Category: Macbooks

02 Mar 2026 Macbooks 👁 33 views

Shift + Click Your Dock Icon to Cycle App Windows on macOS

If you run multiple Chrome profiles or keep several windows open per app, switching between them on macOS becomes irritating fast. Clicking the Dock icon only brings the app forward. Clicking it again does nothing useful. So you right click, scan the window list, and manually choose the one you want. It breaks flow and […]

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01 Mar 2026 Artificial Intelligence 👁 124 views

How to Share Files Between Claude Desktop and Your Local Mac Filesystem Using MCP

If you use Claude Desktop to edit code, write patches, or build plugin files, you have probably hit the same wall I did: Claude runs in a sandboxed Linux container. It cannot read or write files on your Mac. Every session resets. There is no shared folder. You end up copy pasting sed commands or […]

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05 Feb 2026 Macbooks 👁 60 views

MacOSX Tip: Automatically Copy Your Screen Grabs to the Clipboard

If you’re like me, you probably take dozens of screenshots daily for documentation, bug reports, or quick sharing with colleagues. The default MacOSX behavior of saving screenshots as files to your desktop can create clutter and add an extra step to your workflow. There’s a better way. 1. The Quick Solution Instead of using Cmd […]

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30 Jan 2026 Cyber 👁 15 views

Testing WordPress XMLRPC.PHP for Brute Force Vulnerabilities on macOS

A Comprehensive Security Testing Guide for Mac Users 1. Introduction WordPress xmlrpc.php is a legacy XML-RPC interface that enables remote connections to your WordPress site. While designed for legitimate integrations, this endpoint has become a major security concern due to its susceptibility to brute force attacks and amplification attacks. Understanding how to test your WordPress […]

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26 Jan 2026 Macbooks 👁 42 views

macOS Solving Batter Drain Issues and High CPU with WindowServer and Sleep Management

What is WindowServer? WindowServer is a core macOS system process that manages everything you see on your display. It acts as the graphics engine powering your Mac’s visual interface. WindowServer handles: CPU usage varies based on activity: When WindowServer uses high CPU, it drains battery because the GPU must work harder to render visual effects. […]

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26 Jan 2026 Macbooks 👁 23 views

MacOsX: Disable clipboard sharing/ handoff

For the life of me I can never remember where this sits in the settings, all I know is that it irritates me constantly 🙂 So to turn off handoff, run the script below:

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09 Jan 2026 Macbooks 👁 16 views

Dublin Traceroute on macOS: A Complete Installation and Usage Guide

Modern networks are far more complex than the simple point to point paths of the early internet. Equal Cost Multi Path (ECMP) routing, carrier grade NAT, and load balancing mean that packets from your machine to a destination might traverse entirely different network paths depending on flow hashing algorithms. Traditional traceroute tools simply cannot handle […]

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08 Jan 2026 Macbooks 👁 38 views

Controlling Touch ID and Password Timeout on macOS

Ever wondered how to adjust the time window before your Mac demands a password again after using Touch ID? Here’s how to configure these settings from the terminal. Screen Lock Password Delay The most common scenario is controlling how long after your screen locks before a password is required. This setting determines whether Touch ID […]

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01 Jan 2026 Macbooks 👁 121 views

MacOSX: How to Disable iCloud Desktop Sync Without Losing Your Files

The Problem: macOS Will Delete Your Local Files If you try to disable iCloud Drive syncing for your Desktop and Documents folders using the macOS System Settings interface, you’ll encounter this alarming warning: If you continue, items will be removed from the Desktop and the Documents folder on this Mac and will remain available in […]

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24 Nov 2025 Artificial Intelligence 👁 22 views

MacOs: Getting Started with Memgraph, Memgraph MCP and Claude Desktop by Analyzing test banking data for Mule Accounts

1. Introduction This guide walks you through setting up Memgraph with Claude Desktop on your laptop to analyze relationships between mule accounts in banking systems. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a working setup where Claude can query and visualize banking transaction patterns to identify potential mule account networks. Why Graph Databases for […]

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