Jay Versluis I’ve had this on numerous occasions: I’m asking Fedora to shut down, and it either takes a while for it to obey my command, or it outright refuses. Most UIs aren’t exactly forthcoming about the reasons, by the command line interface has today told me that there’s a way to find out what might be … Read more
I’ve just picked up a brand new copy of Ratatouille for Windows from eBay, and it’s just as nice as I remember it from back in the day on the GameCube (unlike the disappointment that is the PS3 “HD” version, which happens to be a completely different game of the same title). Thankfully the game … Read more
I wanted to downgrade my Sonoma installation to Ventura on a Mac Studio. Before doing so I thought I’d take a full backup on an external drive using SuperDuper. This has worked great in the past, and I had assumed it would still work fine on Apple Silicone models in 2025. MASSIVE mis-assumption! Of course … Read more
A few weeks ago I updated my Mac Studio from Ventura to Sonoma. My colleague said good things about it, and with Sequoia now being the “new toy” I’ll stay away from for a while (or forever perhaps), trying out last years latest OS seemed like a nice idea. I had a TimeMachine backup, so … Read more
I was looking for the Windows equivalent of the Linux command “y| rm -rf” and despite my best efforts couldn’t work it out. We need to use “del”, with a couple of switches to do this recursively and for directories, and also automatically confirm this for every entry. Here it is: This will delete everything … Read more
I went out and bought a brand new Magic Mouse for my Mac Studio today. I’ve been meaning to try one for ages, and heard great things about the gestures. I’ve had a Magic Trackpad for years and enjoyed gestures, but find them annoying for video editing, where I prefer a mouse. My current model … Read more
I don’t always need the Stream Deck app running on my Mac, and was wondering if there’s an intuitive way to remove it, say from the Login Items section. But of course there isn’t, because consumers doing what they like would mean total anarchy. Instead, we can use a command line tool to rid us … Read more
So despite trying hard, my old MacBook Pro won’t run anything higher than High Sierra. While sad, I mainly want it for the swishy Dark Mode that’s been introduced in Mojave, and by default that’s just not available on High Sierra… or is it? Here’s how to enable it with a small command line tweak: … Read more