MacOS
How to configure multiple NTP servers on MacOS
Set up multiple network time protocol (NTP) servers on your Mac. Multiple time sources help increase your system reliability and time accuracy.
MacOS
MacOS
Excessive heat from MacBook Pro under MacOS ‘Mojave’
My late-2013 model MacBook Pro ran down the battery quickly and gave off lots of heat. Here’s how to fix the problem after upgrading to MacOS 10.14 ‘Mojave’.
MacOS
Get the Apple News app for MacOS in unsupported regions
Here is how to enable and unhide the Apple News app on MacOS when you’re not in one of the News app’s supported countries.
Web Analytics
Software downloads now contain unique tracking identifiers
Popular software vendors inject unique tracking identifiers when you download their installers to track you all the from the web and onto the desktop.
Localization
The inadequate Windows keyboard layout
I simply don’t get the typographical characters and symbols I need every day with the inadequate default Windows keyboard layout.
MacOS
How to verify that you’ve downloaded genuine Apple software
Tutorial demonstrating how to validate code signing certificate signatures on MacOS updates and other Apple software installers.
Linux
Why I choose the Linux desktop
The Linux desktop aligns more with my values; as Windows and MacOS seek to restrict ever-more user freedoms. Plus, I like bing able to debug problems.
MacOS
It’s high time Apple enabled the OS X firewall by default
Microsoft got trashed by the security community for failing to deploy a firewall by default in Windows. Why are Apple products not given the same scrutiny?
MacOS
Get rid of the annoying Safari notification ads in MacOS
Apple wants you to use Safari real bad and send aggressive marketing notifications if you’re using a third-party web browser.
MacOS
New default browser setting protection in MacOS
Apple knows malicious software will try to change your default web browser. However, do the new settings-preserving protections go too far?
MacOS
How to fix the size of the open and save dialogs on Mac
The open and save dialogs may become too large for you to reach the Open and Save buttons. Here is how to get them back to the normal size.
Compression
MacOS adds XZ-compression support
Apple adds command-line support for the high-efficiency XZ file compression format in MacOS 10.10 “Yosemite.”