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Unable to change date and time in macOS System Settings on Mac

2025-05-05
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

If for some reason you are unable to change the Date & Time setting on your Mac – be it an error or a management profile restriction -, you might very well be locked out from the outside world as network connections...

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  • HomeKit
  • HomePod
  • iOS
  • OS X

Stop HomePod from automatically playing music when tapped or touched

2024-07-16
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Open the Home app, then select the HomePod, scroll down to Accessibility, turn on Touch accommodations and finally enable Hold Duration, set it to a few seconds (as of writing, 4 seconds is the maximum).

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  • Cisco
  • Network
  • OS X

Stop / prevent Cisco AnyConnect VPN from auto starting on login under macOS

2024-07-02
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Remove the AnyConnect .plist from the LaunchAgents by issuing: sudo rm /Library/LaunchAgents/com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist

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  • iOS
  • Xcode

Erase / delete all Xcode Simulator clones from Terminal CLI

2024-07-02
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Open a terminal and issue one of the following commands: To shutdown and then erase / factory reset the Simulator clones – which doesn’t need an Xcode restart: xcrun simctl --set testing shutdown all xcrun...

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  • Linux
  • Synology
  • Ubuntu

Secure Erase / Shred an External USB Hard Disk HDD in Synology NAS

2024-04-21
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

First make sure you have SynoCommunity packages installed: – SynoCli File Tools. You should also have screen or tmux installed and working, along with fdisk and shred. SSH into your NAS and check which disk is the...

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  • OS X

Display CMD+TAB app switcher on all screen under macOS

2024-02-13
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Type the following in a Terminal: defaults write com.apple.dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true killall Dock

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  • OS X
  • Virtualization

Download Full macOS Installer packages from Mac Command Line

2023-07-18
by Gábor Hargitai
2 min read

From macOS Catalina 10.15 and up, issue the following to list the available install images: softwareupdate --list-full-installers This will produce a list similar to this: Finding available softwareSoftware Update found...

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  • iOS
  • OS X

Reset stuck Safari iCloud Tabs on Mac

2023-05-01
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Close all your Safari instances across all your iDevices – preferably close the tabs as well. Open up a Terminal and issue the following, once Safari is closed everywhere: rm...

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  • Synology
  • Ubiquiti
  • Virtualization

Upgrade UniFi Network Controller on Synology using Docker

2022-11-29
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

For this to work I’m assuming you already have a volume mounted somewhere on your storage pool, such as /volume1/docker/unifi. Create a backup using the Web UI of UniFi by going to Settings > System > Backup and...

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  • Network
  • Synology

Synology NAS DSM 7 with AdGuard Home AdBlock via Docker

2022-11-12
by Gábor Hargitai
2 min read

Just sold your Raspberry Pi and looking for an alternative to a containerised PiHole instance? There are a few reasons why you might consider using AdGuard Home for this very purpose. Network It is highly advisable to...

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