How to Add a MacOS Finder Quick Action to Convert Images to WebP Easily
Add a MacOS "Quick Action" to your finder so you can convert images to the "webp" format easily.
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Updated for iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4 - Turn Off Liquid Glass and Stop Summarizing Messages
Turn off (or better phrased "reduce") "Liquid Glass" and reduce transparency, and Turn off Messages "Summarization".
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Adding a Static DNS Entry into the Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Pro
JUNE 2023 UPDATE: You can now enter static DNS entries under the "Client" settings in UniFi OS v3.0.20 (or above). Leaving Original Post Below for Reference: So
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How-to Make an iframe Responsive Using HTML Code
Sometimes you need to embed another website into the site you are using and a typical way of doing this is by using an <iframe>. However for modern websit
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Migrating a Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine to vSphere ESXi 7.x on MacOS
This how-to will describe how to convert and move a Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine (VM) to a VMware vSphere ESXi 7.x server utilizing VMware Fusion on MacOS.
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How-to Bypass Google Chrome ERR_CERT_INVALID Message
Sometimes when developing applications, or when using self-signed SSL certs, when you browse to a site, Google Chrome will show an error message "ERR_CERT_INVAL
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How-To: Convert .qcow2 to .vmdk for VMware Using MacOS
This How-To will show you how to convert a .qcow2 virtual machine file to a VMware based .vmdk, using your Mac running MacOS. Install "Homebrew" onto MacOS For
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Migrate a Windows VM from VMware ESXi to Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Easily
With the release of Nutanix Move (used to be called Xtract), migrating VM's from VMware ESXi to AHV is now super simple and the best part of all, automated! Web
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Using SFTP to Transfer Images and Other Files to a Nutanix Storage Container
Several customers have asked if they can post or upload files to the Nutanix storage container, especially when working with automation (like Nutanix Calm) wher
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How-to: Configuring and Using Prism Self Service in Prism Central on Nutanix AOS 5.5
The Prism Self Service (PSS) feature represents a special view within Prism Central. While Prism Central enables infrastructure management across clusters, PSS
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How-to: Configure Prism Central Authentication with Active Directory on Nutanix AOS 5.5
This lesson will show you how to setup Prism Central authentication using Active Directory on Nutanix AOS 5.5. Note, setting up authentication is a requirement
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Deploying the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 from Mac OS
This article will show you how to deploy the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 from the Mac OS, using the now native VCSA installer for Mac, which is l
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Deploying and Registering Prism Central on Nutanix AOS 5.5
This article will show you how to deploy Prism Central (PC) on a Nutanix cluster running AOS 5.5 using the One-Click Prism Central deployment wizard. Prism Cent
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Upgrading Nutanix AOS When 1-Click Download Isn't Available
This lesson will show you how to upgrade Nutanix AOS when the 1-click download option isn't available. This might be due to not having internet access to the Nu
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PowerShell Script to Automate Updating Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT)
I was meeting with one of my local customers and they asked me, "hey! how do you automate upgrading Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) with something like SCCM?" Well, t
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Expanding a Nutanix Cluster with a New Node from the Factory
This article will show you how to expand a Nutanix cluster with a new node received from the factory. This article will also highlight a few common warning aler
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Configuring Acropolis Container Services (ACS) on Nutanix CE
This lesson will describe how to enable Acropolis Container Services (ACS) on Nutanix Community Edition (CE). Make Sure You're On Latest Version To begin, make
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Configuring the Self Service Portal (SSP) on Nutanix AHV and AOS 5.1
This lesson will show how to configure the Self Service Portal (SSP) on Nutanix AHV running AOS 5.1.x. The Prism Self Service Portal (SSP) enables the consumers
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Nutanix AHV - Networking Commands How-To Super Post
This post is meant to be a "quick reference" guide for performing configuration with AHV networking, including Open vSwitch (OVS) configuration, setti
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Installing VMware PowerCLI Cmdlets from the PowerShell Gallery
A great writeup for this process with detailed information is located here: https://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2017/04/powercli-install-process-powershell-galler
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Easy Commands to Show BIOS and BMC Firmware Versions for All Hosts in the Nutanix Cluster
# Shows BMC/IPMI version for all hosts in cluster- Run from one CVM in cluster [code language="bash"]for i in `hostips`; do echo AHV HOST $i ; ssh root@$i 'ipmi
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Configuring a VM to VM Anti-Affinity Rule on Nutanix AHV Running AOS 5.0
This how-to will show you how to configure a VM to VM anti-affinity rule on Nutanix AOS 5.0. For reference, the official documentation on this feature is found
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Patching VMware ESXi via Nutanix One-Click Upgrade in Prism on AOS 5.0
This lesson will show you how to patch VMware ESXi using the Nutanix one-click upgrade process in Prism. If you have additional questions not covered in this ho
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Registering vCenter with Prism on Nutanix AOS 5.0
To perform core VM management operations directly from Prism without switching to vCenter Server, you need to register your cluster with the vCenter Server. Thi
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Setting Up and Using Acropolis File Services (AFS) on Nutanix AOS 5.0
This article will show you the steps involved to setup Acropolis File Services (AFS) on a cluster running AOS 5.0. Acropolis File Services (AFS) uses a scale-ou
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Importing an OVF / OVA into Nutanix AHV using Prism
This article will show you how to import a virtual appliance that's in the OVF or OVA format into the Nutanix AHV hypervisor, via the Image Service in Prism. Ex
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Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) - Create an Image Service Template from an Existing VM
This lesson will show you how to create an image service template from an existing virtual machine, without having to export/import the VM. Setup a Template Vir
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Installing the Dell KACE 1000 Systems Management Appliance on Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
A few of my customers have asked if the Dell KACE virtual appliance will work on the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV). So I made a short video below showing t
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Nutanix - Register Prism with Prism Central
I've been asked a few times on how to register Prism with a Prism Central instance and I thought I would make a quick video to show the process. Here it is belo
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How-to Flush DNS on Mac OS X
About the DNS cache OS X keeps a local cache of resolved DNS queries for a time defined by the DNS server. Sometimes it might be necessary to reset the cache im
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Nutanix Prism - Change or Disable Logout Timeout Setting
You can now set or disable the timeout for Prism within the GUI with NOS 4.1.3, which is now available via one-click upgrade. Prism Web Console/Prism Central Yo
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How to SSH into a Nutanix Controller Virtual Machine (CVM)
This article will explain how to SSH into a Nutanix Controller Virtual Machine (CVM) which might be needed for advanced administration of a Nutanix cluster. SSH
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Change IPMI Passwords for all Nutanix Hosts via Script
Here's a simple script to help change all IPMI passwords for all Nutanix Hosts in a Cluster. Just make sure you update the Current Password and New Password in
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How To Always Pop-Out an Email Window in Outlook 2013
Outlook 2013 introduced a new in-line compose method for email replies and forwarded messages, designed to make it easier for you to quickly write & send an
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Fix for Evernote 6.0.x Mac Missing Notes, Delayed Syncing and Issues with Creating Notes
I live and die by my notes in Evernote. For me, Evernote has become part of my standard workflow and is one of the apps that I constantly have open. I even paid
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How-To Unlink a Phone Number from Apple ID, iMessage and Facetime
I received a new iPhone with a new number so I wanted to cancel my previous iPhone and number. I wanted to remove this number from my Apple ID so that it was re
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How-To Flush DNS on Mac OS X Mavericks
OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion, and Lion Use the following Terminal command to reset the DNS cache in OS X v10.9.5 and earlier: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
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How to Make a Bootable Mavericks Install Drive
I needed to make a bootable Mavericks install drive using a USB flash drive. I followed option 1 from the below site and it worked perfectly! http://www.macworl
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EMC - How to Start Analyzer in Unisphere
This lesson shows how to start EMC analyzer within Unisphere. Log into Unisphere, Select the System The IP of the CLARiiON storage processor (SP) must be used t
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How-To : Install Blat Command Line SMTP Mailer on Windows
In order for NetBackup to email reports, alerts and other functions, you will need to install the free opensource utility called "Blat" and configure
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How-To : Avoid the Windows MBR Disk 2TB Limit by Using GPT Type Disks
If you want to use a disk larger than 2TB within Windows, it might look like you can't use all of the space. This is due to the type of initialization performed
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NetBackup 7 Configuration for VMware vStorage Backups
This lesson will describe how to configure NetBackup to perform VMware vStorage method backups. To use this feature, your environment will need to consist of Ne
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Custom NetBackup Daily Report Script for Windows
I have created/modified some NetBackup scripts to be used for a Daily Status Report, which can be emailed to the NetBackup administrator every morning or whenev
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Custom NetBackup Daily Report Script for Unix/Linux
I have created/modified some NetBackup scripts to be used for a Daily Status Report, which can be emailed to the NetBackup administrator every morning or whenev
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How To Collect Data From a Fibre Channel (FC) Switch
Sometimes you will be asked by either the manufacturers support or perhaps by Lewan for data from your Fibre Channel switch. Here is how you can gather that inf