Mackenzie's Site (https://www.tobymackenzie.com/blog/category/computer.md) Computers & Tech posts ==================== Computers & Tech ======== -------------------------------------------- May 11th, 2026 ---------- in computer fix vim I'm glad to see that [MacVim 183](https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/releases/… -------------------------------------------- Mar 6th, 2026 ---------- in computer toby account amazon I've discontinued my Amazon Prime membership, opting for just the regular accoun… -------------------------------------------- F-droid basic ---------- Mar 2nd, 2026 in computer android software I'm switching my Android devices from F-Droid to [F-Droid Basic](https://f-droi… -------------------------------------------- Git aliases and POSIX sh ---------- Feb 13th, 2026 in computer configuration git linux posix problem sh An interesting problem I encountered when moving to use Linux more is that git … -------------------------------------------- Vim: Netrw SFTP error ---------- Dec 9th, 2025 in computer problem sftp vim I was annoyed by a problem that cropped up in the latest version of MacVim when… -------------------------------------------- Nov 13th, 2025 ---------- in computer fix mac os problem MacOS 15.7.2 seems to have fixed my [issue with very slow Touch ID](https://www.… -------------------------------------------- vim.tiny and vimrc ---------- Oct 15th, 2025 in computer configuration dotfiles vim I tried installing [my dotfiles](https://github.com/tobymackenzie/dotfiles) on … -------------------------------------------- Oct 9th, 2025 ---------- in computer mac os problem Since MacOS 15.7.1, the touch ID (fingerprint reader) often takes a while to bec… -------------------------------------------- Goodbye, LinkedIn ---------- Oct 8th, 2025 in computer www account job social I have deleted my LinkedIn account of 16 years. 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Techn… -------------------------------------------- Vim autocomplete setup ---------- Oct 14th, 2022 in computer www editor feature vim After hours of playing and learning some details of vimscript, I have improved … -------------------------------------------- git: MacOS default branch now "main"? ---------- Oct 13th, 2022 in computer www change development git mac At some point recently, `git init` on my Mac has started to default to the bran… -------------------------------------------- Sep 21st, 2022 ---------- in computer app dark-mode facebook phone Seems like Facebook rescinded their choice to have dark mode on Messenger Lite. … -------------------------------------------- Sep 5th, 2022 ---------- in computer computer toby childhood game mac During my sick time at home, I discovered that Cosmic Osmo, Manhole, and Spelunx… -------------------------------------------- Sep 3rd, 2022 ---------- in computer app dark-mode facebook phone [update]er, not?[/update] Yay, Facebook Messenger Lite (on Android) has finally… -------------------------------------------- Jul 24th, 2022 ---------- in computer www development mac os upgrade I updated to Mac OS Monterey (12.5) finally. It went smoothly but I'm still wor… --------------------------------------------