Let me help you install IOTStack on a Mac Mini. Why? Just because you can? Well, maybe. The true motivation, however, is that I had an un(der)used late 2012 Mac Mini at home that looked to be perfectly suited to run a few Docker containers. The IOTStack README introduces the project like this: IOTstack is […]
Yes, Apple did forget to include a dial pad for FaceTime on the Mac. Says who? I do. Every now and then I make short posts about Apple macOS/Mac behavior I observe that annoys or delights me enough to spend time writing a post. It isn’t all perfectly thought through that gets the Apple design […]
Sitting in the office, coming across an NYT article about Steve Perry. No time to read right now, printing it to read later in the train. F… picked the wrong printer; the one at home. Print job sitting in the queue looking for printer. Opening the right printer via system preferences Drag and drop job […]
I understand a Thunderbird iCloud calendar sync may be a niche use case. However, if you’re stuck with it you don’t care how much of a niche it is. You’ll want clear instructions how to fix you problem, that is how to add an iCloud calendar to Thunderbird – and you’ll get just that here. […]
All it takes to analyze SSL certificates on macOS is, as so often, a single shell command. macOS comes with everything you need pre-installed. This is yet another “notepad scribble post” i.e. a public note for myself so I don’t have to search the Internet next time I want to analyze SSL certificates on macOS. Dump […]
After a recent OS X update mangled my Mac Mini’s sharing setting I had to learn how to enable OS X screen sharing from the command line. Here’s how. One of the first articles my favorite search engine turned up was blog post on pivotal.io. It’s really helpful and attracted a few comments which give […]
The other day I ordered two MacBook power adapters from China. My last 60W MagSafe power adapter for MacBook Pro had died a sudden death. Since it was the T-tip that was broken I considered it beyond repair. Here’s a quick report how I’d rate those MacBook power adapters from China. I ended up ordering […]
Is the iPad dead yet? Is Apple going to stop iPad production anytime soon? One might be inclined to think so looking at following picture from Apple. On June 9th I got an email from Apple about updates to the iOS Developer Program. It featured the above picture which immediately caught my attention because it […]
What a fantastic statement by some ‘rp’ in a comment to a “iPhone Bendgate” article on MacDailyNews. Physics is a game you will lose if you are not careful
I never found an up-to-date and conclusive article on how to install Leafnode on OS X. So, I decided to publish one that is based on Configuring LeafNode on OSX by David Thole written in May 2010. He’s everywhere (GitHub, Twitter, YouTube, Stackoverflow, etc.) but his own site is often down and, therefore, the link […]