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How to change default printing dpi – Apple Community

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/26

Somehow the default dpi setting on my ARM MacBook Pro was 300dpi.

This caused all the specific printer settings saves (mostly permutations of N-up and single/double-sided) to have become 300dpi. Fine for scalable output (vector graphics and fonts), but awful for bitmap images.

[Wayback/Archive] How to change default printing dpi – Apple Community explains how to set the default:

  1. Print something to bring up the print dialog box.
  2. Make sure the Presets menu shows “Standard”.
  3. Change the dpi.
  4. Now from the Presets menu, choose “Save”.
  5. That should change the “Standard” settings.

But it fails to explain that the default is not retroactively applied to saved settings.

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Shoe horning Arm Mac hardware plus OLED screen in a iMac G3 case 

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/04/23

Only do this when your G3 is broken beyond repair!

This particular example shows how to shoe-horn an Apple Silicon based Mac Mini into a the very first incarnation of an iMac: a classic iMac G3 case restoring both plastic, and using 3D printed mounts to ease assembly/disassembly.

Still cool as it is flexible so also allows for other Mac hardware like a Mac Studio.

The screen is a 14 inch 16:10 screen which is very expensive over here:

Video: [Wayback/Archive] I built a MODERN iMac… – YouTube

Query: [Wayback/Archive] mac studio in imac g3 3d print at DuckDuckGo

3D prints of a different project:

Likely a 4:3 OLED screen has less visible bezels.

--jeroen

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Posted in Apple, Apple Silicon, ARM Mac, Classic Macintosh, Development, Hardware Interfacing, iMac, Mac, MacMini, Power User | Leave a Comment »

What is the best free PDF Editor for Mac?… – Apple Community

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/24

Need to check this out:

Query: [Wayback/Archive] pdf editor macos – Google Search

--jeroen

Posted in Power User, Apple, MacBook, MacBook-Pro, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac, M1 Mac, Apple Silicon | Leave a Comment »

Turn iPhone, iPad and Android into wireless mobile mouse / trackpad / keyboard with Remote Mouse.

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/08

On my list of things to try: [Wayback/Archive] Turn iPhone, iPad and Android into wireless mobile mouse / trackpad / keyboard with Remote Mouse.

Goal is to see if the iPad can function as a larger touchpad to assist drawing on my MacBook.

Links:

Via:

Query: [Wayback/Archive] use ipad as mouse – Google Suche

--jeroen

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Running Android applications on Apple Silicon: is the Android Emulator from Android Studio the only option?

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/13

On my research list: running Anrdoid apps on Apple Silicon.

I wonder if using the Anrdoid Emulator from Android Studio the only straightforward option.

Links:

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Posted in Apple, Apple Silicon, ARM Mac, M1 Mac, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, MacBook, macOS 14 Sonoma, Power User | Leave a Comment »

How I Setup My Mac – Liam Beeton

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/04/18

Inspiration: [Wayback/Archive] How I Setup My Mac – Liam Beeton

Via

--jeroen

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Parallel hashing on MacOS

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/04/14

Now that I have had an Apple silicon for a while, which has enough cores to perform parallel work, this is how I calculated a bunch of hashed from a lot of large files:

  • find . -type f | xargs -P 0 -n 1 md5 -r
  • find . -type f | xargs -P 0 -n 1 shasum --algorithm 1
  • find . -type f | xargs -P 0 -n 1 shasum --algorithm 256

I contemplated about using GNU parallel, but that is not installed by default on MacOS and I was already familiar with xargs.

Argument meanings can be found at these locations:

Related:

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How to use two or more monitors to M1, M2 or M3 MacBooks | Macworld

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/04/04

[Wayback/Archive] How to use two or more monitors to M1, M2 or M3 MacBooks | Macworld will likely hold for M4 based ones as well:

  • higher-end MacBooks with M1/M2/M3 Pro and Max chips support multiple external displays
  • get around Apple’s annoying M1/M2/M3 Mac single-display limitation via software and adapters

The solutions we explain here will also help M2 Pro and M3 Pro MacBook users extend to three external displays.

Recommended reading, despite the extra hardware and software you will likely need.

--jeroen

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oobe\bypassnro removed from Windows 11 24H2 dead/hidden ? – YouTube – or is it? Two alternatives

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/03/07

I needed this for some Windows ARM VMs on VMware Fusion for running on my M1 MacBook Pro: [Wayback/Archive] oobe\bypassnro removed from Windows 11 24H2 dead/hidden ? – YouTube

In the end this combination works:

  • before booting, remove the network adapter (physically, or virtually from VMware Fusion or from Parallels)
  • after boot, as soon as the Shift-F10 combination works, run oobe\bypassnro (or add the registry entry, see below)

After this, Windows detected no network, and offered an install with a local username/password indicating the choice “I don’t have internet”.

If that ever fails in the future, I can use this trick from the comments:

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MacBook Red Screen Issue, or why I turned off True Tone and Night Shift

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/28

The winter after I bought my first ARM based (or Apple Silicon powered) MacBook I noticed that often about half an hour after sunset, within 10 seconds all the screens (the built-in and external ones) would get a red teint on them.

[Wayback/Archive] MacBook Red Screen Issue – SimplyMac was the very first search result, and mentioned this:

Adjusting Night Shift and True Tone

Night Shift and True Tone features can affect the color temperature of your display. Night Shift reduces blue light in the evenings, which can make the screen appear warmer. True Tone adjusts the display’s color temperature to match the ambient lighting. If these settings are misconfigured, they could contribute to the red screen issue. Check your Night Shift and True Tone settings in the Displays section of System Preferences to ensure they’re set correctly or turned off.

I had to turn off both Night Shift and True Tone to get rid of this artefact, though for some people that didn’t solve the issue: [Wayback/Archive] Screen has red tint at night (True Tone and Night Shift are Off) – Apple Community.

I fully agree with [Wayback/Archive] Am I the only one who prefers True Tone?* : macbookpro

The only thing I like about true tone is how great it looks when I turn it off.

…

I was soooo disappointed with how crap the display was on my M1 Max that I thought about selling it as soon as I got it. Decided to play around with display settings and found True Tone. Turned it off and felt immediate relief. That’s how bad I think True Tone is. Absolutely flabbergasted that Mac’s come out the box with it enabled.

My 2015 MBP screen looks better to me than a M series screen with True Tone on.

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