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How much storage space do I really have?
I have a Mac Mini M4 with 500 GB SSD running macOS Tahoe 26.1. The internal drive is formatted APFS, of course.
I’m getting some confusing results when I try to see how much storage I have available.
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Apple Mail messages disappeared after IMAP deletion + local move failure (no disk space) – emlx files still exist but appear empty
I am trying to recover my Apple Mail inbox on macOS Yosemite (Mail v8) after a series of events caused all messages to disappear from the application, even though the raw files are still present on ...
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Why is macOS Tahoe firewall suddenly blocking all network access?
macOS 26.1 (Tahoe), M4 MacBook Pro
Yesterday, I rebooted my MacBook and suddenly found that I had no network access, LAN or otherwise. Pinging 8.8.8.8 (or my router) gives No route to host -- no ...
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HELP! External HD not working... Corrupted EFI Name, need help rebuilding EFI?
kind of in a doozy here. So, I have a 8TB External HD that I have always mounted to my iMac that is running the newest version of Sequoia via OCLP. I'm not sure exactly what happened to the drive, but ...
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How to reset password on a partitioned drive? (MacBook Air 2024) [closed]
I partitioned my computer to create a separate drive onto which I’ve saved ALL my data. Then I PW protected it to prevent Apple from sucking up my info into the Cloud.
Now I cannot remember the PW. I ...
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Apple Time capsule crashed during 35 pass erase; is 32 passes "good enough"?
I was doing a 35-pass erase on my Apple Time Capsule. I was about 32 passes in when my computer crashed. Do I have to start over, or is it safe to say that my Time Capsule has been erased at least 32 ...
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Why am I not getting an alert sound when a text message comes in macOS?
When I am actively using my Mac, and I get an inbound text message, it often doesn't make a sound and I cannot figure out why.
The message does show in the "Messages" app. Also, ...
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How to host local repo of select Homebrew packages?
I want to allow a group of users to use Homebrew for macOS, but I also want to maintain the update schedule and list of available packages, including Homebrew itself. My understanding is that I could ...
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Permission denied when accessing external disk
MacOS 12.7.3:
By mistake I disconnected an external disk (having ExFat32 file system), and it is now of course marked as corrupted. Disk Utilities / First Aid can't repair it. Hence I tried it from ...
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`hdiutil -passphrase` encryption confusion
I'm making a disk image creating program, and it of course is going to use hdiutil to do the actual work.
I'm reading through the docs and I have -encryption aes-256 added to the command when someone ...
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Unmounting multiple IOS simulators
In my Disk Utility I see five “Apple Disk Image Media” volumes. They all appear to be IOS simulators.
Now, I have done a little IOS development in XCode, but I don’t understand why these images ...
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How can I ssh to macOS from an X Windows machine, and run a browser to display on X Windows, sort of like XTerm?
I have a macOS machine running Catalina. I also have a Linux machine running Ubuntu 20.04. I can ssh -X user@macos-machine and then run XTerm, Xeyes, and other X programs on the Mac, displaying them ...
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Whole system freezing / stuttering at regular intervals in macOS Tahoe 26.1
after the fascinating issue with the Clock app—which is still embarrassingly buggy even after removing the mobiletimerd.plist file—I have a new, fresh issue with macOS Tahoe.
At apparently random ...
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Why http://linux/ gets redirect to linux.com in Safari
Today I was trying to google the header file linux/cleanup.h, but surprisingly when I typed it in Safari address bar, it redirect me to https://linux.com/cleanup.h.
In fact, simply http://linux/ will ...
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MacOS app for github projects
Is there an app that allows me to use github projects on my mac, basically as an app?
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Stocks widget on macOS Tahoe isn’t updating BTC price (after BTC crash)
Stocks widget on macOS Tahoe isn’t updating BTC price (after BTC crash)
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Wed Nov 19 10:51:16 CET 2025
Wrong price:
in Stocks.app direct also wrong price:
Correct price:
I did a reboot, remove ...
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Why am I getting an error 53 when trying to restore an iPhone 7 (iOS 15.8.5) on an via iTunes gets stuck on verifying restore?
When I try to restore my iPhone via iTunes from my Windows 11 machine.
I am getting error 53 and it gets stuck on verifying restore. I also tried flash my phone from 3uTools in iTunes mode and I am ...
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Is there any way to see all the times my MacBook has charged? [duplicate]
I recently lost my MagSafe charger somewhere at school, and it would be helpful to know all the times I charged it so I can try and track it down using those times. Is there any way to see this?
I can'...
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What version of ncurses is included with Sequoia and Tahoe?
What version of ncurses is included with macOS 15 (Sequoia) and 26 (Tahoe)?
macOS 14 (Sonoma) upgraded to ncurses 6.0, which made 256 colour terminal support easier.
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Disable local network access filter [duplicate]
Unfortunately Apple decided to make all of our lifes more complicated by incorporating new so called "security" features that block software from accessing the local network.
I know that ...
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Adjust the Vim color scheme in the terminal of macOS Tahoe 26.1
As mentioned above
I want to adjust the Vim color scheme in the terminal of my macOS Tahoe 26.1 system so that it resembles the color display scheme in Linux.
Also i'm using a MacBook Air M4.
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Is it possible to force the Sketch function in Preview.app to draw straight lines (instead of smoothed freehand) by default?
Before I update to MacOS Monterey, pretty much every time I drew a line, it was straight. Now, it seems to me like the precision is increased and now I have to select the straight line option after ...
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Why didn't rsync copy the contents of my Pictures folder?
I used rsync to copy my entire user folder from an older Macbook Air that is failing onto a new Mac, using Recovery Mode's "Share Disk" feature. Now I'm digging through the copy, moving ...
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I inherited an older macbook and want to login but don't know username or password [closed]
I inherited my mom's macbook and want to access it to see if she had any old pictures, recipes, or other files that would be nice to have.
However I don't know her username or password.
Is there any ...
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iPhone 15 Pro — mystery icon [closed]
An icon appeared at the bottom right of my iPhone screen. It appears to do nothing. I can’t remove it or delete it. It also covers 2 letters. I had the find an alternate way to enter the letter that ...
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help please turn sing-box into a simple iOS VPN service [closed]
I have a really hard with sing-box config. Id just like to gain XP so i can enable the VPN with just one button from the control center and forward all the basic traffic (TCP, UDP/WebRTC/DNS) through ...
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Is the iOS 18 or 26's built-in screenrecording feature able to record the phone's audio?
I have an iPhone 12 mini running iOS 15.7. The built-in screen recording feature works, but it can’t record the phone’s internal audio. Does the built-in screen recording feature in iOS 18 or 26 allow ...
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Installed font not in some apps?
I downloaded a TTF font called "Cowboy Movie" from a free site. It was immediately available in Font Book, and in TextEdit, but even after reboot, the GraphicConverter font menu doesn't ...
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I have a iPhone 6 s and I forgot my password [duplicate]
I have tried multiple times guessing my passcode and it won’t work how can I reset it
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How to change audiobook cover artwork?
I bought an audio in Apple’s Books app. The cover artwork is incorrect (it names the wrong narrator). How can I change/update/correct the art? I see no edit options in the menu bar, nor in the ...
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iOS 26 contact caller phone number no longer highlighted in contacts
I’d like to see which number called me on iOS instead of just the contact name.
The configuration to reproduce this is the same on iOS 26 and before the update this fall:
– the caller name comes from ...
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Is it possible to rescue older parts of a Time Machine backup?
If one were to accidentally delete one folder from a Time Machine backup, could one salvage at least the older backups? Or would all be lost?
By "folder" I mean the folders corresponding to ...
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Which software for GPG/PGP email encryption on pretty recent macOS? [closed]
Since GPG Suite from gpgtools only supports macOS 13.x, but since weeks the successor of macOS 15 is out, I would like to know which alternative I can use to de- and encrypt emails on a recent os ...
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How to use a Bluetooth microphone in iOS Camera?
I paired my iPhone with a brand new “Neewer” Bluetooth microphone. The “Voice Memos” app uses the microphone, but the “Camera” app does not use the microphone.
How can I make iPhone's camera use the ...
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Homebrew cannot find pkgconf *.pc files besides pkgconf itself
I have several Homebrew packages installed. I’m trying to make a Swift Package that adapts one of those Homebrew packages to Swift. The SPM package file can specify to search for the library using ...
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I have an older MacBook Pro, (mid 2010) with version 10.13.6 High Sierra. It has started to suddenly crash and need to reboot [closed]
I am wondering whether this is likely a memory (RAM) problem or an issue with the motherboard?
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windowserver constant ~50% CPU load, ~20% GPU load, 120 FPS, high power draw on macOS Tahoe 26
I have a 16" MacBook Pro with M3 Max CPU and 48 GB of RAM. Currently I have macOS Tahoe 26.1 installed.
Before the release of Tahoe, I was running macOS Sequoia and was generally very happy with ...
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Does specifying the column (i.e. R) as a range specify all of the cells in that column not in the header or footer?
I am using RANK whose 2nd parameter is a "value-set". In my case, I want this to be all of the cells in column 'R' that are in the body of the spreadsheet -- i.e. all the cells in the ...
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Will Apple Mail work with a MFA'd Microsoft Exchange email address?
Despite the eternal, bitter vexation of all employees, our company insists upon using Microsoft Exchange for its server system.
I "own" two email accounts on this system:
my own email, ...
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Mailto: links in emails stopped working after updating to iOS 26 and iPad OS
Our internal system uses mailto: links to approve or reject some requests. After updating to iOS 26.1 nothing happens when I click such link. I need to hold and select Mail from the menu that appears.
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iPad (a16) keeps dropping wifi connection
My (fairly new - 6 months) iPad keeps dropping the Wifi connection. It keeps disconnecting & reconnecting about every 40 seconds. The issue started yesterday. I turn off my iPad every night / turn ...
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I want my morning alarm to ring through my telephone speakers and not my headset. How can I make it that the alarm ring on my phone and not headset
When I go to sleep at night, I have a headset so I could listen to my music, but my headset falls off so then when my morning alarm rings, I cannot hear the alarm. As the alarm is ringing through the ...
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What is the location of system PATH and other environment variables in macOS 26?
There seems to be a consensus that the PATH for macOS (any version) is some value set (exclusively) in /etc/paths and user-maintained shell scripts (notably /etc/profile and ~/.profile as well as ...
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Why does an ExFAT external SSD mount, and an APFS external SSD fails to?
To no avail I've reformatted a Samsung QVO 8TB SSD as APFS with GPT so that I can use that external for iPhone backups with a symlink. Unfortunately, every time I format the SSD as APFS it never ...
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Voice dictation not working on Dvorak keyboard
I'm trying some voice dictation options on Mac OS and it looks like when I change my keyboard layout to Dvorak, the dictation just doesn't work.
It outputs something completely different, which in ...
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Time Machine shows external drive as empty folder (‘0 items’) despite regular backups — how can I access the data?
I’m very confused by a Time Machine situation and would greatly appreciate any guidance.
I back up my internal Mac drive as well as all of my external hard drives to a 14TB Time Machine backup drive, ...
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Why has my MacBook Air M1 (A2337) stopped charging?
I recently bought a MacBook Air M1 with a broken display, planning to repurpose it as a headless system. During the disassembly process, I may have inadvertently damaged the logic board because the ...
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How to fix hang after login?
M2 MacBook Air running Sonoma.
Yesterday I opened up my Mac and it booted into Recovery Mode, which I have never seen before. There was no explanation for why this happened. I used the Mac 30 minutes ...
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How can I fix a permission error when I use Shortcuts to move a file to the Desktop?
I am trying to use Apple Shortcuts to move a file to Desktop on Mac. But every time I run the shortcut, I get the error message: "You don’t have permission. The file couldn’t be opened because ...
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Does "Clear History and Website Data" also clear local storage in Safari on iOS?
Does "Clear History and Website Data" also clear local storage in Safari on iOS? I read some contradictory information on that issue, most of it quite old and probably outdated.
If local ...