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Plex Media Server not showing updates

Since November of last year (roughly) I've noticed that the Plex Media Server app doesn't ever show that there are updates available. I've manually reinstalled the latest server copy several times and it still hasn't updated automatically. I found a solution that

Preventing Spam iCloud Calendar Invites

I woke up this morning seeing two notifications of calendar appointments I just couldn't miss. [sarcasm] Annoying, right? Here's the best part. No matter what I do - Accept, Maybe, Decline - the sender of the spam appointment receives the notification of my action. There'

Summarizing Text in macOS

There's a cool service in macOS called "Summarization" that takes a block of text and figures out the most important sentences or paragraphs in it. I've used this service before to help reduce the amount to read on longer posts and conversations. It is

Changing the volume on a USB Headset on Mac OS X

Do you use a USB headset for video/audio conferencing on your Mac? Ever been frustrated that you can't really change the volume of just the headset if you keep your main audio coming through your speakers? There is a solution - use the Audio MIDI Setup app

Pinning Safari Tabs for Mental Focus

Have you heard about pinning tabs in Safari? If you have Mac OS X El Capitan then you have Safari 9 which includes tab pinning. From Apple's Support documentation: Pin Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Gmail, or any other website you visit frequently throughout the day. Pinned Sites stay put