macOS Games folder icon [2021]
With new Finder UI changes, my custom «Games»-folder icon needed an update. Download it here.
Safari 15 tab bar challenge: quick close a tab on hover
⌘ Command-key to the rescue!
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.
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.
Continuous download of remote files with «rsync» from the macOS Terminal
A better alternative to «scp» when transferring multiple large files – which continues where it stopped in case of interrupted connectivity.
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
Leopard → macOS Tahoe
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!
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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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.
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.