OpenVPN

In a series of posts I am trying to clearify what I have been through (had to execute and had to do over etc.)

What made me give up on this setup, was that I could not find any post with relevant information about how to setup the connection from the outside to the inside Pi server.

(English) Mac OS X unzip large files

As a developer I tend to use virtual machines a lot. After a couple off terrible failures, I tend to make backups every once in a while. Store a working copy on my NAS and copy that one, if needed on multiple devices. (Mac / Windows / Ubuntu … Computer or laptop)

But unzipping was a problem on my iMac. These things tend to grow and end up in a 10GB file.

The answer was simple: download Unarchiver and make this the default app. That makes me a happy Apple user once again!

Kaartlezer Mac

Well at this point I am learning the mysterious features and endless possibilities that the Raspberry Pi can give us … but as always: when you’re learning something, following the defaults steps –> You always end up looking for a couple off not mentioned bugs.

I learned that the newer Pi versions don’t have SSH enabled by default. “Oh dear”  .. no worries. Nothing more than adding an empty textfile with the name SSH on the disk.

But here it starts. Inserted the shipped memory card with the adapter in the iMac SD card reader SLOT. It showed up for a second and dissapeared to never been seen again….”oh my .. oh dear”

I saw a Youtube movie from someone with a same problem on a MacBook Pro. He showed that the problem was the insert off the card: if you stop 1 or 2 mm before total insertion: it will show up again!

Can you believe that? ?