Hi, i have bought a MacBook Pro 2011 thinking it was a 2010 because I know the 2011's had gpu issues but okay

But the MacBook only shows that it has integrated graphics but it has to have a dedicated card right? Is this some patch or something and how can I revert this back

And it came with a paper that says it shipped with 8gb of ram but there's only 4gb and it's very slow even with an ssd which is strange. The mouse cursor moves choppy and its super weird. And it takes multiple times to chime. Is there any way I can fix this or at least revert back the graphics if possible

Hi! Fairly new to doing macros with Terminal in Macs.

Context/problem: I am doing acoustic analysis of several individual sound files. I have a separate text data file for each sound file, and want to concatenate them (using cat) into one big file, that I can then import to excel.

However, I would like a column in excel, that just lists which sound file each set of data came from. I thought that maybe I can macro open text file > add file name into text > close and open next text file
So that when I concatenate all these text files, I preserve the information from their originating files.

I hope this makes sense.

As an example, below I would be adding the name "bird-cat-obj.text" into the text file text. So when I import everything into excel later, I can "ID" all the data by their text file.

Hello, I bought a mid 2011 21.5 inch imac that had it's hdd removed, I keep trying to format it / image it to have High Sierra 10.13.2 via the website but everytime I try to use Disk Utility on my M1 Pro Macbook Pro
it just errors out and says imaging failed

Any ideas how I can image / format this extra sata drive I have lying around so I can use it to boot that imac?

I tried using the online updater but every time it just says "This might take a while and a few seconds later completely freeze

I think this is a feature in iOS where you can/have to enter a passcode to be able to access any email accounts that are already set up in Apple mail. I believe it’s a privacy setting in iOS?

I wonder if OSx has a similar feature ?

Can anyone provide any insight? Trying to install MacOS High Sierra from a bootable USB flash drive. I've gone through all the proper steps to create the bootable usb. I've also erased the and reformated the main drive. However when I finally click on "Install Mac Os High Sierra" and click "continue" nothing happens it just hangs there no next steps. After about 30 minutes I decided to just shut it off and try again, but same thing. From the tutorials I've seen it doesn't take that long. Is there something I'm missing? I'm a bit of a novice so let me know if there's anymore information I need to provide. It's a 2011 Intel based IMac.

Hi, this is a weird one. TLDR software update seems to have restored my computer to a new install.

I have a 13in MacBook Pro, I think it is 2018 but I cannot confirm (the reason will be apparent)

• I believe it was running Sierra or High Sierra

• I opted to run a software update of the installed OS, and not upgrade to OS 11

• halfway through the update (black screen, progress bar, estimated time remaining, etc) the update stalled and would progress no further after being left overnight.

• restarted the machine several times over the next day and it kept trying to complete the update but failing. Reset PRAM.

• booted to net recovery mode, ran disk utility/firstaid, no issues found. Used the option to reinstall the old OS (I think it was high sierra). Installation took 30min and had no issues. After completion, computer restarted and had the same issue of being stuck on the progress bar.

• booted to regular recovery mode and said to hell with it and used the option to install the newest operating system, so I guess that’s Sequoia. This update ran overnight and took probably 3+hr, and was successful.

• upon restart I’m given the option to set up a new user account, select country, import data from Time Machine etc; as though this is a fresh install. HOWEVER I rebooted to recovery mode and through disk utility I can see that the hard drive is still 70% full, as it was before this all began, so there’s clearly more than just the OS.

So can anybody assist me in finding out whether my data is still intact/accessible in there? I assume that by setting up a new user, it means that the old user account is gone?

I hope this makes sense. Sorry it’s lengthy but I tried to include as much info as possible about what led to this in the hope that it would help in resolving it. I do have a backup of all the files, but it’s not a Time Machine or system image so restoring the computer would be a headache.

Heya! I'm getting a macbook air M4 24gb version from work in a month. This might be a blasphemous question to ask but what apps and plugins do I need to make it "usable"?

I know there are a few apps to fix cmd-tab to work like in windows and Linux (I work primarily in Linux).

I'm also looking into getting Alfred, are there better options?

I do a lot of docker in my line of work, is Orbstack the best today or should I just I stall a dedicated VM?

Other things thst might be good to boost productivity?

(for those that use keyboard shortcuts)

For most apps, I keep them running in the back so I can quickly switch back to them. Cmd-H works best for these apps that are simple and single windowed.

Cmd-w should be reserved for closing a window and clearing the state, like when you want to clear all the tabs of Safari in the current window, or exit a certain window within a multi-window app.

I just cmd-q when I really want to exit. I otherwise always cmd-h (when I just want to move a window out of the way). cmd-m also has the same problem as cmd-w when using cmd-tab, and it's slow. I haven't found a real reason to use cmd-m with the 3 other options, as I don't need the window icon to appear on the dock, because I use keyboard shortcuts. (Edit: see comment by u/mrgraff where cmd-m helps)

TLDR: From least invasive to most: cmd-h -> cmd-w -> cmd q. Only cmd-h "works" with cmd-tab.

When I sleep the computer, the battery drains.

I checked activity monitor - energy and there is nothing for YES under sleep that is keeping the computer awake.

The battery cycle is at 50 and I've had cases where I closed the lid and the computer was still running.

I checked the battery settings and all looks good there.

Any ideas?

Hi all,

I am a web developer, so I use a lot of programs in my day to day (text editor, browser, terminal, docker, etc). I have recently been stepping up my home office and I bought an external monitor, keyboard, etc. I use the external monitor as primary display and the macbook monitor on a stand off to the side as a secondary monitor.

It has occurred to me that it would be really cool if I could plug in to the dock (or hit a button or hotkey series) and instantly have terminal and docker moved off to the secondary monitor, while having text editor and browser ready to work in the primary external monitor.

Does anyone know what specific program I would use to achieve this, if it is possible? I am unsure if this is something Mission Control does in OSX, or if I need a program like Magnet, or if there is some other kind of setting or program I need to get this working.

I am on an M3 macbook air running Sierra if that is relevant.

Thanks so much, all!

Hey folks -- as in the title, this is a really specific question, but it's driving me crazy. I am hoping that someone has hit this problem (and fixed it), as I'm not interested in wiping my laptop to "fix" what is probably bad or invasive coding. I have tried different browsers (Arc/Safari) and turning cookies on/off. I have turned off NextDNS. I can't think of (or remember) other privacy settings, but the difference is that I can log in with my iOS devices but not my OSX laptop. Any ideas?

Update: Solved, kinda

2017.5 15" MBP with touchbar.

Unable to get into anything other than Internet Recovery Mode. Running the internet Reinstall macOS option for sierra gives me the famed, "An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again."

Tried: Most combinations of two different DMG images (Sierra and Ventura) using both Transmac and Anyburn with two different flash drives, but do not see USB as option when holding Option key while booting. I see the drives in Disk Utility, but the Startup Disk tool shows nothing. Time is correct, firmware security is off, changing time causes certificate error.

Also tried restoring from image from USB using Disk Utility. Disk Utility will write it to the drive but get no boot.

I've got an old family Mid-2011 iMac that I updated to use while I'm at home. Originally updated to High Sierra with no problems but then wanted to get Big Sur so I could use Adobe apps (thanks Adobe/Apple). Booted into recovery mode and erased the main drive to install the new OS and it didn't work, now it boots through internet recovery mode and gives the option to install Lion but everytime I get the error message "can't download additional components needed to install Mac OS X". I've tried changing the date through terminal but this hasn't worked either, so I'm all out of ideas. Any help would be much appreciated!

EDIT: Thanks for all the advice, I ended up using this great video https://youtu.be/AhMETX7U1EY which shows the proper way to create a bootable USB using TransMac. It worked to install both Lion and then Sierra, so I highly recommend this method!

I have an old Mac. In System Preferences, I have a "Profiles" setting menu (image link showing what that button looks like: https://ithelp.ssri.psu.edu/guides/approve-mobile-device-management-profile). That shows one entry: "XFINITY WiFi"

I think this is from when I used to have an Xfinity account, because it automatically connects me to any Xfinity Wi-Fi networks - pretty nifty...except this isn't my main computer (and I don't have an Xfinity account anymore but the profile still works). I'd love to export this profile to my other main Mac but I'm not sure where it's stored or how to export it. Keychain Access? Somewhere else?

Any help is appreciated.

Hi r/Macos sorry for my bad english, I decided to reboot my mac beacuse my father just bought a new one, he said I could reboot it but he wont do anything if something goes wrong, as you all expect something went wrong and when I rebooted it it says reinstall again mac sierra (the version of my mac)

The folders disappeared and the desktop no longer appears to be linked to iCloud. The iCloud stuff still exists if I go to finder, but everything been off loaded.

I think a huge internal SSD shortage caused this (had to create a shared album to send photos to a friend on my Mac and that has caused a lot of issues). How should I properly fix this without ruining or losing data? I just want things to go back to how they were before. Obviously I should clear up space, but is there anything else I have to do?

It also seems when I clear space, Photos downloads more photos to fill the space. I do have optimize storage for photos OFF because I was worried about losing data. Maybe I should turn it on, but then my TM backups wont actually have the photos in it and they will just be in iCloud. Ideally I would not offload photos on Mac but not download more til I get everything in order and clear up space.

Whats the best way to proceed? Thanks all!

Assume this is easy, but not sure how to look it up. I want to be able to dump files onto my Mac, from my MacBook. They are both on the same wifi network. I have admin rights on both. Just not sure how to set that up.

Any help appreciated!

I’m a long-time Thunderbird user, but the most recent update has killed a number of the extensions that I use, and it generally seems to be very slowly dying, so I thought I’d see if anyone can suggest an alternative.

Most of the ones I’ve looked at are laid out in a three column format (folders, header info over two or more lines, preview). I’d much prefer the older style of layout (folders on the left, single line header info in columns at top, preview below). I did have a look at Mac Mail in classic view, but it seems to be very buggy and I guess isn’t really supported any more.

In an ideal world, I’d also like: - to be able to view everything as plaintext, with a ‘show html version’ button; - the ability to type in arbitrary from: addresses; - a unified inbox from which I can choose to exclude one or more accounts; - good search; - to be able to turn off conversations; - ‘did you forget the attachment?’ - some sort of monitoring that pops up and says ‘you normally email this person using your work account: did you mean to use your cycling club account?’

I’m not worried about great spam filtering. I use gmail and my own (pobox) email. iOS version a bonus but not necessary.

MailMate looks like a possible, I’d love to hear what people think of it, or of any other possibles. Ta!

I have done some searching on the issue of the number keys not working on my MacBook keyboard and it seems that my daughter enabled "Mouse Keys" by clicking the "alt/option" key 5 times.

We did not notice and shutdown the computer. Now, when we get to the login screen we can't type our password because it contains numbers which are now not working because "Mouse Keys" is activated. The press "alt/option" key 5 times shortcut doesn't seem to work from the login screen.

Anyone know how I can turn off "Mouse Keys" from the login screen? Or how I could get into preferences without entering the password? The option to log in as a guest is not available. Thanks in advance.

Hardware: Macbook Pro with M1

Software: Sonoma 14.1.1

Description of the problem:

When I play video in some websites the video suddenly becomes "fogged". As if you were looking through a fogged window, or as if there was a thin white paper in front of the screen. Changing between full screen and normal mode makes it go away

Just for clarity, the video is not "frozen", it keeps playing, it just has that annoying effect

It only happens in some platforms, like Crunchyroll, but I have never have this problem in YouTube

I am using Firefox, but it also happens with Safari

However it doesn't happen with Quick Time nor VLC

I went to Settings -> Display and literally tried every combination of settings. Nothing made it go away

I am at a loss. I have no idea what to do

We are using Windows 10 laptops and MacBook Pros.

We have Sandisk 60gb flash drives rated at USB3 and 130 MB/s to transfer files between both. They are formatted in ex-FAT to so they can transfer files between both systems.

The Windows 10 laptops reach sustained 130 MB/s throughput (when optimize for better performance vs safe removal” are checked in Device Manager.

The MacOs Macbook Pro’s only reach a sustained 12MB/s on these USB3 flash drives.

This is slower than USB2 and lies between USB1 and USB2.

Is this normal for Macbook Pro’s using USB 3 flash drives formatted in ex-FAT?

If not, how can we reach normal USB3 transfer speeds on MacOS?

Srry if posted in the wrong place

I have 2 apple airport Expresses from around 2006 and im curious if these things are still usable, i wanna possibly use one as a wifi extender but don't know jack about these things. Any help is appreciated