Tag: terminal
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DISABLING SMB 1.0 ACCESS
SMB 1.0, a file-sharing protocol from long ago, is still supported by macOS. A Mac can connect to remote resources…
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ACCESSING TERMINAL AND SYSTEM SETTINGS IN SETUP ASSISTANT
When setting up a Mac for the first time—that is, while going through the Setup Assistant steps—if for any reason…
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DOWNLOADING macOS TAHOE FROM TERMINAL
If you have a Mac with an old version of macOS installed and you want to move to macOS Tahoe, you…
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THE EASY DFU MODE WITH macvdmtool
Sometimes you may need to perform an old-school format and system installation on the Macs you support. To do this,…
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macOS SECURITY COMPLIANCE PROJECT
What do you do to make the computers in your company more secure? For example, do you use FileVault company-wide…
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EDITING THE SUDOERS FILE
When setting up a Mac -that is not managed by any MDM- for the first time, a screen appears among…
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MINIMIZE WINDOWS TO DOCK IN SLOW MOTION
Technology companies sometimes put easter eggs in their software. For a small example of this, I’ve included a YouTube video of the…
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WHAT IS TIME MACHINE LOCAL SNAPSHOT?
During Steve Jobs’ Keynote speech introducing macOS X Leopard in 2007, he asked a room of thousands of people “Who backs…
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HOW TO CHECK INTERNET CONNECTION SPEED IN TERMINAL
When we feel that an application we are trying to download is a bit slow, we immediately turn to the Speedtest website…