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dd-wrt and OpenVPN, don’t do it

Posted on December 18, 2014December 18, 2014 by Jon Stacey

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…

Disable OS X Yosemite 10.10 GateKeeper Rearm

Posted on November 9, 2014July 5, 2016 by Jon Stacey

Run the following command in Terminal to stop OS X Yosemite 10.10 from rearming Gatekeeper. Normally, Gatekeeper will rearm itself after 30 days. sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security GKAutoRearm -bool NO

Change OS X Screen Resolution from the Menu Bar

Posted on September 19, 2014September 27, 2014 by Jon Stacey

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.

Apple’s Time Machine is Losing Data

Posted on September 1, 2014July 5, 2016 by Jon Stacey

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

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