Here’s how I manage my Receipts and Documents. Time to shed a tear 😢 because my long-time Mac application companion Mariner Paperless (and formerly ReceiptWallet) are no more. This year (2023) it looks like Mariner software has gone belly. Their Web site has been down for several months. And there have been no meaningful updates to the Paperless software…
Tip: Your AppleTV streaming issues might be caused by Smart Connect feature of the Netgear R7000 router
Have buffer or stream interrupts with video on your AppleTV but your Internet connections seems to be working just fine? The cause might be the Smart Connect feature of your Netgear router. This feature switches devices between 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands automatically for you.
dd-wrt and OpenVPN, don’t do it
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
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