Tag: MacOS
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macOS Big Sur: Poor Screen Quality When Connecting to Old Monitor via HDMI
PROBLEM You have a shiny Mac laptop running macOS Big Sur. This laptop is connected to an old external monitor via HDMI. The screen quality looks pixelated and fuzzy. Running font smoothing (as below) doesn’t fix the problem: You are poor enough to buy a new 4K monitor. SOLUTION The usage of HDMI seems to… Read More…
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macOS + Eclipse: The ‘X’ Executable Launcher was Unable to Locate its Companion Shared Library
PROBLEM When attempting to launch Eclipse-based app (ex: MyApp.app) on Mac, the following error is thrown:- SOLUTION This problem seems to occur on macOS Sierra and later. When unzipping the app, the lingering extended attributes prevent the app from launching. To fix this, run the following command to remove these extended attributes:- Then, double click… Read More…
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Synology NAS: Running CrashPlan in Docker Container
BACKGROUND The reason to run CrashPlan in Docker container is to prevent any future Synology’s DSM updates from breaking the CrashPlan app. Let’s assume the Synology NAS IP address is 1.2.3.4. STEPS Diskstation Manager Log into Diskstation Manager: http://1.2.3.4:5000 Install Docker. Mac SSH into Synology NAS. Install CrashPlan Docker container. Run CrashPlan Docker container. In… Read More…
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OS X + Sed: “extra characters at the end of l command” Error
PROBLEM When executing the following command on OS X… … the following error occurs:- SOLUTION Unlike Ubuntu, OS X requires the extension to be explicitly specified. The workaround is to set an empty string:- … and now, Megatron has transformed into a pony. Read More…
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Mac OS X: Setting Default Java Version
Let’s assume we have installed JDK 7 or JDK 8, and we want to set the default Java version. There are several ways to set default Java version. This is by far the easiest way without the need to look for the installed path or mess around with symlinks. First, let’s make sure we are… Read More…
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Homebrew: “Invalid Multibyte Escape” Error
PROBLEM When running brew on OS X Maverick, you get this error:- SOLUTION After upgrading to OS X Mavericks, the default version of Ruby is v2.0, causing Homebrew to break because it relies on v1.8. See issue #23655 for more information. To fix this, run the following command:- If you are getting the “Permission Denied”… Read More…