# Why cursor always thinks i am using macOS?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-cursor-always-thinks-i-am-using-macos/86673>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-cursor-always-thinks-i-am-using-macos/86673 "2025-05-05T22:07:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![fisforfaheem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/fisforfaheem/32/14102_2.png) [@fisforfaheem](https://forum.cursor.com/u/fisforfaheem)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-cursor-always-thinks-i-am-using-macos/86673/1 "2025-05-05T22:07:08Z")

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**Author:** ![adoroci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/adoroci/32/60041_2.png) [@adoroci](https://forum.cursor.com/u/adoroci)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-cursor-always-thinks-i-am-using-macos/86673/2 "2025-05-06T14:42:00Z")

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I had same issue.. then i created user rule i had to specify OS i use and that worked for me. I also had to force I use XAMPP Apache, do not php -s not to call for 5000 terminals all day

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-cursor-always-thinks-i-am-using-macos/86673/3 "2025-06-05T14:42:42Z")

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