With the recent release of a new Mac operating system, macOS Mojave, it's worth digging out and rehashing the instructions to create a bootable installer. I carry around an external drive with me with multiple installer partitions on it. I...
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Back in 2016 I posted some steps to repair Open Directory when the LDAP database has problems. On some servers this happens very rarely, on other servers it happens after every. single. reboot. I don't know why the databases are...
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Microsoft will be releasing an update to Office for Mac next month. This update will change the branding from Office 2016 to Office 2019 and it will also require macOS Sierra (10.12) as the minimum OS version. It's strange that...
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The iMac is getting on a bit. Old enough to vote in some areas (and almost old enough in others), it's been a staple of our computing landscape for two decades now. From the original gumdrop in Bondi Blue with an...
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If you've been wondering what APFS is, and how it affects your use of your Mac, over on TidBits there's a good article by Jeff Carlson that covers the relevant details. If you're running macOS High Sierra and you have an...
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I've had a few UniFi Cloud Key wifi controllers with this issue - they seem to be stuck on a particular version of the firmware and can't be updated. Both manual and automatic firmware updates through the web interface fail....
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I could not agree more with this sentiment. There's nothing wrong with speed bumps, small and more frequent updates to the hardware rather than going for years with nothing and then a monumental change. It’s very difficult to recommend much...
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Apple held their annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) overnight. This is where they generally announce all the new features in upcoming versions of their software. This year they announced iOS 12 for iPhones and iPads, macOS Mojave (10.14) for Macs,...
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I was unaware that there was quite a safety net built into this feature. Like many other people, I haven't enabled the option to erase all data on my phone after 10 failed passcode attempts for many of the reasons...
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