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If you could only install 10 applications on your Mac

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Siddharth Jain

what would they be? here is my list: let me know yours.

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M1 Mac Mini Review

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Siddharth Jain

Bought a M1 Mac mini after reading the rave reviews on YouTube and elsewhere. E.g., over here an enthusiastic person writes: My 2021 MBA M1, 8GB, 256GB just works waaaay faster than my 2018 MacMini i7 (6-core 3.2GHz), 32GB, 500GB … Continue reading →

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How to fix tiny display in Mac

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Siddharth Jain

TL;DR: In my case it happened because even though I had a 28″ display (Philips 28 E line), Mac OS (Big Sur specifically on my Macbook Pro) was detecting it as a 61″ display and so naturally everything was 2x … Continue reading →

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invalid literal for int() with base 10

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Siddharth Jain

UPDATE: It turns out none of this works. I ran into the same error with latest VS Code and ms-python extension. The fix was to stick a breakpoint before the input command to prevent VS Code from taking conda activate … Continue reading →

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Modifying owner of a file on Mac

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Siddharth Jain

The chown command allows one to change the owner of a file. If you can’t run the command due to insufficient privileges, another way to change the owner is through Finder – this also requires elevated privileges. Here are the … Continue reading →

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Setting up new Mac

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Siddharth Jain

Keyboard Shortcuts I verified these shortcuts with my microsoft keyboard. Cmd + right arrow (or Ctrl+E) moves you to the end of the sentence and theCmd + left arrow (or Ctrl+A) moves you to the start.Fn + Left/Right arrows = … Continue reading →

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