How do I connect two displays to My Mac? This is a something that many people, understandably, struggle with. There are approximately 45 Billion display adapters, video cables, docks and hubs. Some Macs have 2 Thunderbolt ports. Others have 4. Some have USB, some have Thunderbolt. What about USB docks? Why are some $20 andContinue reading “A Guide USB/Thunderbolt Hubs”
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Generate Fake Names in Python
Fake is a handy Python package that generates fake names, addresses, and text. Github – Faker Install Faker The simplest way to install Faker is by using pip Examples Here’s a few examples to get you started. The project’s github page has lots of more advanced code snippets if you decide Print 10 names toContinue reading “Generate Fake Names in Python”
BridgeOS Kernel Panics – Part 1
About this Mac In early October I replaced my aging MacBook Pro, a base model from 2007, with a Mac Mini. The outgoing machine had served me admirably but was now starting to show its age. I hummed and hawed over which model to buy, but ended up with a Mac mini. With no prospectContinue reading “BridgeOS Kernel Panics – Part 1”
Unified Memory and M1 Chips
From Howard Oakley at The Eclectic Light Company If demands made on unified memory are more variable, and could require that a high proportion of physical memory is used for graphics and the display, this might result in increased use of virtual memory, and CPU cycles lost to caching. That was certainly a problem whenContinue reading “Unified Memory and M1 Chips”
Unpinterested!
Are you sick of seeing Pinterest garbage every time you Google something? If so, there’s a chrome extension that will append -site:pinterest.* to the end of your searches. Unpinterested! (Free, Donate) I’ve been using Unpinterested! for a week and I already feel like a happier more well rounded person.
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