I’m a big fan of running small things in containers for personal use. I was not happy using possibly outdated (and missing, but formerly extant) documentation for running Mastodon under Docker. There were plenty of stale breadcrumbs but I wasn’t comfortable with what I saw. I and another person were sort of lamenting this on… Read More »
I ran into a problem with my volume buttons on my Magic Keyboard that I use with my new work laptop… they weren’t working. This seems like voodoo, but it really did work. Check it out https://perfectfitcomputers.ca/wireless-magic-keyboard-special-function-buttons-not-working/ [edited later: site is no longer around, but the Wayback Machine has it cached, without screen shots] https://web.archive.org/web/20210226130548/https://perfectfitcomputers.ca/wireless-magic-keyboard-special-function-buttons-not-working/
How to make a bootable ISO of macOS Catalina NEW INSTRUCTIONS: JUST FOLLOW APPLE!! I’m not kidding, forget about the mess below. Apple has updated and documented this across several macOS versions. Find it at support.apple.com’s article “How to create a bootable installer for macOS“ Ignore everything below!!! I previously wrote up my version of… Read More »
In a previous post, I discussed creating a macOS High Sierra installation ISO. Well, these days it’s usually easier to just use a USB stick to get the job done. I have an older laptop at home that I use as a backup. It’s a mid-2011 MacBook Air, and the most recent OS it can… Read More »
I previously wrote up my version of creating a macOS High Sierra ISO HERE. NOTE: This is now broken! Please read the comments by others below. I’ll try to update this at a future time, and create a new clean one for Catalina as well! THANK YOU ALL! For Mojave there’s a fix that needed… Read More »