Fixing File Associations on macOS Sequoia

Oct 25, 2024

After upgrading to macOS Sequoia (15.0), my QFX files would not open correctly in Banktivity. Banktivity would not show as an option in Open With in the File Info panel. I ended up having to use lsregister utility to fix the association manually. …more

Upgrading Portainer Community Edition on Docker

Feb 19, 2023

I run a docker instance under Ubuntu server on my local network. This is how I upgrade portainer to the latest version. …more

Set up Foscam Floodlight Camera in HomeKit

Nov 13, 2022

The Foscam Floodlight Camera is competitively prized and has decent features including option to record 24/7 video locally to a micro sdcard without the need for a cloud subscription. It however does not support integration with HomeKit my preferred home automation platform. Here is how I setup the floodlight in HomeKit. …more

Setting up Keras Tensorflow2 on M1 Mac

Oct 21, 2022

I am currently reading Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras to get started with Machine Learning/Deep Learning. Here is how I setup a local Keras/Tensorflow 2.0 environment on my M1 Max MacBook Pro running macOS 12.6. …more

Setting Visual Studio Code as default text editor on macOS

Mar 23, 2021

Visual Studio Code is quite capable has become my editor of choice on macOS. Here is how to set it as the default text editor instead of Text Edit. …more

macOS and Active Directory Passwords

Jan 02, 2021

Macs connected to Active Directory routinely need to update passwords. When working remote, Active Directory password change is not exactly easy. Here are the steps I follow to update my Active Directory password and keep my local mac password in sync. …more

Cross Compiling on macOS via Docker

Dec 23, 2020

I needed to compile an arm64 binary to run on the UniFi Dream Machine Pro. This is how I used docker to setup cross compilation tools and compile the binary on macOS. …more

Dagger 2 Beginner Tutorial

May 22, 2020

While reviewing an Android project I discovered it was using Dagger 2 framework. Dagger 2 is a dependency injection framework for Android that is developed by Google. I wanted a quick overview of frameworks major features. …more

Domain Specific DNS Servers on macOS

May 22, 2020

My work has multiple domains (corp.network and lab.network) that the nameservers resolve. When in the office the resolution works perfectly. However while conncting over VPN via Tunnelblick the resolution to lab.network was failing. …more

Using Tunnelblick to Connect to WatchGuard VPN

Apr 26, 2020

I needed to connect to a corporate VPN that used WatchGuard. The IT provided Mobile VPN with SSL Client software did not work reliably on macOS Catalina. It sometimes show connected but unable to access remote vpn resources. …more