Lazarus Pascal – Custom Fonts for MacOS Applications
I’m not sure about other developers, but I occasionally like to use my own custom font for my Lazarus Pascal applications. Typically I do this so I have access to better icons and symbols available in...
View ArticlepfSense 2.x – How to fix Strict NAT for XBox One
I’m always up for playing with new toys, and this time I did build a firewall using pfSense. I wanted to play with OpenVPN and my NetGear R7000 Nighthawk (running Asus xWRT) capped out at 5Mbps. So I...
View ArticleHow to create empty dummy files
Sometimes we need one, a few, or a lot of empty dummy files – just for testing our application, or to hold a space. Now you could open a text editor and save an empty file, but there are easier ways to...
View ArticleRename My TV Series 2
Rename My TV Series, a tool to rename tv series episodes, has been around for a while now, and it’s time for an update (the “old one” can still be found here). So I proudly present: Rename My TV Series...
View ArticleminiWOL v2 – Quick and Easy Wake On LAN Utility
Waking up devices that are network connected, can be done with the so called “Wake On LAN” feature provided by certain devices (like for example a NAS, FileServer, or even a PC). A while back I created...
View ArticleBash Script – Press Any Key To Continue
In this article I’ll describe what I have used to create a “Press Any Key to Continue” in a Bash script (Linux/MacOS X). Working with scripts in Bash (Terminal or Shell) isn’t what I do daily. The day...
View ArticleMacOS – Create a “Sleep” Keyboard Shortcut on a Windows Keyboard
Some of you may be familiar with the problem … no sleep button on your keyboard. You have a really nice Mac, but you’re using a Windows keyboard since there is no MacOS keyboard that you really like....
View ArticleMacOS – Organize your Dock – Stack Overlays
Apple has done a pretty good job with the Dock in MacOS. There is just one thing that I do not like though; the way it stacks icons when you add a folder to your Dock. A smart guy from Japan (2007 –...
View ArticleMacOS – SMJobBless: Elevated Privileges in Lazarus Pascal
As some of you know, I created ApplePi-Baker a while ago, and with a new version I wanted to get away from using command-line tools like “dd” and “diskutil“. To do this the right way I needed to know...
View ArticleApplePi-Baker v2 – Backup & Restore SD cards, USB drives, etc.
ApplePi-Baker has become well known amongst Raspberry Pi users, with a Mac running macOS, to backup and restore SD-cards. Users do not just use ApplePi-Baker for this purpose anymore – I have seen...
View ArticleApplePi-Baker v2.1 Update – Faster and Expand or Shrink IMG
I’m very excited to announce that ApplePi-Baker now supports shrinking and expanding of Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4 Linux partitions on a Mac!! This is something I wasn’t able to do before and is commonly seen...
View ArticleApplePi-Baker 2.1.6 Update – Bug fix release
ApplePi-Baker is build specifically for MacOS, to make backups or restore images (IMG). Initially intended for Raspberry Pi users, this tool can be used for plenty other applications as well. For...
View ArticleMacOS – ToggleTheme – Single click Toggle Theme
As a hobby developer, when testing dark theme vs light theme under MacOS X, I have those moments where I have to switch back and forth between both themes quite often. Going into the System Preferences...
View ArticleWordPress – An easy to understand Ajax Example
Since one of my WordPress plugins seems to have been ghosted by it’s developer, I had to develop my own plugin. Not a big deal, just a lot of work. For this I wanted to use Ajax calls to retrieve data....
View ArticleMacOS – How to create bootable macOS install media
In this article, I’ll show you the steps to create macOS install Media … As most Mac users will know; each new macOS version comes with a few challenges. For some it’s nothing, for other it’s a...
View ArticleApplePi-Baker v2.2.0 release for Catalina
We have just released ApplePi-Baker v2.2.0. This version was released with macOS Catalina in mind. The first release of macOS Catalina (10.15) came with some serious problems for applications like...
View ArticleSSH Login without a Password
In this article, I’ll show you how you can login to SSH (Secure Shell) more secure, without not using a password, by using SSH-keys. SSH allows several types of services to connect securely (encrypted...
View ArticleConnectMeNow v3 – Mount Network Shares Quick and Easy on a Mac
macOS is great – I really like it a lot – but one thing it doesn’t handle all that great is … network shares. In this day and age a little weird to still see this, especially from a company like Apple....
View ArticleLazarus Pascal – Move Items to Trash for Windows, Linux and macOS
In this short article I’ll show how I implemented a cross platform (Windows, Linux, macOS) function for Lazarus Pascal to move files or directories to the TrashCan or Recycle Bin. Since it took me some...
View ArticleStandard Resistor Values
In this article you’ll find an interactive table in which you can find the standard resistor values, as used in electronics, and defined by the IEC. You’ll find the values for the E6, E12, E24, E48,...
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