Saturday, December 25, 2021

Google Drive Download Fix for Firefox

Blocking third party cookies in Firefox breaks your ability to download files on your Google Drive. By allowing the cookies https://googleusercontent.com/ and http://googleusercontent.com/ you can fix this annoying problem.




Thursday, July 8, 2021

My Favorite Things on macOS

Firefox - is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation using the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages. Since version 84 Firefox has had native support for Apple Silicon Macs with the M1 chip.

     

Magnet - de-clutters your screen by snapping windows into organized tiles by either dragging windows with your mouse or using keyboard shortcuts. Worth every penny.

 

Middle - a simple app that adds middle click functionality to your trackpad or magic mouse.

 

Clipy -  a free and open source clip board manager. Highly customizable and a super lightweight.

 

Android File Transfer - not having built in Android support in macOS is a real pain. This app will allow you to browse and transfer files between your Mac computer and your Android device.

 

AppCleaner - a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall apps, their associated files, and hidden folders with a simple drag and drop interface.


IINA - a beautiful modern media player for macOS. Version 1.20 includes native support for Apple Silicon.


Amphetamine - a simple app that keeps your mac and displays from turning off/locking. Great for when you when you need to do work without interruptions.


Cog - a free and open source audio player. Plays every audio file you would want in a simple and well laid out interface. I miss foobar but this is the closet thing I've found on MacOS.


Pixea - a small, fast and Apple silicon optimized image viewer.


Pixelmator Pro - an image editor with an extensive collection of tools for editing and retouching photos, creating graphic designs, painting, drawing vector graphics, and adding effects. Supports Apple silicon and has excellent tutorials and manuals.


Simple Comic - a CBR and CBZ comic book viewer. Light, fast, and with a plethora of options.


Brew -  a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple's operating system macOS.

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Revert Firefox 75 Address Bar Behavior Changes

browser.urlbar.openViewOnFocus = false
browser.urlbar.update1 = false
browser.urlbar.update1.interventions = false
browser.urlbar.update1.searchTips = false

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Switch Back and Recent Buttons in Android Pie

adb shell

settings put secure sysui_nav_bar "space,recent;home;back,space"

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Android ADB & Fastboot Cheat Sheet

The Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is a toolkit included in the Android SDK package that allows you to control your device over USB from a computer, copy files back and forth, install and uninstall apps, run shell commands, and more.

Reboot to Normal Mode
adb reboot

Show Devices
adb devices

Reboot to Fastboot Mode
adb reboot fastboot

Fastboot is a diagnostic protocol included with the SDK package used primarily to modify the flash filesystem via a USB connection from host computer. It requires that the device be started in a boot loader or Secondary Program Loader mode, in which only the most basic hardware initialization is performed.

Unlock Bootloader
fastboot oem unlock

Reboot Fastboot
fastboot reboot bootloader

Load Recovery
fastboot boot <file.img>

Install Recovery
fastboot flash recovery <file.img>

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If you are having trouble with fastboot not executing commands and constantly having fastbootb display: < waiting for device > with your OnePlus 3T device, please make sure you have the correct device driver installed. It should be seen as a Kedacom USB Device> Android Bootloader Interface.


Saturday, November 12, 2016

Customizing Touchpad Gestures on the Asus Zenbook UX305CA

To enable 3 finger middle click instead of opening Cortana install mMouse. It can be found on Ceez's blog.

Asus Smart Gesture software sends out Winkey + S to system, when executing a 3 finger click gesture. mMouse catches the input and sends a middle mouse click instead (WM_MBUTTONDOWN).


To add 3 finger back/forward swiping in Firefox you need to edit the Asus Smart Gesture TPProfile_Win10.xml file with this one line of code:
<ap name="firefox.exe" class_name="MozillaWindowClass" target_name="MozillaWindowClass" title_name="" target_type="3" support="33413" pan_filter_x="4" pan_filter_y="4" zoom_filter="1" pan_type="3" es_filter="4" es_type="3" zoom_type="6" rotate_type="0" swipe_type="3"/>
Since it's a system file you're going to have to open notepad with admin privileges.  Hit the start button and pull up Notepad. Instead of left clicking it, right click and select "Run as Administrator". Then select Open File (Ctrl+O) and navigate to the TPProfile_Win10.xml file.

It can be found under: 
/C:/Program Files (x86)/ASUS/ASUS Smart Gesture/AsTPCenter/

 Depending on your system settings you may have to set the open file dialog box to show all folder contents.