2020-05-28
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The steps to install AWS CLI on MacOS (requires sudo permission): Download via cURL Run the standard Confirm the installation If only…
2020-05-24
|~2 min read
|351 words
I’ve been running into this issue with some regularity recently. It turns out it’s fairly common and nodejs even has a wiki on it for MacOS…
2020-03-29
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Filing this under “Counter Intuitive Apple Decisions” section. Unlike the web browser setting, which is controlled in System Preferences…
2020-03-28
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With macOS Catalina, Apple made zsh the default shell. That’s all well and good since I have been using zsh for a while now. However, in…
2020-03-26
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What are the differences between a , , ., and ? It turns out it’s both a lot and a little. Some basics: represents a compressed archive of…
2019-12-03
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By default, the shell on a Mac is . Changing this should be a simple three step process: Make sure that is installed and is an accepted…
2019-06-02
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In the same vein as cleaning up my git branches, today I recalled that I can easily update my Homebrew formulae with the command . This…
2019-05-27
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When writing about Javascript (or past lives writing about health care), I would often type words that don’t appear in Webster’s or Oxford’s…
2019-02-12
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|330 words
Recently, Spotlight had been acting up. For example: When I search for Spotify (an app I use every day), it wouldn’t show up. Instead I’d…