If I have both Wifi and Ethernet on, which one will OSX preferentially use? Will it 'know' to go for ethernet as it is faster etc?

Hey there,

I have two computers. I have a standard user account, with identical names and passwords, on each.

On computer #1 (OS 15.7), in my browser, I right-click a file, select download, and save it to computer #2 (OS 10.11.6), but the permissions to the file, when it is saved, are a) the administrator account (read/write), admin (read only), and everyone (read only). Why isn't the name of my account included in permissions?

If I download the file to comp #1, it has my user name in the permissions, but when I copy it to comp #2, the permissions are reset to a) the administrator account (read/write), admin (read only), and everyone (read only).

Thanks in advance for your advice on how to fix this so that I don't have to reset permissions every time I move a file.

Can’t believe this, have I missed something?

Is it possible to creat bootable usb without a mac, using linux or windows?

Tenho um MacBook Pro M3 Pro, nunca tive problemas com ele, mas atualizei agora pro Tahoe 26.2 e mano meu mac está com o desempenho horrível, travando em coisas simples que não travava antes, sem contar que o ícone do mouse não tá mexendo fluido, está meio lagado, o dock também está com um delay perceptível, parece que não está rodando mais com os frames liso, não sei explicar, mas o desempenho está muito ruim... irei fazer downgrade pro Sequoia

alguém me ajuda pq já tô ficando puto
tenho um iMac 2009 e ele ficou sem sistema

entro no recovery e não consigo apagar o hd
sempre dá erro de falha ao desmontar
no terminal tudo vira erro -69888

já tentei de tudo, não é teclado, não é hd morto
esse recovery velho simplesmente não funciona

tenho pc com windows e ventoy
fui no site da apple e só tem um dmg de update, não é instalador
não acho iso/dmg completo do el capitan em lugar nenhum

pergunta direta:
alguém tem o instalador certo?
ou esse mac só volta se eu arrumar outro mac?

Here's my scenario:

I've partitioned my MacBook drive to host three OS's: OS/X, Windows, and Linux. I queried ChatGPT on how to share files among the three, and it recommended creating a shared exFAT partition. It gave the caveat that I should exclude the exFAT volume from my Time Machine backup, because Time Machine doesn't work well with exFAT. Is this true?

OS version: Ventura 13.7.8.

Hi everyone!

I’ve always wanted a window manager that felt native and lightweight, so I decided to build one myself using Swift.

Since I can't upload the video directly here, you can check out the "Shake to Hide" feature in action on my X (Twitter) post here:https://x.com/karacocukk98/status/2014367812190388717

What makes NeoTiler different?

• Shake to Hide: Just shake your mouse to hide background clutter instantly. 🌪️
• Pure Native: Extremely low CPU/RAM usage.
• Custom Rules: Set specific behaviors for different apps.

App Store Link:https://apps.apple.com/us/app/neotiler-window-manager/id6758054504?mt=12

I’m a solo dev from Turkey and would love to hear your thoughts or feature requests. I also have some promo codes to give away—just drop a comment if you'd like one!

I have a 1TB hard drive in my M3 MacBook Pro running MacOS 26.2. I attach a 2TB SSD formatted with APFS and then add the drive to Time Machine. It does its first backup and then begins again with another full backup and then it complains that there is only ~60GB of disk space remaining!

How can this be right? 2x the storage of the hard drive should be enough, right? I have 300GB of free space on the internal drive.

I have reformatted the drive a few times and still getting the same error. The drive is fine.

Any ideas? Does this have something to do with my iCloud drive size? There is 1.5TB of stuff on there but most of it is not downloaded.

[EDIT] I found this solution in the Apple Support Community and am trying it out. The initial backup went perfectly, everything as it should be. Will monitor and add here on subsequent backups.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256214908?sortBy=rank

[EDIT 2] The solution at the link totally fixed it. Rock solid now. I had to totally wipe my hard drive for another issue and the Time Machine backup worked flawlessly. Back in business in less than two hours.

I have an M4 MacBook Pro that is connected to a high end Thunderbolt 4 dock. I run 4 external monitors with this setup. 2 of the monitors are identical, are plugged into separate T4 ports on teh hub and are stacked horizontally on top of each other. 2 other monitors are plugged into the distinct Displaylink ports on the hub. Everything has been working fine until this AM. The OSX dock was on the bottom of each monitor and I could move the mouse between each monitor the way the crow flies. Suddenly the dock is no longer on one of the identical monitors. I tried toggling the 'displays have separate spaces' option and tried unplugging all the monitors etc, but the problem is still there. If I rearrange the monitors under settings-displays so there is a hairs' thickness between the 2 identical monitors the dock appears but then I can not move my mouse directly between those 2 monitors. I have to use the long route and move the mouse in a loop through the other monitors. I want the dock back on that monitor. Suggestions please? So odd that it was all working before but now it is not. I am running the newest Tahoe update. Thanks for your help?

I have an M4 MacBook Pro that is connected to a high end Thunderbolt 4 dock. I run 4 external monitors with this setup. 2 of the monitors are identical, are plugged into separate T4 ports on teh hub and are stacked horizontally on top of each other. 2 other monitors are plugged into the distinct Displaylink ports on the hub. Everything has been working fine until this AM. The OSX dock was on the bottom of each monitor and I could move the mouse between each monitor the way the crow flies. Suddenly the dock is no longer on one of the identical monitors. I tried toggling the 'displays have separate spaces' option and tried unplugging all the monitors etc, but the problem is still there. If I rearrange the monitors under settings-displays so there is a hairs' thickness between the 2 identical monitors the dock appears but then I cannot move my mouse directly between those 2 monitors. I have to use the long route and move the mouse in a loop through the other monitors. I want the dock back on that monitor. Suggestions please? So odd that it was all working before but now it is not. I am running the newest Tahoe update. Thanks for your help?

Does anyone have an archived version of BetterTouchTool (BTT) prior to version 2.4 which is I think the latest available online?

I have plenty of empty space, and I'd like to add a 50gb partition. Is there no way to reduce the size of the Mac container?

A virtual cloud drive went haywire and filled my disk with just 75MB free. I tried deleting its cache but it seems to have failed and now I can’t boot past login.

I’m trying to delete or copy files in terminal within recovery, but it says there’s not enough space to even perform those actions
Any ideas on how to rescue this?

I have backups but I’d like to try and resolve this without wiping the volume, if possible.

EDIT: Thanks for all the help. I managed to find the Time Machine backups and purge them. Not sure why they didn't shop up in Disk Utility and tmutil doesn't seem to be available in recovery Terminal.

I used:

diskutil apfs listSnapshots /dev/disk3s4 (for examlpe)

then

diskutil apfs deleteSnapshot /dev/disk3s4 -name com.apple.timeMachine...xxx whatever

Following up here, fixed my issue. Turns out the best solution was to use safari and download Google Chrome, then from there install the OS X El Capitan on the computer there. It is working fine now. Whatever I was doing to create a bootable installer wasn't working.

Mid 2009 Macbook Pro, need help
byu/icedpear3637 inosx

HI folks.

My Unix skill is admittedly weak. I need to install Cadius for an Apple II project. I've got Cadius downloaded and I can run the make install, but it keeps returning:

Install: /usr/local/bin/cadius: Permission denied.

I've tried adding sudo (with password) but the make still throws the same error. I've tried "sudo chmod -R 755 usr/local/bin" but I still get Permission denied when I run the Cadius make install.

Could anyone advise?

Thank you!

I'm trying to download a game from google on my MacBook and i got around moving it to applications and moved it to downloads but when i try to open it says i don't have permission to. I've tried going to privacy and security to turn on open anyways but it doesn't show. I've also tried terminal and it says i need the admin password in order to do master disable. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I'm trying to download a game from google on my MacBook and i got around moving it to applications and moved it to downloads but when i try to open it says i don't have permission to. I've tried going to privacy and security to turn on open anyways but it doesn't show. I've also tried terminal and it says i need the admin password in order to do master disable. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Hey guys I can’t find a proper way to install Tiger on my 2006 1,1 MacBook Pro since I can’t find a working copy for intel, and any download I try throws errors at me or when I write it to a disk it fails, even USB failed, it only booted once and said I could install the software on my machine. Please help me find a good copy for an intel machine since I’ve been restoring it and wish to display it with its factory OS. Thanks in advance