Hey guys I have a 2020 m1 air and it randomly turned off few minutes ago the keyboard still works and lights up when I plug it in to charge it still charges makes the noise but the screen is completely dead. I was watching something and it randomly turned off and when I rebooted made this odd feint noise but screen is black and unresponsive what do I do

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This is under storage in settings.

I don't get how iCloud works. I have an iCloud account with 50GB of space, I don't use it since I don't use other apple products other than my Mackbook. I used to have an iPhone, and what I think is happening is that it synchronizes everything between them? But then it also takes space on my laptop. For example I shouldn't have photos on my drive, and I turned off photos synchronization in iCloud settings, yet photos app is taking 25GB of storage.

I also see that it automatically saves anything from my desktop to the drive.

I wanted to stop this behavior so I turned off iCloud completely but then everything on my desktop was gone.

I'm just bad at cloud stuff. Is there a way to seperate my laptop from my iCloud accout for good?

Hello, when I stop using my macboook (air 15 m2), I just clic on the "Touch ID" button" to put him to sleep, but when I come back and wake it up, Apple Music start and play the last song.

This is so annoying.

My MacBook Pro is plug to one external screen (caldigit USB C Pro Dock station)

I have tried to unplug external speakers : problem not resolved.
I have tried to disconnect wifi before sleep : problem not resolved.

At our university, all classes, including compulsory information processing courses, are conducted based on Windows. If you are using a Mac computer for classes, please make sure you fully understand the following points. Mac and Windows have different screens, key layouts, and operation methods. If you do not have experience or sufficient knowledge of computers, it may be difficult to convert course materials written for Windows to Mac. Office software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can be used in almost the same way on Mac and Windows computers, but there are some differences, such as the inability to use Access on Mac and some differences in menus and operations compared to Windows. Mac and Windows have different fonts that can be used, so when you display a file created on a Mac on a Windows computer, the layout may be distorted or the text may overflow. At our university, we have mainly developed a Windows PC environment, so we do not have sufficient support for Macs on campus. We recommend that those who are purchasing a computer for the first time or who are unfamiliar with computer operations prepare a Windows computer that meets the recommended specifications.

Sorry for long paste but basically I was planning on buying a MacBook for school however my university website has the following statement regarding laptops. And I was wondering if I should be worried.

I’ve got experience in laptop and computer. But with things like Microsoft access or fonts I’m not too familiar and was wondering if this is a valid concern to not buy a MacBook? Thanks

That is as far as it goes...

I've tried to install Windows 11 with UTM on my MacBook Air M3, fallowed all the steps, but whenver the VM actually starts, this blue screen appears. I've tried to do the whole thing but with actually checking "Import VHDX Image". It then works but i cant specify where to install the driver... Im hopeless at this point i've tried so many things.. Anyone could help me?
Thanks in advance

Hi Guys,

Need help in figuring out the missing approx. 2 TB on a WD 8TB external hd.

So just some context,

1. I had used Carbon copy cloner to transfer a large folder of around 800gb to the above mentioned WD 8TB external hd.
2. Unfortunately, I selected the main folder on WD 8TB external hd which already had around 2tb of files and did not create any specific folder for the transfer.
3. I also missed to see a warning by CCC which said that it might delete files on the folder you are transferring to.
4. This indeed delete those files worth 2tb from the WD 8TB external hd, atleast not visible to me on finder.

But here's the problem, it did not exactly increase the empty space by 2tb on the WD 8TB external hd.

The below apps do not show an increase in empty space by 2tb.

- disk utility

- finger's get info

The below apps do show the increase in space by 2tb.

- clean my mac

- disk space analyzer

Is there a way to find out how and where can i find those 2tb that's showing up on disk utility ?

I tried to see on CCC for any recovery option, although there is a recovery option but unable to recover those files.

I have a macbook air from 2020. I've searched up many articles and I still cant turn off this annoying trackpad acceleration. It's like the checkbox for it just doesn't exist or something. they keep referencing this "mouse setting" or this "advanced" option which I cannot for the life of me find. Does anyone know how to turn off trackpad acceleration for my mac?

About me and Mac: I am a music producer (I do part time design work too) using a MacBook Pro, 15 inch 2018 (512 GB)(2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 processor)(Current OS: Sonoma). Bought it and using since May 2019.

Battery panel shows *'*Service Recommended'.
Which means that the battery drain is faster and I don't wanna wait till it gets 'critical'. Plus it ends up like an iMac (needs power source quite often).
Guy at Apple Store explained that it is recommended to take a backup of your Mac before you give it for servicing (ideally battery in my Mac version is placed at the very top so they'll have to take out everything just to replace the battery - sounds risky).

So how do I handle the backup thing? Does time machine really work? In case of any, god-forbid, lost data?

What music producers do is save files on a SSD to relieve space on the laptop's storage (which I haven't done yet but wanna do). Now for safety if I want to backup the entire Mac, I'll need a separate 2 TB hard drive just meant for backups right?
Or if its possible to conduct Time Machine backups and also save Logic Pro + Adobe CC files + additional sample audio libraries on a single drive?

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I’m having trouble with my Samsung T7 SSD on my M1 Mac.

I formatted the drive using Disk Utility to ExFAT, but it still behaves as if it’s Windows_NTFS, and I can’t write to it.

When I try to enable writing, macOS says there’s no space available, even though the used space is only 1MB.

Why is this happening, and how can I fix it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. 😊

I’m a Windows guy switching to Mac and I can’t find a single app like Winrar or 7-zip that can extract a multiple file .rar ending on .001, .002, etc… Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Hi, I recently had an issue with my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019) that shows me a prohibitory symbol. I researched about it and followed the macOS Recovery instructions. For some reason, I can't find Macintosh HD in the disk utility even after clicking the Show All Devices.

I only have my Internal disks (APPLE SSD SM0032L Media) which only has 28 GB and ST1000DM003 Media that says Uninitialised

Here's what I did:

Erased APPLE SSD Media, Set up the installation of macOS Mojave on the only available disk provided which is APPLE SSD Media, Booted Successfully

Problem:

I can't do software upgrade due to insufficient storage of my disk even after the formatting. In addition to this, I can't install any other softwares because OS Mojave isn't compatible with them.

I also tried erasing the ST1000DM003 but it will only give me a "unable to write to the last block of the device" message.

Please I need help, do I need to check the hardware in this case? Is there any other options other than taking my iMac to a technician? I'm only a student and have no money.

Your help would really mean a lot to me because I also use this iMac for my animations 😢

Mac is purchased on Jan 2024 and out of warranty

I have a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse which cannot enter the power saving mode because MacBook constantly keeps them connected. Is there any app to help with that?

why do i have an opera logo next to my share to mail? keep in mind, this opens mac mail when i select it - but something happened with opera browser where it's still tied into this and i don't get it.

Also, shouldn't i have some options here within mac mail app? where did they go? how do i add extensions?

I have a MacBook Pro that says it is registered to an organization. When I got it I was able to make a user with admin privileges during setup without using intuitional login credentials. I would get a notification to enroll the device in the notification bar that I could easily decline. No profiles were installed on the MacBook either. After upgrading to sequioa, it only let me bypass registering the device once and I had to register the device with this institution after the second boot. This installed a bunch of applications (remote management, software upgrade, office etc.) but I was still able to set up an admin user without any institution credentials. It is currently linked to my personal iCloud, and has my private username password. Is there a way to use this MacBook without registering with the institution and bypassing/clearing this registration requirement?

I'm either unlucky or something is rotten. Two external drives I've run First Aid on via Disk Utility have both failed with the same error.

Both times First Aid throws an error and then the drive becomes read only (I can still read the files).

I'm using Mac OS 15.3 (24D60) on a M2 Air.

First Aid process has failed. If possible back up the data on this volume. Click Done to continue.

Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-677.81.4).

...

The volume Disk could not be verified completely.

File system check exit code is 8.

Problem -69842 occurred while restoring the original mount state.

File system verify or repair failed. : (-69845)

Then every time I plug the drive in, I get:

macOS can’t repair the disk “MyDisk”.

You can still open or copy files on the disk, but you can’t save changes to files on the disk. Back up the disk and reformat it as soon as you can.

Its happened with two external drives one after the other - which is either very unlucky or something is going on. So let me know if it happens to you too!

My Mac mini came with GarageBand and about two years ago it started glitching and running poorly, and then it just stopped working altogether. I tried to open GarageBand and it says it can't be opened. I went to try and download GarageBand from the App Store and it says it's "not compatible with this device." I just updated to the current OS. What's going on here?

I've read LOTS of other people having the same issue, but they generally fixed it by messing with their photos folder. My photos is calculated. It is only my system data that won't stop calculating. I've rebuilt the spotlight index twice. I've let the system calculate for days.

It always calculated before I rebuilt the index. The reason I rebuilt the index was storage was showing excessive disk usage regardless of how much stuff I deleted, it would always keep rising.

TBH it doesn't matter that much to me as long as I can get an accurate estimate of how much disk space I have left. I can check this in the disk utility, but is this still accurate even if the system data hasn't finished "calculating"? I ask this because I saw the disk utility estimate change after I rebuilt spotlight.

I can wipe the drive and reinstall but that kinda sucks.

Hi - thinking about how to spec out a MBP (and whether its even the right way to go).

I have a usecase that needs Windows. Running Excel, Bloomberg, and trading software. It won't be my main device for this (I have a Windows desktop) but I sometimes do need to do this on the go.

Two questions:

- Would an M3 Pro be enough? (may go 2nd hand market as a test-drive initially)

- Is 32/36GB enough or do I need more? I can comfortably do this on a Windows machine with 32GB.

I guess I can just use a Windows laptop for this but I'd rather consolidate two machines (MBA + Thinkpad) into one if I can.

Thanks all!

Hi, im thinking of buying a new MacBook but I don't know what to pick the m3 pro and the base m4 are about the same price, but the m3 pro is 11 core cpu , 14 core gpu, and has 18 gb or ram. Im a normal user but I do use the Mac sometimes for 3d applications like auto cad and inventor as well as editing, what MacBook should I get, also do I get the apple education discount if im a hs student?

I have this vertical red line on the screen of my Mac and multiple lines on the bottom. Does anybody know how to fix this?

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Hello,

I'm looking for a replacement battery for my mid-2014 MacBook Pro, but I'm having trouble deciding which one to get. I've come across brands like NinjaBatt, OWC, and Puredick in discussions, but I'd love to hear some recommendations—especially from those with firsthand experience.

I let my M3 MacBook Air dry out for a while after I spilled water all over the keyboard. The keyboard lights up but not the screen. When I plug into the external display it shows this gray screen with a menu bar but I can’t interact with it. Would that indicate damage to the logic board? Will this resolve with more drying?

so i use my mac only for sims 4 which has taken up about 40gb, yet my mac which has 121gb on it is nearly fully used. i know its system data's fault, but i have no idea what to delete. i got ommidisksweeper and i found several folders which take up some good chunks of my gb but idk if i can delete them.

please tell me what folders i can and can't delete cause im so tired of my laptop going from 19 gb to 6 in literally an hour of just playing sims. please don't say "caches" cause its only 500 kb

I’ve got a M3 15 MacBook Air that I am running an LG 34” Ultra wide 3440x1440 thinking of switching to a LG 49” 5120x1440. Has anyone run a 49 from their air? Did it work ok? I assume it will. But figured id ask first.

Hello I have a 2017 IMac Pro with an Intel chip and I’ve been trying to access internet recovery to fully wipe and reinstall an OS. I don’t have an Apple keyboard and I am currently using a Dell basic keyboard. I tried holding & Pressing Windows+R/Alt+Windows+R/Alt+R but I haven’t been able to reach that screen. It continues to boot regularly to the log in screen. Any help would be much appreciated