Xcode Stuck on Updating or Installing on M1 MacBook Pro

Xcode Update Stuck - Does Xcode take a long time to update using the Mac AppStore? By long, I mean hours? The problem here is that the AppStore does not give any feedback on the process. It seems like the process indicator keeps on spinning and spinning without making any…

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Chrome Developer Tools – Easy Web Debugging You Need to Know

Chrome Developer Tools - As a web developer, one tool that is invaluable is the Chrome Developer Tools. It is a feature rich set of tools that you can use directly from your Chrome Browser. In this article, I will have a look at four Chrome Developer Tools in particular.…

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Sass CSS – This Awesome Extension Will Make You Sassy

Sass CSS - If you develop web applications and you have not heard about Sass, then today is your lucky day. To quote a note from the Sass website, it is the most mature, stable and powerful professional grade CSS extension language in the world. Sass CSS If you have…

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The Unbelievably Powerful Multi Select. Increase Productivity Now.

The Unbelievably Powerful Multi Select - Being more productive in Visual Studio, ultimately leads to developers getting more done during the day. This is because developers spend most of their working day using Visual Studio. It therefore makes sense to know the hidden productivity tricks that Visual Studio has to…

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Windows Task Manager – Resolve High Disk Usage

Windows Task Manager – Resolve High Disk Usage

The other day I was debugging an ASP.NET Application, and I noticed that the build and debug was really slow. I then noticed that my laptop fan was spinning continuously, and that this seemed to be related to the debug session. I stopped the debug, but the fan kept on going like a bat out of hell. It was at this point that I decided to open up Windows task manager and see what was going on. Windows task-manager popped up on my screen and I could immediately see where the problem was. It showed that the disk utilization was at 100% and it never abated, not even a percentage.

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  • Using the taskmgr task manager command with Run
  • Using the task manager shortcut key to quickly run task manager
  • Identifying and resolving high disk utilization
  • Speeding up your PC
  • The full list of run commands

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Parallels Desktop – Run Visual Studio On Your Mac

Parallels Desktop 10 – Do you love your Windows Applications and wish you could run them on your Mac? Well as some of you might or might not know, Parallels Desktop is the perfect solution for you. I write software for a living, so I am what I guess you would call a power user? Nevertheless, I wanted to see how well Parallels Desktop would perform. How would it perform if I wanted to write software using Visual Studio 2013 on my Mac. (more…)

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