Split a large iCal .ics file up by years
I've recently been dealing with a really large .ics file (10.5 MB of data, 17,364 events spanning 10 years) and it seems to be able to choke just about anyth...
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Technical notes and observations from years of supporting creative businesses on Mac.
I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how.
The following is a true story. Or maybe it’s just based on a true story. Perhaps it’s not true at all. https://hackernoon.com/im-harvesting-credit-card-numbe...
Read post →How the Meltdown and Spectre exploits work in layman's terms
Thanks to Joe Fitz (Twitter: @securelyfitz ) who has written a relatively easy to understand overview about how the recent #meltdown and #spectre bugs work i...
Read post →How did the Apple LaserWriter become the first printer to ship with PostScript on 1985? - Quora
Because Apple believed in making the best desktop printer with available technology at the time and cost was a secondary consideration. The Apple LaserWriter...
Read post →The new iMac Pro
The new iMac Pro is getting closer. As well as announcing the availability date (15 December), Apple have seeded some review units to prominent individuals a...
Read post →Precursor Systems' FileSharing Assistant for macOS High Sierra Server
In Apple's continued drive to simplify macOS Server, in High Sierra they have completely removed the File Sharing section from the Server.app and force you t...
Read post →Check Apple Caching Service availability with Asset Cache Locator Util
I've just discovered a handy command for macOS that will show you Apple Caching Service servers that are available to your Mac. It lives in: /usr/bin/AssetCa...
Read post →On MacOS, how do you recommend to use .bash_profile and .bashrc? - Quora
I think that .bashrc, is only used for interactive shells (i.e. when you open Terminal) and the other one is for all shell executions (e.g. background proces...
Read post →My questions and answers on Quora
I've been moderately active on Quora for a while now. Quora is a site where people can ask questions and others can answer them. The blurb about the site say...
Read post →Deep dive into Apple's recent High Sierra root authentication issue
Over on the highly-technical, and very informative, Objective-See blog, there is a great in-depth writeup on Apple's recent High Sierra root access bug . Why...
Read post →If you're running macOS High Sierra, make sure you have this update installed NOW!
If you're running macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, run, don't walk, to the App Store and install Apple Security Update 2017-001 right now. If you want to download...
Read post →Download older versions of macOS Server App from the Apple App Store
I recently set up a new Mac mini server for a client. macOS High Sierra was released 3 days ago, however the server shipped with macOS Sierra and I thought i...
Read post →Create Windows Installation Media to Boot via USB in UEFI Mode
I'm setting up a HP Server and didn't configure it with an optical drive. No problem, I thought, just boot it off a USB. Easy. Not so much... This was consid...
Read post →Configuring macOS Server.app v5 to bind to a particular IP Address
It's long been a painful thing for me that macOS Server.app not only binds to all IP addresses on a system, but takes port 80 and 443, even if all web-relate...
Read post →Install FileMaker Server 16 on a Mac with macOS Server.app v5
The installer for FileMaker Server 16 refuses to install on a Mac if Apache is running. It doesn't check what ports Apache has grabbed, just the fact that Ap...
Read post →Enable Retina / HiDPI modes for a Mac mini plugged into a 4K HDTV
This one is pretty short and simple once you get down to it. I recently set up a client's boardroom with a really sweet 75" Sony 4K Android TV , a Logitech G...
Read post →Keyword Searches for Email Discovery in Kerio Connect mailserver
I recently had a client with a huge amount of email stored in Kerio Connect and they needed to perform discovery against some mailboxes with a lot of email i...
Read post →Firefox for Mac gets stuck on installing your updates...
Firefox for Mac can get stuck in an update loop if you have been using an older version and it's downloaded a new version to install, but before it gets to i...
Read post →Set access permissions on Resource Calendars in Office 365
I've set up another client on Office 365 recently and they have a couple of resource calendars - one for the Boardroom and one for the Meeting Room. What the...
Read post →Apple's new MacBook Pro - cheaper in Australia than the USA?
We've hit an unusual point with pricing on Apple's latest equipment that was announced at WWDC on 5th June (6th June Australian time). Looking at the price o...
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