macOS

Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup – fix

If you’ve recently moved to a new machine and get the message that “Time Machine did not finish backing up because some files were unavailable. Backups will resume when your Mac is unlocked” even though your Mac was not locked then this might help… You’ll basically need to erase the disk, forget it, then boot …

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How to password protect a zip on macOS

Posting mainly for my own reference… Drag the folder you want to zip onto your desktop Open terminal and navigate to your desktop Type in zip -er file_name.zip file_or_folder_you_want_to_compress (hit the tab key to help you auto-fill the name of the file or folder you want to compress) Then enter a password, twice Done 😀

How to set-up a Ruby and Elixir dev environment on macOS Catalina

Edit: Please note there is a newer version of this guide here: https://astonj.com/how-to-set-up-a-ruby-and-elixir-dev-environment-on-macos-2021/ Having recently started afresh on macOS, I thought I’d make some notes on setting up a new dev environment. In this post we’ll set up a fresh dev environment for Ruby and Elixir – but you can use this guide for any similar web …

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