Mac

A primer on Nix and Nix-Darwin and the how and why I have implemented it as a replacement to Homebrew and MacPorts on my laptop for easier and reproducable application and state management in a MacOS environment.

Two years ago I began migrating looking at ways to use the Appleverse without Apple and extending collaborative features to Linux and open source. The solutions where technical and so “kludgy”. Time and need of the masses has now made this now near native and easy to implement.

Upgrading MacOS from High Sierra to Mojave introduces some new security requirements that cause issues with some applications. The fix for apps created in electron is simple onse you know how.

dd has being my go to tool for “everything-imges-and-iso”, especially ever since the usb stick became ubiquitous and norm for installing new a OS. There is a new kid on the block now…but it needs a GUI.

Notes on how to get any application that supports WebDAV or CardDAV to access apple iCloud resources. Following on from previous posts about using Apples iCloud services on non Apple devices or operating systems.

Install and use the open source FFmpeg utility on macOS for high quality audio and video encoding and transcoding with support for x two AAC-LC encoders (aac & libfdk_aac) and one HE-AAC(v1/2) encoder (libfdk_aac).

These instructions will create a bootable install medium for the installation of a operating system using a .iso file downloaded from the network, the dd command and a standard USB…

These instructions will create a bootable install medium for the installation of a operating system using a .iso file downloaded from the network, the dd command and a standard USB…

Alternate method to get non apple devices to acces iCal. Using three ingredients. Your calendar’s server address . Your user ID dsid. The calendar name (cal_name).

Having a small collection idevices in our household, we tend use the icloud calendar app and iCal coordinate our lives. With some work, non apple devices can share the same calendar