Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/20
Status: Cable Unplugged Either the cable for Thunderbolt Ethernet is not plugged in or the device at the other end is not responding.
That’s not much use: it does not tell if the Thunderbolt or the Ethernet side has a problem.
Luckily, the How to force Thunderbolt-ethernet connection when switching networks without restarting computer? at Ask Different indicates the System Information will give you more information about the Thunderbolt side of things. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/10
Back when I wrote this mid 2013, this was the best Windows RDP overview article I could find: Best RDP client for Mac OSX Lion.
And it all got invalidated when finally (after years of silence), Microsoft released AppStore versions of the RDP client for both Mac OS X and iOS:
Microsoft Launches ‘Remote Desktop’ Apps for Mac and iOS – Mac Rumors.
So I tried the Mac App Store – Microsoft Remote Desktop that runs on OS X 10.6.0 or later for more than a year, and I like it a lot.
This is what the AppStore version improved over the classic Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection:
Just so you know about alternatives,
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/29
Every once in a while you’re looking for a solution to a problem, and slap yourself to the head that you’ve been overlooking a real obvious solution.
This case: finding duplicate files on Mac OS X.
pendlewitch had this great tip: use the Finder!
You can do this in Finder for free, it’s a bit time consuming but if you’ll get them all eventually.
- Open a new Finder window
- In the search field, enter the wild card asterisk symbol *
- Arrange by Size
I find it best in List view.
Prepare to be gobsmacked at how much duplication you do have.
I totally agree with his last sentence (:
–jeroen
via: Best Free Duplicate File Finder Program – Mac-Forums Discussions for Apple Products & Services.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/18
I had a hard time in iTunes to actually download the (temporarily free) U2 Album Songs of Innocence.
This is probably because most of my iTunes consists of my own CD collection ripped as MP3 files, and the instructions about “clicking the cloud icon” got me in the wrong direction (I assumed cloud icons for each song would appear in the “My Music” Library, but none of the songs showed up that list).
Anyway, via itunes – Free U2 album doesn’t show up in music library, just iPod – Ask Different (see also the picture below, especially the red marked portion):
They are referring to the “Purchased” under the “Quick Links” section on the right of the iTunes Store Home Page. Once you do this “Songs of Innocence” will be added to your “Purchased” playlist on the left.
What apparently happened was that I hadn’t accepted the updated iTunes license agreements yet, so the songs would not added to the library, even though they were “Purchased”.
–jeroen
via itunes – Free U2 album doesn’t show up in music library, just iPod – Ask Different.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/01
VMware Fusion only allows you to send a “Print Scrn” key to a VM, but that takes a screenshot of the whole screen.
Alt+Print Scrn gets you a screenshot of the current Window, which is what I use most often.
A few things you might have tried, but cannot use:
So have to map key combinations that you probably will not use under Windows.
Berknip uses these VMware Fusion keyboard mappings for it: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/08/08
Most things are simple when you know how to do it.
In this case it was to move the Dock to a different monitor (or to restore it to your main monitor when you accidentally moved it to a secondary monitor).
TbonesTech explains it in the below video, and it is this simple:
On the monitor on which you want the Dock to appear, move the mouse to the bottom of the screen.
Then wait a moment for the Dock to move to that location.
It works in Mavericks. It might work in older versions as well, but I’ve not checked that yet.
–jeroen
via: How to Move the Dock to a External Display on a Mac – YouTube.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/08/08
Though there is a Unicode character for the Apple Command Key, there is none for the Windows Key.
The Windows font WinDings does have a character 255 for it, but that font usually is not installed on non-Windows systems. There it will look like Unicode Character ‘LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS’ (U+00FF)
This Unicode code point comes closest to the Windows key: Unicode Character ‘SQUARED PLUS’ (U+229E) and is used by Windows Key page on WikiPedia.
The Unicode code points for Mac modifier keys are these:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/08/04
Though I’ve written only a few blog posts about 7zip – my compressor of choice ever since I discovered 7zip some 10 years ago around version 3.13 (their history goes much further back: 1999) – here is a fresh one:
7zip is a fast, free, multi-platform and has great compression. No wonder Toms Hardware gave them an award last year: And The Undisputed Winner Is… 7-Zip.
For Windows, I take the downloads from 7-Zip: there are both x64 and x86 versions (x64 supports more memory so can handle bigger archives).
For Mac, I’ve been using Keka – the free Mac OS X file archiver. Both compressing and decompressing involve dragging the uncompressed or compressed files to the Keka dock icon.
That is slightly more involved than the context menu in Windows, but it works great.
For Windows command line usage, I use either 7za.exe or 7z.exe (uses DLLs, supports more compression)
For Mac command line usage, I use p7zip.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/07/18
Interesting for people that do not trust Cloud Storage providers: BitTorrent Labs’ BitTorrent Sync.
I’ve tried an early version, and it works “OK”. Not yet as well-integrated like for instance DropBox, but stable and fast enough.
Important thing for me: works on *nix, OS X and Windows. Hopefully mobile devices will follow soon.
At the time of writing (May 2013), it is the only cross platform freeware entry in Comparison of file synchronization software – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
In the mean time, Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch)wrote a nice blog post with background information on this: Bittorrent Sync, a secure DropBox alternative » twm’s blog.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/07/15
Duh: don’t start the Chromecast extension in Google Chrome, but run Chromecast.app on your Macbook (:
To change the WiFi network your Chromecast is connected to, simply open up the Chromecast app on your phone, tablet, or computer and select your Chromecast from the list. From the Chromecast settings page, select your current Wi-Fi network name and select a new network from the drop-down list.
–jeroen
via: Frequently Asked Questions – Chromecast Help.
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