To encode:
base64 -i in.txt -o out.txt
To decode:
base64 --decode -i out.txt -o decoded.txt
WSJT-X log file location on MacOS
I can never remember where WSJT-X stores it’s log file on MacOS. Per the docs, log files are stored here:
~/Library/Application Support/WSJT-X/
MacOS zsh terminal themes and prompt customisation
A while back I stumbled across basic zsh prompt customisation to show the current git branch I’m working on. Some point later I also added oh-my-zsh but kept the default theme as it worked fine for my needs and was unobtrusive.
At some point recently I had a couple of terminal customisation videos come up in my recommended feed, and watching one out of curiousity I was amazed at just how far you can go, especially with displaying all sorts of info as badges in your prompt.
Just so I don’t forget how I got here, I installed powerlevel10k using brew:
brew install powerlevel10k
echo "source $(brew --prefix)/share/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme" >>~/.zshrc
and then used the interactive customisation menus which run if you restart zsh with:
exec zsh
Mac Pro 3,1 with OpenCore Legacy Patcher – not much success
I previously shared that I was attempting to upgrade my 2008 Mac Pro to a later version of MacOS using OpenCore Legacy Patcher. Unfortunately I had zero success. I tried initially with Big Sur, but I couldn’t get it to boot OpenCore from the USB stick, so at the point from Recovery when I tried to install it said it wasn’t supported on this Mac. Tried following multiple guides but no luck.
I tried stepping backwards through previous versions – Catalina installed but core dumped on booting. Mojave core dumped when booting the installer.
I don’t have a tremendous urgency to upgrade this Mac, it’s getting a bit slow with Chrome on current websites, so I went to eBay and this happened instead:
I picked up a rather well spec’d Mac Pro 2013 for £270, and other than it took a week for it to arrive, it seems to be running pretty well so far.
So now the question is do I try and use OpenCore again to install something beyond Monterey? I think I’ll enjoy Monterey for a while and maybe play around with some different versions in VMs instead 🙂