Apple Mac OSX fonts are very nice.
Where to find the fonts folder on a Mac computer easily.
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Read MoreThis one-liner will print the current LAN IP address of a machine running Macintosh OSX. jason@. PWD: ~. -bash. 3.2.57. 10 $> ifconfig | grep "inet " | awk ‘FNR==2{print $2}’ 192.168.1.2jason@. PWD: ~. -bash. 3.2.57. 10 $> ifconfig | grep "inet " | awk ‘FNR==2{print $2}’ 192.168.1.2 This is…
Read MoreBy default, Macintosh OSX does not read the .bashrc file when you login to the operating system. But it does read the .bash_profile script if it does exist. Therefore, create the .bash_profile in your home directory and put this in it. if [ -s ~/.bashrc ]; then source ~/.bashrc; fiif…
Read MoreWhen you are faced with a AVCHD file on Mac, it can be confusing on how to export the clips to separate files, but this is easy. Open the file in Quicktime player, as shown above, then select the clip you wish to view, and it will open the selected…
Read MoreI have just upgraded a Macbook to OSX Mojave. This was very painless, and did not take very long at all. Upgrading a Macintosh machine is much easier than upgrading Windows 10, with all of the hassles and file deletion issues involved in that process. After the installation process, I…
Read MoreGet the current status of your battery with this command. deusexmachina:~ jason$ sudo systemstats | grep "Battery Power" Battery Power: -8095 mW (-15.5 %/hr) Battery Power: -8034 mW (-15.6 %/hr) Battery Power: -6774 mW (-13.3 %/hr) Battery Power: -8080 mW (-15.3 %/hr) Battery Power: -7866 mW (-15.3 %/hr)deusexmachina:~ jason$ sudo…
Read MoreThe Mac OSX operating system has a lot of very useful commands for keeping track of network usage. Here is a very nice one. The nettop command. As you can see, this shows a constantly updating display of network usage on Mac. This is very useful for watching network throughput…
Read MoreGet information about apps installed on your Macintosh PC with the lsappinfo command. Use grep as shown below to find out information about a certain app, i.e Firefox in this case. deusexmachina:~ jason$ lsappinfo | grep Firefox 24) "Firefox" ASN:0x0-0x2a02a: bundle path="/Applications/Firefox.app" executable path="/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox" 26) "FirefoxCP WebExtensions" ASN:0x0-0x2c02c: bundle path="/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/plugin-container.app"…
Read MoreThere is a new theme set available on Gnome Look. This makes Linux look just like Macintosh OSX High Sierra. It is very high quality and well worth installing. The GTK3 theme: https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1537895905/s/a13d96c5494b48d7c715859105db2c5d/t/1537916795/u//Sierra-light.tar.xz. Icon theme: https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1524634947/s/a13d96c5494b48d7c715859105db2c5d/t/1537916795/u//MacOSX-icon-theme.tar.xz. Cursor theme: https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1517130771/s/a13d96c5494b48d7c715859105db2c5d/t/1537916795/u//MacOSX-cursors.tar.xz. A couple of Mac OSX wallpapers: https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1517131134/s/a13d96c5494b48d7c715859105db2c5d/t/1537916795/u//HighSierra-wallpapers.tar.xz. Unpack the GTK theme…
Read MoreGet ahold of the Mac OSX Sierra password files This is how to list the password files on a Macintosh machine, but the folder is only readable by the superuser. deusexmachina:~ jason$ sudo ls -l /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/usersdeusexmachina:~ jason$ sudo ls -l /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users This will return a listing of many files that…
Read MoreHow to use home and end keysHow to take screenshotsGet information about installed appsMore keyboard key shortcuts How to use home and end keys To right-click on something, hold the control key and then click an item to get a right-click context menu. This is how you can customize Firefox…
Read MoreThere is a lovely GTK3 theme available for the Linux Mint MATE desktop. This looks very nice when coupled with a good Metacity theme. https://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/OS+X+El+Capitan+%28GTK,+Unity+&+Cinnamon%29?content=174139. This is what the El Capitan theme looks like on a Debian desktop. Download the El Capitan theme here. https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1474234465/OS.X.El.Capitan.v0.9.tar.gz. This is a very nice…
Read MoreThe mount command shows information about your mounted partitions on your machine. iMac305:~ admin$ mount /dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled) devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse) map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse) map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse) map -fstab on /Network/Servers (autofs, automounted, nobrowse) /dev/disk0s3…
Read MoreThere are a few very useful UNIX commands available on the Apple Macintosh. Mountain Lion is what I am using in Virtualbox and I am having a look at some very useful shell commands and tips. The iostat command. This shows statistics of disk Input/Output. Homers-iMac:Documents homer$ iostat disk0 disk1…
Read MoreHow to search your home directory for certain files. The find command is very useful for searching your computer for various files. john@adeptus-mechanicus ~ $ find /home/$LOGNAME -name "*.avi" /home/john/Azureus Downloads/[ www.Torrenting.com ] – The.Hobbit.2012.DVDSCR.XVID-NYDIC/The.Hobbit.2012.DVDSCR.XVID-NYDIC.avi /home/john/Azureus Downloads/[ www.Torrenting.com ] – The.Hobbit.2012.DVDSCR.XVID-NYDIC/sample/sample.avijohn@adeptus-mechanicus ~ $ find /home/$LOGNAME -name "*.avi" /home/john/Azureus Downloads/[ www.Torrenting.com…
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