All 'macos' posts
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How to create a Windows USB Stick on macOS/Linux
In this post, I’ll describe how you can create a bootable Windows installation USB drive using macOS (and Linux too).
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Packaging a .jar as .app file for macOS
When you write a Java application, you’ll get a
.jarfile in the end. If you launch this file in macOS, you’ll end up having the default java icon in the Dock (depending on the application) and you are unable to save the application in the Dock. It just doesn’t feel right. -
Terminal Notifier
Terminal Notifier is a command-line tool to send macOS notifications, which are available since Mac OS X 10.8 and newer, using the shell. Useful when something happens in a long running script you wrote.
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How to change the swap size for Docker on macOS
Long time, no post. That’s what we call holidays. Anyways, here’s how to increase the size of swap available in Docker.
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How to get full native resolution on a MacBook Pro with Retina
If you have a MacBook Pro with Retina display and opened the system information program, you might have noticed that the MacBook Pro’s native resolution is 2880x1800px but you can only set it to the scaled version of 1920x1200px in the system settings. The reason for this is that the full resolution looks ridiculously small on a 15” screen. But if you got good sight, you can still work on it (my opinion).
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How to run multiple instances of Firefox simultaneously on macOS
When you try to start two different Firefox versions at the same time (like stable and nightly) you’ll get a message that you can only run one instance of it at a time.
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How to install OpenXenManager on macOS Sierra
This guide will walk you through the installation of the open source implementation of the Citrix XenCenter called OpenXenManager. The application is used as a graphical way to manage a Xen Hypervisor.
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macOS keyboard layout in Windows
Sometimes, you find yourself in a situation where you need to code on a Windows computer and only have an Apple USB keyboard on hand…