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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/03/12
Boy, I always to the Ctrl+Shift+Space on Microsoft Windows (or on MacOS Command+Shift+Space) detour to switch to the Terminal tab in Visual Studio Code
So I was amazed to find the shortcut inside the first bullet in the Google Search quote of the first result at [Wayback/Archive] vscode terminal open new terminal – Recherche Google:
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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:
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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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/03/03
While recovering from cancer treatments and moving, I heavily cut down on spending money for my IT infrastructure as you can only spend money once.
Now that I have recovered quite a bit, and also gaining more income, I got more recent Apple hardware and could start to use this: [Wayback/Archive] Use an iPad as a second display for a Mac – Apple Support
It’s called Sidecar in Apple terminology and actually quite neat, though you need extra software to use the iPad in portrait mode (it is hard coded to landscape though a 10-inch iPad Pro fits very nicely in portrait position next to a 16-inch M1 MacBook Pro).
If I persist, I need to look at solutions like [Wayback/Archive] Rotated Sidecar · waydabber/BetterDisplay Wiki · GitHub ([Wayback/Archive] GitHub – waydabber/BetterDisplay: Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!)
Sidecar is part of Handoff, so these preconditions apply: [Wayback/Archive] Use Handoff to continue tasks on your other devices – Apple Support.
In the end, I think it is all based on AirDrop, especially because of the first Apple Support link above mentioning these “Additional requirements”:
Both devices must be signed in with the same Apple Account using two-factor authentication.
To use Sidecar wirelessly, both devices must be within 10 meters (30 feet) of each other and have Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Handoff turned on. Your iPad must not be sharing its cellular connection and your Mac must not be sharing its internet connection.
To use Sidecar over USB, your iPad must be set to trust your Mac.
Via:
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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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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/19
Cool thread: [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @dosdude1 on Thread Reader App – upgrading storage from 512GB to 8TB on an M3 Max MacBook Pro (images at the bottom of this blog post: they are large):
Just finished my most difficult Apple Silicon storage upgrade yet… 512GB to 8TB on an M3 Max MacBook Pro! This was especially difficult, as it required installing around 100 extra tiny components to use the second set of 4 NANDs…
Because I didn’t have schematics for this model, I had to painstakingly hand draw this diagram to locate the correct position of each component, which I derived based on a schematic for a similar model. Definitely took a long time!
If I need to have a Silicon Mac upgraded, this is one of the people to keep an eye on and when needed visit [Wayback/Archive] Technical Support – DosLab Electronics.
Dosdude1 has been active in this field of work for quite some time. A nice article on earlier work is [Wayback/Archive] Collin Mistr’s Open-Hardware 2.5″ IDE SSD Aims to Bring Speedy Solid-State Storage to Vintage PCs – Hackster.io.
Via [Wayback/Archive] dosdude1’s Personal Web Server, Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/13
[Wayback/Archive] macos – How can I update everything installed through Homebrew after OSX upgrade? – Ask Different
A
Use the command
brew upgradein the terminal to update all of the packages.C
brew upgrade --casknot updated my excited packages like Flutter. usingbrew upgrade --gwill be preferred as mentioned in Manpage : –g, –greedy: Also include outdated casks with auto_updates true or version :latest. –greedy-latest: Also include outdated casks including those with version :latest. –greedy-auto-updates: Also include outdated casks including those with auto_updates true.C
Casks are not upgraded because of their internal auto-update capabilities and the conflict in these two auto-update mechanisms. See more details on docs.brew.sh/…
So if you want to upgrade casks as well, then run this (but read the warnings below first):
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/05
TL;DR: the [Wayback/Archive] Self Service Repair – Apple Support parts are very expensive; having an expert solder them is way more affordable
Last year, [Wayback/Archive] Official (by_APPLE): Mac mini (2024) Repair Manual : r/macmini already had the part numbers for Mac Mini M4 SSD upgrades which I put in this table (staggered staggered to emphasise the M4 and M4 Pro differences) with prices for the M4 upgrades after receiving back the return credit (which I still need to figure out what you need to return):
Mac Mini M4 SSD upgrade part numbers Mac mini (2024 with M4) Mac mini (2024 with M4 Pro) USD 263.12 USD 251.12 USD 439.12 661-43671, 2TB USD 748.00 661-43676, 8TB NB: If anyone can provide a Mac Mini M4 Pro serial, I can amend the table with those part prices as well.
It also had these links:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/04
For cleaning an Apple Silicon MacBook there were already solutions to either disable the keyboard or to blacken the screen:
Screen Test & Clean
In Version 2.3, Only Switch brings a new feature, Screen Test. It provides a pure color view in full-screen mode, you can check dead pixels via it. Press the left and right arrow keys, the color will change from black, white, red, green, and blue. This functionality also can be used for screen cleaning, as you can see the stains on the screen.
For keeping a Mac turned off however, there hadn’t been a solution for a long time.
Now there is, but you need to have the most recent update of macOS Sequoia 15 by adding a nvram BootPreference setting: [Wayback/Archive] Prevent a Mac laptop from turning on when opening its lid or connecting to power – Apple Support
Via
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/03
Another few great pieces of history got puglished in full on YouTube:
Via [Wayback/Archive] Memories of Lisa – CHM.
Note that excerpts of the last video were published earlier as:
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/30
Retro computing is wildly popular, and with the rise of low cost single-board computers (SBCs for short), both Apple //e and ][+ emulators plus extension cards have proliferated, based on Raspberry Pi (or even their RP2040 microcontroller based Pico), ESP32 or predecessor ESP8266 microcontrollers and others.
Some links for my archive:
Posted in //e, Apple, Development, Emulators, ESP32, ESP8266, Hardware Development, Power User, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Pico, Retrocomputing, Software Development | Tagged: 3dprinting, Apple, appleii, retro | Leave a Comment »
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