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    Various things related to Apple’s macOS (formerly known as OS X or Mac OS X).

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Teaser image showing a macOS blocked eject disk warning dialog

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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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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