Sander van Dragt's Notes

July 20, 2019 at 11:39 am

I’ve wondered for years why #macos and #windows don’t supply an update service for applications to hook into to keep themselves updated. I guess it’s a lot more complex than building an updater.

November 8, 2019 at 10:02 am
Making Recents more useful

So if you open Recents in the sidebar it's likely it's full of files you have no idea you recently opened. It's most likely that you didn't…
October 7, 2019 at 10:16 am
Can’t believe the #macOs firewall is still off by default in 2019!
May 26, 2019 at 1:18 pm
Fix for Google Chrome Bouncing Forever in the macOS Dock

I had the issue where it was not possible to launch Google Chrome. It would bounce in the dock forever without actually starting. Trashing …
April 20, 2019 at 10:53 pm
macOS doesn't use a swap file when running from an external SSD

So I was seeing graphical glitches, freezes and Activity Monitor indicated memory pressure. Turns out macOS doesn't mount a swap file, as I…
October 20, 2016 at 1:50 pm
Updating Homebrew for macOS Sierra

If you've just upgraded to Sierra and previously had Homebrew installed you may find that it no longer works because of the stricter securi…

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