How to Install MacOS Catalina on Unsupported Macs

Want to run MacOS Catalina 10.15 on a Mac, but that computer isn’t on the official list of Catalina supported Macs? Then you may be interested in a third party tool that allows advanced uses to patch the MacOS Catalina installer so that it works on …

Notifications causing screen waking

I recently got a new MacBook Pro (2019 model). With this computer, if the displays are sleeping (I often have an external monitor attached via USB-C dock), they will wake up for a few seconds when a notification comes in, …

man -k and apropos cannot find pages in section 3 in Catalina

For example, run apropos printf: Printf(3o) - Formatted output functions Stdlib.Printf(3o) - no description gprintf(1), printf(1) - format and print data format(ntcl) - Format a string …

How can I automate repeat mouse clicks, with delay, from fixed coordinates within a browser window?

Looking for a quick and dirty way to automate this mundane activity. I presume this could be done with an automation to press the mouse button from two separate pixel coordinates, with delay, so long as the browser window …

How to remove a service from launchd added by mistake?

By mistake I added an invalid (non-existing) service to launchd: sudo launchctl enable system/homebew.mxcl.cntlm The above should be system/homebrew.mxcl.cntlm instead. However, after removing the service: sudo launch…

Quit/open an app whenever audio output is changed on mac

I'm using Boom as an equalizer and a File Audio Boosting on my MBP when using built-in speakers. But when using a home device (with an amplifier connected by jack to the MBP) or a headphone (bluetooth or jack) I prefer to …

Safari's "Quick Website Seach" Address Bar Feature Redirects Google to Ask Different

My default search engine in Safari is Bing (Amazon Gift cards FTW!). I usually search Google by starting to type "goo" and hitting tab to to autocomplete, which enters search engine mode. However, Google searches always …

Relocating /Users folder in MacOS 10.15 (Catalina)?

In the past when we wanted to offload the /Users folder from the internal disk we simply created a symbolic link for /Users that pointed to /Volumes/External_Drive_Name/Users. The Mac in question is a server for two comput…

Relocating /Users folder in MacOS 10.15 (Catalina)?

In the past when we wanted to offload the /Users folder from the internal disk we simply created a symbolic link for /Users that pointed to /Volumes/External_Drive_Name/Users. The Mac in question is a server for two comput…

Quit/open an app whenever audio output is changed on mac

I'm using Boom as an equalizer and a File Audio Boosting on my MBP when using built-in speakers. But when using a home device (with an amplifier connected by jack to the MBP) or a headphone (bluetooth or jack) I prefer to …

How can I automate repeat mouse clicks, with delay, from fixed coordinates within a browser window?

Looking for a quick and dirty way to automate this mundane activity. I presume this could be done with an automation to press the mouse button from two separate pixel coordinates, with delay, so long as the browser window …

How can I automate repeat mouse clicks, with delay, from fixed coordinates within a browser window?

Looking for a quick and dirty way to automate this mundane activity. I presume this could be done with an automation to press the mouse button from two separate pixel coordinates, with delay, so long as the browser window …

How can I automate repeat mouse clicks, with delay, from fixed coordinates within a browser window?

Looking for a quick and dirty way to automate this mundane activity. I presume this could be done with an automation to press the mouse button from two separate pixel coordinates, with delay, so long as the browser window …

Quit/open an app whenever audio output is changed on mac

I'm using Boom as an equalizer and a File Audio Boosting on my MBP when using built-in speakers. But when using a home device (with an amplifier connected by jack to the MBP) or a headphone (bluetooth or jack) I prefer to …

iOS 13.2.2 & iPadOS 13.2.2 Update Released with Bug Fixes

Apple has released iOS 13.2.2 and iPadOS 13.2.2 for iPhone and iPad users. The latest software update release from Apple includes bug fixes and enhancements. A particularly noteworthy bug that is resolved with iOS 13.2.2 and iPadOS 13.2.2 is where b…

Microsoft Surface Pro X Teardown

Can I flush my GPU memory? 90%+ consistent usage

Running an iMac Pro 10 core, 64GB Ram and 16GB Vega, MacOS 10.14.6. iStat menu (v6.40) is showing a consistent GPU Memory usage between 90% and 100% after I have been using the computer for awhile. I close out of all pro…

Quit/open an app whenever audio output is changed on mac

I'm using Boom as an equalizer and a File Audio Boosting on my MBP when using built-in speakers. But when using a home device (with an amplifier connected by jack to the MBP) or a headphone (bluetooth or jack) I prefer to …

Can I flush my GPU memory? 90%+ consistent usage

Running an iMac Pro 10 core, 64GB Ram and 16GB Vega, MacOS 10.14.6. iStat menu (v6.40) is showing a consistent GPU Memory usage between 90% and 100% after I have been using the computer for awhile. I close out of all pro…

Do Macs come with any programming language available from the Terminal?

I need to do a few little scripts on my Mac but I don't really want to install Xcode or Python for a full environment, just a quick command line deal. Does macOS come with anything suitable out of the box? As an example I…

Do Macs come with any programming language available from the Terminal?

I need to do a few little scripts on my Mac but I don't really want to install Xcode or Python for a full environment, just a quick command line deal. Does macOS come with anything suitable out of the box? As an example I…