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⚡#ScreenFloat v2.3 – your #Mac's Screen Capture Power Tool – is now available with the following awesome features:

- Recording HUD gives you instant control over your recording
- Edit Markers you place while recording help you in cutting the video later
- Create GIFs from videos effortlessly
- Smarter Data detection and redaction
- Custom File Naming Schemes
- … and more

blog.eternalstorms.at/2025/08/

Enjoy : )

I have an old #MacMini from circa 2010, but I can't think of anything to do with it.

It doesn't have any USB3 ports and only one Ethernet port, so I can't use it as a router. Its DVD drive doesn't work (probably just dusty, but I don't know how to open it up and clean it), so I can't use it as a DVD player.

What do people do with old #Mac Minis these days?

Is it perhaps possible to run modern macOS in an emulator on it?

Richie G does videos about old computers, especially vintage PCs and Macs. You can follow at:

➡️ @richie_g

They've already uploaded 10 videos, if these haven't federated to your server yet you can browse them all at makertube.net/a/richie_g/videos

You can also follow Richie's general non-video account at @richiegolds

cc @retrocomputing

MakerTubeRichie GAll the computer stuff I used to do on YouTube, here! Maybe my videos will be more worth-while! Was active on YouTube as LOLZpersonok from May of 2009 to September 2023. I also exist on Bluesky and...

All 6 of my monochrome monitors made it through VCF West

6 Displays is the limit on a 68k mac unless you start adding display adapters on SCSI. This is a Quadra 950 with 5 video cars and the the onboard video driving a desktop that is over 4400 pixel wide.

Fellow Mac users! Does anyone know if you can connect a Thunderbolt 4 laptop dock to a Mac Mini (M4), and get the same results as connecting the dock to a MacBook?

My chief desire is to get video on 2 monitors. I'd like to be able to do it through the dock if possible.

The Mac Mini has Thunderbolt 4 ports, rated for 2 displays each - hopefully the Mac Mini's ports work this way?

My free monthly update for July is live!

This month I've got a powerful new #StreamDeck plugin for #Mac automation, a great update to my #Alfred workflow for #KeyboardMaestro, something geeky on #SuccessFactors #Learning, and a new #3DPrint for “#Underware”, the under desk cable management system based on for #Multiboard.

If you follow me on Buy Me A Coffee (for free, no coffee required), you can get my monthly update as an email straight to your inbox. Tell a friend!

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Oh I have a question for #Apple #Mac experts: can I set the Mac to be only on the WiFi network in house but no access to the internet? It’s plugged into the router with Ethernet cable. Not sure what setting to look for.

I’m suddenly having a problem with an external #SSD that is password protected and formatted in #Apple’s #APFS format, IIRC. It was working fine until today, and suddenly it won’t stay mounted. When I connect the drive, one of three things happens:
1) Nothing at all. The lights on the SSD drive indicate a connection, but the #Mac doesn’t recognize it, and neither does Disk Utility.
2) An error message pops up saying the drive can’t be read, and asking me if I want to erase and formatted it, ignore it, or eject it.
3) The password input window appears, as it should; I input the password and the drive mounts; but in under a minute it is unmounted, and an error message pops up saying the drive was unmounted improperly. (1/2)

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