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MySQL: How to solve “[MY-013360] mysql_native_password is deprecated”
Have you ever looked through your server logs and seen something like this? [MY-013360] [Server] Plugin mysql_native_password reported: ”mysql_native_password’ is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use caching_sha2_password instead’ This is because, as you can see … Continue reading
How to delete old Time Machine backups on macOS Ventura
Time Machine automatically deletes old backups when it’s getting full, but if you also use the backup disk for other purposes, you might want to clear some space manually. There is a built-in command line utility that comes with macOS … Continue reading
A quick look back at external NVMe on M1
Almost a year ago, I published a blog post benchmarking my ADATA SSD in an external caddy with a JHL6340 chip. I thought it’d be fun re-benchmark and see if anything has degraded over time. Blackmagic – JHL6340 Thunderbolt … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, macOS, Uncategorized
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ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro Benchmark on M1 Mac
As mentioned in my pervious post, I recently got an M1 Mac mini with an external NVMe disk for additional storage. In that post, I said Thunderbolt (as opposed to USB 3.1) enclosures are prohibitively expensive. While they are certainly … Continue reading
NVMe to USB on M1 Mac
I recently purchased a new Mac mini to replace my home computer – a 2009 iMac. It was well overdue as Apple listed it as obsolete 4 years ago. Unfortunately, it only comes with 256GB SSD storage as standard and … Continue reading
M&K Sound M-Series Speakers Review
To briefly re-cap my last post, I recently upgraded my home cinema speakers to the new MK Sound M-Series: 3 x M&K Sound M70 – Left/Centre/Right 1 x M&K Sound M40T – Surround Pair 1 x M&K Sound V10 – … Continue reading
Choosing new Home Cinema Speakers
After moving into my new home, I found the 5.1 speaker package I’ve had since uni wasn’t up to the task of filling the larger living room. This came as no surprise, and I’d been looking for an excuse to … Continue reading
From SVN to Google Cloud Source Repositories
I have been maintaining my own SVN server for many years, but in order to share code and make use of managed services, it was time to migrate some of my repositories to Git. There are many tutorials for svn-git … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Linux, Mac OS X
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Buying an AV Receiver in 2018
Having upgraded to a UHD TV last year, it was time to get a new AV receiver to match. It’s been a long time since I was in the AVR market and a lot has changed. After doing the research … Continue reading
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PHP PDO: How to solve “Cannot execute queries while other unbuffered queries are active”
While migrating one of my hobby projects from the PHP mysql extension to PDO, I came across this error: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘PDOException’ with message ‘SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 2014 Cannot execute queries while other unbuffered queries are active. … Continue reading
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