How to clear local time machine snapshots on macOS
If you ever find your Mac running out of precious space, it might actually be taken up by the local time machine snapshots. macOS is supposed to automatically purge it if you need the...
Category: MacOS
Can’t clear macOS purgeable space? This app can help you do it!
Here I was trying to install some games using CodeWeavers CrossOver, but the game’s installer was reporting that I have only 32GB of space left. Weird, macOS is telling me that I do have...
Getting Access Violation exception for bass.dll on CrossOver 21? Here’s the fix.
It seems that with CrossOver 21, some of the PopCap classics are getting the the Access Violation exception for the bass.dll module. Not all of PopCap’s games are affected. However, one of them which...
How to install and play Witcher 3 on macOS! (2021)
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. And if you have...
How to wait for an app to quit in a macOS bash script
Shortcuts now runs on macOS since the Monterey release and there’s always been AppleScript as well. However, I just still prefer the simpler bash scripts for all the automation of tasks. You can pretty...
Disable Netskope client temporarily on your Mac
If you are using a corporate machine with Netskope installed on it, you may face SSL handshake errors, especially with Java apps throwing up javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException errors when getting certificates proxied by Netskope instead of...
Windows Games on Parallels Desktop 17: 2021 Update
It’s been one year since I asked if you can play Windows games on Parallels Desktop effectively. Parallels has also just released an update to their popular Parallels Desktop virtualisation app for the macOS....
Fixing the black screen issue on Emperor running using Crossover on macOS
If you are getting a black screen issue on Emperor using Crossover on macOS, here’s how you can get it fixed. Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom (RotMK) is a pretty good strategy game...
Here’s where the latest Epson L355 driver for macOS 11.x Big Sur is!
This short article is more of a PSA that anything else. The Epson EcoTank series is an amazing printer. It’s also one that can serve you for a very long time. I’ve written a...
macOS set up for coding and development (2022 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.
Can you really play Windows games on Mac with Parallels Desktop 16?
With Parallels Desktop 16 claiming 20% faster DX11 support, is it now possible to play popular Windows games on your Mac with Parallels?
