macOS Scripted Setup – say Goodbye to manual User settings & App installs
An easy adjustable open-source script that will save your precious time.
Hacking the Salt Fiber Box WLAN SSID-name limitations ✨👨💻
Give your WiFi any name: with spaces, Umlauts – and even Emojis!
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!
Fix PHP Warning: session_start() with MAMP on macOS 11 Big Sur
Got a «PHP Warning: session_start() failed: No such file or directory» with MAMP PHP on macOS Big Sur – but found a way to make session storage work again
How to reset user passwords in Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 – a complete guide
This is the complete guide on how to reset an admin password in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger covering what you’ll not find elsewhere on the web.
Did you properly disable all automatic macOS Files & Folder uploads to iCloud?
There are actually two settings in macOS for automatically uploading files & folders from your Mac to iCloud.
New Lock Screen feature in macOS High Sierra
Known from Windows to quickly lock the screen; Apple finally introduces the same quick lock feature for Mac with it’s new OS macOS High Sierra.
Restore the Security & Privacy option to allow Apps downloaded from «Anywhere» in macOS Sierra
Turns out that Apple has hidden the option to allow launching Apps downloaded from «Anywhere» since macOS Sierra.
Here is a summary how you can restore this feature or whitelist specific single Apps within Gatekeeper – the application responsible for app security in macOS.
Do you cover your Mac’s Camera with Tape against Privacy Infringements? It’s not enough!
Tape on the camera may prevent somebody spying on you visually – but this does not prevent anybody hacking your computer and accessing it’s built-in microphone to listen to your conversations! And tape on the microphone spot is by far not making it completely “mute”. So tape is just not enough – you do need a software-based solution for full control: and there is one to do just that – OverSight.
OS X: how-to store files password protected on a USB drive
It’s still one of the easiest ways to get someone’s data when you get your hands on a USB stick. It’s quite interesting, what you find on these portable drives – whether it’s from a friend or a business contact. There are serveral ways to protect yourself better by encrypting and password locking the drives. Sometimes there’s a preinstalled software on the USB drive available for that – but mostly not. I have a short how-to here showing how you can achieve this really easy using standard tools on your Mac!