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iOS 27 Flips the Script: Home Assistant Can Now Control Your Apple Devices
For Home Assistant enthusiasts that are also in the Apple ecosystem, the holy grail has always been full two-way control of your iPhone (or iPad and Mac) and Home Assistant. For the longest time you've been able control Home Assistant from your iPhone, bu
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Home Assistant OS: Proxmox VE 9 Quick Start Guide
This is an updated guide for a complete soup-to-nuts installation of Home Assistant 2026.8 on Proxmox VE 9.x. I walk you through the full installation process, assuming that you have a bare metal mini PC that you want to use as the Proxmox host. I've also
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PVE-UPS: A Proxmox UPS Shutdown Service
A new project has popped up on GitHub called PVE-UPS. PVE-UPS is a small service running in a LXC or Docker container that monitors UPS devices via SNMP or a NUT server and can gracefully shutdown one or more Proxmox hosts. The entire configuration is don
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Perfect Shortcut Focus Mode Tracking for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27
Now that the iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 betas are out, I've been digging a bit into the Shortcuts enhancements for tracking focus mode changes. With previous versions of iOS and iPadOS it was quite difficult to track all the focus mode states and call Shortcut
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Home Assistant: iOS Focus Mode Automations (2027 Edition)
If you are a Home Assistant user and would like to trigger Home Assistant automations based on iOS or iPadOS focus mode changes, this post is for you. I walk you through a Sleep focus mode example, but the concepts are the same for any focus mode. I've co
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My Top macOS App Picks (2026 Edition)
It's been quite a while since I've written about my favorite macOS apps, so it's time for an update! This post has nearly 40 of my favorite macOS. Yes, that's a lot. I've tried to find the best-in-class apps for each function. All of the apps below are on
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Home Assistant Notifications That Run Apple Shortcuts (Yes, Really)
This week Apple released Developer Beta 1 of their suite of '27 operating systems. This means developers now have access to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and more. One of the hundreds of enhancements and new features is very relevant to Home Assistant user
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My Dream Desk Setup (2026 Edition)
For the last few years I've written detail posts on my dream home office setup. Now that we are mid way through 2026 it's time for an update. Since my last post in late 2023 I've made a lot of upgrades to my home office and now it's better than ever. Whil
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Aqara U400: The Ultimate Smart Lock?
In early 2026 Aqara introduced the U400 smart lock. It was the first smart lock to support UWB (Ultra-Wideband) technology. The day it was released I jumped on the opportunity to get my hands one and placed an order. Over the past few months I've been usi
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How to: Firewalla to Ruckus One and Omada Name Sync
When designing my home network I believe in using the best of breed device for each major function, such as firewall, Wi-Fi, and switches. However, without a single pane of glass, this results in fragmented device names. This blog post covers a Python scr
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