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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 Firmware Interface. EFI serves the same purpose as BIOS, where advanced users can configure specific system-level settings. … Read more How to Get Into the MacBook BIOS
Windows: Most gamers love updating their graphics card’s drivers to score the best performance for their favorite titles. But even if you’re a “filthy casual,” you’re going to want to make sure your system’s Nvidia drivers are up to date. Nvidia recently found a few critical vulnerabilities in its display driver that need fixing, pronto. As … Read more Update Your Nvidia Drivers Right Now to Fix Critical Vulnerabilities
Git is a distributed version control system, which means you can work locally but you can also share or “push” your changes to other servers. Before you can push your changes to a GitLab server you need a secure communication channel for sharing information. The SSH protocol provides this security and allows you to authenticate … Read more GitLab and SSH keys
Browser caching is a sore subject among many WordPress developers. Caching in your end-user’s web browser is hard to see and even harder to control at times, and yet it can affect their entire experience. What’s more, page performance testing will often instruct developers to “leverage browser caching,” and this makes the problem more complex. … Read more How To: WordPress Browser Caching
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 isn’t a cure-all approach to diagnosing problems, … Read more How to reset the SMC in a MacBook (and why you might want to)
Installing FFmpeg in Windows Download a static build from here. Use 7-Zip to unpack it in the folder of your choice. Open a command prompt with administrator’s rights.NOTE: Use CMD.exe, do not use Powershell! The syntax for accessing environment variables is different from the command shown in Step 4 – running it in Powershell will overwrite your System PATH … Read more Installing FFmpeg
I arrived at work on Monday to a daunting warning. My Gmail inbox had reached maximum capacity, and unless I did something about it, I’d no longer be able to send or receive emails. I’m generally an “inbox zero” kind of person, meaning I try to clear my email inbox out every day and let my inbox … Read more I just cleared out my Gmail using a simple trick that took only a few minutes — here’s how to do it
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 elsewhere. Here’s how to easily change it. Mac: How … Read more Mac: How to change your computer name
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 install ffmpeg is to use HomeBrew a package manager for … Read more Install ffmpeg on Mac OS X
On a laptop or desktop running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, one can configure it to automatically suspend or go to sleep after certain time of inactivity… When you suspend Ubuntu computer is goes to sleep. All your applications will remain in their current state when you resume. Opened applications and documents will remain opened but other … Read more Suspend Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop Automatically After Inactivity