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Clear Google Drive File Stream Cache under macOS on User Login – Delete/Empty the content_cache folder automatically

2019-12-27
by Gábor Hargitai
3 min read

I’m in a hurry! TL;DR? Download and unzip this Automator script to your Home dir (or iCloud Drive)open System Preferences > Users & Groupsselect your user on the leftswitch to Login Items on the rightclick the...

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Xcode Duplicate Current Line Keyboard Shortcut

2019-12-03
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

This is something that should have been implemented ages ago – but for some reason, it’s still not present by default. 1. Navigate to the following folder using Finder (CMD + Shift +...

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  • OS X

xcrun: error: SDK “iphoneos” cannot be located

2019-07-20
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Make sure that you have Command Line Tools installed with Xcode by running: xcode-select --install After that, issue the following to have it available systemwide: sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app

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  • OS X

Constant External USB Disk Activity Under macOS / OS X – list files being accessed

2019-07-12
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Plugging in an external hard drive usually results in Spotlight indexing the contents – or just upgrading the index that already exists. This can be avoided by excluding the hard drive from being indexed under System...

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Google Drive File Stream High CPU usage on Mac OS X / macOS

2019-07-12
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

When installing Google Drive File Stream for macOS for the first time, you should see Loading your files within the app – along with the sudden realization that your fans spin up and something is running one core of your...

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  • OS X

Install FFMPEG on macOS using Homebrew for x256/H.265/HEVC encoding

2019-06-14
by Gábor Hargitai
2 min read

Consulting the official FFMPEG Compilation / Installation guide only tells us how to do a basic install of FFMPEG. For day to day encoding we would need some additional options enabled at compile time. Searching around lead me...

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  • OS X

ERROR ITMS-90087: “Unsupported Architecture. Your executable contains unsupported architecture ‘[x86_64, i386]’.”

2019-03-08
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

This means it’s time to get rid of i386 code, presumably within one of your dylib files. Open a terminal and issue the following: lipo -remove i386 yourlib.dylib -o yourlib_fixed.dylib Now you can preferably delete...

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  • OS X

Dolphin GameCube / Wii Emulator – compile the latest version under macOS / OSX 10.14 Mojave

2019-02-17
by Gábor Hargitai
2 min read

There are many ways to do this, but for me none of them worked as most of the time I simply ended up with an app bundle that crashes on start. I’ve successfully built the latest Dolphin with these steps. First, make...

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  • Keyboard
  • OS X

Karabiner-Elements: Right-Alt + j to í

2018-06-17
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

A complex modification rule for Karabiner-Elements to change AltGr + j to í. Install Karabiner-Elements from here Click here to import the rule Alternatively, open Safari (or if that doesn’t work for some reason, then...

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Disable iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts/Media Buttons on macOS

2016-12-17
by Gábor Hargitai
2 min read

UPDATE FOR SIERRA 10.12.4 AND UP This only works on macOS versions prior to macOS Sierra 10.12.4 (16E195) as starting from this version it is necessary to disable the System Integrity Protection – this is not covered in...

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