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Ejecting disk in macOS blocked by «one or more apps using it»? Find that App!

Using the macOS Terminal to list all apps / processes accessing files on a specific volume.

Oliver 14. January 2025
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🎬 How macOS leaks your Location data – uncovered by Adam @ 38c3

Worth watching: privacy talk from the 38. Chaos Communication Congress.

Oliver 4. January 2025
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A symbolic mood visual with the Steam App logo and a MacBook Air showing famous Characters from Games

Download your Steam Windows Game files on Mac

Legal way to overcome Steam’s Platform detection and «Invalid Platform» errors.

Oliver 20. October 2024
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An iPhone with a reached App Time Limit on a desk, overlayed with a Safari Webbrowser icon with a big locked Lock

Block access to a Website on your iPhone or iPad – without an App!

…so you have more time for more important things.

Oliver 26. September 2024
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A macOS folder icon with a sparkling magic wand hovering over it

Make your own macOS Finder icons from any image

Using this script for the Terminal-App.

Oliver 16. September 2024
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Apple macOS 15 Sequoia Wallpaper with a large custom Games folder icon

Games folder icon for macOS on Apple Silicon Macs

2024 revised edition, compatible with macOS 15 Sequoia.

Oliver 22. July 2024
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An older large Apple Keyboard highlighting the fn modifier key

Globe 🌐 key on external Apple keyboards with numeric keypad? It’s «fn».

Just a reminder, so you don’t have to look down on the keyboard.

Oliver 11. July 2024
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Symbolic screenshot from macOS Finder and Keyboard Shortcut to toggle file & folder visibility

Quickly show/hide hidden files & folders in macOS

At the power of your fingertips: using a simple keyboard shortcut in Finder.

Oliver 1. July 2024
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A mock-up of an Apple Silicon based MacBook Pro running Windows 3.1

Emulate Windows 3.1 using DOSBox-X on macOS

A quick guide how-to install & boot it, in order to run old software.

Oliver 18. April 2024
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Ubisoft Connect Beta: disable & revert it after activation

I accidentally activated the new Ubisoft Connect Beta – what could go wrong, right? Well, CrossOver on Mac seems not to handle it well yet. But how can you roll back to the OLD Ubisoft Connect, if all you see is a broken interface? Here’s how.

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Oliver 18. March 2024
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