Category: Mac
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my way of studying Kubernetes: minikube on macOS
macOS is my OS platform, VirtualBox my virtualisation platform – I tried to follow the instructions (I found in my online courses by Sander von Fugt and Mumshad Mannambeth) and set up minikube within a VM. But I did not succeed setting up minikube in a VirtualBox VM. I attempted using a free VMware Fusion…
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macOS: my MacBook had its colours “inversed” / mangled all of a sudden
Accidentally I got one of the shortcuts wrong, and my MacBook’s colours were all mangled. This is how I got that issue fixed: System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Invert colours
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change your computer’s name or local hostname on macOS
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp2322/mac
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Thunderbird and its date display format
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Date_display_format It also mentions “Mac OS X”, and points you to the “International” panel in System Preferences: The date format can be adjusted under the “Format” tab.
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Apple MacBook Pro 2009 17″ – new battery, new screws – and the MacBook and its touchpad work properly again
https://www.cyberport.de/apple-und-zubehoer/apple-zubehoer/zubehoer-mac/akkus/lmp/pdp/1b17-00a/lmp-batterie-macbook-pro-17-alu-unibody-early-2009-mid-2010.html – comes with a one-year-guarantee https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00Y3KT0P4/ https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01HXA02FM The old battery (505 cycles, manufacturer: DP) had swelled considerably and had disrupted normal operation of the touchpad for years. Now I can work on the new battery (manufacture: LMP) for at least of couple of hours; I can unplug the MacBook at least overnight; I can…
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what are pros and cons for MacPorts, Fink and Homebrew?
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/32724/what-are-pros-and-cons-for-macports-fink-and-homebrew
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my occasional motor problems, my MacBook, my accidental macOS upgrade, time machine
Last night my occasional motor problems regarding my fingers made me supposedly type some keyboard shortcut, that caused to colour scheme flip to something I wasn’t able to reverse without restarting the MacBook. I sort of hated that. But I did so. During the shutdown process macOS asked me, whether I would agree to include…
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how to downgrade from macOS Catalina to Mojave
If you’ve installed the latest macOS Catalina and decided it’s not for you, the good news is you can downgrade to Mojave. Read this article to find out how to do it. https://macpaw.com/how-to/downgrade-from-catalina
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Catalina, fink, …
I was quite enthusiastic to install Catalina right after I read the notification of its availability on my MacBook. I installed it right away, but upon completion I got aware of that the fink installation at /sw was gone, because Apple made the root directory read-only. The fink project suggests installing fink at /opt/sw. Installing…
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macOS Dock Dividers
http://www.artofadambetts.com/archives/000046.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1TfV64QOvM