Use for questions referring specifically to macOS version 14, Sonoma. Non-version-specific questions related to macOS should be tagged with [macos]. Questions about Mac hardware should be tagged with [mac]. Questions about running macOS on non-Apple hardware ("hackintoshing") are generally considered off-topic.
Questions tagged [macos-sonoma]
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How do you prevent the dock from switching monitors in macOS Sequoia?
In Mavericks, Apple introduced a "feature" where if you hover at the bottom of any screen the dock pops up on that screen.
This is disrupting my workflow as I am constantly having the dock pop up when I don't want it to and then I have to go to…
Brad Dwyer
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Which 7zip to install with Homebrew on Mac?
I'm trying to install the 7zip tool using Homebrew on macOS, but when I run brew search 7zip, it outputs three different formulae, "7zip", "7-zip", and "p7zip". Which one is the official one?
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Is there a simple way to get per-protocol (i.e. IPv4/IPv6) statistics from netstat?
After a change of ISP, I've recently gotten IPv6 access, so I thought I'd play around a little with netstat to see if it's possible to get some kind of high-level per-protocol statistics from macOS Sonoma to see how much of my traffic is actually…
gmw
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How do you stop PowerPoint or macOS from converting double-dashes to em dashes?
Is there a way to stop PowerPoint or macOS from converting double-dashes ("--") to em dashes ("—")? Context: I am using a text box in a slide in PowerPoint for Mac v16.78 on a MacBook Pro running macOS Sonoma 14.0. Sometimes I need to write…
hackr
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How can I turn my MacBook into a Wi-Fi hotspot?
I’d like to use my MacBook as a Wi-Fi hotspot so that other devices can connect to the internet through the MacBook’s internet connection (via Ethernet, USB tethering, or another Wi-Fi network).
Is there a way to set this up using only macOS’s…
lxtoto
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How to resize APFS container on new SSD (data transfered by cloning)?
I cloned a Time Machine backup from a 1TB SSD to a 2TB SSD, using a SSD Docking Station (This product to be exact. It probably behaves similarly to Clonezilla). This resulted in the 2TB SSD having one APFS partition with 1TB and unused space of…
ric.row
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How to configure 802.1X EAP-TLS on macOS
I need to learn how to configure macOS to use EAP-TLS authentication without using an MDM.
I only have one Mac device on the network, which is used by the owner. I don't want to use third-party software.
I just need to know how to import the…
Joao
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Can't use terminal, I keep getting "zsh: command not found: npm" even after an OS re-install
I don't remember what I had done, but every time I attempt to run a command (npm install -g gulp) in terminal, it returns a zsh: command not found: npm. This is a command I previously had no issue executing before.
I performed a clean install of OSX…
Arnold Palmer
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How do I export bookmarks from Firefox v118 on Mac?
How do I export my bookmarks to HTML from Firefox on MacBook? I am using macOS Sonoma and FF 118. I have done this lots of times on FF for Windows but the Mac is different.
MT1
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How can I edit/delete the wrong word in the spell check dictionary in macOS Sonoma 14.0?
I accidentally added an incorrect word to the spell check dictionary when I use the WhatsApp Desktop.app on macOS Sonoma. How can I edit/delete the wrong word?
I browsed System Settings / Keyboard and I can only find the text replacement section,…
Joshua Chung
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MacOS Sonoma - How to disable CRTL+SPACE shortcut?
On IDE's like visual studio for MAC, CTRL+SPACE is a shortcut for "give me possible completions", like, if you type MyObject.Query and hit ctrl+space you would a dropbox of suggestions like
.QueryAsync(string username, myFilter…
Leonardo
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How to minimize all windows in macOS Sonoma?
Usually, to temporarily collapse all windows, I used the active corners feature.
But.
What I see in this "os". If you configure one of the corners as a desktop, then if I move my mouse to that corner, nothing happens - windows do not "curl". Just a…
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Why does the mouse/trackpad click registers on release instead of press on macOS Sonoma 14.5?
I'm experiencing a strange issue with mouse and trackpad clicks on macOS Sonoma 14.5 (MacBook Pro). When I click, the action is not registered immediately upon pressing the button. Instead, the click is executed when I release the button.
This…
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pf macos: Tried to make pf drop packets between local processes but couldn't
On macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 (the kernel is Darwin 23.6.0) I start five nodes of Hazelcast 3.12 on localhost to emulate a split–brain. Each of those nodes listens on the port for communications from other nodes, and communicates to other nodes from the…
danissimo
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How do I troubleshoot the "Your system has run out of application memory" pop-up in macOS Sonoma?
How do I troubleshoot the "Your system has run out of application memory" pop-up in macOS Sonoma?
Background:
My employer has provided me with a MacBook Pro M3 Pro with 36 GB of RAM. Incredibly, after about 5 days of uptime, I started getting the…
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