Nov 13

How to get a DUNS number from Australia

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Our Church is developing a phone app and as part of the process we needed to get a DUNS number. We were taken to a site called “dun&bradstreet” but there was no place to get a DUNS number if you are not from the USA or Canada. Do you need a DUNS number? Chances are, you already have one!

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Jun 29

Showing a preview of your image on the desktop file icon – broken

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You can get previews of your images on the OSX desktop like this:

Mine were broken and just displaying the generic preview icon. Here’s how I fixed it.

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Jan 12

How to use the free version of wptouch on WordPress

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This is very technical! This website macintoshhowto.com uses a wordpress plugin called wp-touch.

It has a bug in it. I needed to fix it to get the site working. Here’s how to fix it.

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Aug 17

How to rsync from Siteground to backup your website using OSX.

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This is quite technical, but I’m putting it here so I don’t forget, and for anyone else who may be helped!

Rsync is a file copying protocol that allows you to copy an entire directory. It’s like an automated version of ftp, but it uses the SSH protocol not ftp. Here’s how to make a backup from SiteGround to your Macintosh Computer using rsync.

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Oct 29

How to make use of the extra function keys on an Apple extended keyboard

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If you own a new Apple magic keyboard or extended keyboard you may not realise how to use those extra function keys on the top right of the keyboard. You can set them up to launch and control applications. For example I have my f-19 key set up to toggle my Dragon Dictate microphone and I have f-18 set up to launch my Google Calendar calendar in a specific browser.

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Oct 27

How to speed up network drives on OS X Mojave

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Apparently there are a a few bugs in OSX when it comes to accessing a network drive. This was really slowing down my Synology NAS which I use to host my video and audio files. To fix it, create the following file in /etc/nsmb.conf

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Aug 24

How to get rid of the Avid-link menu.

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I installed some Avid software and this menu item appeared. Most of these drop-down menu items have a preferences option where you can turn them off, but not so with Avid. There is no option to turn it off. I went into system preferences/users/login items which is normally where you turn something off and it wasn’t there either. The answer was to go to a file Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid.ApplicationManager.plist file and edit the line that says RunAtLoad key to false. Complicated!

Here’s the menu that I could not delete:

This avid menu item has no way to delete it.

He is a good website that describes how to do this.

https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2016/1/31/how-to-stop-the-avid-application-manager-from-launching-at-startup-mac-and-windows

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Jan 01

Setting up WPRIG on a Macintosh Computer – some comments.

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Today I had a go at setting up wprig. It is a development environment for making WordPress themes. I’m using it to try and update our church website. Here are some tips on how to set it up. This is very advanced – for WordPress Theme Coders.

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