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An unintentional mistake or omission in the programming code of an application that causes undesirable results. This tag will be used in discussions identifying potential bugs and seeking ways to circumvent or correct them.

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How do I report a bug in Safari 6.0?

http://bugreport.apple.com is the canonical bug reporting mechanism. … Once you have submitted an issue, it will be given a "radar" number and you will be treated to possibly the most archaic customer-facing bug reporting interfaces on the planet. …
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What would make my mac lock

This is typical of a keychain error or issue or just an inconsistency in caching of auth tokens that indicate the grace period to not ask for a password after you log in once. Causes can be system key …
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How to solve the issue of "%" on Calculator giving different results on iPhone vs Mac?

I would use PCalc for more accurate calculations if edge cases that expose the reality of floating point math is something you consider broken for your needs or the order of operations isn't as you ex …
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What causes macOS to stop launching all apps?

Boot to safe mode and see about getting a backup going. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262 If that doesn’t help, next boot to recovery OS and run disk utility to repair the boot volume. Past t …
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Sometimes Safari opens with blank/empty tabs with window titles of the previous session

It's a bug - I've reported it but can't force it to happen. …
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MacBook lid opened while away (possible bug?)

If you end up filing a bug, please report back how you decided that and if it ever gets acknowledged. …
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Bug with square screen capture in Lion OS X

It's you (or at least your mouse settings are making it hard on you) :-) It isn't so much a bug as its hard to have one-pixel fine control when also releasing the mouse. …
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Stop flagged messages in inactive accounts from contributing to Flagged counter

You've found a bug with Mail. I've just confirmed it fails for me as well. … I'll send a bug report to Apple and anyone else that cares can as well: http://bugreporter.apple.com …
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Where to submit ticket about printing PDF issue

bugreport.apple.com Start with https://developer.apple.com/programs/which-program/ and at the bottom of the page is a free option to start up a developer account (which will need an AppleID) you want to use for bug … Lastly, check out QuickRadar and http://openradar.appspot.com/ if you want others to see your bug report. …
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Why does Spotlight give a wrong value for `cos(pi/2)`?

It is a bug that's reproducible on 10.9.2 - and a floating point rounding error one like that is quite typical. … cos(999999*pi) doesn't have an error cos((999999+1)*pi) does have an error - likely rounding I'd head to https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/ if you want to see Apple's bug fixing apparatus in …
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App Store on OS X broken after system restoration from backup

You could boot to the Recovery HD or internet recovery and install OS X to a usb drive. Then download and install Yosemite. You are really in the same situation as this user, hence the identical answ …
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How do I resolve the MADCATZ R.A.T 9 cursor bug in El Capitan?

Boot into the startup screen (hold the option key) and see if the mouse is janky then. If so, hardware issues. If not, boot into safe mode (hold shift) and see if it's still janky. If not, reboot n …
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iOS 11 Takes Tons of Storage

Pretty simple triage - the “system” either now contains an iOS update cached or a lot of user data, but you can convince yourself: Backup the device Erase all content and settings Measure the spac …
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How do I disable or remove the root account created as a side effect from this High Sierra s...

If you can’t install the official patch or don't want to trust that it worked, then You don't want to disable root user on High Sierra only. To secure your Mac, enable root with a long secure passw …
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How to leave product feedback on macOS?

The old bug reporter and feedback mechanisms are there too, but the analogous fast and human interaction method of support is to ping Apple’s customer support and relations staff directly. … If it’s a bug, you’ll want to bring reproducible steps or ask how to collect the logs they need to analyze the failure. …
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