Tag: Computers - Eric Cheng
Eric Cheng

Tag: Computers

Universal Control

Apple’s Universal Control loses connection constantly

As a long time Synergy user, I was excited to switch to Universal Control for single keyboard and mouse sharing between two Macs. Now that I'm on OS X Ventura v13.5.2, I find that it constantly disconnects...

Tuning the MSI Stealth GS65 Laptop for Less Heat and Fan Noise

MSI Stealth GS65 laptop owners will notice that they run hot, and the fan kicks in pretty aggressively (and loudly!). If you're OK tinkering with Windows tools, can you make the laptop run more efficiently (cooler/quieter), and set up a secondary power profile that makes it almost silent, while retaining all of the GPU power.

Watchdog kernel panics in M1 Macs running macOS X Monterey (version 12.1)

I set up a brand new MacBook M1 this week; I was excited to potentially return to Macs after years of being on Windows machines, but my machine immediately started having kernel panics after the display would turn off. The kernel panics reported "userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from com.apple.WindowServer in 120 seconds".

USB audio interfaces and system audio levels in Windows

USB audio devices like the Go XLR usually work well, but sometimes, Windows gets in the way. These interfaces like to be at fixed levels in the OS because they offer better levels adjustments...

Adobe Lightroom Classic constantly crashing in Windows? Unplug your Android devices.

tldr; A Google Pixel 4 in USB File Transfer mode caused constant Adobe Lightroom Classic crashes in Windows.

Fixing Thunderbolt in Windows on a MacBook Pro Running Bootcamp

I cannot believe how much of a pain it has been to get Thunderbolt devices to work properly in Windows on a MacBook Pro. After weeks of troubleshooting, I finally found a solution that seems to be working.

Glacier in Alaska, 2007

It’s time to start using Amazon Glacier Deep Archive for backups

Let’s talk data storage and cloud backups. It’s time: I’ve started uploading backups to Amazon Glacier Deep Archive, which is about $1/TB-month. My data is categorized as “warm” and “frozen”. “Warm” data is active: it is kept on my workstation or on my primary NAS, and is backed-up to a second local NAS as frequent, ...

Enabling NVIDIA GPU for Adobe Premiere Pro in Surface Book 2

Enabling the Microsoft Surface book 2's discrete GPU for use in Adobe Creative Cloud.

Microsoft Surface Book 2: Surface Dock, 2 x LG 34″ displays

I recently switched to the Microsoft Surface Book 2, and I really like it. I got the Surface Dock and have it working with 2 large external displays, wired Ethernet, and a keyboard and mouse. Is this too good to be true??