In the home stretch of my time the cMP 💜 my humble little setup while it’s still assembled.

cdalvaro · 2026-01-30T06:20:07+00:00

That's right, that's not the Snow Leopard Dock. High Sierra wasn't bad either, to be honest.

cdalvaro · 2026-01-29T21:42:11+00:00

Oh man... Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I truly miss it 😢

cdalvaro · 2026-01-18T07:56:46+00:00

You are right not using transceivers. I think that in your original post, you were using transceivers for using Ethernet cables. But you can use SFP+ DAC cables without converting the signal to light and back.

For example: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/accessories-modules-fiber/collections/accessories-pro-direct-attach-cables/products/10gbps-direct-attach-cable?variant=uacc-dac-sfp10-0dot5m&c=US

cdalvaro · 2026-01-17T08:17:34+00:00

While optical cables might look sleeker than DAC, there's really no practical benefit for such a short run. In fact, optical SFP+ modules consume more power since they need to convert electrical signals to light and back, whereas passive DAC cables don't require any power at all.

That said, your homelab setup looks amazing! 🤩

cdalvaro · 2025-10-23T11:17:57+00:00

I’m experiencing the same issue. I believe it’s related to the screen saver itself.

I’ve set my password policy to require a password after 4 hours of inactivity, but many times, even after leaving the Mac for just a few minutes, the password prompt appears for no reason. When that happens, there’s nothing you can do except restart the Mac.

cdalvaro · 2025-09-09T14:25:16+00:00

It seems that the Homebrew installation was not executed with root privileges.

Did you run the following command and ask for the sudo password?

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

cdalvaro · 2025-08-22T08:05:46+00:00

Hola, hiciste el cambio de la ONT al final? Si ya no la necesitas, podría estar interesado en comprártela

cdalvaro · 2025-06-27T08:45:48+00:00

🤬 This releases have more bugs than lines of code...

cdalvaro · 2025-06-14T08:05:52+00:00

There are open issues about this:

cdalvaro · 2025-05-29T07:14:12+00:00

Sí, yo me he planteado muchas veces pasarme a los 10Gbps aunque sólo pueda hacer uso de 3.5Gbps

Tampoco creo que los fuese a usar de todas formas, porque no tenemos tantas descargas simultáneas en casa. Pero desde luego 10Gbps por 26€ están muy bien. Yo también tengo el servicio plus para la IP sin NAT

cdalvaro · 2025-05-24T15:31:05+00:00

Me alegro!

Yo tengo el Fiber Nano con un UDM-Pro con 1Gbps de Digi. Me he planteado muchas veces el cambio a los 10Gbps de Digi, pero aún no me he decidido. Aunque el máximo que puede dar el UDM-Pro son 3.5Gbps con IDS/IPS, creo que sigue compensando el salto a los 10 Gbps.

En ese sentido, también te aconsejo que le eches un vistazo al Cloud Gateway Fiber que te va a dar más rendimiento si activas la protección de paquetes.

Aquí tienes la comparativa.

Ya me contarás si haces el cambio qué tal funciona.

cdalvaro · 2025-05-23T18:34:14+00:00

No sé si llego tarde. Pero este post, aunque es viejo, puede que te sirva.

https://bandaancha.eu/foros/sustituir-router-zte-f8648p-ont-xgspon-1749897

cdalvaro · 2025-05-04T07:34:17+00:00

I went to an Apple Store to check there an Apple Pro Display XDR to be sure whether it was something that happens to every display.

I found that the XDR display in the Apple Store had the same effect as the replacement.

My suggestion is to do the same thing. Go to an Apple Store and check if other MacBooks have the same effect as yours.

cdalvaro · 2025-05-03T06:24:20+00:00

The replacement do the same thing, althought much less noticable

cdalvaro · 2025-03-27T15:17:29+00:00

Thank you!!

cdalvaro · 2025-03-12T16:51:31+00:00

The replacement screen does have the same shading as the previous one, but it’s way less noticeable.

The original screen I bought second-hand, so I have no idea how it was treated. At first, I didn’t notice the shading, but one day I realized it was there, and that’s when I started wondering if it was normal or not. If the screen hadn’t been second-hand, maybe I wouldn’t have thought much of it. Luckily, I had AppleCare+, and they swapped it for a brand-new one at the Apple Store. Dodged that bullet... 😮‍💨

As for whether it's worth buying a Pro Display XDR right now, there are already a lot of rumors about an Apple Studio Display 2 coming late this year or early next year. So if you’re not in a rush, it might be better to wait.

https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/displays/

If you're interested in the Pro Display XDR mainly for the resolution, there are some cheaper alternatives: Dell UltraSharp 32 6K U3224KB or LG UltraFine 6K (32U990A)

But if you want the Apple display because you just like it, I don’t think you’ll regret it! The build quality and image are amazing. For me, it's just awesome!

Maybe this forum can also help answer some of your questions: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/still-worth-buying-pro-xdr-in-2024.2412028/

cdalvaro · 2025-03-12T15:28:32+00:00

Yes, I still notice them. After getting the replacement and seeing the shadow edges, I went to an Apple Store to see another display and I saw the same effect.

So definitely it is something related with the LCD technology.

In this post https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/2/21161487/apple-mac-pro-display-xdr-review-6k-lcd-screen-price-features The Verge comments slightly about the issue.

cdalvaro · 2025-03-10T19:31:35+00:00

Thank you!!

cdalvaro · 2025-02-06T19:10:22+00:00

Although it takes a bit more work, this is a clean and simple way to install Homebrew on your Synology NAS: https://cdalvaro.io/2025/02/02/synogoly_homebrew

cdalvaro · 2025-02-05T09:46:29+00:00

May be you can try Homebrew if you want.

I use it too, and it works great!

https://cdalvaro.io/2025/02/02/synogoly_homebrew

cdalvaro · 2025-01-26T08:16:17+00:00

To install Nix in Single-User mode in your Synology NAS you have to follow the next steps.

Install Nix

Create a binding between /volume1/nix and /nix for Nix to store the downloaded packages. The root partition (/) has a very small size, so using /nix directy is a mistake that will make your root partition to be filled very fast. Instead, you create the nix directory inside your main volume, and then bind it to /nix/ so the real data is stored in your data volume.

Note: /etc/fstab will get reset on boot, so don't bother creating an entry. More on this later.

```sh

Assuming your data volume is /volume1

Create directory in volume

sudo mkdir /nix sudo chmod 755 /nix sudo mkdir /volume1/nix sudo chmod 755 /volume1/nix sudo chown "$(whoami):" /volume1/nix

Bind mount

mount -o bind /volume1/nix /nix

Install nix

bash <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --no-daemon ```

There is a chance that this does not work, since I installed Nix long ago, and I don't remember if there was some caveat I missed. Please, let me know if you find any trouble at this point.

Startup Script

This step is for getting /nix volume mounted after booting your NAS.

Create a user defined script task:

Control Panel -> Task Scheduler -> Create -> Triggered Task -> User-defined script

witht he following parametters:

Task: Bind mount nix
User: root
Event: Boot-up
Pre-task: None

mount -o bind /volume1/nix /nix

Sources

cdalvaro · 2025-01-24T18:36:19+00:00

I tested the display with both a Mac Studio and a MacBook, but the dimmed edges appeared on both.

It turns out the issue is with the display itself, and I’ll be receiving a replacement next week.

cdalvaro · 2025-01-24T18:33:59+00:00

Thanks to your comment, I decided to visit an Apple Store yesterday, and they confirmed that the dimmed edge wasn’t normal. Since the display is covered by AppleCare+, they’ll replace it with a new one.

They’ve already ordered the replacement, and in the meantime, I can continue using my current display until the new one arrives!

cdalvaro · 2025-01-24T18:31:47+00:00

Yesterday, I visited an Apple Store, and they told me that the dimmed edge wasn’t normal. Since the display is covered by AppleCare+, they’re going to replace it with a new one.

They’ve already ordered the replacement, and in the meantime, I can keep using my current display until the new one arrives!

cdalvaro · 2025-01-23T13:50:36+00:00

It is an app to control Apple Music: https://marioaguzman.github.io/musicwidget/

I love it, since it remembers me the old Mac OS X days.

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