Blackarch on the chuwi hi10pro – install and config
Blackarch on the chuwi hi10pro - prereq's a usb hub a usb flashdrive a usb mouse a usb wifi adaptor (at least for the initial setup) Download blackarch from https://blackarch.org/downloads.html…
Pihole on a raspberry pi
Pihole on a raspberry pi - making a network wide advert blocker with a raspberry pi. I have a router using dnsmasq with adblocking setup on my router. I also…
Best practice for mac security
This post is a collection of things to form a best practice for mac security. 1) enable password after sleep or screensaver. settings > security > require a password immediately…
How to encrypt external usb flash drives on mac osx
This post will show you how to encrypt your external drives so that your data remains safe. it really only works with new drives though, so if you have a…
How to disable sleepsafe hibernate mode on your mac
How to disable sleepsafe hibernate mode on your mac. Your mac has a few cool features to let it wake form hibernation quickly. one is called sleepsafe. sleepsafe works by…
Delete dmg disk image automatically on eject on mac osx
This post will show you how to delete dmg disk image automatically - it will delete a mac disk image file (dmg) when you eject it from your mac There…
Get ios6 gm gold master without developer account now
You can get the ios6 GM versions (they will be identical to the actual released versions when they are released next week) through a simple google search click here for…
Disable prompt for time machine backups for new disks
This post will show you how to turn off the prompt that asks you if you want to use a newly inserted disk for timemachine backups open terminal type defaults…
How to find the ten biggest files or directories in linux
This short blog post will show you a command that will let you find the ten biggest files or directories in linux and osx machines. I forget these commands every…
How to force spotlight to reindex your drive
This command will force spotlight to reindex your drive. It is useful if your spotlight index isnt returning results you know it should. This post will help you force spotlight…
How to eject a stuck dvd or cd from your mac
This will show you how to eject a stuck dvd or cd from your mac 1) try holding the eject key, it may work 2) try dragging the mounted cd…
Automount network drive on startup osx mac
Automount network drive on startup osx. This will show you how to automount a network drive when you login to osx lion. This method will persist through a reboot, so…
Disable reportcrash osx using launchctl – disable crash popups
Disable reportcrash osx. This post will show you how to disable the dialog box that appears when a program crashes in osx. Doing this will stop your system crawling when…
How to enable spotlight indexing on a network drive
This short blog post will show you how to enable spotlight indexing on a network drive. I have also added the commands to disable spotlight indexing on network drive that's…
Make an osx lion install usb flash drive
This will show you how to burn the downloaded osx lion to a usb flash drive so that you can do a fresh install. download lion from the app store.…
Make an osx lion install dvd
This will show you how to burn the downloaded osx lion to a dvd so that you can do a fresh install. 1) download lion from the app store. 2)…
Disable spotlight search
Spotlight on osx is a fantastic feature which will give you suggestions by searching your mac for documents and apps. This post will show you how to turn off spotlight…
Create an iso from a dvd or cd in mac osx
How to create an iso from a dvd or cd in mac osx: This will show you how to create an iso image from a cd or dvd in mac…
My first experience with linux – 1998 – tomsrtbt
Linux! Slackware floppies! zip-slack! Redhat 5.2! Tomsrtbt! Downloading zip-slack over modem for a week. Getting a shell and thinking 'wtf' trying dos commands. Having to reboot to read documentation! Trying…
Monochrome laptop, 14.4k modem, bbs, learning AT commands
A monochrome laptop, hooking up to a 14.4k modem, going on a bbs, learning AT commands It was nineteen ninety something before five, probably two or three. I must have…
Mac osx maintenance – make your mac boot faster
Here are some tips to make your mac boot faster: Rotate your logs open terminal > type: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly this command runs the log rotate scripts, etc…
Protools bounce to disk shortcut key for windows and mac
This is a short post with the protools bounce to disk shortcut key shortcut keys for mac osx : cmd + alt + b shortcut keys for windows pc: ctrl…
Mastering tracks
Ive been busy mastering tracks. I just mastered 37 tracks (I actually mastered 51 of them, but a few got dropped already) I have bounced them all down to disk…
Ableton tutorial 2 recording file operations cool stuff
so, this is the second ableton tutorial, its kinda boring, but will show you some cool things about abelton, were gonna cover - how to record your loops to a track, how to consolidate parts you have made, saving live sets, and exporting wav files so, fire up abelton. make a simple loop, one bar will