Cryptomator is a free and open-source client-side encryption tool that can be used to encrypt files before uploading them to cloud storage services. Here are the steps to install Cryptomator: Go to the Cryptomator website. Before you install the Cryptomator program, you can install macFUSE. Please note that Cryptomator recommended macFuse for Intel and FUSE-T for Apple Silicon but I … [Read more...]
How to Turn On Advanced Data Protection for iCloud
Many people don’t realize that since iOS 16.2, you can make your cloud data security more secure at the risk of potentially not being able to retrieve your data if you lose your password and have no recovery contacts. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud offers the highest level of cloud data security and protects the majority (not all) of iCloud data using end-to-end … [Read more...]
How to Create SSH Keys
The recommendation now is to use ED25519 whenever you can. Commands Using ED25519 Using RSA -C is optional, if not used then the login and machine name is going to be used instead. Use -b to specify key size. Ways to create SSH keys on macOS On Mac OSX and Linux You just get to Terminal and start typing: You can use either your email address as label or … [Read more...]
How to Delay Shutdown or Restart on a Mac
Continuing on a previous post, this post shows you how to do the same thing in a mac with a slightly different command line in your Terminal. Trying to accomplish the same thing, type the following: sudo shutdown -r +360 -r - To reboot the computer. time - Sets the time-out period before shutdown to +minutes or you can put an exact time in yymmddhhmm format. In this example, the … [Read more...]
How to Type Emoji Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows and macOS
One thing that you can do easily in a smartphone but not so obvious in a desktop computer is to quickly type an emoji character in your text. By memorizing these keyboard shortcuts, you can do the same, whether it’s on a Mac or a Windows system. Mac On a mac, press all these keys: ⌃ CTRL + ⌘ Command + spacebar. Windows Either of these combinations will work on Windows 10 or … [Read more...]