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Symlink: [SOLVED] Wireless Magic Keyboard Special Function Buttons Not Working

By Bill Plein | October 27, 2020

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/

Create a bootable ISO of macOS Catalina 10.15 (Bonus: With bootable USB too!)

By Bill Plein | February 19, 2020

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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 »

Creating a bootable macOS High Sierra USB installation media

By Bill Plein | December 21, 2018

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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 »

[BROKEN – see comments for the fix!] Creating a macOS 10.14 Mojave installation ISO

By Bill Plein | September 28, 2018

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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 »

Patch Fusion-io VSL for FreeBSD 9 to work with FreeBSD 10

By Bill Plein | February 26, 2017

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I didn’t write this patch, but it’s been forwarded to me and my understanding is that a Fusion-io customer wrote this a while back. VSL (the software driver for Fusion-io cards) can be recompiled (all the real IP is pre-compiled in an included library), allowing VSL to be recompiled for variations in a given operating… Read More »