Tutorials regarding Apple macOS/Mac OS X.
DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and DNS over TLS (DoT) on Mac and iOS are giant steps forward regarding privacy, security, and corporate system management. Using traditional DNS protocols allowed malicious users who had gained control of networks to either regulate traffic or redirect traffic from legitimate websites to malicious websites. Apple has created DoH and…
Neofetch has sat abandoned for a while, with the last commit occurring on December 10th, 2021. On April 26th, 2024, the creator archived Neofetch on GitHub. This means the project is now read-only, and the creator can no longer update the original repository. Fastfetch is an available alternative that can be installed. Why was Neofetch…
PubHole is a DNS over HTTPS (DoH) server by archuser.org (at archuser.org) that offers two secure lanes for DNS traffic and standard DNS. It blocks ads and trackers and adds OpenNIC support that is only accessible with a special DNS server. PubHole is run by a single person out of pocket as a hobby with…
We are starting a new series of tutorials, this time pertaining to minimalism and making your computer systems look pretty. We have created a beautiful desktop background that changes depending on the time, which is available here: https://infotoast.org/homepage/. Try refreshing and you can see that it shows a different image each time. Our background cycles…
The technology known as the “PiHole” has become quite ubiquitous over recent years. The PiHole allows you to create a DNS server that stops tracking entirely, across your entire network. However, what happens when you need to leave home. What happens when you go to work or go to a local coffee shop? Now, you’re…
Due to some difficulties with 1.17, Baritone has had trouble updating to 1.19. Luckily, we are finally beyond that, and everybody can now install Baritone on Minecraft 1.19 or 1.19.2. Unlike the previous tutorial, this tutorial will show you how to install Baritone using the Fabric mod loader. This also means you can combine Baritone…
LWJGL 2 was used in older versions of Minecraft, which prevented people from optimizing Minecraft 1.7.10-1.12.2 for M1. Thanks to the work of Tanmay Bakshi and 17hoehbr on GitHub, this is now possible. This tutorial will be rather similar to How To Optimize Minecraft for M1 (Java Edition), so please follow that tutorial before doing…
I’ve talked before about the various problems with binary package management systems. I have praised BSD’s Ports, where a source code tree allows you to install packages from source with all their dependencies. However, I’ve never seen a binary package manager that creates more of a security problem having it than not having it. That…
I recently purchased the MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon. However, most apps still are not yet optimized. One of the main apps I care about performing well is Minecraft. However, I have finally figured how to optimize Minecraft for M1 with the MultiMC launcher’s help. IMPORTANT NOTE: This tutorial is for 1.16.5 and below. For…
There are tons of people on the internet who argue about whether Mac or Windows is better, and there are tons of people on the internet who argue about whether Windows or Linux is better However, you don’t see much about Mac vs Linux. And the short answer to this is pretty simple: it depends…