by ray | Aug 11, 2021 | Linux / Ubuntu, Mac OS X
The big advantage of using a package manager like Homebrew is it makes it easier to keep your Python installation up to date. If you download Python from the website, then to update it means you’ll need to go back to the website and download a new copy of Python...
by ray | Aug 6, 2021 | Mac OS X
How To Homebrew is a package management system for OS X. You can read more about it here, or simply run ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)” to install it. First things first, you need to familiarize...
by ray | Nov 6, 2019 | Mac OS X
A system’s BIOS, or Basic Input/Output System, is a software chip in a computer’s motherboard that determines how the operating system functions. All Windows operating systems use BIOS, while MacBook computers use an equivalent called EFI, or Extensible...
by ray | Aug 24, 2019 | Mac OS X
If you find your MacBook acting strangely, and seemingly for no reason, resetting the SMC may help. There are a number of things that could signal an SMC issue, from screen resolution problems, to a PC that doesn’t seem to want to reboot. And while resetting the SMC...
by ray | Aug 6, 2019 | Mac OS X
Does your Mac have a different name than you’d like? Follow along for how to quickly change your computer’s name. Your Mac’s name will show up in a variety of circumstances including when AirDropping files, managing your devices on iCloud like with Find My Mac, and...
by ray | Aug 6, 2019 | Mac OS X
FFmpeg is a great little program to help convert more or less any media format. I previously wrote an article how to install ffmpeg on the Raspberry Pi. This short tutorial will help you install ffmpeg on Mac, which is luckily a lot simpler! The easiest way to...
