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Fixing “Install MacOS Application is Damaged, Can’t be Used to Install MacOS”

July 24, 2020 by bjokib

Downloaded an image, want to install an older macOS and you get this message? “Install MacOS Application is Damaged, Can’t be Used to Install MacOS” The problem is most probably related to an old expired certificate. To install macOS without this problem you can try the following: Disconnect all Internet connection to your Mac. Disable …

Spotlight for Windows? Try Wox

April 9, 2020 by bjokib

Apple doesn’t make spotlight for Windows, but the open source alternative Wox is a really good alternative. Wait a minute!… recommendation of Windows software on an Apple site? What is this? Of course. If I find something that I like, I recommend it to readers of this site. We all enjoy the tools Apple provides …

Download Original iCloud Video File to PC in Full Quality

August 6, 2019 by bjokib

Oh man this annoyed me so much. I filmed something on my iPhone and somehow my PC wouldnt transfer the file from my iPhone with a good lightning cable connected to the PC. So, I thought just lets use iCloud instead! Yep, file is there, press download. It downloads, and the file in a lesser …

Install macOS on Older Unsupported Macs

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 by bjokib

With the free tool macOS Patcher from dosdude1.com its possible to install a version of macOS that your Mac officially doesn’t support. This is a video that shows you the installation process on a white MacBook from 2010. After install we test common use cases such as watching youtube, Netflix and surfing the internet. Lets …

Unable to Type in Spotlight Search Bar

March 21, 2017March 8, 2017 by bjokib

I am unable to type in the spotlight search bar occasionally. I can bring it up using the command + space shortcut. The input field appears as it should be doing, but when I start typing. Nothing is appearing in the search box. Even though the keyboard works just fine in other applications. If I …

Time Machine Slow? Speed it up With This Terminal Hack!

November 15, 2020February 21, 2017 by bjokib

Time machine slow for you? Speed up the initial backup with the following command and run it in a terminal window. To open up terminal just search for it using spotlight and start it. The terminal window should look something like this: Speed up time machine backup terminal command: sudo sysctl debug.lowpri\_throttle_enabled=0 If the backup is currently …

Import Folders Into macOS Photos

March 5, 2017January 9, 2017 by bjokib

I have all my photos organised like this: They are organised into folders, first year and then event. If you wanted to import this folder structure into Apple Photos it would require a lot of manual work. Especially if you have tens of thousands of photos. Doing manual work is stupid, that is why we …

Ninite for Mac, Install Multiple Mac Apps at Once

May 5, 2020January 2, 2017 by bjokib

When you have a new system to set up there are always some applications you want to get installed and set up. Maybe you use another web browser, need dropbox, OpenOffice, Skype or other applications. Windows users have a free service called ninite, but is it available for Mac users? Not exactly, but you have something …

Add Spacer To Your Macs Dock

November 24, 2016 by bjokib

To add a spacer to your Macs dock so that you can organise the icons a little better you just have to right click the dock and select add…. nope, sorry. Did you think it was so easy? You have to fire up the terminal and write this (you can copy and paste it into …

Restore 2016 MacBook Pro Startup Chime

November 14, 2016 by bjokib

With the release of the MacBook Pro in 2016 Apple also decided that the classic startup chime from 1999 had to go. If you are dealing with grief due to this know that it is possible to restore it again! You just have to do some typing in the terminal. Open up Terminal on your …