Entries from February 2025

How To Restore the Full Desktop Bar in Mission Control on macOS

Author: , February 26th, 2025

With macOS Sonoma, Apple changed the way Mission Control displays virtual desktops, reducing them to small slivers that require hovering to expand. If you prefer the previous behavior—where the full desktop bar opened automatically—there’s a simple solution using a third-party tool. How to Restore the Full Desktop Bar in Mission Control Follow these steps to […]

How To Add and Associate a New AWS Elastic IP (EIP) Address Via the Command Line (CLI)

Author: , February 11th, 2025

How To Add and Associate a New AWS Elastic IP (EIP) Address Via the Command Line (CLI):

How To Set an Entire AWS S3 Bucket to Public Read Using a Policy

Author: , February 10th, 2025

I needed to get all files in a bucket readable by the public easily. Here is the S3 Bucket Policy I applied:

To do this via the aws cli command, create the file s3_read_policy.json containing the policy above, with your bucket name in place of BUCKET_NAME_HERE:

Fixing macOS Dock Focus Issue: Make App Windows Active on Click

Author: , February 8th, 2025

If you’re using macOS 14.7.3 and experiencing an annoying issue where clicking a running app’s icon in the Dock doesn’t immediately make it active for typing, you’re not alone. Instead of the expected behavior—where the app comes to the forefront, ready for interaction—you might find yourself having to click inside the app’s window before you […]