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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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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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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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The Razer Blackshark v2 Pro Headset with symbolic Equalizer settings on macOS

Full Razer BlackShark V2 Pro audio experience on macOS

Overcome the missing BlackShark V2 Pro support on Mac – Equalizer app with great Music & Gaming presets.

Oliver 2. December 2022
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Article teaser for macOS Boot Camp Windows Print Screen Shortcut

Windows «Print Screen»-shortcut in macOS Boot Camp using an Apple Keyboard

A built-in solution to replicate the behaviour of the dedicated PrtScn-key button.

Oliver 30. November 2021
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macOS Disk Utility create Hybrid ISO Image for Windows - Blog post teaser

Make a Windows compatible ISO disk image with macOS

An easy to use solution with the Apple Disk Utility app & a little trick on Windows.

Oliver 27. October 2021
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Teaser showing the Hackerman having changed the WLAN SSID on the Salt Fiber Box

Hacking the Salt Fiber Box WLAN SSID-name limitations ✨👨‍💻

Give your WiFi any name: with spaces, Umlauts – and even Emojis!

Oliver 26. October 2021
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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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Teaser image showcasing the macOS Disk Utility cannot mount error for Apple_HFS volume

Recover data from HFS volume when Disk Utility fails with “Could not mount (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49153)”

How to still recover data from an unreadable Apple_HFS volume/CD/DVD in macOS Catalina

Oliver 29. February 2020
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