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  1. ipedro

    Display Background Terminal Commands?

    I've been delving into Terminal after my iMac failed and I was able to save it through Terminal commands in a way that GUI Disk Utility wasn't able to. It got me interested in what's happening behind the scenes. Is macOS not constantly executing commands in the background? Is there an app or a...
  2. M

    Disk space decreases to 0, but returns on restart

    When I restart my laptop, I have 30GB of hard disk space left. Over the course of several hours, the available space reported by Finder reduces to 0. When I restart, the free space returns. As an example: I saw my available hard disk space was at 21.1MB, so I restarted my computer. At 9:54am...
  3. AjTee

    Siri hangs after exit from Sleep Mode

    Hello, When I use Siri after MacBook restart it works normally. After exit from Sleep mode, when I press the button, the little Siri window pops up and it makes its standard noise "duh-ding", but the icon that indicates that Siri is listening does not move (icon is hanged), and it does not...
  4. rybelis

    MacBook Pro does not deliver images in iMessage

    Recently I bought MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65) I noticed I could not successfully deliver images in iMessages. Although it looks like everything is fine and the image has been sent in my MacBook's iMessages, but actually receiver gets the small stock...
  5. C

    Rip Bluray on macOS Mojave Beta

    Any one using macOS Mojave Beta and how to rip or backup Blurays on it?
  6. T

    Why does the iOs photos app show different time zone time than the MacOS version

    When I look at my photos were taken at a place that was a different time zone than mine, the time shows correctly (i.e. adjusts it for the time zone.) however, on my iOs devices, the time is set at my own current time zone. Is this normal or am i doing something wrong?
  7. I

    Delete or Merge a partition

    Hi, I had a bootcamp partition but in some way it got transformed to another kind of partition and now all I want is to delete every partition except the main one (Which runs MacOS). As my MacBook is new, I don't have a lot of stuff in it. I just want to merge all the other partitions into the...
  8. dvvdv

    Windows vs macOS?

    Here a my two desktops, Windows 7 and macOS! I have both for different programs and tweaks, as you can see below! Just wondering if there are any essential tweaks or mods, programs I should add to either desktop? Suggestions and advice are appreciated, thanks! If you like either desktop, let me...
  9. C

    iTunes library help

    Hi guys, Made the plunge and bought a Macbook pro, loving how slick and fast MacOS definitely not sure i can go back to windows. My question is about iTunes and moving my library from windows to mac, im having a bit of difficulty as ive used iTunes on windows since it was released and i've...
  10. Z

    Dock shadow issue

    I am having a really annoying shadow around the dock. If I hide the dock the shadow goes away with it, so this shadow is clearly attached to the dock. I want it to disappear.
  11. Z

    NTB 2016 - Upgrade from 10.12.6 to 10.13.6?

    Hi guys, long time lurker here. I've been following the discussions on High Sierra since it was published, and hence not installed it, as most seemed to have problems with it. However, I'd very much like to install it if it is beneficial in any way and I am therefore asking your opinions: Is...
  12. seatton

    Moving iTunes files from MacBook to the 2018 MacBook Pro

    Hi all, I am getting a new 2018 MacBook with Touchbar tomorrow (super excited!!!). I have my Time Machine backup from my very old MacBook (9 years old running El Capitan). I have three questions: 1) Is there a way I can move my iTunes files (including play counts, etc) to my new Mac using...
  13. T

    SwiftAudioPlayer - open source music player [WIP]

    Hello, This is a project I created a few months ago to teach myself how to program stuff for macOS in Swift. I decided to share this at an early stage because it might be interesting for some people (especially new developers) to see a new project grow over time from the beginning. I'm also...