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    Covering articles relating to macOS Big Sur, the 11th major release of Apple’s desktop operating system from 2020.

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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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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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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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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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Teaser for post on how to improve macOS Applications Folder list view with better information columns

Show «last updated» date and «version» of Mac Apps in the Application folder

Make the Application folder list view in Finder more relevant. Why is this not the default setting…? 🤔

Oliver 7. August 2022
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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 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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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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Completely disallow any website to ask for alert permissions in Safari

A neat setting to completely deny ANY website to ask for permissions for sending notification alerts… finally!

Oliver 16. February 2021
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