Getting Tapo Smart Plug to work on Apple Home and Siri (non-Matter version)
One of the easiest way to upgrade your home devices to be smart is to get a bunch of Wifi smart plugs to be able to remotely control them. I’ve used TP-Link’s Kasa as...
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Disable ZScaler temporarily on your Mac
If you are using a corporate machine with ZScaler 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 ZScaler instead of...
Keychron K8 Pro: Great wireless keyboard for the Mac
Keychron is widely know for their affordable range of mechanical keyboards that works well with MacOS. When I decided to get a wireless TKL (ten key less) mechanical keyboard, I was deliberating between getting...
UGREEN 100W GaN Charger: One Charger to rule them all
In a quest to find the most convenient work and travel charger for my devices, I recently bought the UGREEN 100W GaN charger. TL;DR, it’s almost the perfect charger. With 3 USB Type-C ports...
How to boot Intel NUC in headless mode
Intel NUCs are a great system to run your home media servers. I’ve ran my Gen 7 Intel NUC PC for years in headless mode without any issues. However, recently after upgrading the primary...
Revisiting Windows Gaming on Mac in 2022 with Parallels Desktop 18
If you’ve come across my blog over the years, I’ve posted how I’ve played Windows-only games on my Mac through Parallels Desktop and CrossOver. With the release of Parallels Desktop 18, it’s time for...
Sabrent NVMe SSD Enclosure is fast indeed!
With an extra NVMe M.2 SSD lying around, it makes a lot of sense to get an NVMe SSD enclosure to use the SSD as an external disk. But one of the challenge is...
AMD RX 6600 XT is the perfect 2022 Mac eGPU upgrade
As my 2017 Intel-based MacBook continues to run even with the latest macOS Monterey, I find it really hard to justify an upgrade to the new M1 Ultra-based Mac Studio. TL;DR: I think an...
Import EML to Apple Mail (and then to Gmail)
Here because you need to import EML to Apple Mail? Let me share how you can do it just a few simple steps. 😄 I recently found myself in a need to do the...
How to run Windows Games from Epic Games Store on macOS
Yes. Seriously. You can indeed play Windows Games from Epic Games Store on macOS! If you have been wanting to play games like Rocket League on macOS or perhaps have a whole library of...
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...
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...
