While I was trying my new Irregular bucket hat design at home I got a message from one of my macOS clients. It was about installing new fonts for their macOS machines at the office. I knew this was simple, but I wanted to deploy the fonts using the macOS terminal. It was late and …
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Microsoft Outlook is Trying to use the printer macOS
A macOS client texted me yesterday about Microsoft Outlook trying to use the printer error. The user was trying to print to a personal HP printer connected over the network. He was only getting the printing error for this specific printer, but did not get the error when trying to print to his office’s main …
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Photoshop Could not open “.tif” because the TIFF file uses an unsupported color space
After I brewed my favorite coffee variety Caturra at home I got an email from a macOS client regarding issues with their Photoshop not opening .tif files. They just started scanning a butch of images in .tif format for later editing. Starting Photoshop version 22.5.2 stopped supporting .tif files. According to Adobe this is due …
Clean Install macOS Without a USB
Performing a clean install macOS without a USB is fairly easy compared to other operating systems. I know traditionally most IT admins (IT Handy men) think about using a USB to quickly wipe and re-install a OS. But, some times there is NO USB available or the laptop does NOT have a USB port anymore …
Manage WiFi using macOS Terminal
A customer called asking if I could disable WiFi for some of his new iMacs at the office. He wanted his users to connect via Ethernet cable. After digging around I found a way to manage WiFi using macos Terminal. There are a few simple steps you can take. First, a great cup of coffee! …
Clear Other Storage in macOS
A macOS customer contacted me the other day asking how to clear other storage in macos. Some of the customer’s laptops were taking significant disk space in this ‘other’ mysterious storage. While riding the New York City Subway I started researching how to clear other storage in macos. There are some cleaning tools out there, …
How to Install pkg Using Terminal macOS
A client wanted to install some new Multi-factor Authentication software on the background while users where working. After brewing a great cup of Catuai coffee at home I found how to install a .pkg using the Terminal macOS. This is a simple command. Open your Terminal and ssh to the desired macOS you need to …
Find macOS Serial Number using Terminal
The Terminal will display your serial number as shown below: This command in macOS will also show you more details about your machine. These include Model, Chip, Memory, Total number of cores and more. Contact me if you have any questions. You can also check out my ITPro Helper shop. I make my own T-shirts …
Open VS Code from macOS Terminal
A client called me the other day asking me how to open VS code from macOS terminal. The user started doing some Web Development and wanted to make his environment run smoothly. After I finished my meeting with my friend coffee farmer from Finca Perseverancia in Honduras I decided to put together this brief tutorial …
Change Screenshot Location Using macOS Terminal
My desktop kept getting overloaded with screenshots. If you want to keep your macOS desktop nice and clean you can change the screenshot location in your macos using the Terminal. This is simple. First, I brewed my own coffee at home. I got this great coffee from El Salvador which is fantastic! Open your Terminal …
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