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macOS Mojave - Not connecting to SMB Fileshare

Connecting an SMB fileshare in macOS not working? Here is a workaround.

Workaround to overcome a stalled “Connecting to smb://server…”-dialogue in macOS Mojave 10.14 when trying to connect Windows Samba fileshares in Finder

Oliver 10. September 2018
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macOS Mojave Beta Installer Screenshot

Solving macOS 10.14 Mojave installation stalled at „About 5 minutes remaining…“

When the macOS Mojave (Beta) installation app stalls for a long time (>1 hour), it could be that a required package couldn’t be downloaded & the issue can be resolved by cancelling and restarting to install macOS Mojave.

Oliver 22. August 2018
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macOS High Sierra Script Editor Icon

Use this AppleScript for repeating batch file renaming jobs in macOS

A simple AppleScript for macOS to easily batch rename files sequentially to a user specific name.

Oliver 28. May 2018
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iOS Not Equals Sign

Where’s the missing not equals sign ≠ in iOS on the iPhone or iPad?

There are a few special characters missing from the default keyboards in iOS – how can you bring missing characters like ≠ to iOS?

Oliver 14. May 2018
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macOS High Sierra Finder Merge Files and Folders

How to merge two folders in macOS using rsync in Terminal.app

Even though Apple introduced something similar to a “merge” feature in macOS Finder, you may want to fall back to “rsync” as a more controllable method for properly merging files & folders in macOS.

Oliver 8. May 2018
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WDTV Live Media Hub

Creating custom movies or music playlists for your WD TV or WD TV Live Media Hub using macOS

How to create a custom .m3u-playlists with nice cover images for your WD TV

Oliver 2. May 2018
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macOS High Sierra Wallpaper iMac 4k iMac 5k

Got an iMac 4K or iMac 5K? This is how you can change to full 4k or 5k resolutions

Here’s how you can change your iMac 4k or iMac 5k screen resolution to the native maximum 4k or 5k via macOS Displays settings.

Oliver 30. April 2018
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Quake 3 Arena - Sarge Wallpaper

Quake III Arena with High Definition Graphics & 120 FPS on 5k resolution

This guide contains everything you need to know & configure, in order to run Quake III Arena with HD Graphics and 120 FPS or more.

Oliver 29. April 2018
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Unreal Tournament Pre-Alpha Wallpaper

Boosting Unreal Tournament 4 Pre-Alpha to run beautifully above 45 FPS on an iMac 5k with macOS

All the settings you’ll need to run UT4 Pre-Alpha above 45 frames per second & still having a beautiful visual look while visiting distant worlds.

Oliver 26. April 2018
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Serious Sam 3 Wallpaper

Tuning Serious Sam 3 to run with 60 FPS on an iMac 5k under macOS

Nothing more pleasing, than running Serious Sam 3 on 60 frames per second & still having a beautiful visual look while travelling the virtual worlds.

Oliver 25. April 2018
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