# aaron.cc

> My tech blog

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## Main Sections

- [Home](https://aaron.cc/): Overview and recent posts.
- [All posts](https://aaron.cc/posts/): Full chronological archive.
- [macOS](https://aaron.cc/categories/macos/): Posts about macOS.
- [Retro Computing](https://aaron.cc/categories/retro-computing/): Posts about vintage computers and old software.
- [Networking](https://aaron.cc/categories/networking/): Posts about networking topics.
- [Retro Gaming](https://aaron.cc/retro-gaming/): Games from Aaron's childhood.
- [Contact](https://aaron.cc/contact/): Contact information.


## Recent Posts

- [Disabling the Startup Voice Prompt on an Arylic H50](https://aaron.cc/disabling-the-startup-voice-prompt-on-an-arylic-h50/): How to permanently disable the Arylic H50 startup configuration announcement over its TCP API, without provisioning Wi-Fi.
- [A Keyboard Shortcut to Clean Up Phone Numbers, IBANs, etc. Before Pasting](https://aaron.cc/clean-up-values-before-pasting/): A small Hammerspoon module that removes unwanted formatting from common values while preserving email addresses and UUIDs.
- [Troubleshooting Time Machine Backup Issues on a Locked Mac](https://aaron.cc/troubleshooting-time-machine-backup-issues-on-a-locked-mac/): Time Machine backups on macOS can fail when the Mac is locked. In this post, I walk through how I diagnosed the issue using the log command and resolved it by rewriting the affected files.
- [How I Almost Switched From Spotify to Apple Music](https://aaron.cc/how-i-almost-switched-from-spotify-to-apple-music/): In this post, I outline how I became excited about ditching Spotify for Apple Music, but then found more and more things that were broken or felt unfinished—or just didn’t work the way I expected them to work.
- [Copying The Current Safari Tab as a Clickable Link](https://aaron.cc/copying-the-current-safari-tab-as-a-to-the-clipboard-as-a-clickable-link/): In this post, I outline how to quickly copy the URL and title of the active Safari tab as a clickable link, a convenient feature for referencing web pages in emails, to-do lists, documentation, and messaging platforms like Slack.
- [My Journey from EdgeRouter to MikroTik](https://aaron.cc/my-journey-from-edgerouter-to-mikrotik/): I switched from an EdgeRouter 4 to a MikroTik CCR2004-16G-2S+ for my home network. I learned that MikroTik also has its quirks, but overall, I’m pleased with the transition. In this post, I will share a few insights I found particularly interesting.
- [Fixing Date and Time for Photos and Videos Saved from WhatsApp](https://aaron.cc/adding-the-correct-date-and-time-for-photos-downloaded-from-whatsapp/): When saving media from WhatsApp, it lacks an Exif timestamp which will make your media appear out of order in your photo library. This post explains how ExifTool can be used to create the Exif DateTimeOriginal field from the filename.
- [Opening Screenshots From a Vintage Macintosh in Modern macOS](https://aaron.cc/opening-screenshots-from-a-vintage-macintosh/): Apple’s System 6 stored its screenshots in MacPaint format. Learn how to open them in recent versions of macOS.
- [Restoring WireGuard Tunnel Configurations From a macOS Backup](https://aaron.cc/restoring-the-wireguard-configuration-from-a-backup/): On macOS, WireGuard stores its tunnel configurations in the login keychain. This post explains how to extract them from a backup.
- [How to Fix Broken Search in Apple Mail After Upgrading to Big Sur](https://aaron.cc/how-to-fix-broken-search-in-mail-after-upgrading-to-big-sur/): Upgrading to macOS Big Sur broke search in Apple Mail for me. In this post, I explain different solutions that might fix this.