MacOS

Keeping your Mac awake with caffeinate

A Small macOS Command Worth Remembering

Sometimes a long-running command needs more time than expected. You start a build, download, backup or migration, leave your desk for a coffee and return only to discover that your Mac went to sleep somewhere along the way. Of course, you could...

Apple’s New container

Open Source Containers on macOS

When you think of containers, you probably think about Docker or Podman. That was true for me too — until I first heard about Apple’s own container tool at Container Days. Apple has quietly released an open-source project called container. Unlike...

Problems with git commit autosigning on mac

If you’ve enabled GPG signing for Git commits on macOS, you might occasionally encounter this frustrating error message: ❯ git commit -m 'Test' error: gpg failed to sign the data fatal: failed to write commit object This happens when...