MacBook Pro (2017, Intel) stuck at 50% boot progress bar, persists after clean reinstall

2026-05-10T17:49:12Z

My MacBook Pro has been stuck at the Apple logo with the progress bar freezing at around 50%. It just stopped booting one day, no hardware changes, no updates just before it happened.

Machine

MacBook Pro 15" A1707 (2017, Intel Core i7)
macOS Ventura

What I've already tried

Disk Utility First Aid from Recovery → no errors found
Freed up disk space via Terminal → worked fine, no effect on boot
Reinstalled macOS via local Recovery (Cmd+R) → same issue after reboot
Run diskutil apfs updatePreboot disk3s4 → successfully but no effect
Deleted all system volumes (keeping data volume intact), reinstalled macOS via Internet Recovery (Cmd+Option+R) over Ethernet → installation completed fine, same freeze on first reboot, same verbose logs
Apple Diagnostics (D key) → no hardware issues detected

The two lines that seem most suspicious in verbose mode (Cmd+V):

com.apple.xpc.launchd (data-protection) <Error>:
posix_spawn(): 86: Bad CPU type in executable

<Notice>: No cookie:
/System/Volumes/Preboot/806C115D-B98A-4A87-A856-F1EF4F7B6BE8/.roots-installed

The errors listed above seem to me to be the cause of the problem, but since they’re still there after the reinstallation, I’m not so sure. Maybe the problem is elsewhere.

If anyone has ideas or hypotheses, I'm all ears. I can provide more infos or logs if needed, or run other commands from the terminal.

Last part of the verbose logs : https://gist.github.com/robinmoquet/8c04165fd7d6131d74ecbde8d9c014f7

In WeChat, in "Back up and Restore", where's "Backup Settings"?

2026-05-10T16:41:11Z

I screen shot both from WeChat. I accessed "Back Up and Restore", as stressed by my purple arrows. But I don't see "Backup Settings" ?

Where do firewall rules reside on MacOS?

2026-05-10T01:52:25Z

/etc % cat pf.conf
#
# Default PF configuration file.
#
# This file contains the main ruleset, which gets automatically loaded
# at startup.  PF will not be automatically enabled, however.  Instead,
# each component which utilizes PF is responsible for enabling and disabling
# PF via -E and -X as documented in pfctl(8).  That will ensure that PF
# is disabled only when the last enable reference is released.
#
# Care must be taken to ensure that the main ruleset does not get flushed,
# as the nested anchors rely on the anchor point defined here. In addition,
# to the anchors loaded by this file, some system services would dynamically 
# insert anchors into the main ruleset. These anchors will be added only when
# the system service is used and would removed on termination of the service.
#
# See pf.conf(5) for syntax.
#

#
# com.apple anchor point
#
scrub-anchor "com.apple/*"
nat-anchor "com.apple/*"
rdr-anchor "com.apple/*"
dummynet-anchor "com.apple/*"
anchor "com.apple/*"
load anchor "com.apple" from "/etc/pf.anchors/com.apple"

Is there a specific file where the rules in the former are stored?

What causes Messages in iCloud to sync?

2026-05-08T18:43:14Z

What causes Messages on my devices to sync with Messages in iCloud? I cannot seem to find online what triggers the sync or why all my devices have different times showing for their last sync and why there are days long gaps in the syncing of the message app? And does the syncing have any bearing on messages going to other devices and being marked when read or just syncing from the device to the iCloud? Some device examples:

Ipad:

MacBook Pro:

Iphone 15 pro taken on 2026_0507:

Iphone pro picture from 2026_0508:

For each of my devices I have a different message count showing in iCloud and I'd like to have the devices & Messsages sync properly so that all message counts are the same on all my 3 devices.

Windows 10 install loops on 2012 MBP w/ broken dGPU

2026-05-08T03:24:17Z

I have a 2012 Macbook Pro with a broken NVIDIA graphics card that I'm trying to install Windows 10 on.

First I tried using Bootcamp Assistant with a Seagate hard drive, but when the assistant restarted to the Windows Installer, all it gave me was a black screen.

Then I created my own bootable "usb" using the hard drive, and that worked. I clicked on the "EFI boot" icon and followed the installer's instructions. But when Windows Installer rebooted into Windows 10, it went into a reset loop where it would give me the error

"The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation."

and then reset really fast.

Apparently it's a problem with the NVIDIA graphics card. I tried disabling it by changing nvram variables and by moving the drivers, but nothing changed the reset loop.

I'm wondering if this is a problem with the GPU or something else. If it is the GPU, I'm wondering how I can disable it for Windows 10 so it doesn't go into that reset loop.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

AppleScript Written on Intel iMac Runs Very Slow When MBA Exported As app on M2

2026-04-30T00:28:57Z

Some years ago Apple dropped support for my ancient Canon Lide 30 scanner. So, I hung it off a Raspberry Pi (which still supports the scanner via scanimage) and wrote a very simple Apple Script and an equally simple Bash Shell Script to make it work again. The Apple Script ran on an Intel iMac and simply asked the user what size scan they wanted (full page, half page, etc.) The Apple Script then ran the Bash shell script which in turn ran a command on the Pi:

ssh pi@raspsky 'scanimage -x 210 -y 297 --resolution 300 > scan.ppm'

I exported the AppleScript from Script Editor as an app. This continues to work fine on the Intel iMac.

Then I got an M2 MBA. I copied both the AppleScript and the Shell Script to the MBA. I exported the AppleScript from the Tahoe version of Script Editor (Version 2.11 (234)) as an app so it wouldn't need Rosetta to run. When I "Get Info" on the app it is a universal app, but "Open Using Rosetta" is not checked.

It works, but is incredibly slow and displays the dreaded SPOD all the time that it is running. I tried looking at Activity Monitor while it is running and it is consuming a very small amount of CPU time (2%).

So, what additional information can I offer up to figure out just what I've done wrong?

The script:

-- Wrapper for bash shell script which uses scanimage
-- Ask the user what size to scan
-- Full is an A4 sized scan
-- Half is half an A4
-- Quarter is the top right quadrant of the scanner bed.

set mySize to choose from list {"Full", "Half", "Quarter", "Passport"} with prompt "Select A4 scan size. Quarter is top right"

-- Check to see if the user clicked the Cancel button.

if mySize is false then
    -- The user clicked Cancel so display and confirming dialog and exit    
    display dialog "Canceled" buttons ("OK") default button "OK"
else
    -- The user made a selection so call the shell script and append the selected size to the call
    do shell script "/Users/mnewman/bin/a4scanpi.sh " & mySize
end if

-- That's all folks

Finder saved search contains results from Trash

2026-04-09T16:34:53Z

Until recently, my saved search never returned results from Trash. Then all of a sudden I started seeing files I had moved to the Trash: I tried adding a filter to exclude that folder but, they still show up. How can I get rid of these search results?

Why is my MacBook Safari not getting sound notifications?

2025-08-10T23:51:55Z

As you can see, I have sound notifications on, but don't get a sound when I get a new notification.

I'm not receiving any sound when I get a new notification. I don't have my MacBook muted and sounds are all on.

After update to Sequoia, can not access the printer on my home network anymore

2025-06-22T11:26:38Z

My home network has connected: an iMac (recently updated from Monterey to Sequoia), a Windows machine, and a fairly old HP LaserJet 2100 TN.

Before the update, both computers could print to the HP reliably.

After the update to Sequoia, printing does not work anymore for the iMac. The printer is accessible via ping and traceroute, but when I try to print to it from the iMac, System Settings > Printers & Scanners says that the printer queue is idle, but when I open the printer queue, it says the "printer is not responding".

I tried to reinstall the printer. I removed the current printer definition and used "add printer" to install a new one. Since the list of printers in the Defaults tab was empty, I clicked on the IP tab and installed instead the "generic PCL driver" using the IP address of the printer. If I remember correctly, I also had to do this after buying the iMac (which was shipped with Monterey).

After reinstalling the printer drivers, System Settings > Printers & Scanners again says that the printer is idle, but if I click on Printer Queue, I now immediately see "Printer offline".

It is interesting to note that printing works fine from the Windows machine, but only if the iMac is turned off (or in sleep mode) by the time the HP is turned on. Once the iMac runs for a while (or tries to print something), the Windows machine can't print to the HP either. This makes me suspect whether the problem could also be due to some bad settings in my router, though I don't know what to look for.

In case it is important: My router has an IP address 10.1.1.11, the printer has 10.1.1.20 (fixed address assigned). For my iMac the command ifconfig -a | grep broadcast displays:

inet 10.1.1.23 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.1.1.255
inet 10.1.1.21 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.1.1.255

which all look reasonable to me.

Does anybody have a suggestion on what I could do to narrow down the problem?

UPDATE

As requested by LincDavis, I'm providing the output of

lpstat -t

$  lpstat -t
scheduler is running
system default destination: _10_1_1_20
device for _10_1_1_20: ipp://10.1.1.20/
device for EPSON_WF_2860_Series: dnssd://EPSON%20WF-2860%20Series._ipp._tcp.local./?uuid=cfe92100-67c4-11d4-a45f-389d9227c894
_10_1_1_20 accepting requests since Sun Jun 22 12:28:57 2025
EPSON_WF_2860_Series accepting requests since Sun Jun 22 12:13:57 2025
printer _10_1_1_20 is idle.  enabled since Sun Jun 22 12:28:57 2025
printer EPSON_WF_2860_Series is idle.  enabled since Sun Jun 22 12:13:57 2025

Explanation:

The HP printer I'm talking about, is the 10.1.1.20.

The EPSON WF 2860 is another printer on the network I have added. It is a printer/scanner. Printing to it does not work either (I get the message Communication error when looking at the print queue), but scanning from the Epson works. From the Windows computer on the network, printing and scanning with the Epson works. I hadn't included the information about the Epson, since I thought that it unnecessarily confuses the matter. As for installing the Epson, I did not use the "add printer" dialogue built into MacOS, but a setup program which I downloaded from the Epson site.

UPDATE

Also as requested by @LincDavis, I'm providing the output of tail /var/log/cups/*:

==> /var/log/cups/access_log <==
localhost - ronaldfischer [22/Jun/2025:12:27:50 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1033 CUPS-Get-Devices -
localhost - - [22/Jun/2025:12:28:57 +0200] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1" 401 53684 CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer successful-ok
localhost - ronaldfischer [22/Jun/2025:12:28:57 +0200] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 53684 CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [22/Jun/2025:13:19:57 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 401 221 CUPS-Get-Devices successful-ok
localhost - ronaldfischer [22/Jun/2025:13:19:57 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1033 CUPS-Get-Devices -
localhost - ronaldfischer [22/Jun/2025:13:20:25 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1033 CUPS-Get-Devices -
localhost - - [23/Jun/2025:19:27:58 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 401 221 CUPS-Get-Devices successful-ok
localhost - ronaldfischer [23/Jun/2025:19:27:59 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1033 CUPS-Get-Devices -
localhost - ronaldfischer [23/Jun/2025:19:28:21 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1033 CUPS-Get-Devices -
localhost - ronaldfischer [23/Jun/2025:19:28:44 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1033 CUPS-Get-Devices -

==> /var/log/cups/error_log <==
E [02/May/2025:15:08:17 +0200] [Job 896] The printer is not responding. 
E [02/May/2025:15:09:17 +0200] [Job 896] The printer is not responding.
E [02/May/2025:15:10:17 +0200] [Job 896] The printer is not responding.
E [21/May/2025:18:37:02 +0200] [Job 900] The printer is not responding.
E [21/May/2025:18:38:01 +0200] [Job 900] The printer is not responding.
E [21/May/2025:18:39:01 +0200] [Job 900] The printer is not responding.
E [22/Jun/2025:11:45:19 +0200] [Job 902] The printer is not responding.
E [22/Jun/2025:11:45:48 +0200] [Job 902] The printer is not responding.
E [22/Jun/2025:11:46:18 +0200] [Job 902] The printer is not responding. 
E [22/Jun/2025:11:46:49 +0200] [Job 902] The printer is not responding.

==> . <==

I just wonder what information we can get from this, except what we already know, i.e. that the printer does not react.

UPDATE

Here is the content of my /etc/cups/ppd directory:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  _lp  1417134 Nov  1  2024 EPSON_WF_2860_Series.ppd
-rw-r--r--  1 root  _lp  1417134 Nov 11  2023 EPSON_WF_2860_Series.ppd.O
-rw-r--r--  1 root  _lp    53365 Jun 22 12:28 _10_1_1_20.ppd

UPDATE

I managed to install a dedicated printer driver downloaded from the HP site. Now I don't get anymore an error message in Red, but still can't print. See this screenshot of the Printer Queue:

Can't launch Drive for Desktop (macOS Sequoia 15.2) (Google Drive Version: 100.0.2.0 (Apple Silicon) (File Provider))

2024-12-26T17:15:24Z

I have been using Google Drive for desktop on my M1 MacBook Pro for a long time, but recently my folders on my google drive stopped syncing suddenly (Some folders are on my Windows laptop and Drive just basically mirrors them to my Mac). On my other devices Drive is running completely fine. There is no problem of storage shortage on my account too.

At first, I signed out and signed in but that did not work. So I completely uninstalled and reinstalled it, but in vain. I was seeking help from Google high tier support team but nothing really worked for my Mac.

I have attached what pops out after the sign in. I have searched on the internet for a long time but to my surprise I did not found a single person with my kind of problem. The troubleshooting I tried are mentioned below:

Signing out and in
Uninstall and reinstall
Using mac on a different network
Signing in with a different google account
Deleting the DriveFS folder and restarting the computer
Reset user preferences on drive
Google Drive proxy setting change from Auto-Detect to Direct Connection

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!

Network problem with Apple music when using "Hey Siri"

2023-12-20T08:00:32Z

I often use the "Hey Siri" function to switch between playlists or different artists in my itunes library (mostly while driving). After some recent update sometime within the last year, there is always a message saying "there was a network problem getting Apple Music"

The music always eventually plays, but there is just the error about the network issue being presented by Siri prior to the music starting. It should be noted that I only ever play music & playlists that are on my iPhone, and that I never use cloud based or online services to play my music files.

It should be noted that this problem doesn't occur when I am at home and my phone is connected to my home wifi network. Also, 'Show Apple Music' is disabled in the music settings on the phone.

Running iOS 16.6.1 on iPhone12 pro

MacOS Ventura Apps do not ask for permissions after tccutil reset

2023-05-29T04:37:39Z

A similar question to olzpaul's but in this case, I have some, not all, SIP features disabled (see below), though I don't believe this has anything to do with the problem at hand. (WRT SIP, I understand the risks and this question is not an invitation to debate its merits.)

Some time ago, I installed a chat app (Telegram) on which I didn't expect to use voice comms, so I did not allow it permissions to access my microphone at the time. Yesterday, though, I needed to use the microphone with it, but Telegram was not listed in the Privacy & Security -> Microphone list, so I was not able to flip the slider switch to enable it.

After trying some things to make Telegram ask for permissions, including restarting it, I decided to see how others dealt with this issue by searching the web. Amongst the advice I saw was a reference to a utility called tccutil where it was suggested to use the command: tccutil reset Microphone. It was explained that the command would reset all the permissions for the microphone and therefore force apps to ask for permissions again. So I executed this command in my terminal and saw that the entire Microphone permissions list was scrubbed. I didn't think much of this as it's essentially what I was expecting to happen.

However, when I relaunched Telegram, I was not prompted with a permission request. I found this a bit strange and tried some of my other chat apps with which I use the microphone regularly; namely Discord and MS Teams. To my dismay, they did not ask me for permission to access my microphone, thus, as things stand right now, I am unable to use my microphone on my computer.

How can this problem be solved? Is there some command(s) or places in System Settings which allow the owner/administrator to manage these settings? Alternatively, is there some documentation that explains how to manually manage the privacy database that tccutil reset?

I have seen some advice on this issue, to do with League of Legends (which I don't play), but in that case the problem was that that user's client wasn't coded to ask for permissions in the first place, so the permission needed to be manually given. I don't mind doing this, but it appeared to me that some detail information was needed to enable this which I am unsure of how to find/determine.

Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.

csrutil status
System Integrity Protection status: unknown (Custom Configuration).

Configuration:
    Apple Internal: disabled
    Kext Signing: disabled
    Filesystem Protections: disabled
    Debugging Restrictions: enabled
    DTrace Restrictions: enabled
    NVRAM Protections: enabled
    BaseSystem Verification: enabled

This is an unsupported configuration, likely to break in the future and leave your machine in an unknown state.

How to move an application window to another screen and switch to virtual-desk?

2023-04-25T12:38:10Z

I have 2 screens. On the left screen(A) I have an app in fullscreen mode (as example: iTerm). If it try to move an application(as example: Chrome) from the right screen(B) to the left screen(A), it isn't possible, because I am blockt. I have first switch on the left screen(A) to the virtual-desktop window and only then I am able to move the application window via drag and drop from the right screen(B) to the left screen(A)

Is there a way to automatically switch to the virtual-desktop, when I move an app(as example: Chrome) from one screen(B) to screen(A)?

Clamshell mode does not work on my MacBook Pro (M1) running macOS 12.5 (Monterey)

2023-03-17T15:53:51Z

I've had this problem since I first bought the Macbook, and I'm still having this problem after messing around with certain settings.

I'm running macOS 12.5 (Monterey), a 14-inch 2021 model, with the Apple M1 Pro chip:

I have a wide AOC monitor, connected to my laptop via HDMI:

MacBook Displays

I disabled the power management options that would turn the display off – I set it to never. I also tried setting it to never, even when the macbook is unplugged and plugged. Whenever I connect my laptop to the monitor and close the lid, the laptop locks and the monitor provides a "No signal" message.

I also wiggle the mouse, and press keys on the keyboard in an attempt to wake the device, yet nothing seems to work.

How to disable “Limit IP address tracking” for all networks?

2023-03-07T21:25:23Z

I know one can disable “Limit IP address tracking” per Wi-Fi network.

Can this be done once for all networks (both Ethernet and Wi-Fi)?

Upgrade from BigSur to Ventura macbook pro not detecting external monitors and TVs

2022-12-26T11:15:58Z

Before the update I could connect my laptop to my two external monitors and to my Panasonic TV, after the update they aren't detected anymore.

The ports are working as I tried with an external HDD and USB stick, and my HDMI cables work as well, tried with my windows machine...

So far I tried:

resetting NVRAM/PRAM
resetting PRAM
boot in safemode
changing the resolution of the screen while connected

Specs

13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports

2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 1536 MB

16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

OS version 13.1 (22C65)

Any thoughts?

Thanks

How to get stock quote from Yahoo! Finance API into macOS Shortcuts

2022-12-13T15:35:19Z

I am trying to create a macOS shortcut (with the Shortcuts app) that fetches some stock quotes.

According to this web page, here is how to use the JSON structure:

Open the Shortcuts app
Click on the + sign to create a new shortcut
Add action Get contents of URL
Insert desired URL
Add action Get dictionary from input (which automatically gets the dictionary from the URL)
Add action Get dictionary value
In field key insert fact
Add Show result which will automatically set the variable name to Dictionary Value
Add action Show result
Then click on the play button
Authorise access
A pop-up message appears.

I looked up how Yahoo! Finance the API looks like thanks to this other web page which reveals the following API structure:

{
  "quoteSummary": {
    "result": [
      {
        "financialData": {
          "maxAge": 86400,
          "currentPrice": {
            "raw": 144.49,
            "fmt": "144.49"
          },
          "targetHighPrice": {
            "raw": 214,
            "fmt": "214.00"
          },
          "targetLowPrice": {
            "raw": 122,
            "fmt": "122.00"
          },
          "targetMeanPrice": {
            "raw": 176.69,
            "fmt": "176.69"
          },
          "targetMedianPrice": {
            "raw": 176,
            "fmt": "176.00"
          },
          "recommendationMean": {
            "raw": 1.9,
            "fmt": "1.90"
          },
          "recommendationKey": "buy",
          "numberOfAnalystOpinions": {
            "raw": 41,
            "fmt": "41",
            "longFmt": "41"
          },
          "totalCash": {
            "raw": 48304001024,
            "fmt": "48.3B",
            "longFmt": "48,304,001,024"
          },
          "totalCashPerShare": {
            "raw": 3.036,
            "fmt": "3.04"
          },
          "ebitda": {
            "raw": 130541002752,
            "fmt": "130.54B",
            "longFmt": "130,541,002,752"
          },
          "totalDebt": {
            "raw": 132480000000,
            "fmt": "132.48B",
            "longFmt": "132,480,000,000"
          },
          "quickRatio": {
            "raw": 0.709,
            "fmt": "0.71"
          },
          "currentRatio": {
            "raw": 0.879,
            "fmt": "0.88"
          },
          "totalRevenue": {
            "raw": 394328014848,
            "fmt": "394.33B",
            "longFmt": "394,328,014,848"
          },
          "debtToEquity": {
            "raw": 261.446,
            "fmt": "261.45"
          },
          "revenuePerShare": {
            "raw": 24.317,
            "fmt": "24.32"
          },
          "returnOnAssets": {
            "raw": 0.21214001,
            "fmt": "21.21%"
          },
          "returnOnEquity": {
            "raw": 1.75459,
            "fmt": "175.46%"
          },
          "grossProfits": {
            "raw": 170782000000,
            "fmt": "170.78B",
            "longFmt": "170,782,000,000"
          },
          "freeCashflow": {
            "raw": 90215251968,
            "fmt": "90.22B",
            "longFmt": "90,215,251,968"
          },
          "operatingCashflow": {
            "raw": 122151002112,
            "fmt": "122.15B",
            "longFmt": "122,151,002,112"
          },
          "earningsGrowth": {
            "raw": 0.048,
            "fmt": "4.80%"
          },
          "revenueGrowth": {
            "raw": 0.081,
            "fmt": "8.10%"
          },
          "grossMargins": {
            "raw": 0.43310001,
            "fmt": "43.31%"
          },
          "ebitdaMargins": {
            "raw": 0.33105,
            "fmt": "33.11%"
          },
          "operatingMargins": {
            "raw": 0.30289,
            "fmt": "30.29%"
          },
          "profitMargins": {
            "raw": 0.2531,
            "fmt": "25.31%"
          },
          "financialCurrency": "USD"
        }
      }
    ],
    "error": null
  }
}

And here are the steps I made to get today's AAPL stock valuation:

Open the Shortcuts app
Click on the + sign to create a new shortcut
Add action Get contents of URL
Insert URL https://query1.finance.yahoo.com/v11/finance/quoteSummary/AAPL
Add action Get dictionary from input (which automatically gets the dictionary from the URL)
Add action Get dictionary value
In field key insert financialData
Add action Set variable
Set field Variable Name to financialDataVar
Add action Get dictionary value
In field key insert currentPrice
Add action Set variable
Set field Variable Name to currentPriceVar
Add action Get dictionary value
In field key insert raw
Add action Set variable
Set field Variable Name to rawVar
Add action Text
In the text field, add on under the other: financialDataVar, currentPriceVar, and rawVar
Add action Show alert
Instead of Do you want to continue? insert Text

Clicking on the play button shows a pop-up window, but, unfortunately, without any content.

My questions:

What steps do I have to do in order to get AAPL current stock price when I click on the play button?
Is there a way to ask the user to input their own ticker (say MSFT, or TSLA, etc.)?

Some icons changed after changing username and home folder name

2022-02-23T11:31:35Z

I have changed my username and home folder name in macOS Monterey and now the sidebar icons were just generic.

I unchecked and checked back all of them in Finder's preferences and all changed back except Desktop icon. I tried to remove it from the sidebar and then drag it there from my home folder but it still shows like this:

If I select get info I see the correct icon though:

Any idea how can I get the correct icon back in sidebar?

How can I restore my Finder Sidebar Icons?

2022-02-22T18:33:28Z

I had to rename my user and home folder recently, but did it according to the official guide from Apple. Initially, all icons in the sidebar of Finder appeared as a generic folder. Removing and re-adding them fixed the issue for all icons, except the Desktop icon.

What I've tried/checked

The account name and home folder name are the same (also in cAsE)
The home folder is set correctly for the account
I've rebooted
I've rebooted in safe mode
I've cleared the PRAM

Did anyone run into the same issue yet and was able to fix it? Running macOS 12.2.1 on a 16-inch 2021 MacBook Pro.

Preview Images Inside Folder Icons

2021-12-29T09:53:06Z

Can I insert an image or more than one image into a folder icon, (like overlaying the image onto the folder icon itself) so I can see some of the data that is in that folder before I click on it? I think I did this with Windows years ago and not sure which OS it was but can I do this in El Capitan and Yosemite?

Can I USB boot Windows XP or 7 on my Intel Core 2 duo iMac 5,2 1.83GHz 2009?

2021-09-02T14:09:26Z

Can I USB boot Windows XP or 7 on my Intel Core 2 duo iMac 5,2 1.83GHz 2009?

I don't care what version of Windows has to go on; I just need to run some XP apps. 7 would be great but plech... There's gotta be a way. I've got 10.5.8 running now, does it matter? Can't (won't, way too much installed on it) reformat my drive. May as well swap out drives...

Just a simple USB boot. No garbage.

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I updated my iPhone 7 to iOS 14.5. In the Apple podcast app, I am no longer able to find certain shows previously played episodes grouped together. Is there a way to see all the episodes of the show that I have listened to all grouped together even if I’ve deleted them from the downloads?

Before I updated iOS, I could see this information.

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2020-07-09T21:24:33Z

I am using the Notes app on iPhone 7 plus running iOS 10.2.1. I don't use iCloud.

However, a few days ago, the Notes app stopped loading all my notes. My notes app shows nothing.

However, when I search for a note using Spotlight Search, I can see the search result. When I tap on it, it opens the Notes app and showing an endless loading animation on the top of screen. Again, it doesn't load the notes.

Is there any way to fix this problem and recover my notes either by transferring them to a Mac/PC or just fix the Notes app to load all my notes?

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2020-06-22T18:38:07Z

I already tried:

Force quit Finder
sudo launchctl start/stop com.apple.pboard
System Preferences> Keyboard> Modifier Keys > Restore Defaults
System Preferences> Shortcuts> App Shortcuts> + (when I tried to write the shortcut in "Keyboard Shortcut" Command C doesnt work)

When I try to paste it's ok, it works. The problem is to copy, the shortcut doesnt work and the edit flash doesnt work too. Its the same with Shift + e

The keys Command, Shift, C and e work separately. They dont work like shortcuts

Model: Macmini6,1

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Is there any native way to view HEIF/HEIC format (or the viewer-application) in El Capitan or Sierra without upgrade of macOS itself?

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Is there any native way to view the HEIF/HEIC format (or the viewer-application) in El Capitan or Sierra without upgrade of macOS itself?

It is not yet possible to upgrade yet to High Sierra for me, but I'd like to natively view images from iPhone 8 and up generation, avoiding conversions to JPEG.

There been questions asked about convertors of .heic to .jpg, but I don't think it's reasonable to convert images (via the means of online convertors, specialized apps, Dropbox, etc.). Sooner or later .heic support will become normal, and all the online services and applications will finish the transition, so obviously there will be no need to convert to JPEG.

Is there any way to install some kind of plugin or extension to MacOS to support HEIF/HEIC within the Preview app, or it may be there are good applications alike XnView or analogues, which support it out of the box?

How to permanently turn off check spelling while typing in macOS!

2017-09-23T15:04:56Z

How to permanently turn off check spelling while typing in macOS - for each and every app. Whenever I turn off this option in anyone of my default or third party mac apps within a few seconds these option turns itself on automatically, so is there any option to turn this off permanently across each and every app?

I have already tried each and every solutions mentioned in this question Can't disable 'Check spelling while typing' in 'Notes' in OSX El Capitan 10.11.6

But still it automatically gets turned on!

Can't disable 'Check spelling while typing' in 'Notes' in OSX El Capitan 10.11.6

2016-10-16T22:56:53Z

This is driving me crazy.

In 'Notes', with a note text open/active, I uncheck 'Edit->Spelling and Grammar->Check spelling while typing'. Now the red underlines disappear from words believed to be spelled incorrectly, as expected. I close 'Notes', open it again. The same note text is active, but the red underlines are back. Checking the menu item above, I see that it is now checked again.

How come this setting won't stick when closing/opening 'Notes'? If I open/display another note text, then open/display the first note text, the red underlines are not back - it is only when 'Notes' is closed that this setting seems to be forgotten.

I have tried this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2577594 (changing some system-wide settings, however written for a different version of OSX) ...but it doesn't help.

Possibly a similar problem (not entirely clear) on OSX Yosemite, however no solution: How to completely, utterly, disable spell-check on OS X Yosemite?

I am getting error LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -600"

2015-10-08T18:51:12Z

While running ./getcov -s from Jenkin to MAC-OS and I am getting following errors:

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -600 for the file /Users/imacsbuild/Documents/XXX/XcodeCoverage-master/lcov/index.html.

Has anyone come across such errors?

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2013-08-02T15:44:18Z

I would like to use the spellchecking dictionaries bundled with OS X from the command line (hunspell), but can't seem to find them. In /System/Library/Spelling there are only 2 files pl_PL.{aff,dic}, and find / -name '*.dic' revealed nothing.

I know I can dowload dictionaries from OpenOffice etc., but I'd like to find the ones bundled with OS X.

EDIT To clarify, there are at least two kinds of dictionaries in OS X:

Definitions used in Dictionary.app. I'm not interested in those.
Word lists used by the system spellchecker (red dotted lines). I know OS X uses hunspell because the hunspell website says so, and there are numerous posts on how to add new ones (1, 2). Just, I don't want to add new ones but use the English one that obviously comes with the system.

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