This post is now updated with install information for using 2020 versions of Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro. When I first wrote this post I seriously wouldn’t have recommended Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro as an every-day system – Starting with 2018.01 and the 4.14 kernel it makes Read more…
My New HomeLab Gigabyte Brix – 8 GB HyperX DDR3 ram for now (another 8GB on its way) Another 8GB has been ordered, bringing me up to 16gb. I’ll be upping the available ram for my Kali install and upgrading my windows 8 to windows 10! – 16GB usb drive Read more…
The data in the Western Digital MyBook drives is stored in a raid on the 4th partition of the drive. Mounting the western digital mybook NAS to recover data in another linux install isn’t for beginners. But here is the process: 1) Remove the drive from the western digital NAS. Read more…
I had an old usb harddrive caddy sitting about that only worked with IDE drives. I also had an old usb to ide (both 2.5 and 3.5 drives) and sata drives with no power supply. I also have a variable PSU. I have a pile of old harddrives that I Read more…
Apple have recalled all the 64gb and 128gb ssd drives that are installed in macbook air’s bought between june 2012 and june 2013 if you have an affected machine, you can find more info on apples site: http://www.apple.com/support/macbookair-flashdrive/ I was unlucky, I purchased two macbook airs in june 2012, and Read more…
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 after sleep or screensaver. This will stop anyone who sneaks up on your machine when your not there from using Read more…
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 drive thats already got lots of data on it, you might need to find a way to save that data Read more…
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 your drive will always be available. Connect to your network drive (finder > go > connect to server) Enter the Read more…
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 already indexed. The first thing you have to do is to make sure you connect your network drive to the Read more…
Some nice music for you to listen to and, if you like it, vote for. its a remix of janes addiction’s irresistible force by a friend of mine. if it gets enough votes then it may be an official release on emi :D Drawing on influences including Ministry, NIN and Read more…
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. right click the downloaded file click ‘show package contents’ go to contents > sharedsupport right click on the installesd.dmg copy Read more…
This will show you how to mount a remote directory in finder using sftp. (Mount sftp folder with finder). There is a link at the bottom to a post to mount any remote system you have ssh access to using homebrew. check that out if you like working with the Read more…