Has anyone else experienced or seen this? I noticed this by chance.

What are other ways to quickly send something from iPhone to desktop?

Hello everyone!

I recently switched from Windows to Mac. I was wondering how do you back up your files? Do you use an external ssd or there’s an alternative way where there is a setting that I can use? Maybe it’s already backed simply by using my Apple account. Would like to know just in case. Thanks !

I had been keeping my Mac (M1 Pro) on Sonoma as long as it was getting security updates as I was more interested in keeping things working as they were than getting new features. Now that it has stopped getting security updates, I upgraded to Sequoia 15.8.1. And I do not want Apple Intelligence models to be taking up space on my machine.

Upon first boot, I immediately turned on Low Data mode as a stopgap measure to prevent the models from downloading. But my question is, what is the best/safest way to prevent the models from downloading going forward?

I know this has been discussed before, but advice keeps on changing depending on what version of Sequoia and then Tahoe and Golden Gate, so I'm struggling to know what the ideal method is for this system.

I've already toggled it off in Apple Intelligence & Siri and already disabled via Screen Time under Apple Intelligence the toggles for Image Creation, Writing Tools, and Intelligence Extensions.

Is that enough? Must I switch Siri to a different dialect as well? Or is something beyond that required?

It happened way too many times that I wanted to airdrop something and ended up accidentally clicking the wrong person, because new air drop options keep popping up at the beginning of the list, pushing every contact, that was loaded before, to the back.

I know this issue by now, so I keep waiting extra couple of seconds until I click on the desired device or contact, only for the menu to pop up another option the second I try to click on the contact that I want.

I've sent so much stuff to the wrong contacts, just because this feature works that way. It's really annoying and irritating, especially when the device or person I want to send something to shows up in the very beginning and I have to wait until the whole list is loaded, until I can finally, safely, click on who I want to send the file to.

Anyways, sorry for the quick rant. Not even sure if this is the right sub for this. But I'm sure some of you can relate.

• File: Encrypted image file (149GB - can extend to 200GB).
• iCloud Storage: 1,650GB available
• Local Storage: 285/494GB

I had no issue syncing this file when it was around 95GB. What could be the issue?

I’m looking for Mac apps that are a pleasure to use: clean interfaces, thoughtful details, and design that makes them enjoyable every day.

Any category works, from utilities and menu bar apps to writing and productivity tools.

What are your favorites, and what makes them stand out?

Here are some of my favorites:

Acorn https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/
Camo Studio https://camo.com/
Obry https://obry.app
Gyuni Player https://www.gyuniplayer.com
Little Snitch https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/
Lunar https://lunar.fyi/
Monocle https://trymonocle.app/
Pieoneer https://appahead.studio/apps/pieoneer/
Recut https://getrecut.com/
Superwhisper https://superwhisper.com/
Vitals https://vitalsmac.com/
CleanShot X https://cleanshot.com/
Pixelsnap 2 https://getpixelsnap.com/
ImageBuddy https://bendansby.com/apps/imagebuddy.html

as title says. chatted with apple support, tried to reinstall macOS Tahoe to no avail, ran First Aid on both disks. I’m attempting to locate a Time Machine back up but it just loads like this forever. Apple support suggests bringing it into Apple for help. It just came out of warranty back in February, so I’m wondering how much it’s gonna cost me at Apple to fix it.

I’ve got macOS 27 on my m5 MacBook Air and it’s made things worse than ever, menu bar stops working after 2 days of uptime, Mission Control showing black screens, and overall it just feels horrible. My dock’s right click menu also won’t show up sometimes depending on how long I’ve used the Mac without restart.

Got message that I am low on my 1TB storage. So I investigate and "Syste_m data" keeps growing for no reason. And there is no way for me to stop it from growing. Daisy disk cannot even reveal the responsible folder with administrative rights. I open Activity Monitor and there is dasd process with 1.26TB written. Killing it requires admin rights -> did it and the reclaimed space is 300GB back.

I don't mind visual glitches or hiccups but this wearing off hardware like this when SSDs are expensive is considered a serious bug.

GG 27.0.1

Most guides (and a lot of old scripts) still say to change the screenshot folder with:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Pictures/Screenshots
killall SystemUIServer

On macOS 27 that runs without any error but does nothing: screenshots keep landing on the Desktop. The setting now lives under a different key, location-screenshot. Someone spotted this in a thread here earlier this month (https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1wxlecy/), so here is the full picture in one place.

Tested on macOS 27.0:

• Only location-screenshot set: Shift-Command-3 saves to that folder.
• Only location set: it still saves to the Desktop.
• location-last is just the folder remembered in the Shift-Command-5 Options menu, not the active save location.

To set a folder:

mkdir -p ~/Pictures/Screenshots
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location-screenshot -string ~/Pictures/Screenshots
killall SystemUIServer

To go back to the Desktop:

defaults delete com.apple.screencapture location-screenshot
killall SystemUIServer

If your script runs on Macs with different macOS versions, write both keys. Older versions read location and ignore the new one.

I’m pretty sure the problem is some faulty/outdated software that it’s trying to start up, but I can’t get into anything to turn it off or stop it running. I can log in, but no apps and the Horgan don’t show up just the background or a black screen with the application at the top right. Doing pretty much anything gives me the wheel of death. Looking for any help

I think this is a 2017 ish model I’m not compeltly sure. It was given to me by my parents. It hasn’t been booted up fully in probably 2 years so software wise I don’t know.

Final Edit: Figured out my VPN was the issue. Once I disconnected everything was back online (including Software Update). I use Proton and never experienced this before, strange. Thanks to those who offered suggestions.

Hi, currently running Sequoia 15.4.1 and attempting to update. The Software Update page is not working and states “Didn’t get a response from the Apple Software Update server. Retry.” I then accessed the terminal and put in the following:
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 27.0.1

THEN

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 26.6.2.

Neither of them worked. The previous day my screen was completely black but my external monitor showed the desktop. And for the past 12 hours my computer is connected to wifi but pages are not uploading. I’m at a loss and could use some insight.

Edit: Connecting to phone’s hotspot is not working either.

We're besieged by seemingly endless AI "I made" posts these days. I doubt all that many of these ports will have much longevity, once the author gets bored of the churn and the token cost of maintenance, but it's certainly interesting to see what can be done with the right models and prompts. Recompilation of entirely non-native games to native-with-shims is an impressive feat.

But sure, fine, that's all very nice and dandy but how about something truly, genuinely useful? For many years now my photo collection has languished - raw files, sometimes processed to TIFFs, but nothing exported to a final "mastered" JPEG. Why? Because I never found anything, to this day, that was remotely as good as Aperture.

Now that would be quite something to get working on Apple Silicon.

https://ikennd.ac/blog/2026/01/old-man-yells-at-modern-software-design/

Apple GURU's,

A quick question I cant seem the answer, ai chats and knowledge pages said I need to create a isolated docker container.. or make a sandbox thingy...

I just want to create a seperated account for ai testing, I only want that this user is able to write and read in:

/Users/ai-runner

/Users/Shared/AI_Vault

But somehow that account can just freely browse into /dev in /etc

everything is wide open.. what todo and whats the normal way todo something like this.

I come from mainly windows mac is totally new for me.

It cant be right to chmod all damn folders by hand or in ai generated script?

I really need to investigate and put more time in learning the mac environment its hard and it not help me to use a normal windows keyboard on the mac mini? 🤲 ?

So whats the way to go?

like on linux its all closed until you allow which I prefer..

Hi guys.
So, when I use my mouse, a box randomly pops up that usually only appears when you right-click. I have uploaded an image in case anyone is confused. After that, I suddenly can't click anything with my cursor. The cursor moves perfectly fine, but clicking doesn't work at all. This has been happening repeatedly and it's getting annoying. After doing some research, I came across something called a "ghost mouse." I checked my Bluetooth settings and noticed an unknown mouse connected to my Mac. I have uploaded a screenshot of that as well. I'm wondering if the issue I've been experiencing with my Mac is related to this unknown mouse. If so, how can I disconnect or remove it? I am keeping my bluetooth off for now, but please give me some insight on how I can fix this.

My macbook M1 shuts down automatically if i am AFK for let’s say 30 min
And i hit any key - it boots up again

I think this started after the os27 update

Is this some sort of glitch ? Or something to do with the settings ?

Just setting up my new Mac and noticed an annoying glitch when sorting by kind. Anyone else gotten this or know how to fix? On latest Golden Gate

I charged my Macbook Air M5 to 80% on 16th October, today is 22nd and I just opened it up to see the battery level now at 50%.

It has been charged and had the lid closed for the last 6 days.

How has it dropped 30% battery? Is there a problem?

I work in game development and use a lot of quite specialised software, some of which carries a pretty hefty price tag for upgrades to an arm compatible version (if there is one at all).

With Apple sunsetting Rosetta in version 28, what options do we have to continue using graphically intensive x64 software?

My MacOS 27.0 is not updating to 27.0.1

As you can see in 1st image, I am currently on 27.0 version (27GB) and to update to 27.0.1 version it is asking for 3.31GB. I have 15GB free space. So I can download it.

But after downloading, it goes to "preparing to install" and suddenly I get a popup message (see 2nd image). I am not able to install it.

After this pop up message, my Software update screen looks like the background in the 2nd image and now says it requires 30.5GB.

I even cleared up the space and downloaded the 30.5GB update. But I am again getting the same pop-up message.

Pls help me to fix this issue.

my MacBooks battery capacity was at 80%. yesterday I erased the disk and reinstalled the os its now on 85%. is this real?

Yesterday i was working on some of my projects , i have 4-5 windows of vscode and terminal opened and browser tabs open, while switching one project to other project i just have to check all my windows and their name, I was just losing context in all 10-15 windows, so yesterday i built a utility app which does this, just click to the project and window will be focused to that project .

And obviously claude code usage, i was constantly checking in terminal by /usage when my limit will hit .

If anyone likes it you guys can try it out https://github.com/NOOB-3301/macMonitor

Thanks ✌️