This trick is nice to try how Tahoe (or GG) would look with corner radii of previous releases. But somehow only now I had idea to try zero. It does not work, but value of 1 does.

It is so sharp. It gives strange feelings. At least temporarily, for fun, it is a nice experience to try.

In case you are not familiar with this key at all — you control it from the command line. In Terminal:

For customizing (last number is the radius value):

defaults write -g NSConvolutionOverride1 -float 1

For removing customization:

defaults delete -g NSConvolutionOverride1

Apps apply the new radius after relaunching them. Not all apps work with this (e.g. Chrome does not).

BONUS 1: Try setting value to 0.1 — it gives a strange thicker rendering for border (at least on Tahoe, didn’t test on GG).

BONUS 2: Using large values has no practical value, but for your enjoyment I have attached screenshots with some abstract window art achieved by using 100 and 300 values. :)

EDIT (thanks to u/22Megabits idea): BONUS 0: Setting negative value (like -1) clamps it to zero and removes rounding completely, similar to 0.1 (while setting 0 directly is ignored). Border rendering gets altered a little bit comparing to the default, but not as radical as with 0.1.

I cant stand the iOS-ification of everything

Anyone else still stuck at fully understanding the macOS workflow after being on windows for decades? I’m still stumped why “alt tabbing” still sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. Obviously it’s user error on my part. This is just one example

Can you suggest me some wallpaper source for macos I am little bored of default mac wallpapers

One very annoying thing in the Mac save window. If there are lots of files and folders, I usually just want to start typing something like “Doom” to jump to the folder called Doom.

But if the Save As field is active, it changes my filename to “Doom” instead. If I click in the file list first it works, but if I accidentally click on a file, for example doom1.wad, then that becomes the new filename and my original filename is lost.

Is there any easier way to do this? I just want to type the folder name and jump to it without risking changing the filename.

I really just want Spotlight to show my apps. It's a quick way for me to open my app. Nothing else. But for some reason these days it's always busy indexing all my files, and worse, my app doesn't even show up. I use it all the time.

Any suggestions?

Recently got my macbook m3 repaired by a sketch repair guy (my relative said they knew someone). It took 1 day and they gave it back but I immediately noticed that they didn't replace the entire top lid, just a "lcd" (which is suspicious bc afaik for the m3 laptops you need to replace the entire top). Then when I logged in, it would load a bit, turn pink screen, then restart. I did this 5 times before I realized something was sus so I tried looking up pink screen issue but most says its could just be LCD issue or memory leak. But I also noticed that the time is stuck on Thursday April 1 at 8:00 so I'm just really scared that they messed up my laptop, got personal info, got my passwords etc. I mostly use that laptop for school but have passwords logged on it w my apple id and stuff. Before I got it repaired, the laptop was perfectly fine except the LCD was just cracked so this is definitely sus for me.

TLDR Did I get hacked or is the LCD just a shit job

With that, should I get a new laptop or repair this with someone else thats more certified? If I buy a new one, is it worth retrieving the files on this laptop?

I can’t figure out how I can change the view option in finder to always show the same layout, including all subfolders. I browse in icon view and I want to get rid of the “show all” option i have to click every time i use “back” to get to the main folder in my hierarchy.
All subfolders have different view options and i want to reset it so it always shows “Icon view” and “show all folders and files” as default.
How do I achieve that?

I’m trying to remap Command + E so that it performs the same action as Command + W for closing a window.

I went to System Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → App Shortcuts, selected All Applications, added “Close Window,” and assigned Command + E to it. However, it simply doesn’t work.

I’m wondering if Command + E is already being used by certain apps and that’s preventing the override.

Is there another way to force macOS to use Command + E for Close Window, preferably while still being able to exclude certain apps like Chrome? Or is something like Karabiner-Elements my only real option?

It used to be fine many years ago but for last year and a bit it's constant high cpu on features I do not use. It's duetexpertd, stocks, spotlightd, that thing for syncing with iphone and the cloud. Even when it's on low power mode and not plugged in.

I used to be able to lay down with it and place it on my chest but now I have a nice rectangular erythema ab igne.

There are some tips on this sub how to fix this or that but they don't really work fully. And honestly I don't want that, I want a computer that just works without fiddling with it.

So I guess when the updates run out instead of getting a new macbook air I'm just gonna install a linux on it.

Can't figure it out and it's really bugging me. Maybe because it IS a bug? Would much appreciate any guidance as to how to prevent it from happening. Thanks in advance.

P.S. I don't have any ethernet connections or PPPoE configurations, at all, and I'm tired of dragging it off the menubar. Tahoe 26.6.2

Hi -
I’m trying to bring macOS into a windows environment, and I’m using Intune to manage applications and configurations. I’m running into a heck of time setting the camera, screen recording, audio recordings, and hard drive permissions via Intune for application like Zoom, Teams, and Slack.

Anyone have experience they can share?

I've been on this journey of making my mac workflow more Keyboard-Driven.

There is no shortage of tools out there, native and third party. We can naively categorize the ecosystem into two approaches:

Manual snapping/switching: Tools like Rectangle, Alt-Tab... etc. You manually snap windows into halves/thirds,..., but switching between arbitrary windows still relies on cycling linearly through an Alt-Tab like list of some sort, or using Mission Control/mouse.

Automatic tiling window managers: Tools like Yabai, AeroSpace, or Amethyst. They give you powerful keyboard focus (navigating directionally with h/j/k/l or arrow keys), but they force everything into rigid, automatic grids,BSP trees, i3-style splits, forced full-screening, and strict layouts.

A lot of keyboard-first enthusiasts seem to gravitate towards and recommend automatic tiling management. I’ve tried (yabai, AeroSpace) but couldn't get used to this approach. I found it hijacks the desktop more than I could tolerate, forcing tiling and not letting me just adjust one window's size for example.

What I actually want is much simpler: say manual tiling is fine, if I'm focused on a window, I hit the right arrow (or l, or whatever), I want the focus to move to the window that is physically to the right of the one I'm on, in a spatial/directional, not sequential manner. The window that’s actually on the right side of the window I'm on (or the most reasonable spatial candidate if things are not perfectly aligned/overlapping).

Just navigation through space on the standard, free-form desktop, the way the eyes already scan the screen. Kind of like old/simple video games where you just move with the arrows, you don't think about it much you just go there.

Anyone found something that does that (directional nav) without the rigid "management" tradeoff, or has everyone just accepted the grid is unavoidable?

Is there shortcut that creates new desktop/space?

Over the past 3 or 4 days, whenever i've gone to use my mac in the morning like normal, my music sounds weird, then i go into the settings to find out the audio balance is messed up and I have to manually change it back

I haven't installed any new programs or changed anything about my setup. The only thing that has changed in the past 3-4 days is I am not using the Mac for as many hours everyday as I was prior but I doubt that would cause issues

I only ever use AirPods Max (Gen 1 Lightning) for my audio, I've had a ton of issues with APM and many AppleCare+ replacements in the past, could this be a Mac problem or yet another faulty pair of AirPods Max? and if it's a mac problem, how do i solve it?

Interesting that enabling System Settings > Displays > High Dynamic Range produces a brightness slider for an external monitor in the Controls widget, whether or not the monitor qualifies as HDR. (Though non-HDR monitors look bad with HDR enabled.)

I'm not sure why my M2 Macbook 16 drives an Acer XV275K monitor at 144 Hz, whereas a friend's M5 Macbook 16 only goes up to 60 Hz. I'll investigate. Tahoe 26.6.2.

What’s the best budget MacBook for someone who wants to spin up virtual machines

I was in Finder, but I thought I was in my web browser. I attempted a force-refresh of a webpage via ⌘ + Shift + R …but—lo and behold, that hotkey combo made AirDrop appear in my current Finder window! (Edited to clarify that I was in finder the whole time. My Finder window was beside my browser window, ergo the confusion).

By the way, I already have the AirDrop shortcut in my Finder toolbar, which is good, because I’ll probably forget this shortcut.

I got my Macbook Pro M5 around 5 days back. Today while setting up handoff and airdrop, the screen suddenly froze for about a minute, with the cursor still responding and display intact. After a minute, this pop-up came saying "Window Server quit suddenly". I closed the lid for about 10 seconds and when I opened it, the lock screen showed "Password is required to enable touch Id" After that it worked fine. It's practically a new device so didn't expect an application crashing so soon. The device is updated to macos Tahoe 26.6.2.

Anyone else has faced the same? Is this a hardware problem?

Estuve buscando una aplicación para macOS similar a la de iOS pero lo único que encontré es weather desktop y no me gustan los fondos que tiene. Será que alguno sabe otra?

After the latest macOS update, my Mac charged to 100% even though I have the charge limit set to 80%.

tahoe 26.6.2 (25G83)

I then unplugged it and used it actively for several hours, but the battery percentage stayed almost at 100% the whole time. You can see the screen usage in the graph.

Looks like a battery percentage/calibration bug. Has anyone else noticed this after the update?

Hi, i’m probably one of many people to ask about it but i’m still on the latest sequoia version on my m2 air 16gb macbook. should i upgrade to 26.6.2 and what’s the performance boost or downside. i want to hear from people who recently upgraded or wanting to upgrade.

I have an Airport for backup, but I have been receiving messages that this will no longer be compatible with OS 27, but use SMB disc which seems to be something used with Microsoft products. What are the options for backups with the new OS?

It changes depending on what I’m using. If I go to upload something from there, you can’t always find what you are looking for.
Go to Finder, everything’s there just like normal. What is the logic in this, why would it need to be that way? It does it on my MacBook Air and my Mac mini.
Is there a fix or is it just like taking away the headphone port on my phone? Something inconvenient that’s supposed to be a “feature”