Stop Mac Screen Dim When on Battery
Mac Screen Dim KB ID 0001876 Problem I work primarily on a macbook, (it’s usually perched on my lap while I work). My current (and my first) macbook had magsafe charging, which is a nice feature, but when you work with a laptop on your knee you are constantly knocking the magsafe charger, which results in an annoying ‘I’m NOT charging, and now I AM charging again’ noise (I can cope with). But as soon as it’s...
MAC OSX – Add ‘Open Terminal Window Here’ to ‘Right Click’
KB ID 0001060 Problem One of the things I used to like about using Windows was if I needed to drop to command line, I could (from any given location), by simply right clicking (while pressing CTRL) and selecting ‘Open Command Window Here. On a MAC I have Terminal but thats not an option. Solution As with most things on the MAC it is there, you just need to enable it. 1. Apple Logo > System Preferences. 2. Keyboard. 3....
Mac: No Captive Portal
KB ID 0001780 Problem I was on a train today, and they were offering free Wi-Fi but despite me being able to connect, I had no internet access. This has happened a few times to me and it’s when I need to connect to a captive portal to get internet access, then no captive portal ever appears. Note: A captive portal is just a pop up window that you usually see on ‘Free’ wifi services, so you can ‘Pay’ for...
mac OSX: Opening JNLP Files?
KB ID 0001767 Problem I needed to get onto a HPE server’s iLO at work today. I was using Firefox and the .Net extensions no longer work, so I was forced to use Java web start. Annoyingly that opened my Windows 10 VM (that runs in VMware Fusion), then it fell over! So the problem is, I need to be able to ‘RUN’ jnlp file on my MacBook, but there’s no Java application in the applications folder. Opening JNLP Files...
GIMP: Post Upgrade Tools Missing?
KB ID 0001726 Problem I’ve been running an older version of GIMP for a while, it’s been a bit ‘flaky’ since the Big Sur upgrade, so yesterday I took the plunge and updated it. As expected I had to recreate my custom arrow brushes and things. But the problem that hit me the most was ‘Where have all the tools gone!’ Solution I know it’s open source software and I’ve no right to complain,...