Category Archives: OS X

Sublime Text Cheat Sheet

This is a work in progress, I will be updating it as I use it more and figure things out.…

By Manny Fernandez

October 21, 2024

GoToMeeting and Emoji Problems when sharing screen

I am currently running macOS Monterey version 12.2.1 on a Mac mini M1.  When I jump on a GoTo Meeting…

By Manny Fernandez

March 2, 2022

Stream Deck for the SE

My daily job consists of Zoom after Zoom after Zoom followed by lunch with customers and happy hours with more…

By Manny Fernandez

February 27, 2022

Removing Parallels VM Apps from macOS Spotlight

I use Parallels on my MacBook Pro, mostly to run Visio and some other WinDoze apps.  However sometimes when I…

By Manny Fernandez

February 16, 2022

DNSTracer and Dig for Troubleshooting DNS problems

When troubleshooting DNS issues,   DNSTracer is a utility to visualize the patch taken by your DNS query.  As most of…

By Manny Fernandez

March 13, 2021

Using Apple Configurator for Kids IOS devices

I do a lot of public speaking.  A lot of times I help parent control the access to their kids…

By Manny Fernandez

May 26, 2020

Beware of MacBook Pro 16″ and Kernel Panic

Ahhh, the woes of Apple.  I will vent by saying that anything that goes to Apple's "Engineering" group is as…

By Manny Fernandez

May 2, 2020
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Switching back to Bash on new MacBook Pro

So I made the plunge during this coronavirus quarantine and bought the new 2020 MBP with 64GB of RAM.  Mostly…

By Manny Fernandez

May 1, 2020

macOS 10.15.4 Broke my FortiClient

When I installed the macOS 10.15.4, my FortiClient was failing when connecting to any one of my customer's VPNs.  I…

By Manny Fernandez

March 29, 2020

Using OpenSSL to encrypt files

I am a big user of PGP and use it regularly to send encrypted email to colleagues and friends that…

By Manny Fernandez

March 7, 2020

Bash Script to dig a list of IP Addresses

Update: I modified the script.  It now gives you an NA or the PTR when available.   I had a customer…

By Manny Fernandez

March 2, 2020

2-Way Sync with RSYNC

I have two MacBook Pros.  One is a 32GB 15" and the other is a 16GB 15".  The 16GB stays…

By Manny Fernandez

January 19, 2020

Workaround for Running Unetbootin for macOS on Catalina

OK, so here we are again with the "Making a bootable disk in Mac" again.  I was able to find…

By Manny Fernandez

January 11, 2020

Adding Color to Your macOS “ls” Output

I am big on having colors on my cli.  It makes things very easy to identify when things are amiss.…

By Manny Fernandez

January 9, 2020

Creating Bootable USB Stick using balenaEtcher

I created an article last week about creating a bootable Windows USB thumb-drive.  A colleague of mine, Sam Keys, Suggested…

By Manny Fernandez

January 4, 2020

Encrypting a USB Thumb-Drive on macOS from CLI and GUI

There are a couple of ways to encrypt drives and volumes on macOS X.  I recommend that if you are…

By Manny Fernandez

January 1, 2020

Securely Wiping a Drive in macOS

I remember when I worked for a Cisco reseller and we went to their offices for some training.  This was…

By Manny Fernandez

January 1, 2020

Unable to empty Trash in macOS X

The Problem There is nothing more annoying to me on my macOS or IOS for that matter than to see…

By Manny Fernandez

December 31, 2019

Homebrew and Catalina FIX

As you all may have experienced, there is a problem with macOS Catalina and Homebrew.  When trying to install packages…

By Manny Fernandez

November 25, 2019

Removing the ZSH warning on macOS Catalina

OK, so Apple just release (couple of days as of this writing) the macOS Catalina.  Catalina now uses the ZSH…

By Manny Fernandez

October 11, 2019

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