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How do I access the "Background App Refresh" on MacBook running macOS Ventura?

How do you access the "Background App Refresh" on and MacBook running Ventura?

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Posted on May 5, 2025 6:31 PM

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D.I. Johnson

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Posted on May 5, 2025 6:39 PM

AFAIK, background app refresh is not a thing on macOS.

It is available in iOS on the iPhone and iPad, and apparently also on the Vision Pro VR headset.

In macOS, apps themselves manage what they do in the background, rather than having the OS manage it globally.

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