r/MacOS is a subreddit with 603k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses macos, apple, app, mac, and macbook, and they frequently recommend/review browser, ad blocker, and macos.
A community to talk about macOS, the operating system powering Apple's Macintosh computers.
Popular Themes in r/MacOS
#1
Solution Requests
: "Hello everyone, I'm having a problem with the color output from my MacBook to my monitor. Here's a photo. Does anyone know what might be causing this or how to fix it?"
18 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "what browser do you use/recommend on macOS?"
11 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Adobe installing 12 background processes on my mac just to let me merge a pdf is insane"
9 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Time for a new network share icon"
4 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "This subreddit helped my macOS right-click app go viral AND PowerClick 2.0 is now live!"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/MacOS
#1
Macos
: "Macos Tahoe’s minimum RAM requirement is lower than I expected: 1.1GB"
110 posts
#2
Apple
: "How many of you Stage Manager? I think it's one of the best feature Apple shipped in MacOS 13. Ever since its release I've rarely ever turned it off."
29 posts
#3
App
: "I want to know how in the world Apple Intelligence thought this"
19 posts
#4
Mac
: "Got tired of web converters, so I made LOCAL media converter for MacOS."
15 posts
#5
Macbook
: "help with New Macbook"
11 posts
#6
Update
: "M2 Mac Studio – Tahoe 26.5.1 Update Stuck Forever"
7 posts
#7
Annoying
6 posts
#8
Safari
: "Is Chrome that much worse (speed, battery, memory, etc.) than Safari?"
6 posts
#9
Display
: "Docks w/o DisplayLink"
5 posts
#10
Tired
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/MacOS
Browser
149 reviews
#1
Apple
4.5★ from 52 reviews
#2
Mozilla
4.5★ from 36 reviews
#3
Brave
4.2★ from 21 reviews
Ad Blocker
99 reviews
#1
AdGuard
4.5★ from 18 reviews
#2
uBlock Origin
4.9★ from 15 reviews
#3
Wipr
4.6★ from 15 reviews
Macos
74 reviews
#1
Transmission
4.3★ from 19 reviews
#2
qBittorrent
4.1★ from 15 reviews
#3
Apple
4.2★ from 13 reviews
Flair Used in r/MacOS
#1
Help
: "Any way to remove?"
75 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Never change this from "Macintosh" to "Mac" or "macOS""
38 posts
#3
Developer Saturday
: "RetroMac, second release: turn your modern Mac into a CRT-era machine (Mac OS 9, Win98, BeOS… with real scanlines)"
25 posts
#4
Bug
: "Why is my Firefox evil?"
13 posts
#5
Feature
: "Modify window appearance in MacOS Tahoe using terminal commands"
11 posts
#6
Apps
: "All macOS 26 icons"
11 posts
#7
Nostalgia
: "Icons from 2000s were masterpieces in Mac OS X"
8 posts
#8
Creative
: "Made an 5K macOS Glass Style Wallpaper (Free)"
7 posts
#9
Tips & Guides
: "I just realized I’ve been replacing Launchpad with this built-in Dock trick for years!"
7 posts
#10
News
: "Microsoft Edge claps back at users mocking Mac usage, calls itself the best browser"
5 posts
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Yearly
+158k members(35.4%)
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Last updated: July 6, 2026