Why is MacOS Ignoring Hosts File Entries

Why is MacOS Ignoring Hosts File Entries

While helping a co-worker I found what appeared to be the most bizarre behavior on their mac. They had set an entry in their hosts file which pointed a domain at a VPN’d internal network address. Normally this would allow the user to bypass the normal DNS...
All Emojis for Facebook and other uses

All Emojis for Facebook and other uses

I looked at so many facebook posts and adds that have had some great use of emojis. And although facebook has finally added most of the emojis to their editors, there are still some places that you cannot get the emoji options. So to make that process easier use this...
How To Kill A Rogue Screen Sharing Login Window

How To Kill A Rogue Screen Sharing Login Window

Ok, so you’re using your mac with all it’s apple goodness, and attempt to connect to another computer using the built in ScreenSharing capability. Your computer prompts you for a username and password to authenticate with the remote computer with a neet...
Deeper – Tweak Your Hidden UI Options

Deeper – Tweak Your Hidden UI Options

Deeper is a relative of Onyx, that we reviewed recently. It is a sweet little application that like it’s older brother Onyx, gives you control of many of the well known or lesser known features of the OS X Graphical User Interface. And like it’s senior...