Just for reference so I dont forget, goto : /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/computers/ on the client and remove the plists

I knocked up a little Applescript that when clicked on will return the user back the the OS X login window. It’s […]

IFTOP is an excellent command line monitoring tool.  Install it via Macports

Lots of Unix scripts use the SEQ command to generate number sequences or random numbers. Unfortuanatly this command is missing from BSD […]

I’ve found this to be a real annoyance, especiallly with a business where I have to send images in emails often. Mail.app […]

Since its introduction in Tiger, sysadmins everywhere have been both elated and aggravated by portable home syncing. For a lot of people […]

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Interesting Doc integrating-google-apps-for-education-into-open-directory

This will require slot ID for the Open Directory administrator user, so the first goal will be to extract the slot ID […]

You can also completely enable or disable auto-away with the AutoAway default. defaults write com.apple.iChat AutoAway -bool NO to disable, or YES to enable

If you do not have Installous yet, follow these steps: Add http://cydia.hackulo.us/ to your Cydia sources list on your iDevice. Search for Installous. […]

Mac OS X v10.6 uses the mDNSResponder process for unicast DNS (Domain Name System) functions, as well as Bonjour functions. Disabling the […]

Starting in Leopard (I believe) when you open a file downloaded from the web, OS X asks if you really mean it. […]

When running screen sometimes there is a problem using the backspace or delete key and you get the dreaded “Wuff Wuff” message. […]

echo “External IP :” `curl -s http://checkip.dyndns.org | awk ‘{print $6}’ | sed “s/\(.*\)\<\/body\>\<\/html\>/\1/”`

uptime | awk ‘{sub(“:”, “h “,$3); sub(“,”, “min”,$3); print “Uptime : “$3}’

To run a process in the background as a job and carry on working add an & (ampersand) at the end of the command […]

A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to your network card, and some networks implement MAC address filtering as a method […]

Aperture describes an adjustable opening inside your camera lens that controls the amount of light striking the film. As the size of […]

By default Mac OS X’s Terminal application uses the Bash shell (Bourne Again SHell) but doesn’t have directory and file colour highlighting enabled to indicateresource types […]