Mac Archives - Kevin Dees

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July 25, 2023July 25, 2023Apps, Laravel, Links, Mac, Tech

Herd for PHP Developers on Mac

Herd was announced at Laracon US this year (2023). Herd is a blazing fast, native Laravel and PHP development environment for macOS. […]

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023Mac, Servers, Tips

Start Homebrew Installed Version of NGINX When macOS Boots

If you want to start NGINX on system bootup you can use Homebrew‘s handy service command. After NGINX is added to the […]

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022Mac, PHP, Tips

The M1 macOS Bash PHP Functions I Use

I have several bash functions that come in handy every day when working in PHP on my M1 Mac. Enjoy!

June 17, 2022July 7, 2022Web, Mac, PHP, Servers

Install Nginx & Multiple PHP Versions on macOS 13 Ventura

Create a very robust, clean, and fast local multi-version PHP (7.4, 8.0, 8.1) development environment on macOS Ventura with Intel or Apple M1 chipsets.

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February 8, 2022February 10, 2022Mac, Tips, Video, Web

Convert MP4 to WebM Lossless on macOS

To convert MP4 to WebM video on macOS, install FFmpeg using Homebrew. Step 1: Install Homebrew. Step 2: Install FFmpeg. Step 3: […]

January 20, 2022June 17, 2022Web, Mac, PHP, Servers

Install Nginx & Multiple PHP Versions on macOS 12 Monterey

Create a very robust, clean, and fast local multi-version PHP (7.4, 8.0, 8.1) development environment on macOS Monterey with Intel or Apple M1 chipsets.

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December 3, 2021February 1, 2022Web, Mac, PHP, Servers

macOS 11 Big Sur Nginx Setup: Multiple PHP Versions

Create a very robust, clean, and fast local multi-version PHP (7.4, 8.0, 8.1) development environment on macOS Big Sur with Intel or Apple M1 chipsets.