I accidentally made a 147GB file filled with grep output and almost filled up my hard drive.
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It seems the WiFi in my aging 2009 Macbook is dying.
Continue reading post "#3461"Purchase: New laptop, Lenovo Yoga 7i
Last month, I finally bought a new laptop with plans to replace my aging 2009 Macbook as my primary computer. It is a Lenovo Yoga 7i, purchased from MicroCenter. It is a switch from Mac, which has been my primary OS for pretty much since I’ve been using computers, but it has touch screen and I hope to switch to the open world of Linux.
Continue reading post "Purchase: New laptop, Lenovo Yoga 7i"I’ve been having trouble with IPv6 on my El Capitan Mac over T-Mobile’s network.
Continue reading post "#3267"It has been a long, weird evening, with a lot of time spent on computer updates and a dead car battery.
Continue reading post "#2916"Vagrant on Mac El Capitan problem
I recently tried to install vagrant on a Mac OS X.11 (El Capitan) machine, but ran into trouble.
Continue reading post "Vagrant on Mac El Capitan problem"Mac DNS and wi-fi troubles
After my work laptop was stolen and I switched to an older Mac Mini, my wi-fi internet connection would cut out frequently but somewhat intermittently.
Continue reading post "Mac DNS and wi-fi troubles"Not sure if it was a recent Mac security update or a change with macports, but my local apache server broke and is requiring quite a bit of work to get it functional again.
Focus Mac OS X dialog with keyboard
Found an answer to a long standing Mac OS keyboard navigation question: How to focus a dialog window when it has lost focus.
Continue reading post "Focus Mac OS X dialog with keyboard"Mac Update: Snow Leopard to El Capitan
A few weeks ago, I finally made the jump from Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) to 10.11 (El Capitan) on my primary computer. I had been using 10.11 at work for months, but not at home. I was probably one of the last holdouts on hardware that could be updated.
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