Fix issues with downloading apps from the App Store
You'll occasionally get errors downloading apps or updates from the App Store that are rather vague and difficult to fix. Errors like Xcode failed to downloa...
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Delete hiberfil.sys on Windows 7
Quick tip to allow you to delete hiberfil.sys on a Windows system. Run CMD as Administrator and enter power cfg /hibernate off If this doesn't automatically...
Read post →Product Review - Beamer 2.0
Beamer 2.0 is the long-awaited follow-up to an excellent video streaming app that I've been using for years. The first version of Beamer was a pretty simple...
Read post →Product Review - Qi Wireless Charger
OK, let me say this up front - people we are living in the future. This is it, wireless power. What I have here in front of me is simply magic. It's an iPhon...
Read post →Set up an NFS mount and connect to it on CentOS/RHEL Linux
NFS mounts have two parts. The first part is the server that hosts the share point. The second part is the client that access the share point. You can have o...
Read post →Get some of my new how-to guides...
I've started putting up some how-to guides that I can direct people to so I don't have to answer the same questions time and time again. Here they are: Autom...
Read post →Product Review - Logitech case+drive
Could this be it? The perfect car kit for the iPhone, or any device for that matter? The basic premise of the Logitech case+ range is simple. There's a case...
Read post →Product Review - Clingo Universal in-car holder
I'm on the hunt for the perfect car mount for my iPhone. Shouldn't be too difficult, no? Well, as it turns out, it's harder than it looks to find something t...
Read post →Product Review - Magnetic Battery Case for iPhone 5/5S
I was recently given this Magnetic Battery Case for an iPhone 5S to review and whilst it's generally a well made case that does exactly what it says, there a...
Read post →Hide Recovery HD after cloning an OS X installation
Sometimes when you clone an OS X installation, for example using Carbon Copy Cloner , it will create a Recovery HD partition but not hide it for you. The "hi...
Read post →Reset OS X Mountain Lion web server settings
I've been doing a fair amount of non-standard tweaking to Mountain Lion's web services. It's not difficult to completely break the web server, and initially...
Read post →Data Corruption on Promise Pegasus R4 Thunderbolt RAID
I recently set up a Mac mini Server with a Promise Pegasus R4 RAID. I reinitialised the array a RAID6. I left the stripe size at the default of 128k, and cha...
Read post →reCaptcha
Sorry to anyone who's inconvenienced by the addition of reCAPTCHA to the comments, but even with Akismet I'm still getting an unacceptable amount of comment...
Read post →SSL Certs on sale at GoDaddy
Yes, if there's one thing that GoDaddy are good at, it's pimping their wares. Occasionally though their sales are useful. Like this one - if you're running y...
Read post →Product Review: Audioengine D1 DAC
First Impressions Audioengine D1 DAC. It's a pretty simple and minimal DAC with good sound quality. Product Details It's got a USB input on the rear, which a...
Read post →Get rid of items stuck in the Outbox of Outlook 2011
Clear phantom messages stuck in the Outlook 2011 for Mac outbox with a short AppleScript that deletes every message from the outbox in one run.
Read post →THX tune-up
If you want to get the most out of your flatscreen TV, then it needs to be adjusted from the terrible default settings it probably ships with. Most TVs will...
Read post →Color Scheme Designer 3 - a non-flash alternative to Kuler
If you're looking to use tools to generate colour palettes for any purpose, and like kuler but don't like flash, then head on over and check out Color Scheme...
Read post →Fixing YouTube videos in Safari that say they need Flash
YouTube have been rolling out html5 video playback for a few years now, and by this stage all of their newly uploaded videos are in H.264 . This allows them...
Read post →Remove duplicate "Open With" menu items in the OS X Finder
The Finder in OS X often gets confused as to what's supposed to be in the "Open With" context menu, particularly if you mount and unmount other volumes that...
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