Feb
10
2021
How to Fix Zoom Low Volume
Ever struggle to hear someone on Zoom but they think they sound fine? Here is the fix. Read more
Category: HOWTOs
Step by step guides to help with technical issues that I have worked on over the years.
Mar
25
2020
How to fix: svn: error: The subversion command line tools are no longer provided by Xcode
As I was getting ready to do my first svn check in today – I got an error that I had not seen yesterday: “svn: error: The subversion command line tools are no longer provided by Xcode” My operating system: macOS Catalina 10.15.3 Apple’s documentation on how to fix this: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos_release_notes/macos_catalina_10_15_release_notes The solution: Open: The Terminal App Type: xcode-select –install After the install is complete – run your commands as you did before the error Read more
Apr
25
2018
Google Drive: View Files Largest to Smallest
While doing some spring cleaning (mentioned yesterday) – I decided I needed to go through my files on my Google Drive™. Read more
Mar
13
2018
Most Preferred Network on Your iPhone
I recently ran into an issue where my iPhone would seem to always try and connect to the one network I did not want to use anytime I left the house/came back. Read more
Oct
03
2017
Disable the Cache in Safari 11
With Safari 11 – we lost the “Disable Cache” in the Safari Developer menu. If you are a developer – you know this comes in handy when debugging any CSS/JS changes. Read more
Mar
07
2017
Fix for Bold Fonts Looking Bolder in Chrome
If you noticed your fonts in Chrome looking more bold in Chrome than Safari – there is an easy fix. Add this in to your stylesheet (body or specific CSS class/ID): Example: h1 {-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;} You can see the difference: Before: After: Read more
Jan
18
2017
Mac OS 10.2.2 SSH Keys Passphrase Help
If you are like me and a few days ago – noticed that you were getting prompted for your passphrase when using your SSH keys (instead of using the keychain) – here is how you can make a small change to no longer enter your password each time: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/254468/macos-sierra-doesn-t-seem-to-remember-ssh-keys-between-reboots/264974#264974 Read more
Aug
26
2016
Add Bootstrap Classes to the Next and Previous Image Buttons
When viewing media (usually the image.php template) within WordPress – there are buttons to browse the next and previous buttons that you might want to customize if you are creating a Bootstrap WordPress them. If this is the case – styling the buttons with Bootstrap is easy. You can simply add the following to your theme’s functions.php file. Note – you can change the btn-default class to btn-primary or whatever you need. Read more
Aug
24
2016
Add Bootstrap Button Classes to the WordPress Comment Form
Looking to stylize that WordPress comment button on the WordPress comment form? Adding the correct classes needed to the comment form button are as easy as finding where comment_form() is called in your theme. Read more
Aug
22
2016
Add Bootstrap Classes to WordPress Widgets
When creating your Bootstrap WordPress themes, you will notice the sidebar widgets (archives, categories, etc) which use dropdowns do not share the Bootstrap styling because there is no place easily accessible to add in the needed classes or CSS. Read more