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Teaser showing macOS and individual Contacts vCard export using Automator

Exporting your Contacts in bulk as individual vCards using Automator

Using an Automator workflow to overcome this limitation of the Contacts.app.

Oliver 1. October 2021
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Easily find and clean up large files and folders in macOS – common culprits

This free and clever tool helps you to reclaim disk space on your Mac within minutes.

Oliver 16. April 2021
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Unzip Split ZIP File Archive in macOS

Unzip splitted ZIP archive files zip.001, zip.002,… with macOS

Two ways how to unzip splitted ZIP files: using an app for that, or do-it-yourself via Terminal.

Oliver 5. April 2021
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Teaser for indicating macOS and OS X App Store download links

Download macOS & OS X installers from Mac App Store or softwareupdate

Because I had a hard time finding them: official Apple links to download OS X Mavericks → macOS Monterey

Oliver 2. March 2021
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Instantly show the Dock in macOS [M1 Apple Silicon Macs]

Some people commented that my previously proposed solution to instantly show/hide the Dock in Big Sur is not working on their new M1 based Apple Silicon Macs.

I was able to investigate and provide a working solution, tested on a M1 MacBook Pro:

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Oliver 13. December 2020
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AirPods suddenly change to low quality audio in macOS

When your AirPods paired in macOS don’t deliver the full audio quality, here is the most likely fix for that.

Oliver 7. November 2020
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Night Shift schedule in macOS not working: requires location for time zone to be enabled

What System Preferences settings need to be enabled in order to use the «Sunset to Sunrise» Night Shift schedule.

Oliver 24. October 2020
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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 on Apple iMac 5k Wallpaper

Call of Duty Modern Warfare performance tuning for an iMac 5K & Radeon Pro 580

This guide explains how to achieve 60 FPS in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 when playing on an iMac 5K Retina with Bootcamp

Oliver 9. October 2020
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iOS not equals sign introduced on keyboard

Type a not equals sign ≠ or wavy equals sign ≈ in iOS on an iPhone or iPad

Since iOS 13 Apple added additional special characters missing on the default keyboard in iOS earlier – now signs like ≠ or ≠ are at your fingertips.

Oliver 6. October 2020
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Disable either @icloud or @me email address for sending new mail in iOS

Here is where you can find the «Allow sending from» iCloud email setting to select only one preferred email address for Mail app.

Admin 4. October 2020
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