So when you need to download a large file and don’t want to have to worry about whether or not Safari or Firefox continues to run with out interruption, use Terminal and curl (wget replacement).
Note: wget is not exists in Leopard, you should set up an alias for wget to curl -O which does exactly the same thing:
echo 'alias wget="curl -O"' >> ~/.bash_profile
Your are done. Now just easy to use in Terminal. Here example to download iTunes.
wget http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iTunes9/061-7203.20100330.XswP8/iTunes9.1.dmg
Curl is better than wget for the
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tags: network,
Terminal
To reset your OS X password without an OS X CD you have two ways
First Way “create a new admin account”
Reboot
Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):
mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
shutdown -h now
After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and you’re good to go again!
Second way “Resetting or changing your existing password”
If you’ve
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tags: password,
security
The default vim is pretty bland and unimpressive. I would share a few of the settings I have found or plundered from Linux installations in order to make vim more usable.
This can go in your .vimrc or in a global location such as /usr/share/vim/vimrc.
I would be interested in what other command line and vim users do to improve Snow Leopard.
step 1. Add following code to /usr/share/vim/vimrc
set nocompatible " Use Vim defaults
set bs=2 " backspacing over everything in insert mode
set ai " Auto indenting
set history=100 " keep 100 lines of history
set ruler " show the
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tags: syntax,
vim
You may never need this, but if you administer servers remotely via the built in Apple VNC, it is the best trick ever.
However, the VNC service occasionally crashes, and locks my session. It also refuses any more VNC logins. This is particularly frustrating when I am off site! Apple has analyzed this and has no explanation or fix.
Here solution howto fix it: If SSH access is enabled on the server, you can connect to the server via an SSH client and run this command:
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -restart -agent
You must log in with
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tags: crash,
ssh,
vnc
Advanced OS X users know that Darwin comes with ipfw, which can be used to set up a custom firewall. IPFW’s flexibility, very targeted bandwidth limiting rules can be made in only a few lines. This same service however can be used to also limit bandwidth on specific ports.
The following ipfw rules will limit connections from Mac to ISP’s mail server to 100K per second only for outgoing smtp connections:
sudo ipfw pipe 1 config bw 100Kbit/s
sudo ipfw pipe 1 tcp from me to smtp.west.cox.net 25
Obviously, the rate can be tailored to anything you like, and the rule is specific enough not to
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tags: net
A dark scary place full of text. That’s how it feels at first anyway. This is a selection of Terminal Commands that I have found particularly useful. Change settings for Spaces, Spotlight, Dock, Finder, Time Machine, System, etc that aren’t accessible through the application or system preferences. If you are just making your first forays into OS X Terminal land hopefully they will help you out.
Here are some very useful terminal commands and tips for hidden Mac OS X settings.
All subjects
Finder
Dock
Spaces
Desktop
Time Machine
Spotlight
ISO CD/DVD
Remote Desktop
Network
System commands
Applications
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tags: configuration,
preferences,
Terminal
In 10.6 that when use Exposé in Application Windows mode, it shows all windows, not just the ones in the current Space. I always end up clicking on the wrong window and being whisked away to a another Space.
To stop that from happening, open Terminal and run these two commands:
defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-show-windows-in-other-spaces -bool FALSE
killall Dock
From now on, Exposés Application Windows mode will only show windows in the current Space.
To reverse this hint, use
defaults delete com.apple.dock wvous-show-windows-in-other-spaces
killall Dock
Source: mymacosx
tags: expose,
space
Snow Leopard’s Terminal has a new very useful feature “SPLIT” / “COLLAPSE” as in many text editors. Check out the split/collapse window buttons here above the scroll bar:
Click the top “split” button or press Command+D shortcut and now you’ve got your window split into two usable panes like so:
To collapse the window press Command+Shift+D
ALso, you can do multiple splits. Aside from general speed increase I think split pane in Terminal is my new favorite feature.
See the Terminal Splits Windows Movie:
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube
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tags: short keys,
Snow Leopard,
Terminal,
Text Editor
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