Solved: macOS High Sierra beta issues with APSF for a bootable external drive
macOS High Sierra beta is booting successfully from an external APFS formatted SSD disk. Read the full story here.
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.
Unix Bash Shell script to fetch a list of Websites using CURL
This Unix Bash Shell script was designed to fetch a list of website URLs using curl, returning – upon success – the HTTP status code and the final URL retrieved following redirects.
How-to reset the Spotlight window Position in macOS
When you drag’n’droped the Spotlight search bar in macOS, it can be put back at it’s original position with a simple click.
Fix Recording Error in QuickTime on macOS “Recording stopped – try recording again”
Update Feb-2017: as @jsfaq kindly pointed out on Twitter, this recording error also effects regular Movie Recording in QuickTime! There is a unfixed Screen Recording bug in QuickTime Player for macOS affecting even the most recent versions like macOS Sierra 10.12:… Continue reading » “Fix Recording Error in QuickTime on macOS “Recording stopped – try recording again””
How-to easily Boost the Wi-Fi Speed on your Wireless Router
To help you with getting the maximum throughput speed out of your Wi-Fi network, here are a few recommendations how you should configure it.
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.
Hide that bothering mouse cursor in macOS when fullscreen playing a video
When you are of the kind of people who also like a distortion-free screen, you may also dislike that the macOS cursor sometimes shows up in fullscreen video playback. Fortunately there is a very simple solution:
macOS: zip files without these hidden macOS files
Ever unzipped a ZIP file, created with your Mac, on a Windows PC? Ever noticed there these strange files & folders _MACOSX, ._Filename & .DS_Store showing up? Good thing there is a simple way to omit any hidden macOS-specific files… Continue reading » “macOS: zip files without these hidden macOS files”
macOS Terminal: unzip a ZIP file using the tar command in bash
Commands for the macOS Terminal.app to unzip a ZIP file using the tar command