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macOS: Display additional information on the loginscreen

April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by Mr.R

You can display additional information on the loginscreen of macOS. After applying the command you can click on the clock in the upper right corner, toggle between clock, IP address, macOS version and computer name. The information will be displayed for only 60 seconds.

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Categories Mac OS X GeneralTags 10.7, 10.82 Comments

Reverse dark mode to menubar and dock only

December 8, 2018December 10, 2018 by Mr.R

Mojave Dark Mode includes a new full Dark Mode. If this modes is to black for you, there is a possibility to reverse to the macOS High Sierra dark mode. The following procedure disables the full Mojave dark mode and only enables a dark menubar and dock just like macOS High Sierra.

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Categories TerminalTags 10.14, dark mode2 Comments

Speed up Time Machine backups

August 9, 2018December 10, 2018 by Mr.R

Time Machine backups are great, but very slow when a large amount of data/files needs to be transferred (such as the initial back-up). As desgined by Apple the Time Machine background proces is running in a very low CPU priority, giving all other running applications en services priority.

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Categories Time MachineTags 10.10, 10.111 Comment

Fix for not working Exposè/Mission Control

June 7, 2018December 10, 2018 by Mr.R
mission control logo

Using the the F3-key should normally activate Exposè/Mission Control. In some circumstances nothing happens when you hit the F3-key or the four finger up gesture.

To solve this problem apply the following defaults write command:

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Categories Dock, Mission ControlTags 10.10, 10.11, 10.121 Comment

Enable Reminders debug menu and force a manual update

February 18, 2018December 10, 2018 by Mr.R

Some of the built-in macOS applications have the possibility to activate a ‘special’ debug menu. One of these applications is Reminders, the debug menu gives you the option to manually Update/Refresh with your iCloud account.

Quit the Reminders application and start a Terminal window, apply the following command:

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Categories RemindersTags 10.10, 10.11, Reminders

Toggle Safari DNS Prefetching

March 13, 2017December 10, 2018 by Mr.R
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To improve performance Safari will attempt to prefetch DNS information. In some circumstances this can result in slow or partial webpage loading, or webpage cannot be found errors.

If you are experiencing those problems, apply this tweak to disable DNS prefetching.

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Categories SafariTags 10.10, 10.11, 10.9

Change OS X text cursor blink rate

December 21, 2015January 18, 2016 by Mr.R

There is no system preference setting for adjusting the cursor blink rate in OS X, as with many hidden settings you can change the blink rate directly using a defaults write command (OS X 10.9 and above).

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Categories Mac OS X GeneralTags 10.10, 10.9
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