r/MacOS is a subreddit with 611k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses macos, macbook, mac, screenshot tools, and download, 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
: "Record a Mac task once, get a step-by-step guide. I spent 6 months building this native app — 100% on-device, offline, no Electron."
11 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "What is that one Mac app that made you think, "How was I working without this?""
10 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "First time Mac OS user, my experience"
8 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Your Mac. Your AI. Free. I built an open source native app that runs AI models locally on Apple Silicon."
7 posts
Popular Topics in r/MacOS
#1
Macos
: "Made two free minimal clock screen savers for Macos. Utsuroi (移ろい), Itten (一点)"
49 posts
#2
Macbook
: "Macbook 26.5.2 Issues?"
9 posts
#3
Mac
3 posts
#4
Screenshot Tools
2 posts
#5
Download
2 posts
#6
True Tone
: "Designers and photographers, this is for you: a tool that remembers your True Tone setting per-app (free, open source)"
2 posts
#7
Chrome
: "MacOS-inspired browser start page for Chrome"
2 posts
#8
Folder
: "iCloud Folder icon"
2 posts
#9
Bug
2 posts
#10
Tahoe
2 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
: "What the actual hell, Apple?"
91 posts
#2
Discussion
: "I just realized the new Preview logo isn't a jar"
25 posts
#3
Developer Saturday
: "Apple invited me to WWDC because of my menu bar app I talked to their engineers, shipped a new version based on their feedback"
25 posts
#4
Bug
: "The Sequoia Calculator app trying to sneak away"
16 posts
#5
News
: "I fkn love my Mac."
10 posts
#6
Tips & Guides
: "Turns out the transcription engine built into macOS 26 is now better than Whisper. I measured it."
10 posts
#7
Creative
: "Saw this and had to post"
7 posts
#8
Nostalgia
: "Does anybody else miss Cover Flow?"
7 posts
#9
Feature
: "I made a punching bag that hangs from the Mac menu bar"
6 posts
#10
Apps
: "Now THIS is what the new Launchpad should have been"
3 posts
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Yearly
+161k members(35.8%)
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Last updated: July 24, 2026