/r/mac/

r/mac

3.0M members
r/mac is a subreddit with 3.0M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses macbook, mac, m1, macos, and annoying, and they frequently recommend/review mac, mac apps, and browser.
The community for everything related to Apple's Mac computers!

Popular Themes in r/mac

#1
Solution Requests
: "What can I do to get on the internet on my old Mac"
9 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Help me!"
8 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "The most boring WWDC I have ever seen"
4 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Good price at Costco"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/mac

#1

Macbook

: "What do you want or expect in a Macbook Air refresh?"
158 posts
#2

Mac

: "Do you remember the first Mac operating system you used? 🍎"
78 posts
#3

M1

: "M1 air Users, Should i: Upgrade, Downgrade, stay."
39 posts
#4

Macos

: "Apple Announces Macos Golden Gate"
37 posts
#5

Annoying

28 posts
#6

Looking

27 posts
#7

Looking For

27 posts
#8

Looking For A

27 posts
#9

Keyboard

: "Does anyone know of a third party wireless Keyboard that has a similar feel and an identical layout to a MBP Keyboard?"
15 posts
#10

Imac

: "Still got my fully working Imac g3 blueberry"
15 posts

Products Discussed in r/mac

Mac

107 reviews
#1
Apple
4.2 from 86 reviews
#2
M1
5.0 from 7 reviews
#3
Mac
3.3 from 3 reviews

Mac Apps

75 reviews
#1
Shottr
5.0 from 3 reviews
#2
The Unarchiver
4.3 from 3 reviews
#3
iWork
4.0 from 3 reviews

Browser

57 reviews
#1
Apple
4.4 from 14 reviews
#2
Mozilla
4.2 from 13 reviews
#3
Brave
4.4 from 8 reviews

Flair Used in r/mac

#1
Question
: "Why Apple's flagship Mac Pro computers are so undesirable? My local used electronics store has literally piles of these units"
63 posts
#2
Discussion
: "macOS 27's built-in Screen Recorder can now include System Audio (as an option)"
44 posts
#3
My Mac
: "The box survived. The MacBook didn’t."
33 posts
#4
Old Macs
: "How to get Mac OS 27 on here?"
20 posts
#5
News/Article
: "Apple Announces macOS Golden Gate"
17 posts
#6
Image
: "The macOS Golden Gate wallpaper we could have gotten"
16 posts
#7
Meme
: "Since MacOS 27 fixed our corner radii issue what we will have to complain about."
7 posts

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Yearly
+114k members(3.9%)

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Last updated: June 16, 2026