Richard Beck

How to Bypass MacOS MDM

FOR VENTURA VERSION 13 FRESH INSTALL Here is how you can bypass MDM completely … Boot to Recovery Open Terminal and enable the root user and give it a password: Enter the command below and press Enter dscl -f /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ -\ Data/private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default localhost -passwd /Local/Default/Users/root There might be a slight directory difference between Intel/Silicon. […]

MechanicWeb – Web Hosting Review

FYI – This is a NON-AFFILIATE POST. I am NOT getting paid anything to write this. I registered my domain, Beck.id, in 2024 so I could have a personalized e-mail address. More on that story here in my Hello, Word post. Prior to January 2026, I only had a one page static HTML landing page. […]

Ubiquiti Network Upgrade

In 2025 I upgraded our home network to Ubiquiti. We have 1Gig AT&T fiber Internet and pay $55 per month. A little hint to save money if you have AT&T fiber is to have a chat with AT&T support on Facebook to see if they can help you lower your bill. I was able to […]

NPMplus – How to enable GeoIP country blocking

I am using NPMplus to access my self-hosted applications via my domain name. This makes my applications publicly accessible, but I am not exposing any open ports to the Internet because NPMplus is a NGINX reverse proxy tool. That doesn’t mean I’m 100% safe from my applications being accessed, so I have take extra security […]

How to add code snippet to WordPress classic editor

WordPress got rid of their Classic Editor in favor of the Block Editor at the end of 2018. I’m not one that likes change, and I really do not like the block editor. In order to get classic editor back, you need to install the Classic Editor plugin and enable it. I was looking to […]

Self-host a WordPress website with Docker

Self-hosting with Docker is a great way to cut web hosting costs if you already have the tools and necessary hardware. During the summer of 2025, I bought a UGreen NAS and I went full on learning Docker. I had some Docker experience after installing it on my Mac Mini M4 and learning how to […]

Hello, World

Welcome! First off, you might be asking yourself, “what is hello, world?” It’s typically one of the first lines of code you learn in a programming language. This Medium post explains a little more. I am Richard Beck, and welcome to my personal website. I created Beck.id back in October 2024 so I could use […]

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