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How To Install nodejs, npm, nvm on macOS Apple Silicon (Mac M1)


Let’s get to installing Nodejs, npm and nvm right away on your Macbook with Apple Silicon M1 processor. First, You should go ahead and create a profile file (~/.bash_profile, ~/.zshrc, ~/.profile, or ~/.bashrc) for your shell if you do not have one already. Next, if you do not already have the xcode command line tools…

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By Debjit
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How To Install Homebrew in Mac OS X El Capitan – Complete Guide


Installing Homebrew on Mac OS X prior to El Capitan (that is Yosemite, Mavericks and others) used to be a breeze. But with a new change in OS X El Capitan called SIP – installing Homebrew has become a bit complicated. You need not worry, I have got you covered. There are two parts to…

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By Debjit

Swift 2 AVAudioRecorder Settings – Fix Ambiguous Without More Context Error


I was working on migrating the codebase of Yellr App from Swift 1.2 to Swift 2.0 and ran into this weird error that looks something like this: Type of Expression is ambiguous without more context This kind of error is generally thrown by XCode in Swift 2.0 when you do not specify the data types…

 How-To   Programming  

By Debjit

How to fix permission issues on Homebrew in OS X El Capitan?


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You upgraded to Mac OS X El Capitan and cannot use Homebrew anymore. As a developer myself who uses homebrew pretty regularly, I can totally understand the feeling. The reason these permission issues are arising is a result of Apple’s new changes to Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan called SIP which stands for System…

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By Debjit
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How to Convert to Latest Swift 2.0 – Open migration tool Xcode 7


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Apple has launched the new Swift 2 programming language for iOS and Mac OS Developers and with it has also launched the new XCode 7. When you launch the new XCode 7, you will get an option of migrating all your old Swift projects (the ones using Swift 1.0 and later but prior to Swift…

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By Debjit

Install PHPMcrypt in Mac OS X Yosemite – MacPorts [How To]


Install PHPMcrypt in Mac OS X Yosemite – MacPorts [How To]

We had earlier told you about how to install php-mcrypt easily on Mac OS X (Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion) using brew. But, I just stumbled upon another very very easy way to install php-mcrypt using MacPorts and we will show you how to do it on Apple Mac OS X Yosemite. 1. First of all…

 How-To   Linux  

By Debjit

WordPress – Automatically Add Nofollow To External Links Without Plugin [How-To]


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Adding Nofollow to external links in WordPress without using any plugin is very simple. But before that, some basic seo jargons – building links is one of pillars of search engine optimisation and infact it is so important that at times webmasters turn to adopting shady methods of building links to their websites just in…

 How-To   Wordpress  

By Debjit

How To Fix Cowardly Refusing to Sudo error in Brew – Mac OS X


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It is a common error that users generally encounter when they try to execute a brew command as sudo and shown below is an example of how the error looks like: Debjit-Sahas-Mac-mini:mcrypt debjit$ sudo brew link mcrypt Password: Sorry, try again. Password: Error: Cowardly refusing to `sudo brew link` You can use brew with sudo,…

 How-To   Tech  

By Debjit

How To Fix – Mcrypt PHP extension required in Laravel on Mac OS X (No MAMP)


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Laravel PHP web framework requires certain libraries to function properly. One of these libraries is the mcrypt and the php-mcrypt (bridge between mcrypt and php). However, there is a good chance that you will run into issues while running Laravel if these libraries and the extensions are not properly installed. When I got started with…

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By Debjit

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