eGPU or Apple Silicon? M2 Max and Mac + RX 6600 XT compared
eGPU or Apple Silicon? If you have the same question as I do, read on as I explore if the M2 Max is better than my old MacBook + 6600 XT setup
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How to run Windows Games from Epic Games Store on macOS (2023 update)
Have been accumulating all those free giveaways from Epic Games? Here’s how you can play those Windows Games from Epic Games Store on macOS.
How to install and play Witcher 3 on macOS! (2023)
Perhaps you might have heard somewhere that it is possible to install and play Witcher 3 on macOS. If not, well, I can tell you that it is indeed possible. The latest M1/M2 based...
macOS set up for coding and development (2023 edition)
This is my default go to MacOS set up for coding and development, what I would always install and how I configure iTerm2 to be productive.
Moving and running specific CrossOver bottle on external drive
Games today are getting very large. You can change the default CrossOver bottles location entirely. But having the option to move specific CrossOver bottles to an external drive is also great. Sometimes you will...
How to install and play Control on macOS (2023)
Apple Silicon (M1/M2), macOS Sonoma, CrossOver 23.5, and D3DMetal (GPTK) has made games like Control playable on Macs. Here’s how I installed and played Control on macOS running on a M2 Max Mac Studio....
Transfer Control save game between Epic Games Store, GOG and Steam
Here’s a guide on how you can transfer your Control save game between Epic Games Store, GOG and Steam versions. Why transfer Control save game? I was originally playing Control on installed from Epic...
Forklift 4 review & comparison with Forklift 3
I’ve been a long time user of Forklift 3 all the way back to 2017. It has been a solid and reliable utility that I use on a daly basis. So when Forklift 4...
Local 13B LLM “ChatGPT” running on M2 Max GPU
Yes, you can run a 13B LLM local “ChatGPT” on M2 Max’s GPU. Here’s how I get about 20+ tokens/s on My Mac Studio.
Parallels Desktop 19 running Windows games and enterprise apps on a M2 Max Mac Studio
This year’s release of Parallels Desktop 19 promises better compatibility with Apple Silicon, MacOS Sonoma and Windows 11. In this article, I will explore how well Parallels Desktop continues to be as a platform...
How Fast is the Samsung T7 Shield?
With the recent Sandisk fiasco, I decided to get a new external SSD to hold all my RAW images. Looking around, I went with the Samsung T7 Shield, which essentially the equivalent of Sandisk...
Fix Ruby gem install openssl/ssl.h error
Getting the “fatal error: ‘openssl/ssl.h’ file not found” message? Here is a quick fix for the gem install openssl/ssl.h error. I faced this problem when trying to install a gem that I am to...
Run your own local “ChatGPT” on a Macbook
Generative AI and specifically, ChatGPT is taking the world by a storm. Everyone is talking about it. But so far, it’s been limited to the big boys like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing (actually driven...
How to Secure WordPress XML-RPC while allowing Jetpack to work
If you run a self-hosted WordPress site and are using Jetpack to mange it, you will probably have a love hate relationship with WordPress XML-RPC. It is a common point of bot attacks targeting...
Upgrade Ubuntu Server 20.04 to 22.04 with Apache, MySQL, PHP web stack
Looking for a quite to upgrade Ubuntu server 20.04 to 22.04 LTS? Have Apache, MySQL DB and PHP-fpm configured and running on the server? Here’s how I’ve managed to get my own server upgraded...
