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Force Synology Drive to re-index changes

Synology Drive occasionally gets out of sync when you're making changes at both ends of a synced folder. Fortunately, there's a command you can run, either once-off via ssh, or set as a scheduled task in the Control Panel >...
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Count Files

This script will count the files in the current directory and all the subdirectories - it's useful for checking if you have sync issues with Dropbox as Dropbox seems to flip out once you have more than around 300k –...
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Veggie Bolognaise Sauce

Yes, I know this isn't tech related, but I need to write this down somewhere where I won't lose it. 3 medium/large carrots 2 large brown onions (or 3-4 small ones) 4 sticks of celery 2 regular tins tomatoes, or...
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Adding a CalDAV Calendar account on macOS Ventura

I had a very annoying problem recently when setting up a couple of new iMacs for a client. Although their email and calendars are hosted on Office 365, they also have a very specific shared calendar that is hosted on...
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Microsoft teams up with Parallels to deliver Windows 11 on Apple Silicon

Microsoft and Parallels have teamed up to deliver an officially supported solution to run Windows 11 on Apple Silicon Macs. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/options-for-using-windows-11-with-mac-computers-with-apple-m1-and-m2-chips-cd15fd62-9b34-4b78-b0bc-121baa3c568c Note that features in Windows that use virtualisation are not supported, including Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows Subsystem for...
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