r/MacOS

As the title suggests, what are your main issues with the MacOS? What features would you like it to have or to have them easier done? What previously worked in the older versions and now it doesn't or needs an update? What would you like or find useful to be implemented in order to have a better experience?

What features do you hate or make the entire working progress or enjoyment process a pain to you?

I just want to collect data about what is working, what is not working and what could be implemented or updated:))

Hello everyone
This is my first time posting, so please excuse mistake I make

I’m thinking of downloading a virtual machine on my Mac mini with M4 chip, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, 16GB unified memory, 512GB SSD storage, Gigabit Ethernet

But I heard it makes the spam life of my Mac shorter, is that true?
And are there anything that I need to watch out for?

Edit:
My apologies English is not my mother tongue
And I mean span life not spam life lol

My tip would be:

Not to go down the rabbit hole of apps/setups before you actually hit a wall.

MacOS has a good foundation of functionality and performance that covers most of the normal users, and still many of them like keyboard shortcuts, hidden settings are often overlooked/missed to notice.

what would be yours?

Ps: Feel free to mention apps too if you think are indispensable!

i wanted to say first that I find macOS probably the most superior Unix(*-like) OS now. it’s beautiful, pretty much polished, standartised, convenient to use, but the only thing what bothers me about it is absence of native official package manager for plenty of CLI software. yeah, I know, that homebrew exists, but It often gives you outdated packages and feels (and is) like a third-party, foreign & not integrated at all software. I mean, is that bad to take a responsibility for official package manager of the macOS like for example windows did (winget)? One of the few things I respect windows for. Just to make things more transparent, easy and integrated. What do you think? How would it look like if it really will appear in macOS? Or should it even be added?

People really should start taking computer lessons.

I grew up with DOS 6.22, so we pretty much had to learn everything the hard way. No internet back then, so it was reading books and/or magazines and figuring stuff out with friends.

People these days have Google, YouTube, social media, forums, etc. Still they seem to be completely lost with their devices all the time.

And for some reason, people don't know how to use Google anymore.

My god, it was such a wonderful thing back then. I could find anything I wanted, in few seconds. Just go out and type it!

Hello guys, I'm looking for a local LLM for my dictation software. Right now I am using fluid voice with Parakeet v3.

I just want a LLM that reads through my dictated lines and forms a nice text out of it. I tried some models with ollama but the Ai ust did not accepted my prompts, just answered like I aksed the Ai.

It should be:

- Fast but also grammatically correct

- Local

- Free to use

Quando avevo un PC Windows assemblato da me lo adoravo, Windows mi sembrava il top e non ne volevo sapere di altro.
Da quando sono passato a macOS però è cambiato tutto: ora se provo a usare Windows (anche solo per necessità) mi sembra lentissimo, pieno di bloat e frustrante. Non riesco più a tornarci seriamente.
Per di più le macchine virtuali di Windows su Mac sono praticamente inutilizzabili: rubano tutta la RAM disponibile e il sistema diventa lentissimo. Alla fine uso Parallels solo quando proprio non posso farne a meno, ma resto il più possibile nell’ecosistema Apple

I've got an iMac 27" 2020, running sequoia 15.7.7. I got an update notification for Tahoe 26.5. Did I miss a whole bunch of updates? I may have been told or read that with the machine I have staying with sequoia was a good idea, just can't remember. Any ideas on what the best thing to do is would be appreciated.

ETA: thanks for the replies. I checked "ignore ownership on this volume" via the info panel for the drive in question, and now files move as expected (rather than copying).

I'm on a Macbook Pro, OS 26.41. I have an 8tb external usb connected. When I move files on that drive, to another folder (def not an alias), on the same drive, I get asked to enter admin pw, and then the file copies instead of moves.

I've tried it numerous times, always copies instead of moves. Any ideas?

Drive seems to be healthy, and I've run Disk First Aid on it.

Which Mac product do you prefer for flutter ( mobile application ) development ? Something affordable and high performance. Someone suggested: MiniMac M4 Macbook Air M4 MacBook Pro M3 I like hear u guys

I'm on a MacBook Air, macOS 26.5. Is there any way to make sure I never see that damned Sign in With Google pop-up ever again?

Has anyone built an extension, a script, an Automator routine, an I-don't know-what, a spell or incantation to make that pop up go away forever? Is there something I can set with LittleSnitch or another app to block that?

I do not ever want to sign in with Google anywhere except at Google, and even then, only when I have to. I choose not to use Google for anything that I do not absolutely have to, and this pop-up annoys the hell out of me.

None of the suggestions I've found on the web anywhere actually work. I even installed Chrome for the sole purpose of reaching a setting that is only accessible in Chrome, and it didn't work. (Deleting Chrome now.)

I'd love a solution that works across iPhones and iPads as well, but anywhere it could be stopped is a start.

Thanks for any ideas.

I switched to a Mac mini this past February and I've used windows all my life before then, I've mostly gotten used to things and I'm not trying to turn mac os in to windows, I'm willing to learn and so far so good.

One thing I really miss tho is that in windows when you take a ss it automatically goes to the clipboard, you can just ctrl v and paste it wherever you want, Is there any way to enable this on mac os or using a third party app?