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erics, August 12th, 2016 sudo /usr/sbin/installer -pkg /path/to/yourFile.pkg -target /
Categories: How-To's, Technology apple, cli, Command, Command line, howto, Install, installer, macosx, OSX, Package, pkg, sudo, Terminal, tips, Yosemite
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erics, December 8th, 2015 As always, YMMV… 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 #!/bin/bash # Usage: eject [fullpath to mount point] DISK="${1:-/Volumes/YourUSBFlashDriveName/}" df -h "$DISK" > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then diskutil unmountDIsk `diskutil list "$DISK" | grep ^/dev/` else echo Volume $DISK is not mounted…skipping. fi #!/bin/bash # Usage: […]
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erics, June 15th, 2015 1 2 defaults write com.apple.Terminal no-bouncing -bool TRUE killall Dock defaults write com.apple.Terminal no-bouncing -bool TRUE killall Dock
Categories: How-To's, Technology apple, Badge, Bell, Bounce, defaults, Disable, Dock, howto, Icon, killall, macosx, Notification, Terminal, 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 Command, Command line, defaults, defaults write, Exec, Execute, Finder, Hide, howto, MacOS, macosx, OSX, Show, Terminal, tips, Yosemite
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erics, June 30th, 2012 In Terminal, run the following command: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Finder. One way to do this is to hold down the Option key, then click and hold on the Finder icon in the Dock. When the contextual menu appears, select Relaunch and the […]
Categories: How-To's, Technology defaults, defaults write, Files, Finder, howto, Show All Files, Terminal, tips
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erics, May 24th, 2012 Apple’s 10.7 Lion, is NOT my favorite iteration of MacOSX. They continue to make the OS more Windows-like, which means they have started down that slippery slope… In Snow Leopard, I could have my ssh sessions running for weeks. In Lion, the ssh sessions time out with nasty errors, including “Write failed: Broken pipe”. After […]
Categories: How-To's, Technology apple, Config, howto, Keepalive, Lion, Mac, macosx, OSX, ssh, Terminal, tips
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erics, March 16th, 2012 I just found this neat trick to speed up Safari by reducing the ‘Render Before Display’ time: 1. Quit Safari. 2. Launch Terminal.app 3. Type in the line below and then press {enter}: defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitInitialTimedLayoutDelay 0.20 4. Quit Terminal and restart Safari
Categories: How-To's, Technology apple, cli, defaults, Performance, Performance Tuning, Safari, Speed, Terminal
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erics, August 14th, 2011 In the Terminal application, type the following: sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder Then, click on an empty spot on your desktop – NOT in an existing Finder window. Now, type Command-N or select New Finder Window from the File menu. To end your root Finder session, type ^C in the Terminal window. Notes: You won’t be able to […]
Categories: How-To's, Technology Finder, howto, Leopard, macosx, root, Snow Leopard, Terminal, tips
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erics, February 2nd, 2011 rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.appstore.plist rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.storeagent.plist rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/*
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