Tech Articles For Nerds
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How to Bypass Hotspot Throttling Using PairVPN
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While on the road, I ran out of my high-speed hotspot tethering data (limited to 5GB), and my MacBook’s connection slowed to a frustrating 600Kbps. To work around this, I used a clever app called PairVPN, which helped me bypass the throttling. What Is PairVPN? PairVPN is a lightweight app that runs on iOS,…
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CIFS Mount error (13) Fix on Ubuntu
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Are you running into this error when trying to mount a CIFS (SMB) share using /etc/fstab on Ubuntu? Error code 13 usually indicates that there is a permission problem, but in many cases, it simply means your system is missing the necessary CIFS utilities to handle the mount properly. Install the required package with…
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How to Install Homebrew On macOS
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If you’re here, you probably already know what Homebrew is. But if not, here’s a quick recap: Homebrew is a package manager for macOS. It lets you easily install, manage, and update software using simple Terminal commands. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install Homebrew on the latest version of macOS. Tutorial…