a bunch of TCP duplicate ACKs and retransmissions. The handshake looks good. It’s only when accessing a network routed close (2 routers), but websites on the internet seem to work fine. I tried to disable all other interfaces, same issue. But when I changed the switch port to use untagged traffic on the same... 4 0 replies
Safari allowing notifications without permission A few minutes ago, a notification popped up from [youtube.com](http://youtube.com) on my mac. This hasn't happened before, and I haven't used YouTube since yesterday. I'm 99% sure I didn't accidentally allow notifications from them, since the notification pop-up is very noticeable and I never click allow before reading pop-ups. When I went into the notification section on my Mac to turn it off, I noticed about a dozen websites, most of which are advertisement and survey websites had notifications enabled. I know for a fact that I have never... 4 0 replies
Wireless Gaming Headphones for OS X 15??? Are there any really good wireless gaming headphones that work with Sequoia seamlessly? I have been scouring the web and I havent found a solid answer. So many devices list game consoles and Windows compatability, but no Mac. And lots of discussions of headphones for Mac mention specific headphones but are either a) out of date or b) followed by others citing problems. I just want a really nice (\~$200) gaming headphone that'll just work easily and consistently with my M4 Mac Mini. FWIW I am planning of streaming... 5 1 replies
Aside from buying a 2005-2007 Mac with OS Tiger, what workarounds are there to open iCal 2.0.5? 2 10 replies
Apple Extended Keyboard Just bought an Apple Wxtended Keyboard with TouchID. It seems like on a lot of websites and on a lot of applications. The extended keypad does not work. Is this a known issue and does anyone have a fix for it? 4 4 replies
Screen sharing drop-down/menu issues I have a unique scenario where we are running off old software that is stuck on Mojave. To mitigate security risks and get everyone up to date, I setup Mac minis that everyone remotes into, via the macOS screen sharing app, just to access the software in question. The issue arises when two or more people log in at the same time. Mac supports up to 5. Each has their own screen sharing session. But there is a 50/50 chance someone logging in will have an issue with drop... 5 0 replies
How do I disable Gatekeeper? It's kinda annoying when your building apps without signing them. Also I DO NOT want ANY comments saying "yOu'Re TRyInG tO DeLEtE a CoRE SEcURitY FEatuRE-" Like be quiet and give me a ANSWER rather than a lecture. 1 0 replies
Safari continually triggers private browsing lock Opened a new private browsing window, but it immediately goes to the "Private Browsing is locked" screen, "Touch ID or enter the password for user..." to unlock. And as soon as I unlock, it locks again. Any ideas what could be triggering the lock? I don't want to disable it entirely. 2 1 replies
Does anyone remember Apple releasing a patch for an obsolete machine several years ago? All, I'm looking for a link to a story about Apple releasing a security or feature update to an old machine. It's possible it was an Apple IIe, but I *think* it was the original Macintosh. This story would have been a flash-in-the-pan. I think I remember John Gruber covering the story on Daring Fireball, but this would have been unique enough that other sites like 9to5 Mac, Apple Insider, Cult of Mac, etc. would have ran a blurb about it. 1 3 replies
Secondary click area too small (bottom right corner) I am migrating from MacBook Air M1 to MacBook Pro 16" M3, and I see the area for the secondary click as extremely small. I use the "click in bottom right corner" option. Can I increase the area in some way? Now it's about 15-20% from the right side and on that huge trackpad it's unusable unless I lift my hand completely. 4 0 replies
New pop-up when I download an app from the App store Hi, So, all of a sudden, when I try to download an app on my Mac, I get a pop-up (see below) and the app download progress wheel keeps spinning. I tried a different app and had the same result. Any tips? https://preview.redd.it/cyqi1p5cbf9e1.jpg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d64a0f40c80d672648a003788133a17458098b01 5 0 replies