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Have you ever needed (or wanted) to create a spoken word audio file on your Mac? You can use the Mac’s “Say” command via Terminal to create an audio file with your text. Example of Terminals Ability to Speak Text Open Terminal (Applications / Utilities / Terminal.app) Type (or Copy) …
I was working on an older Mac the other day and needed to create a Windows 10 Recovery Disc via an ISO. Since I was using an older Mac with OS X 10.11 there was no option to simply burn the ISO from Disk Utility as I would normally do. …
Homebrew recommends being installed in /usr/local/; This is not always possible for systems that are managed in corporate environments where permissions will restrict user ownership of Homebrew. If a user doesn’t own Homebrew they will not be able to add packages or update. The following is a super simple way …
It’s easy to block incoming connections on a Mac with the builtin firewall. Blocking outgoing connections to websites from your browsers or applications is a little more difficult. You could use an app like LittleSnitch but that is honestly overkill. If you are comfortable with using Terminal then you can …
The Photos app is nice but it can be a real system hog when it first starts up (especially on an older Mac). Every time you connect an iPhone, iPad or other photo containing devices the Photos app automatically starts. You can prevent the app from opening with the following …
At some point in time I changed the default duration time of new iCal events to two hours vs the standard (60 minutes). I have been booking more frequent and shorter meetings lately so I wanted to change my default event times to 15 minutes. Since I couldn’t remember how …
I used to love using Dashboard in OS X. I occasionally use it on my work system but on my home iMac the Dashboard is just sitting idol wasting CPUs. It never bothered me until I installed Mountain Lion. I occasionally use the side-swipe on my mouse and hated ending …
