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CocoaPods Apple Silicon M1 LoadError – incompatible library version gems/ffi-1.15.5

2022-02-09
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Getting the dreaded LoadError during a pod install is always disheartening, especially during a somewhat transitional time period. Even worse is the case where you get such an error as the outcome of an rbenv install...

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  • Debian
  • Linux
  • OS X
  • Ubuntu

Compare and Diff two folders under macOS (also Debian / Ubuntu / Linux)

2021-07-20
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Let's use the built-in diff tool to compare directory contents!

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  • OS X

Marked 2 live markdown preview with Sublime Text

2021-05-31
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

It is possible to have live markdown preview with the Marked 2 app (even from the Mac AppStore) while editing under Sublime Text – using a custom Build System! To do so, follow these steps: open Tools > Build System >...

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  • OS X
  • Xcode

Xcode can’t update / install from Mac AppStore is stuck on waiting

2020-12-15
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

After hitting the Update button, the dreaded “waiting” state shows up, only to not be accompanied by any progress, shape of form. Launching Console yields no discernible results apart from an off-putting occasional...

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  • OS X

Delete local Time Machine snapshots / backups from macOS

2020-10-21
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

If you need to free up some space and you are definitely sure that there could be nothing important / indispensable within your local Time Machine snapshots / backups, then issue the following command to regain the disk space...

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  • OS X

QuickLook Plugin / .qlgenerator can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software – fix locally

2020-08-08
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

To remove the quarantine flag from an unnotarized QuickLook plugin – like at time of writing, QLStephen (“QLStephen.qlgenerator” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.) – one can...

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  • OS X

Delete Bootcamp and other multiple partitions from external disk / hard drive / ssd under macOS

2020-07-14
by Gábor Hargitai
2 min read

The built-in Disk Utility app is suprisingly negligent with external drives that have at least one non-HFS+/APFS partitions on it. Multiple partition external drive partitioning requires some extra steps to be done. We are going...

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  • Network
  • OS X
  • Ubiquiti

Unifi Controller: Could not find Java SE runtime environment under macOS

2020-06-15
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Starting the Unifi Controller under recent macOS versions with OpenJDK installed can cause problems, such as one of the following warnings: Could not find a JRE. Will look for a JDK.ERROR: could not find Java SE...

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  • OS X

Mac Batch Resize Images in macOS Terminal

2020-04-27
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

We can use the built-in sips command to resize all files in a folder while keeping the aspect ratio intact. To resize all JPG files in the current folder, while maintaining aspect ratio and not letting either the height or...

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  • Network
  • OS X

Disable FortiClient VPN autostart on login under macOS

2020-03-14
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Disabling the FortiClient VPN from starting automatically during user login is not currently possible from System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items like in most cases. Instead, FortiClient uses LaunchAgents...

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