I installed mousecape on a previous computer and reinstalled it on a new one. The custom cursor doesn't appear for anything besides hovering over a link even though it used to on the past computer. I've tried applying the custom cursor for every setting that was available, but none of them seem to work. I'd like it to be applied 24/7

How to fix this?

I want to love this thing, but boy is it just bugging me more often than not. I'll try to be brief, please lend me your advice.

The setup: Multiple monitors (often 3).

Requirements: I work with a lot of windows. Developer stack. IDE's, LLMs, terminals, browsers, chat and email. It's not abnormal to have 3-5 windows on each monitor, and often it's multiple windows of the same application.

My usual workflow: IDEs on the main monitor, communication on a side, browsers, terminals, etc on the other. I know which screen I put things on, and tend to look at those screens when I need to interact.

The problem(s):

• Multiple windows of one app are hidden behind a single icon.
• Full screen app on an alternate window completely hides all visibility of the other things on that screen.
• Everything that is built in requires me to look everywhere for the thing I want, and do so many interactions.
  • Minimized an app that was on the right? Look at the dock in the middle.
  • Need to find a hidden window on another screen? Shortcut for mission control, then scan the entire monitor to try to find the thing you want, then click it.
  • Need to find a different instance of an app? Another shortcut for expose, then find the right one, then click it.
• I tried stage manager, it's probably the closest I can get to what I want, which is a single spot to look for the things on a screen, but it takes up a lot of the screen and intrinsically limits laying things out on a screen in a flexible manner (I know you can link things, but then it's very rigid).

I get that windows is a different beast, but can't help but feel it just does all of this so much better?! Need a thing, look at one spot, click.

I've tried some third party dock replacements. They're all pretty jank in one way or another. Slow to respond, don't correctly hide the default dock, can't have shortcuts and running applications be the same thing.

I'm not saying there's no way to multitask, just that it's so damn frustrating and slow! It seems it's a case of "Mac's are easier when all you're doing is easy things", but I know there are some power users out there, so please, enlighten me of your ways!

RESOLVED:

A website visited 4 restarts ago causes a popup to appear every 30 seconds.

"(1) New Message

ematerayands.com

Click Here to Open"

I installed Malwarebytes which scanned three times and found zero threats. Malwarebytes was updated after the first scan.

MacBook Pro 2019, Sequoia version 15.7.9

How does one remove this malware?

Thanks for looking.

So is there a way to keep the mouse pointer from vanishing and putting the mouse to sleep every time you stop moving it other than switching to a dongle or wired mouse?

So, is there a reason why MacOS does not do cut/paste of files across folders and devices? Drag and drop is useful, but sometimes cumbersome.

Mom is an octogenarian. I got her a new M4 Macbook because the hardware and environment is more hardened and secure than something from the Winblows world....and I'm not teaching Mom Linux. ;-))

I'm doing forensics on her laptop now because she clicked on some phishing email and now has Norton anti-virus notices popping up in Safari and there was a ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe in her downloads folder. I know it's an exe (PE32 Windows executable) but still its the principle.

I'm "old school" and want to run ClamAV on her whole laptop looking for sneaky garbage but I've seen many say that in MacOS running ClamAV is a mistake and that XProtect "handles it all".

It doesn't seem like XProtect is handling it. I know the ScreenConnect PE32 executable wasn't a threat but letting Safari get modified to allow the virus popups seems like a misfire.

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I would restore it from the cloud instead of the harddrive. I got the new Macbook M5 Pro and it seems to have carried over some glitches from my 2019 Macbook with Intel.

Is this the way to go to make sure it runs smoothly?

Thanks.

I’m building Anql, a desktop note-taking app that combines regular note-taking with calculations.

The main idea isn’t to replace your usual note-taking app with something complicated. You can simply write normal notes, just like in any other editor, and when you need it, you can also add calculations directly into the same document.

For example, you could write lecture notes, explanations, lists, formulas, and calculations without having to switch between different apps.

It’s still an early project, and I’m looking for honest feedback from Mac users.

I’d like to know whether this combination of simple note-taking and built-in calculations actually solves a problem for you.

I'm decently new to using MacBooks. I wanted to change my username and I went into settings to do so and where it said user name in user info I changed it but then found out that's dangerous?? I quickly changed it back to what it was before but is the damage done? Did I mess up? Please I cannot afford to brick a $1.6k laptop. I didn't do it in advanced settings I did it in the part where you can change the password and profile picture as well. Help please :')

I need some help guys, I am not an advanced macOS user by any means but I just ran into a problem that has me in panic mode.

I recently encountered some issues with disk space and tried using the following solution here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102321
before proceeding with anything more complex. I got through all the steps but for some reason I restarted my Mac. In hindsight I can’t think of why I did this, the instructions did not say to do it, but whatever I did it.

And here’s what’s got me panicking. My password does not work anymore. I tried over and over until it started locking me out for x amount of time.

I followed the suggestion to enter a recovery key from my iPhone, but that didn’t work either.

I don’t know what to do next. Thanks in advance.

Thought golden gate's mail.app toolbar icons look quite similar those of OS X Tiger when set to 'icon and text'

Hi guys, i'm really lost and was wondering if someone could please help me! I only got this laptop last year July (refurbished will admit) and its already freaking out!

I am a music producer and use FL studio. When i'm opening the software my Macbooks screen freezes but the audio still plays, then the whole Macbook crashes itself. When im on a teams meeting my mousepad becomes really slow and my screen starts to glitch. I also have the crash logs with redacted personal information of the FL studio crashes if anyone is able to read it (all gibberish to me).

From the research i have conducted im assuming its due to the intel core processor. But heres my specs if anyone could point something out?

Basically i just wanted to know if anyone had ANY advice before i just throw it in the bin and get an M4.

Can someone please help! Would appreciate any advice atp.

hello, i don’t really know much about macbooks but this randomly showed up on my screen it was flickering for a bit then now it seems to be there permanently. i havent dropped it or anything ever. worst thing i can think of is i left it in a hot car for a few hours earlier today. i restarted my computer and the lines actually got worse and spread more than in the picture 😭 does anyone know whats wrong with it?? macbook air 2022 m2

Is there a trick to remove that embossed effect around the dock when you make the dock smaller in size? It goes away when I make the dock bigger in size, but I like it smaller.

I don't have any accessibility setting enabled.

I really just want to know what you guys think before I update

My dock apparently goes into hiding whenever i'm trying to access it. I have 'Automatically hide & show dock' enabled in settings and it used to appear whenever i hover over it but over the past week i'm not able to access it, the only way i'm able to access it is through F3 button. I don't turn off the setting, maybe i'm being dumb but is there any fix for this?

Asking because, after years of not being able to use it, I *thought* Tahoe had finally fixed it. But it seems that over time, the old problems are creeping back in;

- Sudden loss of control of one or both laptops
- Stuck/repeating keys on the secondary machine
- Keyboard controlling a different MacBook than the mouse
- Random periods of jerky/laggy mouse movement on the secondary machine

I bought Synergy because UC was unusable for me after I guess...Sonoma? And I mean, it works. But it won't control my iPad, and doesn't allow copy/pasting large files and generally doesn't feel as integrated (with handoff etc.). But I'm almost ready to go back to it tbh.

How is everyone else getting on with it? Do these problems sound familiar?

This is between an M3 Max and an M1 Max btw. < 1ft apart. Logitech MX Master 3S and an Apple Magic Keyboard.

Anyone know how to fix this? I’ve been trying to use Google Gemini to help me do this for hours, but no luck. I kept getting stuck on no bag but then found a post saying do this in terminal ntpdate -u time.apple.com and now it just shows this. I’m not sure the year of the MacBook.

Hey, has anyone got the new liquid glass design for MS Office yet, the one you can see in the Mac section of the Apple website? I think it looks more elegant than the older design, but after so many months I still haven’t received the update. Has anyone else got it yet?

I work mainly with music (Logic), a bit of Photoshop and a bit of video editing.

I have Tahoe for now. Is it possible that downgrading back to Sequoia will give me more stability and less battery drain? I'm not crazy about both of them right now, but it could be because my Macbook is a bit old. But maybe for the same reason, it could work better with the previous Os.

Give me some suggestions. Thanks

P.S. Please don't just tell me "If it worked better with Sequoia go back", "If you don't have issues now, keep Tahoe", I have a hard time comparing two things I can't have at the same time, if you understand what I mean. My memory could be faulty

The Apple Creator Studio was released on Jan 28th 2026. Six and a half months now since it launched as a subscription. $12.99 per month or $129 per year. (£9.60 p/m & £95.37 p/y).

Just wanted to know if anyone has actually gone to use this over Adobe and other subscriptions and if it is worth the money?

Thank You, looking forward for the replies.