Just some weeks ago I bought a used Mac mini. The Mac mini is equipped with a decent i7 processor and 16GB of RAM. I was thinking of installing Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) on this computer in order to run multiple operating systems on it, such as Home Assistant, Ubuntu and MacOS. However, when inserting Continue reading →
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How to right-click on a Apple Magic Mouse
The Apple Magic Mouse has a very sleek design: it is nicely curved and looks great next to any Mac device. The magic mouse is described on Apple website as: “Magic Mouse is wireless and rechargeable, with an optimized foot design that lets it glide smoothly across your desk.“ While this white or black mouse Continue reading →
How to solve Sync Error in Outlook for Mac
Recently I made the switch from Google Gmail to Microsoft Outlook for my personal emails. This migration also meant I had to move over all of my existing emails from Google to Microsoft. In order to migrate the whole mailbox from one account provider to the other, I used Microsoft Outlook for Mac device running Continue reading →
Mac installation stuck: ‘Waiting for other installations to complete’
Just recently I wanted to perform an antivirus scan of my Mac, so I was planning to install Malwarebytes. I downloaded the package from the official website and clicked to accept the terms and conditions. Unfortunately, for some reason the installation was stuck at the ‘Waiting for other installation to complete‘ page. While I’ve had Continue reading →
Fix the ‘Your screen is being observed’ message on macOS?
Recently I wanted to open my MacBook computer to check my e-mails. But I immediately noticed something strange on the lock screen (the screen where you login into the computer). There was a message being shown at the top of the screen – the so-called Menu Bar – that I had not seen before. I Continue reading →
How to force-quit an app on MacOS
While MacOS is overall a very stable operating system, the different apps that you are running can still be stuck or frozen. In such cases, you may want to wait a bit to find out if the app will start to react again. But in other cases, you want to force close an application on Continue reading →
Set Custom DNS Servers for Specific Wi-Fi network on MacOS
Currently I am running AgGuard to block ads when I am connected to my local network via Wi-Fi. This is a great adblocking tool – it works basically the same as Pi-Hole (which I tried before using AdGuard and its one of the best Raspberry Pi use cases). Each DNS request is sent to AdGuard Continue reading →
Reclaim the full storage capacity of an SD card on macOS
Earlier this year, I had been flashing the HomeBridge image on an SD card to use it together with a Raspberry Pi. While it was a great learning experience, I now wanted to try Home Assistant to control my smart home. As such, I wanted to repurpose the Raspberry: remove HomeBridge from the SD card Continue reading →
MacOS Big Sur: Hour of release for your time zone
Big Sure is the newest operating system from Apple for your Mac device. It has been long awaited by many people, and the big day is finally here: the Big Sur release day is today (November 12 2020). But if the update is still now showing up on your Mac, it may be due to Continue reading →
Working Torrent Tracker List – November 2020
Looking for a list of open torrent trackers to speed up your torrent downloads? Look no further: in this post I gathered a list of free and working trackers for your torrent download program to increase download speeds. Indeed, the more seeds and peers can be found (via a torrent tracker) for any torrent download, Continue reading →
Safari on Mac: How to refresh a page (keyboard shortcut)
Recently, I made the move from a Windows 10 computer to a MacBook Pro running MacOS. What a shift it has been! While the move has been relatively easy, I had to learn quite a few new things here and there. One of the main recurrent keyboard shortcuts I used on Windows was the F5 Continue reading →
Waarop je moet letten als je een nieuwe computer koopt
Er is heel wat keuze om uit te kiezen als je een nieuwe laptop of desktop computer wilt aankopen. Dus waarop moet je dan letten, als je een nieuw toestel wilt aanschaffen? Allereerst kan je natuurlijk afgaan op online reviews, maar je wilt natuurlijk ook zelf je huiswerk doen en goed op elk detail letten. Continue reading →