The sixteenth release of Apple's desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. Use this tag only if your question relates to using macOS Big Sur specific behavior. Questions relating to using or troubleshooting macOS are off-topic.
Questions tagged [macos-big-sur]
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How to install and start MySQL 5.7 on macOS BigSur (Apple Silicon) with Homebrew?
I need a specific version of MySQL (5.7) to be installed on my MacBook with M1.
I'm trying to do that with Homebrew.
brew install mysql@5.7
The output:
We've installed your MySQL database without a root password. To secure it run:
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Encountered Vagrant Up error on MacOs Big Sur Upgrade
I just upgraded my mac OS from Catalina to Big Sur. My vagrant used to be working normally before and then I encountered this issue. (Vagrant version: 2.2.13)
There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling…
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Error reading R script (),system error 2 when trying to run R Studio on Mac
I installed R Studio desktop in my MacBook air running on Big Sur. Unfortunately, it cannot run due to the error below:
Error reading R script (),system error 2 (No such file or directory);
Unable to find libR.dylib in expected locationswithin R…
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Error while installing python on Big Sur 11.1 with Pyenv
When I run
pyenv install 3.8.0
This is my command line errors:
jazab@Jazabs-MacBook-Pro ~ % pyenv install 3.8.0
python-build: use openssl@1.1 from homebrew
python-build: use readline from homebrew
Downloading Python-3.8.0.tar.xz...
->…
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How to check if a process is running under Rosetta with terminal
I know that one can use Activity Monitor to check if a process is running via Rosetta on Apple Silicon. I wonder if there is a way to do the same with the terminal?
Edit:
The process is some other application, so if there is a way to check if this…
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Why is Xcode Caches so huge?
I updated macOS to Big Sur for my late 2016 MacBook Pro.
When I check the storage:
Xcode Caches takes a huge size of storage. I deleted it and it will show up again.
Why is it so huge? Can I delete them and how to delete them?
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Focus Follows Mouse on MacOS
PROBLEM: how to implement focus follow mouse for all windows / apps on MacOS?
CONTEXT: terminal commands such as "defaults write com.apple.terminal FocusFollowsMouse -string true" implement the desired behavior ONLY for terminal windows.
SIMILAR…
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clang-7: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 for macOS Big Sur
Installing R packages that need compiling in macOS is broken since Big Sur. Here is such an example.
> install.packages('nlme')
There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
binary source needs_compilation
nlme…
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RVM install ruby 2.6.4 fails with makefile error: implicit declaration of function 'ffi_prep_closure' is invalid in C99
RVM rvm 1.29.12-next
Mac OS Big Sur on M1 chip
rvm install 2.6.4
fails with:
Error running '__rvm_make -j8',
please read /Users/jason/.rvm/log/1626110300_ruby-2.6.4/make.log
There has been an error while running make. Halting the installation.
the…
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LoadError - incompatible library version - /Users/user/gems/gems/ffi-1.13.1/lib/ffi_c.bundle
When I try to install modules using pod install command in directory ios of react native project, I get the following error:
LoadError - incompatible library version - /Users/user/gems/gems/ffi-1.13.1/lib/ffi_c.bundle
How can I fix it so that my…
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Crontab is not running local/bin/ script. Catalina, BigSur
I just have started to use crontab and have some problems with it. I have already read some posts about how to use it on macOS, but it still not working.
So,
I write crontab -e, then edit it to
*/1 * * * * cliclick -w 1 m:3,3 (for example) - which…
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Chromedriver can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software
Environment:
OS : Big Sur 11.1
Homebrew 3.2.13
Python 3.9.7
Command:
chromedriver —version
Error GUI Alert:

Error via output of .py file attempt to run chromedriver:
raise WebDriverException(selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException:…
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How to build LLVM (clang,clang++) for Apple M1?
I am trying to build LLVM compilers so that I can enable OpenMP on the Apple M1.
I am using the LLVM development tree, (since I saw some OpenMP runtime go into that for this recently).
I have ended up with this script to invoke cmake:
# Xcode,…
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Is it possible to run Xcode11 in macOS Big Sur?
I get following error:
The version of Xcode installed on this Mac is not compatible with macOS Big Sur. Download the latest version for free from the App Store.
This is on a M1 Mac (ARM, Apple Silicon).
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List or OutlineGroup expanded by default in SwiftUI
With List or OutlineGroup in SwiftUI how to make some (or all) of their branches expanded by default when creating the view. This seems to be possible with DisclosureGroup with a binding.
This could be useful for restoring state or customizing the…
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