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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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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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Teaser showing a scene from the Half-Life Game with a fake ARM Apple Silicon Mac placed inside

«Half-Life» 25th Anniversary Anthology via Steam on Apple Silicon Macs

Not officially supported – yet there is a way: Half-Life, Blue Shift, and Opposing Force directly from the Steam Mac App, and even with Game Mode support.

Oliver 3. March 2024
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Teaser showing an Apple Silicon MacBook with a DOOM 3 Logo and Monster

Playing «DOOM 3» natively on Apple Silicon Macs with over 120 FPS

Say goodbye to the Intel port & return as Doomguy to Mars City – this time in macOS on ARM-based architecture.

Oliver 25. February 2024
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iOS Shortcut App icon with background mood visual

New Shortcut to remove and bypass Paywalls in Safari

1-click download to add a convenient helper to your «Share»-menu for removing paywalls instantly.

Oliver 14. November 2023
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Schematic visualisation of a broken external SSD drive and the error message Type Unknown

Recover files of an unmountable APFS partition on a portable SanDisk SSD drive

Bugged firmware broke my disk. But recovery worked!

Oliver 14. September 2023
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Symbolic visualisation showing an external drive formatted to work on Windows and Macs

In macOS format a USB flash drive to use on Windows and Macs

Choose these formatting options in Disk Utility for creating a cross-platform compatible external volume.

Oliver 21. August 2023
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Article teaser demonstrating combining multiple ZIP files into one on macOS

Combine multiple ZIP files on Mac

A quick way to merge 2 or more ZIP files into one, using the macOS Terminal.

Oliver 5. July 2023
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macOS Scripted Setup – Version 1.1.0

New auto-installable Applications added & script setup improvements

Oliver 29. June 2023
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Blog post Teaser showing a snippet of the macOS scripted setup in the Mac Terminal

macOS Scripted Setup – say Goodbye to manual User settings & App installs

An easy adjustable open-source script that will save your precious time.

Oliver 2. May 2023
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