r/MacOS is a subreddit with 640k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses macos, mac, macbook, 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
Pain & Anger
: "To Apple Devs, Management and whoever is/was involved in this. This is going to be the last time I upgrade macOS immediately after the release."
6 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Siri AI safari extensions are pretty neat"
5 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "How well does Disk Utility erase tracks really (if you want to sell)?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/MacOS
#1
Macos
6 posts
#2
Mac
5 posts
#3
Macbook
2 posts
#4
Screenshot Tools
2 posts
#5
Download
2 posts
#6
Beginner's Guide
1 post
#7
Ext4 Formatting
1 post
#8
Dock Recommendations
1 post
#9
Pixelate Video
1 post
#10
Monitor Recommendations
1 post
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
: "SiriAI Connection Errors?"
49 posts
#2
Discussion
: "MacOS 27 stop light looks hella nice"
15 posts
#3
Bug
: "Horrible typo handling by Siri when attempting to launch apps compared to Spotlight. "Opening Safari"... doesn't open. "Opening Photos"... attempts to open Finder.... nothing opens."
15 posts
#4
News
: "Task Manager by the man who wrote the Windows version"
2 posts
#5
Tips & Guides
: "macOS 27 hides Spotlight's indexing status. Here's how to check its progress."
1 post
#6
Nostalgia
: "Liquid Nightmare"
1 post
#7
Feature
: "Siri AI safari extensions are pretty neat"
1 post
Member Growth in r/MacOS
Yearly
+173k members(37.1%)
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Last updated: September 23, 2026