Author: Shaw

Syncing ‘Interested’ Facebook Events To Your iPhone’s Calendar

Ever see an event on Facebook that you’re interested in? While Facebook makes it hard for you to access your running list of upcoming events, we can override this behaviour by directly syncing them to your native Calendar app on iOS. 

First head to Facebook and look for “Events” on the left side bar.

Next look for “Upcoming Events” on the right side bar.

Clicking on that will immediately initiate a file download. You should see this in your downloads folder:

Open that all your future Facebook events will be synced to your local calendar!

Read more at my main blog! 

How to check ethernet speeds on macOS

Recently I purchased a USB Type C to Ethernet adapter cheaply off the internet and I was wondering if it really supported gigabit connections.  It was advertised as a 10/100/1000 USB adapter and I was interested in checking if it indeed was capable of achieving such speeds. My new 2018 MacBook Pro, like most new laptops, doesn’t come with a built in ethernet port.

Initially I checked the system report. This can be accessed by clicking the top left Apple Logo > About this Mac > System Report. 

However, it gives the following sparse details: ethernet link speed macos

While it does claim to have a 5Gb/s bandwidth, and by extension support for a gigabit connection, I’m not so sure I can believe it.

Determining the supported link speed

The answer lies in the built application Network Utility.app. You can find that in your Application folder or by using the Spotlight Search.

network utility macosThis Network Utility will display the maximum link speed that is supported by your Ethernet dongle.

Note that you can also verify if your dongle supports gigabit connections by using the free online tool Speedtest.net. Any download speed above 100Mb/s would be indicative of a chipset capable of a gigabit connection.

If you are interested, you can find my main blog here.