Every now and then, I need to parse through some log files where there are multiple files (like in a core dump or a whole logs directory) — figuratively looking for needle in a haystack. My work has a Splunk license but I didn’t want to add the logs in and have them be a possible […]
Category Archives: Apple
Tapping Backblaze’s b2 rsync clone
Using Homebrew for mac, I have made a tap of the b2sync command brew tap sund/b2sync brew install sund/b2sync/b2sync Use at your own risk.
iOS 8.0 and excessive ‘Documents & Sync’ over LTE
“Verizon Msg: You’ve used about 50% of your 3GB data plan…” I received this warning only 2 days before my data plan started over. I thought nothing about it at the time. Then, a few days later, after the start of the billing cycle, I got: “Verizon Msg: You’ve used about 50% of your 3GB data plan…” […]
iCloud, the little sync service that can’t
So last night I started to notice that Pages, Numbers, Keynote iCloud documents and Day One entries were not able to sync. I tried the standard rigamarole: turning off Document syncing, restarting computers and iOS devices to no success. Right now, my Day One entries are in a zip file on my Desktop. Then I found a log […]
How to get Ca$h for old Mac Hardware
I recently sold an old MacBook to iFixIt and the proceeds made it possible to payoff the last little bit of my Mac Mini. http://www.ifixit.com/sell