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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 on Apple iMac 5k Wallpaper

Call of Duty Modern Warfare performance tuning for an iMac 5K & Radeon Pro 580

This guide explains how to achieve 60 FPS in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 when playing on an iMac 5K Retina with Bootcamp

Oliver 9. October 2020
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iOS not equals sign introduced on keyboard

Type a not equals sign ≠ or wavy equals sign ≈ in iOS on an iPhone or iPad

Since iOS 13 Apple added additional special characters missing on the default keyboard in iOS earlier – now signs like ≠ or ≠ are at your fingertips.

Oliver 6. October 2020
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Disable either @icloud or @me email address for sending new mail in iOS

Here is where you can find the «Allow sending from» iCloud email setting to select only one preferred email address for Mail app.

Admin 4. October 2020
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MAMP macOS Big Sur PHP Warning session_start failed no such file or directory - Teaser image

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

Oliver 29. September 2020
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macOS show Dock immediately without delay - Teaser screenshot

Instantly show the Dock in macOS – without delay

A single command to make the macOS Dock to slide in and slide out without any delays

Oliver 12. September 2020
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MAMP MySQL mysqld pid error - Teaser image

Starting MAMP MySQL in macOS Big Sur errors «mysql.pid ended»

Solutions how to fix the issue with MAMP on macOS Big Sur Beta that the MySQL service cannot be started – with /tmp/mysql/mysql.pid ended

Oliver 30. August 2020
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Teaser image showing Games Folder Icon for macOS

macOS Games folder icon [2020]

Here is an updated version of my custom made Games folder icon to use in macOS.

Oliver 4. March 2020
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Teaser image showcasing the macOS Disk Utility cannot mount error for Apple_HFS volume

Recover data from HFS volume when Disk Utility fails with “Could not mount (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49153)”

How to still recover data from an unreadable Apple_HFS volume/CD/DVD in macOS Catalina

Oliver 29. February 2020
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Teaser image for post macOS Catalina create ISO disk image from files folders

Make an ISO disk image in macOS Catalina

Using the Terminal in macOS Catalina to quickly create an ISO disk image of a CD/DVD or any folder from Finder.

Oliver 28. February 2020
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Teaser showing macOS DVD Player App

DVD Player App in macOS automatically starts despite «Ignore» setting for DVDs

There is a bug with the CDs & DVDs handling settings – fortunately it’s easy to fix with a click.

Oliver 9. February 2020
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