Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/07
For my link archive:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/03
What key combination do I have to press to create a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac 2011? The Windows combination of Alt+Enter does not work on the Mac.
Source: [WayBack] keyboard – How to add a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac – Ask Different
The answer depends on the Excel for Mac OS X version you are using.
Excel 2015 is simple (thanks esham): use Option+Enter.
In older Excel <= 2011 (thanks nwinkler), use Command+Option+Enter or Control+Option+Enter.
Some users report the also need the Fn key in addition to the above modifiers.
–jeroen
PS: Later I found out that [WayBack] Beckism.com: Use a linebreak in Excel on Mac also shows the Excel <= 2011 solution Control+Option+Return (note that Return is the same key as Enter).
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/04/29
From [WayBack] osx lion – osx change printer ip address without adding new printer – Super User:
Q
Is there a way to change a printer’s IP address in OSX (Lion) without having to add a new printer? I did find Printer IP Remedy, but was curious if there was an ‘official’ method.
A
You can do this in the CUPS web interface with the following steps:
- Open Terminal.app and run
cupsctl WebInterface=yes. This enables the CUPS web interface- Open
http://127.0.0.1:631/printersin your web browser- Click on the printer you want to change. From the “Administration” drop down, select “Modify Printer”.
- Log in with your local admin account
- Select the new printer IP either from “Discovered Network Printers” or add it manually with “Other Network Printers”. Make sure that you keep the same connection protocol as it says in “Current Connection” (for me, this was LPD).
Once you’re done with this, Mac OS X will directly print to the new IP address. There is no need to reboot or so. If you want to disable the CUPS web interface again, run
cupsctl WebInterface=no.
The CUPS solution works splendid in MacOS as well, so there was no need for [Archive.is] Printer IP Remedy 1.3 free download for Mac | MacUpdate.
Without the CUPS web interface enabled, the web-interface at http://127.0.0.1:631/printers looks like this:
Web Interface is Disabled
The web interface is currently disabled. Run “cupsctl WebInterface=yes” to enable it.
After enabling it like the CUPS web interface wit cupsctl WebInterface=yes, you can see I have the same printer configured multiple times with different communication protocols and output languages:
Printers
Search in Printers:
Showing 6 of 6 printers.
Queue Name Description Location Make and Model Status OKI_MC342_36855D OKI-MC342-PSO-36855D Office MC342-AirPrint Idle OKI_MC342_36855D_PCL OKI-MC342-36855D PCL 1060NP-Office Generic PCL Laser Printer Idle OKI_MC342_IPP OKI-MC342-IPP Office Generic PostScript Printer Idle OKI_MC342_LPR OKI-MC342-LPR Office Generic PostScript Printer Idle
The first two printers were mapped by DNS, but the last two were mapped by IP address.
Changing the IP address was simple:
This is also the place where you can change “Default options”, like paper size (which – for all but the first – somehow defaulted to US Letter 11 inch, while it is actually filled with A4 paper).
At the end, disable the web interface: cupsctl WebInterface=no.
Related:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/04/25
Yes, occasionally, people still use DVD or CD disks, so thanks [Archive.is] Chris Bensen: macOS How to create an ISO from a CD or DVD:
Put in your CD or DVD, Open Terminal, type:
ls /VolumesFind the volume in the list, then type where
/path/to/volumeis the CD or DVD you want:
hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o Image.iso /path/to/volume
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/03/29
When connecting from my Mac to my ESXi rig, some commands (especially less) show this output:
So I created this alias to connect from my Mac to the internal address of my ESXi rig:
alias ssh-esxi-X10SRH-CF-internal='TERM=xterm ssh -p 22 root@192.168.71.91'
The trick is the bold part: TERM=xterm (which you can also replace by export TERM=xterm; if you want future ssh sessions to use the same [wayback] TERM setting).
The reason is that the Mac defines the TERM variable as containing xterm-256 which is defined on the Mac itself, but ESXi has a hard time coping with it.
Some Mac OS and Xcode combinations had a problem with
xterm-256not being present ([WayBack] macos – Terminal strangeness after installing Xcode on Lion – Super User), but this isn’t the case on my system:
$ ls -alh `find /usr/share/terminfo | grep 'xterm-256color'`
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3.2K Jul 30 2016 /usr/share/terminfo/78/xterm-256colorOn the Mac you really want to use
xterm-256coloras it looks way better thanxterm-colororxterm: [WayBack] linux – What is the difference between xterm-color & xterm-256color? – Stack Overflow (thanks [WayBack] Chris Page!)
It seems I already did something similar on ESXi itself to get esxtop working: ESXi: when esxtop shows garbage. That was on the ESXi side and works as well for this problem too.
However, it is a bit harder to have a script run during ESXi boot time that sets this, so it is easier to fix this on the Mac side.
It works for all OS X and ESXi versions I’ve tested so far.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/02/22
This has happened to me on most Macs with most Apple Mac OS X / MacOS / whatever versions: the built in sound controls for internal speakers and head phones fail to work (keyboard shortcuts and UI both fail).
The solution at [WayBack] mavericks – Unable to modify the volume with the keyboard – Ask Different works, but be sure to require the kernel module steps:
open up a Terminal window and run:
sudo killall coreaudiodsudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/02/01
For my memory:
What’s new in this update:
It’s time for the first update of the year! We appreciate all your comments sent to us through the App Store, in-app feedback and email; and continue focusing on making this app better with each release.
In this version we addressed the following issues:
- Added support for the AVC (420 and 444) codec, available when connecting to current versions of Windows 10.
- In “fit to window mode”, a window refresh now occurs immediately after a resize to ensure that content is rendered at the correct interpolation level.
- Fixed a layout bug that caused feed headers to overlap for some users.
- Cleaned up the Application Preferences UI.
- Polished the Add/Edit Desktop UI.
- Made lots of fit and finish adjustments to the Connection Center tile and list views for desktops and feeds.
Please continue to send us feedback. We read it all and factor it into our planning. If you encounter any errors, you can always contact us via Help > Report an Issue.
NOTE: There is a bug in macOS 10.14.0 and 10.14.1 that can cause the “.com.microsoft.rdc.application-data_SUPPORT/_EXTERNAL_DATA” folder (nested deep inside the ~/Library folder) to consume a large amount of disk space. To resolve this issue, delete the folder contents and upgrade to macOS 10.14.2. Note that a side-effect of deleting the folder contents is that snapshot images assigned to bookmarks will be deleted. These images will be regenerated when reconnecting to the remote PC.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/01/28
macOS DisplayLink driver downloads: 4.1 works fine with MacOS 10.12 Sierra on a 15-inch mid 2015 Retina MacBook Pro.
Downloads:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/01/18
Two installation options for TigerVNC:
The [WayBack] TigerVNC viewer gives a bit more details on failing VNC connections than the stock OSX Screen Sharing.app does: after performing the logon, the connection would just stall, but TigerVNC would should “write broken pipe (32)” after the logon. Most of the linked search results indicated the VNC server was having a state problem.
So I restarted the VNC server, after which connections could be made again in both tools.
I actually prefer the stock Screen Sharing.app as:
open vnc://192.168.178.55:5900 if your VNC server is listening on 192.168.178.55:5900TIL that Apple’s “Screen Sharing” app is command-line accessible.
ssh username@hostname -L5910:localhost:5900open
vnc://username:password@localhost:5910
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/01/01
Reminder to self:
==> Caveats
==> nss
nss is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because Firefox can pick this up instead of the built-in library, resulting in
random crashes without meaningful explanation.Please see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1142646 for details.
If you need to have nss first in your PATH run:
echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/nss/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profileFor compilers to find nss you may need to set:
export LDFLAGS=”-L/usr/local/opt/nss/lib”
export CPPFLAGS=”-I/usr/local/opt/nss/include”For pkg-config to find nss you may need to set:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=”/usr/local/opt/nss/lib/pkgconfig”==> sphinx-doc
sphinx-doc is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because this formula is mainly used internally by other formulae.
Users are advised to use `pip` to install sphinx-doc.If you need to have sphinx-doc first in your PATH run:
echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/sphinx-doc/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profile==> sqlite
sqlite is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because macOS provides an older sqlite3.If you need to have sqlite first in your PATH run:
echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/sqlite/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profileFor compilers to find sqlite you may need to set:
export LDFLAGS=”-L/usr/local/opt/sqlite/lib”
export CPPFLAGS=”-I/usr/local/opt/sqlite/include”For pkg-config to find sqlite you may need to set:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=”/usr/local/opt/sqlite/lib/pkgconfig”==> openssl
A CA file has been bootstrapped using certificates from the SystemRoots
keychain. To add additional certificates (e.g. the certificates added in
the System keychain), place .pem files in
/usr/local/etc/openssl/certsand run
/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin/c_rehashopenssl is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because Apple has deprecated use of OpenSSL in favor of its own TLS and crypto libraries.If you need to have openssl first in your PATH run:
echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profileFor compilers to find openssl you may need to set:
export LDFLAGS=”-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib”
export CPPFLAGS=”-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include”For pkg-config to find openssl you may need to set:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=”/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/pkgconfig”==> openssl@1.1
A CA file has been bootstrapped using certificates from the system
keychain. To add additional certificates, place .pem files in
/usr/local/etc/openssl@1.1/certsand run
/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/bin/c_rehashopenssl@1.1 is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because openssl/libressl is provided by macOS so don’t link an incompatible version.If you need to have openssl@1.1 first in your PATH run:
echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profileFor compilers to find openssl@1.1 you may need to set:
export LDFLAGS=”-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib”
export CPPFLAGS=”-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/include”For pkg-config to find openssl@1.1 you may need to set:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=”/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib/pkgconfig”==> icu4c
icu4c is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because macOS provides libicucore.dylib (but nothing else).If you need to have icu4c first in your PATH run:
echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/icu4c/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profile
echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/icu4c/sbin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profileFor compilers to find icu4c you may need to set:
export LDFLAGS=”-L/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib”
export CPPFLAGS=”-I/usr/local/opt/icu4c/include”For pkg-config to find icu4c you may need to set:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=”/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/pkgconfig”==> ruby
By default, binaries installed by gem will be placed into:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/binYou may want to add this to your PATH.
ruby is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because macOS already provides this software and installing another version in
parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.If you need to have ruby first in your PATH run:
echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profileFor compilers to find ruby you may need to set:
export LDFLAGS=”-L/usr/local/opt/ruby/lib”
export CPPFLAGS=”-I/usr/local/opt/ruby/include”For pkg-config to find ruby you may need to set:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=”/usr/local/opt/ruby/lib/pkgconfig”==> qt
We agreed to the Qt open source license for you.
If this is unacceptable you should uninstall.qt is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because Qt 5 has CMake issues when linked.If you need to have qt first in your PATH run:
echo ‘export PATH=”/usr/local/opt/qt/bin:$PATH”‘ >> ~/.bash_profileFor compilers to find qt you may need to set:
export LDFLAGS=”-L/usr/local/opt/qt/lib”
export CPPFLAGS=”-I/usr/local/opt/qt/include”For pkg-config to find qt you may need to set:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=”/usr/local/opt/qt/lib/pkgconfig”==> python
Python has been installed as
/usr/local/bin/python3Unversioned symlinks `python`, `python-config`, `pip` etc. pointing to
`python3`, `python3-config`, `pip3` etc., respectively, have been installed into
/usr/local/opt/python/libexec/binIf you need Homebrew’s Python 2.7 run
brew install python@2You can install Python packages with
pip3 install <package>
They will install into the site-package directory
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packagesSee: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-and-Python
==> youtube-dl
Bash completion has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.dzsh completions have been installed to:
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions
==> cabal-install
Bash completion has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
==> node
Bash completion has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
==> hub
Bash completion has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.dzsh completions have been installed to:
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions
==> gnupg
Once you run this version of gpg you may find it difficult to return to using
a prior 1.4.x or 2.0.x. Most notably the prior versions will not automatically
know about new secret keys created or imported by this version. We recommend
creating a backup of your `~/.gnupg` prior to first use.For full details on each change and how it could impact you please see
https://www.gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html
==> mas
Bash completion has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
==> pandoc
Bash completion has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
==> go
A valid GOPATH is required to use the `go get` command.
If $GOPATH is not specified, $HOME/go will be used by default:
https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATHYou may wish to add the GOROOT-based install location to your PATH:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/opt/go/libexec/bin
–jeroen
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