Apple in its infinite wisdom changed the settings for Samba ‘SMB’ protocol and killed access to my NAS server, thanks Apple not like I wasn’t using it all the time. I found a fix online, don’t trust me check if there are any risks in this fix: Create or edit this following file and add the 2 lines to the file. ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf [default] protocol_vers_map=2
After installing Karabiner Elements for MacOS I found that the Logitech Gaming Software (LGS) was no longer detecting the mouse and was showing the move mouse to wake dialog. It took a while to figure out that the cause was the recently installed Karabiner Software, exiting the software allowed immediate recognition of the mouse. Not sure what the cause is and the mouse was functional though not under the LGS command....
With the Dell Display Manager dmm.exe there are command-line parameters to allow some remote control. They are as follows: ddm.exe /IncControl 10 • to increase brightness ddm.exe /IncControl 12 • to increase contrast ddm.exe /DecControl 10 • to decrease brightness ddm.exe /DecControl 12 • to decrease contrast The default with no second figure set is 1 or 1% - so in my example I use 5 for 5% like so:...
Apple added 10-bit colour to the Apple Display drivers this is causing issues with older Macs including the Mac-Mini this little application can fix it by allowing you to select 8-bit from the list. ResXtreme ResXtreme provides access to all display modes for each connected screen, including extended and HiDPI modes accessible only via private system APIs. These private modes are not normally accessible to App Store apps.
To open a file from AstroGrep at the Line and Column of the search result Text Editor Location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe Command Line: --goto %1:%2:%3
ExactMouse acceleration killer: ExactMouse from Steelseries removes mouse acceleration on the Mac. Acceleration is a a problem for me when using a mouse on any computer that requires precise pointer placement. It is not easy to disable it completely on the Mac without using some fancy terminal command. To make it easy to disable acceleration either term-rally or permanently you can use the ExactMouse tool from Steelseries. The improvement in general mouse work are subtle but noticeable and improve the feel of high quality gaming mice....