Disk never sleeps in Mac OS X – how to fix it – updated
My internal hard disk would constantly spin on my Macbook Pro and never goes to sleep. I replaced my internal disk on my MacBook Pro with a SSD disk, which made a huge difference in speed. At the same...
View Articlevsftpd on Ubuntu server 530 login incorrect error – fixed
When setting up my new web server I had a problem when installing vsftpd on Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS. After doing the sudo apt-get install vsftpd and enabling login for local users, I got a “Server 530...
View ArticleSD-Card is read-only in Mac Macbook Pro card reader – solved
After getting my Raspberry Pi I used the one built-in on my Macbook Pro, but the SanDisk SDHC-card showed up as read-only in finder on my mac, and Disk Utility refused to format it. The write...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi and USB Audio quality problems – updated
Raspberry Pi The Raspberry Pi is a really small computer with an ARM 700Mhz processor in it. It has dual USB ports, Ethernet, HDMI and analog video out and sound. But the sound output is terrible. The...
View ArticleBattery Draining Applications on Macbook Pro
Better battery life Macbook Pro with gfxCardStatus Update: Just installed Mac OS X 10.8.4 and now it works much better. Fantastical, Growler, Hardware Grower, Scrivener and Tweetbot now works without...
View ArticleGetting rid of Open With duplicates – All this
Getting rid of Open With duplicates – All this: You right-click its icon in the Finder, choose Open With, and a submenu pops up with an absurd number of duplicate entries. When you first noticed the...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi avahi-daemon disabled because there is a unicast .local domain –...
When setting up a Raspberry Pi with SqueezePlug, my favorite distribution for setting up a music server I always get the error message “avahi-daemon disabled because there is a unicast .local domain”...
View ArticleMac OS X Finder Missing Sidebar Shared Computer Icons
Mac OS X Finder Sidebar Shared Computer Icons not Showing up I started to have a problem with Mac OS X Finder where the Shared computers in the Finder window sidebar didn’t show up. I couldn’t even...
View ArticleApple AirPort Utility Hidden Feature
Apple Airport Utility how to display more information While doing a Wi-Fi scan at work to get better reception and optimize the location and channel selection using NetSpot Wi-Fi Reporter, I had a...
View ArticleSqueezelite problem starting in SqueezePlug on Raspberry Pi
SqueezePlug problem where Squeezelite refuse to start I installed a Raspberry Pi in my livingroom as a Squeezebox music Server/Player, using a SqueezePlug[1] image. But when I tried to install the...
View ArticleYosemite Mac OSX wifi problems
Mac OS X Yosemite was released 16th of October. Naturally I installed it on all my machines. My new work computer, a MacBook Air 13″ worked perfectly before the upgrade, but after the installation I’ve...
View ArticleMac OS How To Remove Purgeable on Hard Drive
Can’t Remove Purgeable Disk Space When trying to install Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro, I had to delete a lot of files to get enough space to be able to accommodate for a Bootcamp partition on the drive....
View ArticleCetus3D MKII Can’t Calibrate Nozzle Close to Build Plate
After finally getting my Cetus3D MkII printer I was eager to start to print. When I started through the steps to calibrate the printer by adjusting the build plate height, but the print head/nozzle...
View ArticleWiMo Antennen A Horrible Buying Experience
Thinking of buying any radios, antennas or other radio amateur equipment from WiMo Antennen und Elektronik GmbHI? Think again! I wanted to buy an Airspy Mini to use as a makeshift simple spectrum...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi and USB Audio quality problems – updated
A lot has happened since I wrote this… Since I wrote this blog post, a lot has happened when it comes to audio on the Raspberry Pi. There are now cheap I2C audio DAC HATs that connects directly to the...
View ArticleHackintosh AMD Shutdown Problem with Fenvi FV-T919
After finally building my first Hackintosh, I decided that the AMD Ryzen™ 3900X processor would be perfect, although Apple never made a Machintosh machine with an AMD processor. I used the Gigabyte...
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