Return of the Mac Startup Chime
It seems Apple has brought back the hidden option at some point with macOS Catalina. To enable the chime To disable the […]
macOS Admin unlock screensaver
/usr/bin/security authorizationdb write system.login.screensaver “authenticate-session-owner-or-admin” security authorizationdb write system.login.screensaver "authenticate-session-owner-or-admin"
Elise stalks
Indicator stalk: 9181010Wiper stalk: 90243394
Complete guide to install SSL certificate on your OS X server hosted website
Complete guide to install SSL certificate on your OS X server hosted website – Server – Let’s Encrypt Community Support
Mount a Raspberry Pi SD card on a Mac (read-only) with osxfuse and ext4fuse
Plug the microSD card into a card reader connected to your Mac. The boot volume will be automatically mounted, but it doesn’t […]
Run Android on VMWare
OSBoxes – Virtual Machines for VirtualBox & VMware
Use the OverlayFS storage driver in Centos/RHEL to avoid large storage use
https://docs.docker.com/storage/storagedriver/overlayfs-driver/ Use the OverlayFS storage driver | Docker Documentation
Using Apple File System (APFS) with your virtualized Mac on ESXi 6.5
UPDATE : You can take the firmware file from VMware Fusion instead of building your own. its located : /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/roms/EFI64.ROM Use […]
Boot to macOS Recovery in VMware Fusion 11
I found the following three ways to boot to macOS recovery in VMware Fusion, sadly they don’t all work in version 11: […]
PHP TO GET CUSTOM PLAYLIST FROM XTREAM-CODES API
Use the code below as simple reference to build your own custom playlist from your xtream-codes server. Change the $url and $port […]
Resync mysql master and slave without master downtime
On the Master server dump a backup of the database you want to resync mysqldump –skip-lock-tables –single-transaction –flush-logs –hex-blob –master-data=2 -q <<dbname>> […]
Setting up MySQL replication without the downtime
I clearly don’t need to expound on the benefits of master-slave replication for your MySQL database. It’s simply a good idea; one […]
Deploying FileVault with a Configuration Profile
This article will discuss deploying FileVault 2 via a Configuration Profile to managed Macs with Jamf Pro using either an Individual Recovery […]
Renew Root CA Cert made with Certificate Assistant on macOS
NOTE : a good open source cross platform CA is xca, https://github.com/chris2511/xca Basically, you can create a new CA using the same private […]
How to Accurately Calibrate Your 3D Printer
One of the steepest learning curves when starting with 3D printing is learning how to calibrate all the motors accurately. The good […]
Jamf Pro – Database maintenance
The JSS keeps every recon for every computer. It only needs the last one. In large estates this can be GB’s of […]
Ender 3 – Level the bed using feeler gauges
While the paper method works well, I’m a person that likes to know the exact numbers. Paper can differ in thickness depending […]
Ender 3 Flash firmware using a Mac
Some notes on this process on the Mac To install the Ardunio IDE on the Mac download the Unified firmware from TH3D. […]
get_iplayer force Plex / Kodi naming
As the iPlayer user run get_iplayer –prefs-add –fileprefix="<nameshort><-00senum><-00episodeshort>" –whitespace