The original PlayStation has turned 25. I spent many an hour with one of these units flying anti-gravity racers in wipEout, driving fancy sports cars in Gran Turismo and being a hyperactive bandicoot in Crash Bandicoot. Here's a trip down...
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Caching Server data location on macOS Mojave without Server app
I was trying to track down the location of the Caching Server cache on macOS Mojave, this is with just the Caching service enabled in Sharing, not with the full Server.app installed. Some quick digging revealed a heap of data...
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macOS Catalina Supplemental Update
Apple have just pushed out an update to Catalina - the macOS Catalina Supplemental Update. The description is pretty vague; "The macOS Catalina Supplemental Update includes installation and reliability improvements, and is recommended for all users." The update is nearly...
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macOS Catalina File System Layout
Wow, Catalina really mixes things up with regard to the file system layout. It also introduces something called firm links, which are not symlinks nor hard links, but something akin to a union mount of two folders. This is used,...
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Update all of your Adobe Creative Cloud apps before upgrading to macOS Catalina
Adobe have published a list of apps that are 64-bit compatible for macOS. Fix Adobe app 64-bit compatibility errors on macOS Before you upgrade to macOS Catalina, please make sure that ALL of your Adobe Creative Cloud apps are 100%...
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How to check for 32-bit apps on macOS before upgrading to Catalina
In my last post, outlining the release of Catalina, I covered the process to check for 32-bit apps on your system prior to upgrading. Here's the info as a separate post, just so it might be easier to find. To...
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macOS 10.15 Catalina Released
Apple have released macOS 10.15 Catalina overnight - this is a big update that is going to break a lot of old software, so please be very careful when installing this on a production system. This update is a decent...
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Configure the macOS Automounter system
macOS continues to maintain a fully-functional and highly reliable Unix automount system. This system allows us to keep network shared folders mounted on a Mac, and make sure that if the connection drops out, then it gets automatically re-established again...
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Quick Tip: Stop Firefox zooming the page when you scroll with the Command key held down
I will often open up a page with a lot of links, e.g. Feedly to read the news, and as I scroll down the page, I like to use ⌘+click to open the links in a new tab. With Firefox,...
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Public Service Announcement – Confirm when changing supplier bank details
I received this notification from my bank recently, and it's very good advice that really needs to be passed around. It is critical when changing a BSB and Account Number at the request of an email from a supplier, colleague...
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