I've had a bit of trouble getting a Google Pixel C to be recognised on my Mac - wasn't able to get it showing up in System Profiler and wasn't able to see it with adb. I was initially trying...
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Our thinking
The Sennheiser Orpheus Experience or the day I went to a holistic health clinic to listen to the best headphones in the world.
Hurt. One song. Two definitive versions. Reznor's is painful, vivid, fresh and raw. Cash's is tempered by looking back from the vantage of time. https://soundcloud.com/nineinchnails/hurt-quiet-1994 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc My 25 words or less that ended up with sitting in a comfy chair...
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Set Microsoft Outlook 2016 as default mail client on OS X 10.11 El Capitan
I've had a few issues trying to change the default mail client on El Cap. In nearly every case, after changing it in Mail (seemingly the only place you can actually change it), the change doesn't stick. After quitting and...
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Fix a broken Open Directory
Edit: November 2021 People seem to still be hitting this story, and by and large these steps usually work. If you are still relying on macOS Server however, you need to migrate to another platform with some degree of urgency....
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Re-running a Unix command, until it completes successfully – e.g.: imapsync
I'm doing an email migration for a client from an old 2008 SBS Server into Office 365. For some reason, there were two mailboxes that just wouldn't migrate using the migration wizard in Office 365. I switched to the ever-trusty...
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Sonos and Spotify
I make no secret of it, I love Sonos gear and am thoroughly addicted to it. It started out quite innocently with just a single PLAY:1 that was soon joined by it's twin to make a stereo pair - these live...
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OS X 10.11 El Capitan and System Integrity Protection (SIP)
This is shamelessly cut and pasted from TwoCanoes: System Integrity Protection (SIP) Apple has implemented a new security feature in OS X 10.11, System Integrity Protection, which prevents even super users from altering the contents of files in key System...
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Product Review: Overboard Waterproof eBook Reader / Kindle Case
This is a pretty simple case, it does one thing and it does that one thing quite well. Unlike just about all other kindle accessories, the Overboard Waterproof eBook Reader / Kindle Case is a more universal accessory and will fit any number...
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Enable TCP Offloading on Ubiquity EdgeRouter Lite
By default, TCP offload isn't enabled on the EdgeRouter Lite for PPPoE connections. Type in the following to enable it: ssh router.example.com configure set system offload ipv4 forwarding enable set system offload ipv4 pppoe enable set system offload ipv6 forwarding enable...
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Fix NTP on OS X with no external network access
NTP is built into all recent versions of OS X and OS X Server (and OS X with Server.app) If you're running a server, the other clients on the network can receive time updates from the server - but only...
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