r/MacOS is a subreddit with 600k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, 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
: "Got tired of web converters, so I made LOCAL media converter for macOS."
19 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "14 years & MacOS still hasn’t fixed display scaling!"
8 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "what browser do you use/recommend on macOS?"
8 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Time for a new network share icon"
4 posts
Popular Topics in r/MacOS
#1
Macos
: "Macos Tahoe’s minimum RAM requirement is lower than I expected: 1.1GB"
173 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."
76 posts
#3
App
: "I want to know how in the world Apple Intelligence thought this"
47 posts
#4
Mac
: "Got tired of web converters, so I made LOCAL media converter for MacOS."
30 posts
#5
Macbook
: "help with New Macbook"
15 posts
#6
Update
: "M2 Mac Studio – Tahoe 26.5.1 Update Stuck Forever"
13 posts
#7
Free
: "Vorssaint, a Free open-source macOS toolkit that combines Volume Mixer, Dock Preview, Alt Tab, App Cleaner, Keep Awake and more"
13 posts
#8
Safari
: "Is Chrome that much worse (speed, battery, memory, etc.) than Safari?"
8 posts
#9
Finder
: "Finder and in-App file renaming irritatingly different."
8 posts
#10
Annoying
6 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?"
98 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Major breakthrough: 32bit Apple app running on M4 natively"
32 posts
#3
Bug
: "Why is my Firefox evil?"
14 posts
#4
Developer Saturday
: "RetroMac, second release: turn your modern Mac into a CRT-era machine (Mac OS 9, Win98, BeOS… with real scanlines)"
12 posts
#5
Tips & Guides
: "I just realized I’ve been replacing Launchpad with this built-in Dock trick for years!"
8 posts
#6
Feature
: "TIL you can print CD Covers from Apple Music"
7 posts
#7
Creative
: "macOS Tahoe’s minimum RAM requirement is lower than I expected: 1.1GB"
7 posts
#8
Nostalgia
: "Icons from 2000s were masterpieces in Mac OS X"
6 posts
#9
News
: "This Screen Time Glitch had me rolling"
5 posts
#10
Apps
: "All macOS 26 icons"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/MacOS
Yearly
+157k members(35.3%)
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Last updated: June 28, 2026