r/osx
80k members
r/osx is a subreddit with 80k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses macos, mac, osx, looking for, and app, and they frequently recommend/review virtualization software, pdf viewer, and external ssd.
Reddit's home of all things OSX.
Popular Themes in r/osx
#1
Solution Requests
: "Automatically add alerts to any event added to a particular calendar?"
5 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Anything i can do? Messages, Music & Photos taking up the majority of my space"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/osx
#1
Macos
160 posts
#2
Mac
: "Copilot app on Mac hijacks Command-Control-F shortcut"
142 posts
#3
Osx
99 posts
#4
Looking For
56 posts
#5
App
53 posts
#6
Looking
45 posts
#7
Looking For A
45 posts
#8
Os
33 posts
#9
Annoying
28 posts
#10
Update
26 posts
Products Discussed in r/osx
Virtualization Software
15 reviews
#1
Parallels
3.8★ from 5 reviews
#2
VMware Fusion
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#3
Oracle
3.7★ from 3 reviews
Pdf Viewer
2 reviews
#1
PDF Expert
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
PDFPen
5.0★ from 1 review
External Ssd
1 review
#1
Samsung
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/osx
#1
El Capitan (10.11)
: "How to get rid of this login pop-up, wife hasn’t been with DOE for 6 years."
4 posts
#2
Mountain Lion (10.8)
: "The calculator app from Mac OS X Mountain Lion works on macOS Big Sur"
4 posts
#3
Mavericks (10.9)
: "Mountain Lion notes app on Mavericks!"
4 posts
#4
Sierra (10.12)
: "Does an early 2011 MacBook Pro only have intergrated graphics?"
2 posts
#5
Snow Leopard (10.6)
: "Is it possible?"
1 post
#6
Yosemite (10.10)
: "Photos issues. @700 photos can’t be uploaded. Can’t export. What are my options?"
1 post
#7
Lion (10.7)
: "Mid 2009 Macbook Pro, need help"
1 post
Member Growth in r/osx
Yearly
+4k members(5.7%)
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Last updated: August 9, 2026