r/MacOS

Hello, I was trying to download a youtube MP3 and was prompted to open terminal to paste a base64 code. I know I was dumb. I now know I fell for a ClickFix malware.

Soon after, a "system preferences" popup appeared, asking me to "enter your password for continue". This was where I realized I fell for a scam. I did not enter my Mac's password. However, there was no way to close the popup, but upon digging on Reddit, I found that typing "pkill -f osascript" into terminal gets rid of the popup. (It appeared again a few times, but stopped appearing.. for now.)

I know I was extremely stupid to paste that command into my terminal. However, I did NOT enter my Mac's password.

Am I ... safe?

I did change my passwords to every website I could think of on a separate device.

Really stressing myself out... I know this was a silly mistake, but I would appreciate anyone's input.

I spent my whole life using Windows and now in my 40s i switched to Apple. Currently i have a M1 MacBook Pro and M1 iPad Pro. Both great devices. I got the hang of most of the MacOS and iPad OS features but file management is something that i am struggling with.

On Windows (and Android for that matter, which i am also using on my phone) file management is pretty straightforward - there is a file, i can copy, move or delete it. When i'm working with a program, i can open the file from within that program and if i need to, i can later do whatever i want with that file. I felt like files > applications that work with that files.

On MacOS/iPadOS things sync. This confuses me a lot. I am someone who needs to know where my files are, so i can move them around if needed. This is also useful for me, so that i could copy files to my Android phone.

Take the Photos app for example. I have lots of pictures (photos, screenshots, saved from the web) in my "Pictures" folder. Some organized my folders, some are just dumped in some "temp" folder for later culling and sorting. There is also the Photo library sitting in my Pictures folder ("Photos Library.photoslibrary", that is 2GB for some reason, although there are no pictures imported yet).

Do i import all pictures into the Photos app? I understand that it would allow all those pictures to sync across my Mac and iPad. But some research showed me that there would be 2 copies of each file - one in the old location and one in the Photos app. Do i delete the non-imported ones? Are the imported ones exactly the same as the originals (same resolution, same file type, no compressing)? If i want to take a photo that is in the Photos app and copy it somewhere else, where do i find that file? I just can't wrap my head around this app-to-app syncing.

Once my Android phone dies, i think i will switch to iPhone eventually, to close the ecosystem gap, so i think i will benefit of learning the Apple way and how things work, to take the full advantage of the ecosystem. I do not want to be the old man who is doing things his own way just because he always did them that way. I would be grateful for any advice.

My MacBook Air overheats and gets all glitchy/buggy when I’m in a Google meet on Chrome. Is there anything I can do to help prevent this? Not looking to buy a new laptop.

I know I'm not the first to have this problem, but I have done everything that has been mentioned in this sub, specifically in this fabulous post to no avail. What else could it be? I've added the flash to the Spotlight privacy list and force quit Spotlight through Activity Monitor but the disk still says it's in use. This is a brand new MBP running Tahoe 26.5 and this flash is my back up to my EHD so I obviously don't wanna force eject. Is there anything else I can do on my own or do I need to head to the Apple Store?

We recently bought a new Mac Mini. When we received mail or a message on the old Mac, we would get a banner in the upper-right-hand corner of the display. The new Mac won't do this. I've turned on Notifications and disabled Do Not Disturb, but the problem persists.

Anyone have any ideas?

I just finished my trial of DVDFab for Mac. (3 discs) Worked pretty well except for the fact I could not apply a menu at all. Straight up reencoding an mkv to blu-ray video worked fine.

Anybody have luck with better burning suite for apple silicon or is dvd fab my best bet?

In the past I've used Roxio Toast on my old quad core i7 Intel Mac mini server (2011 model) but wanted to get something compatible with apple silicon moving forward. It will burn a blu-ray, sometimes, but the intel machine usually flakes when starting to burn. The m1 did fine so it's a problem with the mini. having the same issue with an LG dvd burner.

Wanted to get some opinions before dropping $60-80 on software.

Just scored an LG BluRay burner and the mini doesn't play well with it. It basically never burns a disc. Always fails before the burn. I was having the same issue with that mini with DVDs, so everything led me to pick up an M1 MacBook Air, so I'd be a bit less obsolete.

Hey everyone, is there a native setting or workaround to add a delay before emails actually send in the Mail app? I want to give myself a buffer to catch any mistakes or second thoughts before sending permanently.

I know Gmail has the "Undo Send" feature built in, and I'm wondering if macOS Mail has anything similar.

Any suggestions appreciated!

Hey everyone,

My MacBook Pro (M4) suddenly stopped displaying on my Samsung Odyssey G9 49" OLED (5120x1440). It worked flawlessly for about a year, then out of nowhere, nothing. I didn't knowingly update anything (though macOS auto-updates, so who knows). Currently on the latest macOS.

Symptom: When I plug in the USB-C, both the Mac and the monitor clearly detect that something is happening (they both react). I get a partial, glitchy image for a second, like in the photo, and then nothing.

Here's the key part: I plugged my iPhone into the exact same cable and the exact same setup, and it displays perfectly on the G9. So the cable, the monitor's input, and the physical connection all seem fine. It really looks like it's the Mac's video output / macOS negotiation.

What I've already tried / ruled out:

• New cable (Maxonar). Same issue, so not the cable.
• All USB-C ports on the Mac. Same result on every one.
• Full monitor power cycle (unplugged from the wall). No change.
• iPhone on the same cable = works perfectly. Rules out cable + monitor + port.

Given that the iPhone works on the same cable, I'm fairly convinced this is a macOS-side issue, probably something a recent update changed in the DisplayPort negotiation for this resolution/refresh rate. But I'm stuck on how to fix it without nuking the machine.

I have a strong tendency to just wipe and reinstall my Windows machines at the first sign of trouble, but this Mac has my entire work environment on it (I'm a DevOps engineer) and it's a pain to set back up, so I'd really love to avoid that.

Any ideas on what to try next? Happy to answer any questions.

Thanks in advance!

Do you all have any missing features/QoL things that would really improve your productivity in MacOS if present, especially usable for developers? For me it would be clipboard history, visual DMG file editor and more right click options in Finder.

But I am not sure which one to use. There the on from Japan (it's the version listed in Homebrew) and the one from steermouse dot com. I have a Kensington SlimBlade and I find the scrolling a bit jerky using the Kensington software. Don't want to install some scam version on my system. I am leaning to the one on Homebrew.