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Tyler Wright

Speed up SMB/CIFS on TrueNAS SCALE With Mac Clients

Slow performance over SMB/CIFS with macOS/Mac OS X clients? Lots of folks will chalk it up to SMB being a terrible protocol. But, there's actually a solution to this issue. Here's how to implement this change!

Trick SharePoint’s Default “Communications Site” Into Redirecting to Another Site

SharePoint's modern web experience comes with a default *Communications Site* which is great as long as you want to use it. For us, we already had an existing *Teams-style* site that we wanted to be users' homepage when they browsed to SharePoint. Here's how we made it work!

Apple TV Causing Soundbar to Constantly Decrease in Volume

Is your soundbar or TV volume seemingly decreasing on its own as if someone was holding the 'Volume Down' button? Have an Apple TV? I have a solution for you!

Unlearn a Word in macOS' Dictionary

Have you ever right clicked on a word that was spelled incorrectly and instead of clicking on the properly spelled word, you selected Add to Dictionary? Here's how to remove that word!

Docker on macOS Ignoring /etc/resolver/*

Here's how to have Docker utilize /etc/resolver/* configs on macOS instead of querying your system's default/global DNS.

Creating a Conference Room List for Outlook's Room Finder

Here's how you can create a room list, set the room's location, and add a room to a room list with PowerShell!

Override SSO on Synopsys Black Duck and Login via Local Credentials

When SAML breaks, you can revert back to local user account login with the following URL.

Speed Up Colima on an M1/M2 Mac

Colima is an absolutely fantastic drop-in replacement for Docker Desktop that takes advantage of macOS' new virtualization framework, can run its VM natively on aarch64 (M1/M2), and allows for Rosetta 2 to translate any x86_64 processes. Here's how to use it properly!

Bypassing Caddy2 Auth With Custom Header

Bypassing Caddy2 Auth With Custom Header

Let's bypass Caddy's normal authentication flow for specific clients who provide a custom header in their requests.

K8s: Create PVs without nodeAffinity

Here's how to create persistent volumes in Kubernetes without having to set nodeAffinity.

Using F5 BIG-IP iRules to Restrict Access via Specific Domain

Let's use iRules to make sure our endusers are browsing to our services using the proper FQDN(s)/domain(s).

Backing Up Data w/Backblaze B2 and restic

Backing Up Data w/Backblaze B2 and restic

Here's how to backup files using restic to a Backblaze B2 bucket!