iOS 11.2.5 includes support for HomePod and introduces the ability for Siri to read the news (US, UK and Australia only). This update also includes bug fixes and improvements.  HomePod support*Setup and automatically transfer your Apple ID, Apple Music, Siri and Wi-Fi settings to HomePod. Siri News*Siri can now read the news, just ask, “Hey Siri, play the...

If you are experiencing 500 Internal Server errors on your websites in MAMP Pro, review your PHP error log. If you see the following errors around the same time you received the 500 erros on your websites, follow the steps below.   [date] [error] [client] FastCGI: comm with server "/Applications/MAMP/fcgi-bin/php7.1.8.fcgi" aborted: idle timeout (30 sec) [date]...

Let’s Encrypt is a free (CA) Certificate Authority that has become a popular alternative for generating free SSL certificates. Let’s Encrypt allows you to create a fully functional SSL certification with chain files that is valid for 3 months (90 days). After 3 months, you can automatically renew the SSL certificate again for another 3 months,...

If you are trying to obtain an SSL certificate using Let’s Encrypt’s certbot, you may receive an unauthorized error for the www or *. version of your domain name and the verification fails repeatedly.   The command you use: sudo certbot certonly --webroot -w /var/www/example -d example.com -d www.example.com   The error: Failed authorization procedure. www.example.com...

Virtual Box does not offer a convenient way to expand a Windows or other virtual machine drive via the storage settings graphical interface.     Follow the steps below to expand your Virtual Box VM machine disk using vboxmanage Terminal commands.   Shutdown your Virtual Box VM. Open Terminal in Mac OS X. Navigate to the Virtual...