Thinking about using your router with dd-wrt to run all of your home connections through a VPN such as OpenVPN? Don’t bother unless your router has an insanely powerful CPU. I learned this lesson the hard way when I decided to flash my TP-LINK WDR3600 (N600) with dd-wrt. 10-14mbps is all that the device seems to be able to handle on its 560MHz AR9344 CPU before maxing out. I have a 100mbps connection and that is a massive performance penalty.
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dd-wrt and OpenVPN, don’t do it
December 18, 2014Disable OS X Yosemite 10.10 GateKeeper Rearm
November 9, 2014
Run the following command in Terminal to stop OS X Yosemite 10.10 from rearming Gatekeeper. Normally, Gatekeeper is rearmed after 30 days if it hasn’t been used.
1 | sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security GKAutoRearm -bool NO |
Change OS X Screen Resolution from the Menu Bar
September 19, 2014
Want a way to change your screen resolution and screen brightness from the OS X menu bar? I did, so I pulled together several separate solutions to scratch the itch. Here’s my setup and what you’ll need to implement it yourself. Continue reading →
Apple’s Time Machine may be losing your data
September 1, 2014
I discovered a critical bug in Apple’s implementation of Time Machine in OS X Mavericks 10.9.4 that causes the dissapearance of some data from backup snapshots. I highly suggest that you check the integrity of your backups to see if you are affected by this bug. If you are affected then Continue reading →