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When initial Time Machine backup stuck

13 November 2019 Leave a Comment

If you are using MacOS, you can use Time Machine to backup your data into external drive. Time Machine will do the backup automatically when the backup drive is connected to your Mac machine.

However, if this is your first time doing Time Machine backup, it will take long time to prepare before can proceed the backup. And the initial backup should be completed less than 5-6 hours depending on how big the data you have.

Unfortunately, my case is different. My initial backup was stuck and not moving even though the machine was left the whole night. The backup stuck when it reached about 12GB.

Get free SSL Certificate for your website

30 October 2019 Leave a Comment

If you owned a website, it is better to have a SSL certificate installed for it. By having SSL, you can force your website visitors to connect to your website using HTTPS instead of HTTP.

When they connect to your website using HTTPS, all communication between the website and the visitors will be encrypted. No one can intercept and read the data in between. That is why, most online shopping websites, or online banking portals are using HTTPS connection to protect their customers login credentials and information.

SSL certificate cost you money and you need to renew it every year. The price can range as low as $8USD and can be up to more than $200USD a year.

Automatically share WordPress post to Facebook

16 October 2019 Leave a Comment

In this post, I will share with you how to make your WordPress to automatically share new post update to Facebook page.

For me, this technique is very easy and does not require any plugin. It just uses IFTTT (If This Then That) services and your RSS feed.

How to password protect website folders and files?

2 October 2019 Leave a Comment

Username and password required to access.

In some cases, you might want to protect your web files or folders with password. Especially if it contains your website login page.

By making it password protected, you will have another extra of security layer where you need to enter a valid username and password before you can enter the login page.

If you are using cPanel, it is very easy. In your cPanel, go to Directory Privacy and select which folders you want to password protect (ie: Administrator folder). Create username and password, and…done!

My personal review on Surfshark VPN

18 September 2019 Leave a Comment

If you are concern on your online privacy when using internet especially public wifi, you better equipped yourself with a VPN.

VPN (or Virtual Private Network) is like a special tunnel which protects your connection from being read by unwanted people. Especially when you want to login into sensitive websites.

I have been using VPN since 2015. My first VPN was VPN Unlimited and I still have the account since I bought the lifetime license. Until recently when I read about the review on VPN Unlimited, it makes me want to look for another VPN provider.

And…I found Surfshark.

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