Learning Unix For OS X Mountain Lion
Learning Unix For OS X Mountain Lion
Screensaver lots of Macs at once
My work setup in the lab consists of two Mac Minis, one Mac Pro, and my Macbook Pro. I do all my […]
SVN install
Getting Subversion under MacPorts Audience: Anyone and everyone Requires: MacPorts, Apache (for server installation) Introduction The most expedient way to get Subversion […]
SVN through Pound
You need to have xHTTP 3 in the Listen section of the pound.cfg ListenHTTPS Address 1.2.3.4 Port 443 […]
Mailman Install in Mac OS X Server 10.8
As part of the OS X Mountain Lion Server upgrade, Apple has removed the Mailman mailing list manager entirely. In order to […]
Mailing Lists in 10.8 Server
Apple have now self contained most of the config files for it’s services in the /Library/Server folders. To make a mailing list […]
Stop Apples Dovecot allowinf all users on a Virtual Domain
Dragging up an old post, but for those that stumble upon this I found a solution for allowing users to login with […]
Where hostname is read from in Casper
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist sudo scutil –set ComputerName `/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c “Print :System:System:ComputerName” /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist` sudo scutil –set LocalHostName `/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c “Print :System:System:ComputerName” /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist` sudo scutil –set HostName `/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy […]
Customize the JSS and Self Service
With just 5 easy graphics updates, you can customize the look and colors of your JSS and Self Service app If you […]
Monitoring Progress of DD on OSX
I needed to copy an iso to a flash drive to install Windows 7 on my friends computer and decided that <a […]
Ideas and help for working with the progressbar CocoaDialog
In bash (and probably other shells) >(command) runs ‘command’ (in a sub process) and replaces the statement with a file handle (named […]
Clearing the quarantine extended attribute from downloaded applications Mac OS X
When I’m packaging an application for deployment, I normally download the latest version from the vendor. If it’s a drag-and-drop install, where […]
Disable iCloud Reg in all user templates
1234567891011121314151617181920#!/bin/sh # Determine OS version sw_vers=`sw_vers -productVersion` for USER_TEMPLATE in "/System/Library/User Template"/* do defaults write "$USER_TEMPLATE"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SetupAssistant DidSeeCloudSetup -bool TRUE […]
Delorean Manuals
DeLorean Wiring Schematic COLOR DMC-Bulletins DMC-Technical DMC-WorkshopManual Volvo-B28F_RepairAndMaintenance-Section2 Volve-B28F_Reconditioning-Section2_21 Volvo-CIFuelSystem-Secton2_ex23
Remove DRM from iTunes
Use Requiem to remove the DRM requiem-4.1-mac Run this and it will strip the DRM from any items in iTunes. However your […]
Rebuild Launch Services to remove duplicate “Open With”
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user/ The Kill Finder or reboot
Number for Fields in AWK
awk ‘{print $(NF-1)}’ infile NF is a built in variable for the number of fields in each line, so this means […]
Check for hidden characters in Bash String
If you pipe the line(s) to “od -c” you will be able to “see” the special characters (\t for tabs, etc.). That […]
Decrypt Keychain using memory
a new open-source project was posted on GitHub that contains the source code for a utility to scour a macs system’s memory and list the […]
Use the Calculator to reveal a Mac’s firmware password
A firmware password on Mac systems locks the hardware to prevent booting to alternative modes that could bypass OS X security, but in order […]