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Continue reading →: mac: OLCP stuck on boot after root patching and MBP 2014OK, I’ve been using Opencore Legacy Patcher for a few months now and it has been working well, but the big issue has been updating it and rebooting. There is a step called root patching where the boot drive gets kernel extensions in /Library/Extensions and on reboot these can fail.…
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Continue reading →: sec: Passkeys are everywhere how do I add to 1Password and Apple KeychainThe new passkey thing is pretty confusing, suddenly applications are asking for passkeys, what’s the right way to do this? Here I’m assuming you have two useful tools, 1Password which allows cross-client passkeys, so you do them once and it appears across all your machines. The main ones I’m using…
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Continue reading →: net: Argh Google Workspace Price increases keep comingWow, they’ve been jacking up prices by 20% in their latest round, we started with Business Standard which was $12 and now it is $14.40, so they keep ratcheting the price up. It gives you 2TB/user and Shared Drives and many other things I’ve forgotten (150 vs 100 participants in…
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Continue reading →: av: MOONDROP littlewhite and Variations do rockI suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised, I took a trip with the MOONDROP Variations hooked up to the Qudelix 5K, and the auto equalization and other features are great. The only thing that is a little tricky is the I had forgotten how having a cord to a little…
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Continue reading →: AV: Truly great Qudelix 5K with MOONDROP Variations Auto-eq (and Schitt Magni Soundsource shutoff)Well on our first flight in months and it was the first time to try the MOONDROP Variations with the highly rated Qudelix 5K and they are a pretty amazing combination. I can see why. First of all , use them with the recommended ear tips not stock, the noise…
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Continue reading →: tech: Synology NAS performance is 200 MBps and 500/700 IOPS good?OK, now that we have our disk arrays in order, I was curious to see what performance is like. First some basics, with hard disks, performance is a little hard to understand. The short answer is that two things are going on, The first is, that you have the data…
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Continue reading →: Tech: Review list and need for Gateron MelodicsWell, I told you what I bought (Keychron Q2 Max, Alpaca V2, and GMK Muted Retro but not why I bought them). Here are all the reviews stuck on my iPhone fro that: What’s all this about the Hall effect Yes, it’s sort of the latest trend but it lets…
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tech: Crazy Keyboards Keychron Q2 Max, GMK Retro and Alpaca V2
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Continue reading →: tech: Crazy Keyboards Keychron Q2 Max, GMK Retro and Alpaca V2OK, since my Anne Pro keyboards are all in some sort of Bluetooth hell, I realized that I only have one wireless keyboard, a Keychron K6 with U4T and YMDK Shinethrough Pudding Keys. This has been a great keyboard and I really like the thocky sound somewhere between a click…
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Continue reading →: mac: More OCLP MacBook 2014 Graphics Issues no All PhotosOK, I’ve already documented a bunch of issues with the graphics support in my slightly strange Crystal Well MacBook Pro 2014 with an Iris Pro and discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M processor, but as we found out the graphics display doesn’t work for things like Safari, Apple Maps and things…
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Continue reading →: tech: Synology reset, LACP move to ordinary portIf you are unlucky like me and you have 2FA on and then you swap disks, suddenly you are unable to use 2FA. So the solution is to do a Mode 1 reset. That means you find the reset at the back of the NAS and then press it for…
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