Questions tagged [macos]
macOS is the current marketing name for Apple's Macintosh Operating System. This OS was previously known as OS X, and Mac OS X before that (which itself succeeded the 'classic' Mac OS).
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When attempting to revive a Macbook Air a1932 with Apple Configurator I get "gave up waiting for device to transition from DFU state to DFU state."
I'm getting this error when I try to revive a 2018 Macbook Air A1932 with Apple Configurator 2.16 (8A14)
The System cannot be restored on this device.
Gave up waiting for device to transition from ...
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Why can I see video on my Apple TV but frozen on an Optoma projector (via direct HDMI connection)?
This happened with the most recent upgrade. We don't watch movies that often, but we had this working four months ago, so definitely 2025. But right now the movie is downloaded, we can run it on the ...
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How can I remove '/Library/Developer'?
In response to sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer.
I get:
rm: /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Volumes/iOS_21C62/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 17.2.simruntime/Contents/Resources/...
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How can I remove a phantom/deleted app entry from the Spotlight results for apps in macOS 26?
In "System Settings > Spotlight > Results from Apps," there is a toggle entry for an application that I have already uninstalled. While this is purely cosmetic, I would like to remove this entry....
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What does the command 'recoverydiagnose' do?
The command /usr/bin/recoverydiagnose is found when using Terminal in Recovery Mode on a MacBook running macOS 12.6.3
What does it do?
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locate.updatedb does not scan /Users subdirectories except /Users/Shared/ [duplicate]
locate.updatedb does not scan /Users subdirectories except /Users/Shared/ :
$ sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories:...
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How can I blur the background and desktop icons when in application windows?
Whenever I open the application windows (swipe down with four fingers), I get the names of the windows mixed with the desktop icons and their names, making it impossible to determine the title of a ...
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Alternative Apps and Settings for macOS [closed]
I am transitioning to macOS from Windows and although my MacBook Air M4 has great hardware, I am having trouble with some apps and settings on macOS (I have macOS Tahoe 26.2 installed).
A. Alternative ...
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Using tabs in Apple Maps on macOS
Am I missing some trick?
I have Apple Maps on macOS Tahoe 26.2 and I can’t find a way to show the Tab bar or to use a tabbed interface for multiple windows.
I can find greyed out items Show Tab Bar ...
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How to make Alfred Unit Converter work like the old deprecated workflow without a keyword?
For reference, I am referring to this Alfred Unit Converter. I would like it to work like Spotlight. So I can just type "33 meters to inches" without having to type a conv keyword first and get an ...
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Why am I experiencing strange icon behavior with a QNAP devices on a Mac mini M2 Pro running macOS 15.7.3?
I am using a Mac mini M2 Pro running macOS 15.7.3 with finder version 15.5 and I have two network drives:
A Synology and
A QNAP (Onyx_QNAP),
Both of which are mounted on the desktop. The Synology ...
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macOS Automator action "Compress Images in PDF" won't work
macOS 26.2
In the past, I created an Automator quick action with just two "bricks":
The workflow receives PDF files from any application (this is in the default brick for quick actions)
&...
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automount of SMB share on MacOS Sequoia gets 'Operation not permitted'
I am attempting to get automount for an SMB share working on macOS Sequoia 15.7.3. However, this is getting an "Operation not permitted" error when attempting to access the mount point. ...
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How to move files from a Mac to an external NTFS drive?
My Windows 10 Pro PC has passed away and I finally took the leap to macOS.
While my new MacBook is on its way, I fired up my old iMac (10.13.6) to finish some late projects. I am attempting to move ...
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Is there an alternative to Linux UnionFS on macOS?
Is there an alternative to Linux UnionFS on macOS?
I basically want to overlay a folder or another drive over another folder/path and be able to see the contents of both folders. When the overlay is ...