*** The official macOS Sequoia thread ***

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Drag and Drop Files Now Work With iPhone Mirroring in Latest macOS Sequoia 15.1 and iOS 18.1 Betas

With macOS 15.1 and iOS 18.1 beta 5, Apple has enabled drag and drop, a much anticipated iPhone Mirroring feature. After updating to the new...

www.macrumors.com

This sounds good.

 

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They haven’t, no sorry. I can ask next time they email.

The new version of Soundsource is out.

 

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Just updated and it seems to have fixed all my issues.

Hope it's working for you now.

Seems to be working! Awesome .

 

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I'm tempted to reinstall macOS from scratch. I've been using this Mac Studio since 2022 and over time it has slowly built up a bunch of crap and I feel like starting again will free up a bit of SSD space (essential when you only have 512GB total). Not sure though. I doubt a new Mac Studio will be released before June 2025 so I need to make sure I'm fine until then.

What would you do?

 

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I've never felt the need to do a wipe and reinstall, and the times when Iv'e done it just because, I've noticed no difference.

Fair.

 

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Ok managed to sort it.. but in searching it appears others have issues too. Also had issues with usb connection for a walkman too.

I'm old. I can't imagine a walkman with a USB connection .

 

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Is there a way to add a menu bar item for VPN connections? I can't find it but I want to be able to connect and disconnect easier than having to open Settings > VPN all the time. I'm probably being blind.

 

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I can't test it with the work laptop, as we use a specific client which has a menu-bar, but from memory this used to work:

Use the VPN status menu in the menu bar on Mac

On your Mac, use the VPN status menu to quickly connect to or disconnect from a VPN, track connection time, and display status while connecting.

support.apple.com

Oh, awesome! Thank you. That link worked.

 

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Ooo. It fixed my issue with multiple monitors. That is good.

 

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Not going there. That would be worse than staying on BST.

Also doesn't switching to US mean that you fall under US privacy rules rather than UK privacy rules?

 

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You’re only changing the system language, not region.

Ah, I see. Thank you .

 

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I didn't know about this!

Install Mac Apps on External Storage in macOS Sequoia

If you're running out of space on your Mac's internal drive, macOS Sequoia 15.1 includes a handy new feature that lets you install large apps...

www.macrumors.com

Really useful.

 

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When you apply a MacOS update why does it open all of the apps you had open on the dock? Is there a setting for this?

No idea but it is annoying as hell.

 

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So here's a question - with Tim Apple announcing that they're going to be slowing down and staggering the release cadence of hardware products, do you think that means we could be seeing a longer gap between OS updates?

They'll need to keep iOS and macOS in sync as they won't stop selling iPhones every year. Maybe the hardware will come slower but macOS will keep getting updated. At least that is how I guess it'll go.

 

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New release candidate build released.

 

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Being able to link my ChatGPT Plus account to Apple Intelligence is cool.

 

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Now that Apple Intelligence is out are you going to drop things like Alfred?

 

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I don't see any reason to, I use Alfred as an app launcher, a file finder and to run a series of commands with a couple of keystrokes. I don't see how AI will change that.

Ah, fair point. I haven't really tried out the new AI stuff.

 

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I have a couple of large files in iCloud I recently uploaded but I'd like to remove the local files but keep them stored in iCloud. What is the easiest way to do that?

 

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Right click and select “Remove Download”. Do you ever bother to research before posting here!?

Obviously not.