TIPs - Ahmed Musaad

Cleaning My MacBook Keyboard: How Hard Can It Be?

My “30-second wipe” turned into a keyboard slapstick scene: keys firing off like popcorn, and my MacBook acting possessed. Deep cleaning is easy only if you can temporarily lock the keyboard, macOS doesn't offer a way to do so. Here’s the tiny utility that saved my sanity in under a minute.

3 min read Feb 13, 2026

IoT public

Bypassing Energy Keycard Switches

Ahmed Musaad

Energy keycard switches serve an important purpose, but many suffer from a flaw that renders them ineffective.

2 min read Sep 12, 2023

Sweden public

Permanent Residency In Sweden

Ahmed Musaad

I recently became a permanent resident of the Kingdom of Sweden, so let me tell you a bit about the journey to becoming one.

5 min read May 11, 2022

Okta public

Avoid Unwanted Slack SSO Redirection Loop When Rolling Out Google & Third-Party IdP Integration

Ahmed Musaad

A tiny policy configuration can ruin your day and block your users from logging into Slack. Here is how to avoid this anxiety-inducing problem.

3 min read May 5, 2022

Slack public

Monitor Interesting Slack Discussions Using "My keywords"

Ahmed Musaad

Monitor interesting Slack discussions using the "My Keywords" feature.

2 min read Apr 25, 2022

HOWTOs public

Post Nicely Formatted Messages On Slack

Ahmed Musaad

Slack's message editor is rather primitive when it comes to message formatting, but there is a way to post nicely formatted messages on Slack, let me tell you a bit about it.

3 min read Feb 26, 2022

Tools public

Google Workspace Security Investigation Tool

Ahmed Musaad

If you are a security person who works with Google Workspace, this tool is indispensable. It allows you to review logs for many of the Google services and to remedy security or privacy concerns.

2 min read Dec 15, 2021

TIPs public

My Favourite Mobile Apps

Ahmed Musaad

I use my mobile phone quite a lot, in fact, my usage borders on the unhealthy type of attachment to such devices. In my defence, a lot of my life is made much easier through the use of applications I have on my iPhone. In this post, I list a couple of those that are among my favourite ones.

3 min read Sep 11, 2021

Short public

Add security.txt To Your Websites

Ahmed Musaad

Security.txt is an internet draft aiming to offer a common way of sharing contact information that can be used by security researchers to report security issues or vulnerabilities.

2 min read Jul 11, 2021

HOWTOs public

Extract All Senders From Apple Mail

Ahmed Musaad

Trying to get a list of all email addresses that sent you emails since you created your email address? Well, it's your lucky day, this tip might save you few minutes if you use macOS and the default Mail app.

1 min read Apr 16, 2021

Lists public

My Privacy-Focused Productivity Setup (2020)

Ahmed Musaad

We all need a way to send our friends the latest memes but that doesn't mean we should sacrifice our privacy and data control while doing so. In this post, I share some of the services I use to protect my privacy and remain productive.

4 min read Dec 26, 2020