OSX increase display font size without chaning display resolution?

I am using an iMac 5k display. The system display font is really too small but the only way the system gives, the casual operator, to change the size of the system display font is to reduce the screen resolution. This is rubbish. I have…

OSX increase display font size without chaning display resolution?

I am using an iMac 5k display. The system display font is really too small but the only way the system gives, the casual operator, to change the size of the system display font is to reduce the screen resolution. This is rubbish. I have…

Catalina 10.15.5 Slow File Dialog

Since the 10.15.5 Catalina update, file dialogs in my system are extremely slow. It can easily take a couple of minutes to be able to save something to the disk. Never had a similar problem before. Ran a disk check, made sure that I h…

Catalina 10.15.5 Slow File Dialog

Since the 10.15.5 Catalina update, file dialogs in my system are extremely slow. It can easily take a couple of minutes to be able to save something to the disk. Never had a similar problem before. Ran a disk check, made sure that I h…

Catalina 10.15.5 Slow File Dialog

Since the 10.15.5 Catalina update, file dialogs in my system are extremely slow. It can easily take a couple of minutes to be able to save something to the disk. Never had a similar problem before. Ran a disk check, made sure that I h…

Adding airport extreme to existing network breaks wifi

I have gone through a two step change to my network and the last step seams to have made it nearly unuseful. Step 0: My network looked like this and have been working for years: Internet coming in to the house to an edge router that …

Target Display Mode not working on MacBook Pro 13" 2020

I am using a 2011 iMac as an external monitor (and speakers) for my MacBook Pro (2014) on a daily basis. Last week, I upgraded to the 2020 MBP 13". The new MBPs with USB-C are supposed to work with Target Display Mode, using the Thund…

I have my mac serving an application on port 80 that I can access within the network, how can I prevent it from sleeping?

I have my mac serving an application on port 80 and I can access it from another device just fine, but only when the screen is on, when I close the lid I can no longer access this. These are my power settings: Is there anything else …

How to List All Cron Jobs on a Mac or Linux PC

Need to quickly see a list of all cron jobs on a computer? You can easily see all scheduled cron jobs by using the crontab command, and seeing cron data works the same on Mac as well as Linux and most other unix environments too. Perhaps you have a …

10 Years of Samsung Galaxy S Phones

One decade and one day ago, Samsung released the Galaxy S. The $400 phone was thin, sported a powerful graphics processor, and a bright AMOLED screen (at least until Samsung ran out). It was Samsung’s first real foray into a premium phone, after yea…

Nintendo Switch Left Joy-Con Joystick Replacement—Fix Your Drift!

MacOS mdfind/mdutil issue and updatedb command : how to index all the files on my /Volume (root /)

A simple question : on Linux, updatedb command which is launched a second time seems not to reindex all the hard disk. On MacOS Catalina (or maybe for previous), it seems that the command sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb reindexes all…

Connecting to remote MAC via SSH tunnelling over VPN

From my laptop, I am trying to open remote desktop in server2: This is how it looks like: my-mac-laptop -> vpn. ---> server1(redhat) -> server2(mac-server) Here, I can't access server2 directly. I have…

Files on my desktop seem to set themselves as hidden files (macOS Catalina), greyed out, even though they don't begin with periods

I have a strange and recurring problem on my recently upgraded Mac running macOS Catalina First of all, Catalina has a new feature where you can Show/hide the hidden files on your machine using Cmd-Shift-Period. Press it once to show t…

Apple Watch Activity badges: The World Environment Day Challenge starts on June 5

Achievement badges are a funny thing. You know they’re just a simple little bit of visual flair, they don’t even do anything, and yet for some reason you just have to collect them. Achievements are great motivators, and the achievement badges for…

ADDTrust External CA Root certificate expired

I'm running El Capitan (macOS 10.11.6, 15G22010) with Safari 11.1.2. The ADDTrust External CA Root certificate expired today. This broke Safari navigation for many sites. Firefox and Chrome work fine on the same sites. Can Safari navi…

Very large file located within ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.lminhtm.tempmonitor/db.realm

I am on a Mac Mini with a 1TB SSD. After a few years my SSD is running out of space, while I keep all my user data on an external drive. My system is loaded with Multimedia Apps Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro X, Garage Band and man…

iPhone apps for birdwatching

Now that summer is here, I’ve been seeing more birds outside the window, and hearing them singing too — so I decided to download a few iPhone apps to help me figure out what they are. Here are the apps I’m trying out. All of them are free! Audubon B…

Trying to find the culprit taking up space on Catalina HD

I am at a loss of how to clear up system files manually on a 2017 MBP. Upon running du -h -d 1 I get; Now the private folder is way too big and I am cautious to clear that out. I know I could clear the private/var files to an extent …

Who needs to join the Apple MFi program?

Company X is developing Bluetooth speakers. We outsource our electronic chips from company Y and I'm working on developing a Bluetooth enabled app. Will the app get disapproved by Apple if the company X is not a part of the Apple MFi p…

Trying to Analyse a WIFI Hardware Problem

I have a MacBook Pro (13 ", Mid 2012) model running Mac OS 10.14.6 (Mojave). Of late I'm experiencing a lot of problems with the WIFI hardware frequently "shutting down" or going into a inoperational state. I found the fix of resetting …