Apple Pencil 2 kills your iPad Battery
Not sure why it took me so long to realize it, but for two years since receiving an Apple Pencil for Christmas, my iPad battery life sucked. Anyway, fast forward, Continue Reading…
Category: PC/Mac Stuff
Hardware updates with Dell iDRAC 9 from Dell’s live repository
They sure don’t make this process obvious. Here’s the settings you need: Location Type: HTTP Catalog Name: catalog.xml.gz HTTP address: downloads.dell.com (not URL format) Now, depending on the Continue Reading…
Simplest ever OpenVPN Connect client IPv6 issue
Spent way too long troubleshooting an issue where OpenVPN Connect, on iOS in this case, was connecting to the server successfully, receiving both an IPv6 address and gateway assignment, and Continue Reading…
Apple ecosystem billing; or, more accurately, the stupidest architecture ever
I’ve posted in Apple’s forums, sent them feedback, opened support requests, talked to people at the stores. Human beings I’ve been able to interface with directly all seem to understand Continue Reading…
Getting a Dell 1510 Wireless (aka Broadcom 4322) working in Windows 10
Not sure if anyone will ever actually find this article useful, as we’re dealing with ancient technology here, but I figured I’ll write it out just in case. I found Continue Reading…
Android to iPhone X Conversion Diary
WHAT?!?! A unix neckbeard sysadmin geek switched from Android to iPhone? That’s just stupid and unheard of. Well I just did it, so I’m going to keep some of the Continue Reading…
HP Elite X2 Tablet Thoughts, Experiences & Tips
I had been using an iPad as my portable device for a while, however, the big issue I have with it is the lack of the ability to mount a secure Continue Reading…
Your Mac seems to remember your SSH private key pass phrase?
I’ve found a very annoying characteristic of OS X; if you use key-based ssh authentication to connect out to other systems, launchd will start ssh-agent and it will store your Continue Reading…
The Brother MFC-L8600CDW printer
I needed a new printer and decided to go with the Brother MFC-L8600CDW. As is the case with other things on this site, to help me pay the bills, here’s Continue Reading…
Make apps save and close via command line on Mac
Had a unique situation recently where I needed to save and close a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet on my Mac from remote. I did not have ssh enabled, and did not Continue Reading…