Tag Archives: apple

Computer setup COVID-19 update

Posted on April 17, 2020 by

I invested in a good computer setup for working-from-home a while ago. When the lockdown for COVID-19 came I was prepared. Still I made some changes and investments to go from one-day-a-week to fulltime working-from-home. Time for an update. No … Continue reading →

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I’m Eric Tummers, Software Architect at Statistics Netherlands, and this is how I work

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

My jobs description says Software Architect. I’m guiding my team through the technical hurdles and do some programming/testing/analysing myself. We follow the scrum guide and are working towards continuous integration and deployment. We do this in small steps. Every sprint … Continue reading →

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Updating my early 2009 macbook to El Capitan

Posted on October 19, 2015 by

My Early 2009 MacBook was still running Mac OS X Mavericks and Aperture, but I felt it was time to update. The specs are at the bottom of the compatible hardware list and I was hesitant, but all was fine … Continue reading →

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iPhoto/Aperture sync to iDevices

Posted on April 13, 2015 by

My home devices is mostly Apple The integration is superb, but I fear the vendor lock-in. Last week I tried to sync some pictures from Aperture to my iPad. Following the instructions from Apple it should be really simple. Just … Continue reading →

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SafeCopy connection lost

Posted on December 22, 2014 by

After a power failure (empty battery) with my MacBook the SafeCopy backup service wouldn’t run. On the SafeCopy Control Panel an error message would keep popping up. The solution is to click Cancel and let the SafeCopy service quit. Then … Continue reading →

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Week 37 roundup

Posted on September 12, 2014 by

Last week recap and links: Posh-SSH Open Source SSH PowerShell Module. I’m using powershell more and more now. Visual Studio 2013 keyboard shortcuts Found this while looking for a way to find the active item in the solution explorer (CTRL+[,S) … Continue reading →

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Wifi router setup

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Recently I added an Airport Express to my Wifi network. Just following the wizard got me a working setup but poor Wifi coverage with different ip ranges from my Airport Express and Time Capsule. Last weekend I fixed it by … Continue reading →

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