You probably know that when you plug one of the new 12inch MacBooks into a power source it’ll make a chime noise (the same as iPhones and iPads). But did you know you can make your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air do the same thing? All you need is OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 or later and you can enable this cool little trick with 1 quick line in Terminal. It’s also extremely easy to turn it back off again if it gets on your nerves.
In OS X Apple (for one reason or another) artificially limits the maximum RSA key size for certificates to 4k (4098 bits). Most users will never notice any issues since most sites use 4k RSA keys or lower. However – for the handful of people who use/own websites that use 8/16/32 etc bit RSA keys, this artificial limit can cause problems. Below I’ll run though how to change the key size limit with 1 quick line in Terminal. As ever, please ensure you’ve read and agree to the disclaimer (linked here) before continuing.
Microsoft have recently announced that users of Microsoft Azure can finally use reverse DNS with their cloud services. This means people are now able to do a whole host of new things with their virtual machines that were difficult at best to do properly beforehand. (more…)
With Microsoft Azure you have two ways of managing your account. The first and easiest way is to use the web management portal (https://manage.windowsazure.com) and the second way is to use Azure PowerShell. In this tutorial I’ll lay out how to install Azure PowerShell and how to connect your Azure account to it (if you’re using a Microsoft Account or an Organisational Account).