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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, August 12th, 2016
sudo /usr/sbin/installer -pkg /path/to/yourFile.pkg -target /
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, cli, Command, Command line, howto, Install, installer, macosx, OSX, Package, pkg, sudo, Terminal, tips, Yosemite
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Author:
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: […]
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, bash, cli, Command, Command line, Disk, diskutil, Drive, eject, Flash, howto, List, Mac, macosx, mount, Terminal, tips, umount, unmount, unmountDisk, USB, volume
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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 Tags: apple, Badge, Bell, Bounce, defaults, Disable, Dock, howto, Icon, killall, macosx, Notification, Terminal, tips
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Author:
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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Author:
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 Tags: defaults, defaults write, Files, Finder, howto, Show All Files, Terminal, tips
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Author:
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 Tags: apple, Config, howto, Keepalive, Lion, Mac, macosx, OSX, ssh, Terminal, tips
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Author:
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 Tags: apple, cli, defaults, Performance, Performance Tuning, Safari, Speed, Terminal
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Author:
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 Tags: Finder, howto, Leopard, macosx, root, Snow Leopard, Terminal, tips
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Author:
erics, February 2nd, 2011
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.appstore.plist rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.storeagent.plist rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/*
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: App Store, apple, howto, plist, Terminal, tips
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