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erics, February 16th, 2019
As of Mac OS X Lion 10.7, Terminal provides Services for opening a new terminal window or tab at the selected folder in Finder. They also work with absolute pathnames selected in text (in any application). You can enable these services with System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services. Look for “New Terminal […]
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, Finder, howto, Keyboard, MacOS, macosx, Menu, Mojave, Open, Services, Terminal, tips, window
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erics, February 4th, 2019
Use the ssh-keygen command on a computer to which you’ve downloaded your private key .pem file; for example: First, ensure permissions will allow ssh-keygen to work: chmod 600 /path/to/the/file/your-key-pair.pem Then generate an RSA public key: ssh-keygen -y -f /path/to/the/file/your-key-pair.pem > your-key-pair.pub
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: .pem, .pub, Amazon, apple, AWS, cli, howto, key, key-pair, KeyPair, Linux, Mac, MacOS, macosx, Pubkey, public, Public Key, ssh-keygen, tips
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erics, November 18th, 2018
I installed an old version of Adobe software on my new Mac and as usual, it installed some daemons that are undesirable. Here is how I got rid of them via the Terminal. Note: Adobe installs daemons in the user context, so do this as your regular user login, not as root. shell> launchctl list […]
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: Adobe, apple, daemon, Disable, howto, Kill, launchctl, MacOS, macosx, Shell, Stop, Terminal, tips, Unload
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Author:
erics, November 28th, 2017
Launch System Preferences Select Users & Groups Select Login Options Select Join next to Network Account Server Select Open Directory Utility Click the lock and enter your password to make changes In the menu bar of Directory Utility, select Change Root Password Create a strong, unique password
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, Change, change password, Directory Utility, High Sierra, MacOS, Password, root, Sierra, System Preferences
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Author:
erics, October 12th, 2017
Reposted from https://mcbguru.blog/2017/10/12/macos-high-sierra-disk-space/ The new APFS creates snapshots during local Time Machine backups, and this can mean, especially if you’be been dealing with some large files, that when you delete them and empty the wastebasket, you don’t get your disk space back. The key is to look at your local backups, and the easiest method […]
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: APFS, backup, Disk, Disk Space, High Sierra, howto, MacOS, Sierra, Snapshot, Space, Time Machine, tips, tmutil
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Author:
erics, April 12th, 2017
You can associate a file extension with an app (such as MacVim) via the “Info dialog”. Just select the file and hit Cmd-i, then go to the “Open with” tab, select app and hit “Change all…”. This will change the default application for that file type.
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: App, apple, howto, Log, Mac, MacOS, macosx, Open, tips
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erics, October 29th, 2014
SET THE DEFAULT TO SHOW Run this command in a Terminal window: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES Relaunch Finder: Hold down the Option/ALT key on your keyboard, then right-click the Finder icon in the dock and select Relaunch. SET THE DEFAULT TO HIDE defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO then relaunch finder as above.
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: Command, Command line, defaults, defaults write, Exec, Execute, Finder, Hide, howto, MacOS, macosx, OSX, Show, Terminal, tips, Yosemite
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erics, September 18th, 2013
To enable backups: defaults delete com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled To disable backups: defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool YES
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, backup, Disable, Enable, Grayed Out, Greyed Out, howto, itunes, MacOS, tips
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Author:
erics, September 14th, 2012
To deactivate the dynamic pager: sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist followed by a reboot. You can turn it on again with sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, Dynamic, Dynamic Pager, howto, launchctl, MacOS, macosx, Memory, Paging, tips
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