• Tech Tips

    Monitoring APFS Drive Decryption Progress

    I recently decided to [permanently] decrypt an APFS volume via Finder (Right click the drive, choose Decrypt).

    There wasn’t any indication that it was actually working. After some web searches, I pieced together a one-liner to monitor the progress of the decryption operation. This will refresh every 60 seconds. If your setup is anything like mine this will be an exceptionally slow operation.

  • Development,  Tech Tips

    Switch Audio Input/Output Device using Alfred

    My top two must-have Mac apps are Keyboard Maestro and Alfred. If you know me, you’ve likely heard me say this, ad nauseum. I use these two apps countless times each day. Often I use them to run command line scripts via hotkey. This is one such implementation.

    Recently I picked up a Jabra Evolve 65 headset. I keep it connected to my Mac via USB. Also, I have some speakers hooked up via the external speaker jack. You can only send output to one of these devices at a time (speakers OR headset). I desired a way to quick-switch between the two. I chose to use Alfred for this.

    The steps below show how to create some quick switchers like this:

    Alfred sound switchers

    Switch to speakers

    Requirements and Initial Setup