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Hi folks, I have a 2020 MBP with Sonoma 14.4.1 installed. Now it won't mount the external drive- tried mount in Disk Utility, mount in Recover Mood, force mount in Terminal- nothing. It is greyed out in Disk Utility, but is def connected. Here are the specs- Backup+ BK: Capacity: 1 TB (1,000,204,885,504 bytes) Removable Media: No BSD Name: disk2 Logical Unit: 0 Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map) S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified USB Interface: 0 Volumes: disk2s1: Capacity: 32 KB (32,256 bytes) BSD Name: disk2s1 Content: Apple_partition_map Seagate Backup Plus Drive: Capacity: 1 TB (1,000,070,631,424 bytes) File System: Journaled HFS+ BSD Name: disk2s3 Content: Apple_HFS Volume UUID: 32160C59-217F-3552-8125-F71F017D0974 Please help!

I'm having mostly BBEdit (sometimes iTerm2) quit overnight and I can't find out why. I tried running a crontab to see if BBEdit was open every 15 minutes to find the time it was closing but it gave the wrong feedback. Anybody know how I can chase this up? The Console isn't showing anything relevant. Cheers

My 2TB external hard drive is failing to appear after I didn't eject it properly. I attempted to mount using Disk Utility which brought up the error 49217 which failed. Attempting to run First Aid returns the message below. Any ideas on how to recover the data? Repairing file system. Volume is already unmounted. Performing fsck_apfs -y -x /dev/rdisk4s1 Checking the container superblock. warning: container has been mounted by APFS version 2235.80.4.0.1, which is newer than 1677.141.3.7.2 warning: disabling overallocation repairs by default; use -o to override Checking the space manager. Checking the space manager free queue trees. Checking the object map. Checking volume. Checking the APFS volume superblock. warning: apfs superblock at index 0: apfs_fs_alloc_count (158958540) is greater than container wide allocated count (158878084) Checking the object map. error: (oid 0x1d4a1e) om: invalid o_oid (0x68af) error: (oid 0x1d4a1e) om: invalid o_type (0x3, expected 0x4000000b) error: (oid 0x1d4a1e) om: invalid o_type (0x3, expected 0x4000000b) error: verification/reading of the omap object failed: Illegal byte sequence The volume /dev/rdisk4s1 could not be verified completely. File system check exit code is 8. Restoring the original state found as unmounted. File system verify or repair failed. : (-69845) Operation failed…

I have a MacBook Air 2017 (Dual-Core Intel Core i5) and a Samsung curved display (34” ViewFinity Ultra WQHD High Resolution Monitor with 1000R Curvature -Model : S34A650UXN) that used to display fine using a J5 JUD380 dongle to go from the USB A from MacBook to dongle. The dongle is connected to the Samsung monitor via a HDMI cable. Before I shared screen with a 3rd party during an IT session, my screen displayed beautifully. After I ended that session, I delete the software (don't recall what it was) and maybe an additional plist file(s). Now my display is stretched with resolutions options limited at 1920x1080. I have reset the monitor 3 times, and reinstalled OS (currently Montery 12.7.5 beta) 4 times. I deleted the NMRAV. I have tried a different dongle, and tried 3 different HDMI cables. I'm out of ideas and I am NOT a techie - please help!

Mac OS Sonoma beta 14.5 - Macbook Pro M1 With the update to beta 14.5 23F5049f it is no longer allowing detection of an external monitor. Before the update, this would automatically make the external display the main monitor when connecting the USB-C cable. Have tried the different USB-C ports, also turning on and off the computer and monitor separately but not being able to use the secondary display

Hello everyone! I have questions, especially for experienced Apple developers. In short, I will start with the most important issue. I am going to study iOS development. As I understand, this is only possible if I am a Mac user. Unfortunately, at this stage, I don't have the financial means to buy a MacBook Pro. This is where my first and most important question arose - for learning (and preferably not only learning) and possibly working on large projects in Xcode (I will also most likely install and use Swift Playgrounds during the learning process) how useful will it be to buy a MacBook Air 13-inch? (If it's better to stop at the 15-inch model anyway? I like the 13-inch one because it's smaller and lighter to move around) I'll probably buy it with an M2 or M3 chip. (Is the chip crucial?) Also, the initial specs I saw for the 13-inch model are: 8-Core CPU 8-Core GPU 8GB Unified Memory 256GB SSD Storage Will this be enough, or must it be better if there were more of them? What would be the most optimal option for me? Thank you very much in advance for your time and honest answers.

All of a sudden can't use Citrix - here is what I get System Integrity Protection: enabled Notes: PC register does not match crashing frame (0x0 vs 0x1061A33B8) Crashed Thread: 0 1 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Application Specific Information: abort() called

For some reason, I have to build my iOS app project on target My Mac(Designed for iPhone) instead of using Mac Catalyst. Now I want to access these window buttons, is there any possible way to do that? or print current view/components whatever it is while clicking button?

My Mac will not run Xcode 15.3 which uses Swift 5.10. It will run Xcode 15.2 which uses Swift 5.9.2. The problem I am seeing is that Apple provides the language guide for Swift 5.10 but not the guide for Swift 5.9. Is this a real problem or am I over reacting, if not, where can I get and how do I install the reference guide for Swift 5.9 that will show up in Xcode

I found my mac automatically tries to connect to the Google public servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (I haven't set it). I tried to figure out why. Then I found that after I deleted the CriticalDomains in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.networkextension.control.plist, the problem is solved. However, those domains are as follows: { CriticalDomains = ( "cheeserolling.apple.com", "woolyjumper.sd.apple.com", "basejumper.apple.com", "basejumper-vip.sd.apple.com", "basejumper.sd.apple.com", "locksmith.apple.com", "gdmf-staging-int.apple.com", "pallas-uat.rno.apple.com", "pr2-pallas-staging-int-prz.apple.com", "livability-api.swe.apple.com" ); } May I ask what are those domains? I cannot find anything online. Is it possible to link those Apple dns domains to those public Google servers, maybe with some granted access to those Apple servers?

I found my mac automatically connects to the Google server 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 that I haven't set in my mac. I figured out it seems to be set via /Library/Preferences/com.apple.networkextension.control.plist as follows: { CriticalDomains = ( "cheeserolling.apple.com", "woolyjumper.sd.apple.com", "basejumper.apple.com", "basejumper-vip.sd.apple.com", "basejumper.sd.apple.com", "locksmith.apple.com", "gdmf-staging-int.apple.com", "pallas-uat.rno.apple.com", "pr2-pallas-staging-int-prz.apple.com", "livability-api.swe.apple.com" ); } I cannot find any info about those domains online. I am wondering if it is possible like for apple staffs to set those CriticalDomains to control the connections to servers.

macOS 14.2.1, MacBook Air 13″ M1 Hi, I have this issue with my Sandisk Sdhc 64g card - ExFAT - I can't mount it to my macbook M1. It's doesn's pop up. When I try to do this in disk utility - disable but it's visable - i have error: ' (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49244.)'. When I try to do the first aid: 'File system verify or repair failed. : (-69845)'. When i try to erese: 'MediaKit reports bad partition or no map found. : (-5324)'. I have NO problem using this card with my camera or windows computer. In my windows it's not even showing any error - everything look healthy, without issuse, co I can't fix it with windows because there is all good. I erase this card using my windows computer (with no problem) - twice (using fast and slow option). No issue. But it doesn't helped. I tried using 'sudo pkill -f fsck' command in terminal - no effect. With my other sdhc card 32g I don't have any issue with this macbook, so the problem is with The 64 sdhc card and The M1 macbook air connection. What can I do?

I frequently use the Universal Control feature from my Mac, the 27in, to my iPad Pro 5th gen, and recently, when I take a screenshot from my Mac and drag and drop to my tablet, the image won't appear. To be clear, I see the mouse going from the Mac to the iPad, and I see the image floating on the iPad, but when I release the image, it does not appear on the screen. I have the latest update, the Sonoma 14.4. I've searched everywhere and I honestly don't know what to do. I am not good with tech, but I don't know what else to do. In addition, I don't know if this is relevant, but my Mac does not find my iPad on Bluetooth and I have tried everything as well. I restarted it, and everything and nothing.

Hi all, I have a macbook air 2022 with the M2 chip inside. I am trying to use a wired xbox 360 controller to play games on steam. However, whenever I try to plug it it, the light shines green for a little bit and then turns off. I checked in my usb device tree through the system report and it says that there is a controller plugged in. The controller doesn't work in the game either, are there any fixes? I am also on macOS Monterey version 12.4

I'm having issues using Finder Search (and spotlight search) for files on the network drive. Till the new update of OS Sonoma finder search was working, I think its a bug but today I uploaded to the latest version (14.4) but the issue remains. The issue is simple, when I search files/folders/anything on a network drive I find nothing. For example I have folders named with numbers "21053" "10992"; if I put the exact name on the search bar it doesn't show anything. I don't know what to do, please help me.

What's the best way in Instruments, to measure the amount of time spent on large memory copies? For a very simple example, when directly calling memcpy? Memory copying does not show up in the time profiler, it's not a VM cache miss or zeroing event, etc so it doesn't show there, it doesn't (as far as I can tell) show up in the system trace, and there aren't any other choices.

I recently purchased a MacBook Pro with M3 chip running Sonoma 14.3.1 (to replace a MacBook Pro that used an Intel chip and ran Ventura 13.6.1.) I need to open Port 2001 to use socket.io for an app I am developing. On the older Mac, I simply entered : sudo ufw allow 8001 Now the Mac apparently uses pfctl as a firewall, but the documentation on how to open a port is not at all clear. Can you help.

Just did the mac OS update and now my external drives aren't showing no matter what I'm doing even through disk utility

I have a Samsung wide screen monitor that worked with 2017 MacBook Air with intel running latest OS on beta that's available - Monterrey 12.7.4 - until I download software to share with a government entity. After removing that share screen software, I can no longer get a resolution about 1920x1080, which results in my monitor display looking stretched. I've reinstalled OS three times, set to monitor to defaults two times, and still nothing. How do I add resolution size about 1920-x1080?