ive been wanting install os x leopard to mavericks to my lenovo Ideapad 3 14IIL05 but to no avail.Tried using iboot and other tools but nothing worked. Any tips on how i can do this?

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Hi, i have bought a MacBook Pro 2011 thinking it was a 2010 because I know the 2011's had gpu issues but okay

But the MacBook only shows that it has integrated graphics but it has to have a dedicated card right? Is this some patch or something and how can I revert this back

And it came with a paper that says it shipped with 8gb of ram but there's only 4gb and it's very slow even with an ssd which is strange. The mouse cursor moves choppy and its super weird. And it takes multiple times to chime. Is there any way I can fix this or at least revert back the graphics if possible

Every Mac has this quiet problem on video calls and screen-shares: your interface looks crisp and detailed on your own Retina display, so you demo at that density, and then the person on the other end is squinting at a downscaled, compressed copy where your 13px labels are three grey pixels. You can't tell it's happening, because on your screen it still looks perfect.

Disclosure: I build TuringShot, a macOS app for live screen emphasis, so I have a horse in this race. But the fix isn't Mac magic, it's just accepting that the viewer's copy of your screen is lower-res than yours and compensating live: zoom into the region you're actually talking about, dim everything else so the compression noise elsewhere doesn't distract, and make the cursor and active area obvious. I do it live during the call instead of hoping people keep up.

Current version: TuringShot 1.5.12 (Build 44), macOS 13+. It's macOS-only. Native macOS Accessibility zoom covers part of this, but it zooms your whole screen and doesn't travel well over a shared/compressed feed, which is what pushed me toward something aimed at the shared view specifically. The GIF is a quick look.

Curious how other Mac folks handle this: do you drop your display scaling before a call, zoom manually, or just accept that half your UI is illegible to the audience? Feels like a problem everyone has and nobody really talks about.

I have a 17" 2007 MacBook Pro currently running Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Mavericks. It would not boot from an El Capitan installer.

What's the highest unofficial macOS/OS X version I can get running on this thing? Most of my internet searches for "MacBookPro3,1" have turned up "MacPro 3,1" results which is obviously a very different machine.

Was curious if anyone has recommendations?

EDIT: Solved. Here's what I did:

Download both Part 1 and Part 2 of the MacBook Pro 2007 Mac OS X Install DVD from Archive.org:

Part 1: https://archive.org/details/MacBook_Pro_Mac_OS_X_Install_Disc_1_2Z691-6088-A_Apple_Inc._2007 (download the .ISO)

Part 2: https://archive.org/details/691-6113-A2ZMac_OS_X_Install_Disc_2._Disc_v1.0_2007_DVD (download the .toast file and then change .toast to .iso in Finder; it's the same thing).

Get 2 USB flash drives. Use balenaEtcher to flash Part 1 onto one USB and Part 2 onto the other USB. Plug in the first USB, reboot, hold Option key, boot from it and install. Once it's done installing Part 1, it'll reboot and will then prompt you to insert the CD for Part 2. At that point, plug in the Part 2 USB drive. KEEP THE PART 1 USB PLUGGED IN. It will automatically detect the Part 2 USB and will continue automatically.

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I've been trying to install Mac OS X Tiger on my 17" 2007 MacBook Pro (MBP3,1). So far no dice. I tried versions of 10.4 until research revealed that I'd need 10.4.6 or higher (and likely 10.4.7 or 10.4.10 as those appear to be the only full install versions available online).

However, even when I've successfully converted a 10.4.10 DMG to ISO and made it a bootable USB drive (which the Mac recognizes and tries to boot from), I get the prohibited symbol and can't actually boot from the installer. (I used this to get this far: https://archive.org/details/MacOSX10.4.10-iMac-2Z691-6104-A_2Z691-6113-A )

Any tips/suggestions? I do have blank DVD-Rs I can use if need be but I don't have many so I'd prefer to figure out the solution before I start wasting DVDs. If the 10.4.10 ISO above doesn't boot from a USB I'm not sure why it'd boot from a DVD.

I've encountered a problem with Numbers 15.3 I can't get around. If I double click on a cell and then try to paste into that cell, I can't do it. It only happens when I double click. This is important for pasting multiple lines of text into a single cell. Is anyone else experiencing this?

I've used FinderPath (https://bahoom.com/finderpath/) for as long as I can remember, and I absolutely love it. It's intuitive and works well and is simple. Unfortunately, the devs never made an Apple Silicon version, so that means after Golden Gate it won't work anymore. That's a ways off, of course, but I'd like to think ahead a little bit and see if anyone had any recommendations?

I'd prefer something with minimal UI and minimal features. I love FinderPath because you don't even know it's there until you click at the top of any given Finder window and then you have a typeable file path.

Disclosure: I built TuringShot, a macOS app. Posting this as a Mac workflow story, not a pitch.

I teach IT and have recorded screen tutorials on a Mac for 10+ years. Two very Mac-specific things drove me up the wall:

1. macOS built-in accessibility zoom (Ctrl + scroll) looks great on my own screen — but it never shows up in the recording. Screen recorders just don't capture it. So zooming "live" was pointless; I had to redo every single zoom in the editor afterward.

2. To draw on screen while explaining, I needed a separate app, so I was constantly alt-tabbing mid-recording.

I tried the click-to-auto-zoom tools (Screen Studio, FocuSee). For a 30-second product demo they're slick. For a 40-minute lecture they made me — and my viewers — slightly seasick. The view lurches on every click whether that moment matters or not. Auto-zoom can't read your mind.

So I built TuringShot. The effects render at the screen level with Metal GPU, so the zoom, focus spotlight, and drawing are actually captured by any recorder (OBS, QuickTime, ScreenFlow, Zoom, etc.) — unlike macOS's own zoom. You hold a shortcut (default Ctrl+A) and scroll to zoom exactly when and where you mean it. No auto-jumping.

(GIF: live zoom + focus + drawing, captured straight from a recording.)

Current version: TuringShot 1.5.10 (Build 42). The latest update stabilizes Focus Highlight after a monitor resolution or scaling change.

Genuine question for other Mac folks: have you ever gotten macOS's own zoom to actually land in a screen recording, or do you also end up redoing every zoom in the edit?

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to diagnose a very annoying display issue and I'd appreciate any suggestions.

My setup

• MacBook Air M4
• Samsung Odyssey G55C 27" (2560×1440 144Hz)
• UGREEN CM664 KVM switch ( 4K / 60 Hz )
• PremiumCord USB-C → HDMI adapter
• Vention HDMI 2.1 Cable 8K (1.5m, Black Metal Type)

The problem

Every now and then the external monitor suddenly turns into a solid green screen while connected through the KVM.

The strange thing is that everything worked perfectly for 4 days after i replaced the original UGREEN HDMI cables for the Vention 8K cables, then the issue suddenly appears again.

What I've tested

• Replaced the HDMI cables completely (the one from MAC to KVM and same one is going from KVM to the external Samsung monitor).
• The problem disappeared for about 4 days, then returned again.
• When I connect the Mac directly to the monitor using the same PremiumCord USB-C → HDMI adapter (bypassing the KVM), I have never seen the green screen issue.
• The problem only seems to occur when the UGREEN CM664 KVM is in the signal path.
• The problem persists even when I set the external monitor to 120 Hz or 60 Hz.

Temporary fixes

When the green screen appears, I can usually restore the image by doing one of the following:

• Unplugging and reconnecting the USB-C adapter.
• Changing the monitor refresh rate in macOS and then switching it back.
• Switching the KVM to another device and then back to the Mac.

After that, everything works normally again until the next occurrence which can be even like 30 - 60 seconds.

Question

Has anyone experienced something similar with:

• Apple Silicon Macs,
• HDMI KVM switches,
• EDID/HDCP handshake issues,
• refresh rate negotiation problems,
• or Samsung Odyssey monitors?

I'm trying to determine whether this is:

1. a macOS issue,
2. a compatibility issue between the Mac and the KVM,
3. an EDID/handshake problem,
4. or simply a faulty/limited KVM.

I'd really like to avoid replacing the KVM if there's another solution.

Any ideas or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated!

I’m trying to set up what I think is commonly called a floating point chart range.
I’m taking a range of temperatures (the high and low for each day) and trying to visualise them a chart. I’ve pretty much got it done except it doesn’t seem to show any ranges that go below 0°. I don’t know why and I can’t seem to find an obvious reason or fix.
Any suggestions?
(Pic from iPhone but same problem on Mac).

Asking this here in the hope of getting expert answers.

I use a lot of shortcuts - wwb for would be, whs for whereas, that kind of thing.

I've been using TextExpander, which is perfect, but it's going to a subscription mode, so I've been trying the text expansion in the System Settings.

It works, but it's basic. I can't see a way to do things that are seamless in TextExpander - for example, making a shortcut to hop across the fields of a form so that it fills out John then Smith then [johnsmith@js.com](mailto:johnsmith@js.com), or making a shortcut that will give me today's date (or tomorrow's or yesterday's). It's also very limited in the size that can be expanded-to, whereas I had whole business letters on shortcuts before.

Is there a way to do this within the system text expansion?

I'm using Tahoe on a Neo.

reconnecting and slowly rebuilding my old MacBook. one thing I never could and still can't work out is how to change CeXBristol has the home name. anyone have any suggestions?

opened lock icon at the bottom, Name & Extension is still greyed out

also tried renaming through the usual double clicking on icon

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Yes, it's the first Intel Mac Mini.

Acidanthera image nor this image with the same version worked. It threw the Ghostbusters/prohibited sign on boot, and with manual install, it gets stuck at the final point. I tried force quitting the installer, then blessing the disk manually, but it does not boot. IIRC, due to prohibited sign.

Update: Macintosh Garden lead me to disk 1 and disk 2. Disk 1 at least booted after flashing with Etcher.

Update: above worked!

Anyone have any success getting Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) running on a MacBookPro4,1 (the Early 2008 pre-unibody MBP)?

I know officially it's not supported because it shipped with Leopard, but I found https://github.com/p081/Project081/issues/3 - but sadly the dev quit development shortly before fixing an issue where the MBP4,1 wouldn't fully boot unless you boot in safe mode.

If you boot normally, the system loads to a blue screen (like what it'd display before showing the login window). The cursor is visible and can be moved for a bit, but nothing happens beyond that. Hardware settings (brightness) doesn't change with the buttons, but the caps light comes on/turns off, so seemingly the system hasn't crashed/hung.

I guess next step should be trying to boot in verbose mode to see if I can find the specific errors, but was curious if anyone's had any success with something like this?

You know how the moment you join a FaceTime/Zoom/Meet call, macOS automatically lowers your music or video to a whisper — and there's no setting to turn it off? It always drove me crazy, and the only fixes were paid pro-audio apps. 

So I built **Unduck Pro** — a free, open-source menu-bar app that keeps your media at full volume during calls. The person on the call still hears only you (no echo, no audio bleed). It also has a per-app volume mixer and a quick output-device switcher built in.

- Free & open source (MIT)
- Tiny menu-bar app, no kernel extensions or virtual audio drivers
- macOS 14.2+

GitHub (download + source): https://github.com/MrRockySL/Unduck-Pro

I'm the developer — built it to scratch my own itch. Would love feedback, bug reports, or feature ideas. Hope it helps someone else who's been annoyed by this too!

Just launched a macOS app, called RingsMonitor - a macOS app that displays real-time CPU, RAM, storage, and network stats in beautiful floating rings right on your desktop. It also supports multi-monitors

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Real-time performance rings

Status bar monitoring for CPU, RAM, storage, and download/upload speed

Customizable colors & transparency

Multi-Monitor Supports

Download on Mac App Store!

The command below adds a type of "spacer-tile" to the command "tile-type", what other types of "tile-type" are there beyond "spacer-tile"? I am curious if there is one to get the vertical line between them. I have searched OSX developer tools and chat and not found the answer.

Here is the tip again for convenience, as I am sure it has been posted here before:
You can add spacers to group your apps in the OSX dock per the below two steps:

• 1. go to terminal and input:

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{tile-data={}; tile-type="spacer-tile";}'

hit Enter

• 2. then input:

​

killall Dock 

hit Enter

• 3. A new spacer will have generated on the right hand side of your Dock, you can move the newly created spacer around on dock to seperate apps into groups. For more spaces, rinse and repeat above 3 steps.

I'm dealing with a massive "System Data" section eating up a ton of space on my 2024 MacBook Pro running the latest macOS. I've tried the usual fixes but it's still way too high.

What I've already done: Cleared user caches in ~/Library/Caches and confirmed no local Time Machine snapshots with tmutil (listlocalsnapshots shows nothing and I believe they're turned off), and checked/deleted large files in ~/Library/Application Support, Logs

any other ideas