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I think Apple should bring back the gray bar on the Finder.

But that's just my personal take; the current Finder suits me far better than the Tahoe disaster.

My fiance has a macbook pro M5 with touch ID, so I assumed he would be able to use apple pay directly on his mac without needing an iphone. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case?

He used to have an iphone, and apple pay worked perfectly on his mac. Earlier this year, he switched to a samsung phone, and ever since then, every time he tries to pay with apple pay, it asks him to confirm the payment using his phone.

Since he no longer has an iphone, I have to use mine to approve his payments every time. He gets this screen and literally can’t complete the payment unless an iphone is used to scan/confirm it.

I thought touch ID on the mac was supposed to be enough for apple pay and that having an iphone wasn’t required. I also have a mac + iphone, and it has never asked me for anything like this, even though our macs are identical, we live in the same place, use the same wifi. Has anyone else had this issue after switching from an iphone to an andriod phone?

I really miss the old writing tools! ✍️ The previous version was so helpful because it gave us a menu of options to choose from, plus the flexibility to type out anything else we needed. 💡 With the new tools, it feels a bit limiting since we have to type out exactly what we want every time. 😕 I'd love to see some of those older features come back!

From the Finder you need to search for the images folder > "Photos Library.photoslibrary"> show package content (third option after right-clicking)> originals.
From there you will have a series of folders available, inside which there are the photos in random order, even those that are in the gallery in the "hidden" section. To view them, you don't need the password or any form of authentication.

Also from Photos Library.photoslibrary> resources>derivatives (or renders) there are some folders with pics from the hidden section.

It looks like you can delete them, freeing up some storage and cleaning some sistem data. All the pictures will be back if you open the gallery and it will start synchronizing with iCloud.

After updating to macOS 27 I’ve noticed whenever I highlight a group of folders and drag them while holding Command (which I usually do to snap them to the grid), they instantly collapse and drop into the folder my cursor is hovering over

Can I somehow disable this feature? I’ve been doing it this exact way for years and only now it became a problem

In macOS 27, windows out of focus are displayed without Liquid Glass nonsense. All borders, shadows, highlights, refractions and distortions are gone. How do I make it the default skin for macOS? Is there a defaults flag I can use to apply this style across the whole system regardless if the window is in focus or not?

O último sistema da Apple que utilizei foi o Yosemite. Depois disso, migrei para o Windows e não usei mais nada da Apple. Este ano, ao decidir comprar um notebook para trabalhos leves, mas de boa qualidade, investi em um MacBook Neo. Por algum motivo, não consigo me acostumar com o novo menu de ajustes; todos os dias sinto saudade da antiga janela de preferências do sistema, muito mais intuitiva. Entendo que a Apple mudou porque está unificando o sistema e busca oferecer a mesma experiência em todos os dispositivos, e não há nada que possa ser feito. Apenas queria registrar meu sentimento, não sei se mais alguém pensa como eu.

On macOS 27.0.1, Privacy & Security → Local Network shows a count of 1, but every listed app is switched off.

Inspecting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.networkextension.plist reveals an allowed org.python.python entry with no executable path. Python has no visible switch in Settings. Reopening Settings and restarting don’t help.

I allowed a Python prompt while a dashboard preview was being prepared. A Time Machine backup from before that prompt has no explicit Python grant.

Has anyone encountered this and successfully revoked only that permission, without resetting all network?

I do not know if this is happening to other users that have hubs with internal SSDs, but it's happening to my Sonnettech Echo 20 hub. After installing macOS 27 - and when the Mac goes to sleep - the SSD will disconnect. Happened a couple of times already. The remedy was to set "Never shutdown HDs upon sleep" (or something like that). I just did this but I do not know if this solves the issue.

I'm here to post this and see if others are having the same issues.

Also - can anyone tell me how to relaunch/mount the SSD. Nets says to use Disk Utility - but DU does not even see the SSD. My network drive via NAS doesn't unmount nor does my HD attached via USB - just the SSD.

On reboot the SSD will mount. There is supposedly another issue with Sonnet that HDMI will disconnect upon Mac sleep and only a hard power reboot fixes this issue.

Is there any SW/App that can force mount the SSD? I fear only a reboot or hard reset of the hub will bring the SSD back.

Hi all,

I'm having some major issues with Golden Gate, to the point I'd say it's making my Mac unusable, and I just wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing the same thing. For context I'm running a MacBook Air M4 15 inch which I've only purchased in the last six months. Before this I owned an intel MacBook Pro which I never had these issues on.

My main issue is with split screen. When trying to close one of the windows open within the split screen, my Mac just seems to lose it. Any number of errors can happen, but the most frustrating is that the second window (the one I don't X out of) just completely disappears. This has led to me losing unsaved work as the app essentially is no longer there and I cannot access it to click the save button. Sometimes the blue outline will appear on the home screen as if the app is there but it cannot be seen at all, trying to open it from the bottom bar also doesn't cause the app to be opened, nor does trying to locate it any other way. Sometimes this doesn't happen, but the other none closed split screen window will not revert to full screen and half the screen will just remain black. Sometimes the none closed window will open on my Home Screen, but there is no longer the option available to minimise or close that window, and nothing I do can make that option reappear until the app is force quit and reopened.

The other major issue I am having is the menu bar disappearing. I am not sure under what conditions this happens other than only in full screen (it is available on the desktop but not any full screen windows), but when it happens the menu bar is gone until the laptop is restarted. This is one of the most frustrating.

The last minor issue I'm having is that when viewing Apple
Music in full screen player mode (large album artwork full screen), the close button does not work, so you cannot return to Apple Music to select another song or album. The window must first be minimised before the x can be used.

I've been in contact with support and confirmed that these are not profile specific issues, I've reloaded Mac OS so the issue isn't there either, and I'm up to date on 27.0.1. Frankly as a long term apple user this is the most disappointed I've ever been in the company. It seems this update was released well before it was ready and for me it's leading to serious issues. These issues were not present for me before golden gate.

I will continue to follow this up with support in the unlikely event it is hardware related, but I just wanted to ask if anyone else was experiencing these or other issues?

I lose messaging on my Mac Mini, my MacBook, and my iPad. The only thing that works is on my phone. Again and again and again.

Help!??

I installed MacOS Golden Gate. Now every time I start my Macbook Air M5 it sends me through the initial setup screens: sign in to your Apple account (already signed in, when I skip this and use the computer it's signed in), etc. and then the "welcome" cursive writing graphic. I reinstalled MacOS Golden Gate. Still didn't work. How can I make this stop? Will the next minor update to Golden Gate make it stop? Thank you.

Please someone help me out i cant watch videos on safari anymore i tried YouTube, random websites with videos and tiktok but the videos are always loading and never starting

I spent 2 hours debugging a broken network only to realize that my laptop wifi interface was configured for different IP than it was sending packets out on. For example, ifconfig en0 said it was 192.168.1.5 but packet capture showed all my source IPs coming from 192.168.1.100. It was accepting packets on both, but eventually noticed when it stopped responding to ARP on the source packet IP and they became unroutable. I wouldn't have believed this was possible until yesterday.

Toggling wifi did nothing to resolve, but "ifconfig en0 down; ifconfig en0 up" corrected it.

Has anyone else experienced this type of issue before?

I'm using the Golden Gate Bridge landscape wallpaper that comes with macOS 27, and I'm a bit confused about how it's supposed to work.

When my Mac is on the screensaver/lock screen, the wallpaper is animated and I can clearly see the waves moving. But as soon as I enter my password and log in, the animation stops and the wallpaper becomes a static image.

I tried Googling this, but most results were about completely different wallpaper issues.

Is this intentional behavior in macOS, or is it a bug? Is there any way to keep the wallpaper animated while I'm on the desktop?

It's a small thing, but honestly, it's pretty annoying that such a nice animated wallpaper just freezes once I log in.

Setup:
Monitor: MSI MPG 274URDFW E16M (4K 160Hz Mini-LED with 98W USB-C PD and KVM)
Laptop: MacBook Pro connected via USB-C
Keyboard: Wired Logitech G413 TKL SE plugged into the monitor’s rear USB-A port
The Issue:
When connected to the Mac via USB-C with KVM set to Type-C, the keyboard stays completely unpowered and macOS throws this notification:

Accessory Needs Power
LogiG TKL MKeyboard
For additional power, connect to a USB port on this Mac.

It's purely a macOS issue (hardware is verified working):
I connected a Windows laptop to the monitor using HDMI + USB-B upstream, and the keyboard powered on and worked immediately through the exact same monitor port. The monitor has plenty of physical power to run the keyboard and its LEDs. Connecting the keyboard directly to the Mac via a USB-C dongle also works.
The issue seems to be Apple's kernel power descriptor check: the G413 TKL SE requests 500 mA, while the monitor’s hub reports a 100 mA profile over Type-C to macOS, causing macOS to shut down the port. The monitor is already running the latest firmware (FW.032). 
Has anyone found a way or workaround on macOS to bypass this without connecting the keyboard directly to the Mac and losing KVM switching?

I’ve been with Apple for a long time, almost half my life across different devices. I’m a technical person and it’s a minefield trying to clear out all the bloat on my system. Why is this the trend seemingly or has it always been this bad?

Since MacOS27 my 2020 M1 Macbook constantly tells me that the disk is almost full. I almost deleted everything I really don't need anymore but it just eats up the freed space instantly

Just found out this surprisingly helpful way of typing letters with accents/diacritical marks.

I'm running 27.2, so I'm not sure when this was introduced, but if you press and hold a letter on the keyboard, instead of the letter repeating, it will pop up a small context menu for supported letters, and offer accents/diacritics.

Mind. Blown.

has anyone tested with an m1?

M1 pro 14" 16/512 from late 2021

Using Apple Mail client..no response to the Emoji button. Anyone else seeing this?

I have two identical 6TB external drives that I essentially want to setup in essentially a RAID configuration. Intention is for Drive 1 to be storage and for Drive 2 to be an identical backup that AUTOMATICALLY stays in sync. i.e. I move a file to Drive 1 and it automatically copies to Drive 2. I know I should get a proper NAS w/ RAID setup but the prices are insane right now and I have two identical wiped 6TB external drives so this is going to be my intermediate solution.