4 posts with tag mac

Disk Utility is Terrible on El Capitan – Here is an Replacement Disk Utility Ported

El Capitan has reached a nice stable milestone but one thing that has always irked me about the OS is its terrible version of Disk Utility.¬† Not only was functionality removed from this utility but it also simply is less stable and does not work much of the time.¬† Let’s say you want make a […]

4 Chrome Extensions That I Like

Okay I have a hit or miss relationship with browser extensions. ¬¨‚ĆOften the culprit of a malfunctioning browser is a bad extensions like a “coupon printer” or another piece of malware that is disguised as a browser improvement. ¬¨‚ĆWith this disclaimer I do like the following four Extensions. ¬¨‚ĆGoogle Dictionary Google Scholar Ublock Origin Ghostery […]

Discoveryd is Out mDNSresponder is Back Rare Apple Backpedal

Mac OS X Yosemite has had consistent trouble with wireless and network connectivity in general.¬¨‚Ć These issues originated back when Apple rolled out a new process called discoveryd which replaced the long time used DNS process mDNSresponder.¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć The story gets a bit interesting because Apple really downplayed these issues at first and when on a […]

Chromatic Tuner and Metronome and other Musical Tuners for Mac OS X 10.8

I was looking for a simply tuning app that a band teacher could use to play a note/tone that the band could use to tune there instruments.¬¨‚Ć There were a few paid apps in the Mac App Store but after some that work¬¨‚Ć and are free. TapNTune (Version 1.3)¬¨‚Ć This app works well and has […]

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