October 14, 2010
OSX Software update from command line This is the command to have OS X run software update from the command line via terminal. Good for running as a task via ARD. As admin user: sudo softwareupdate -i -a Password will be the admin user’s password. -a pulls down all available updates -i installs them. This [...]
October 10, 2009
An IP address is a number that identifies devices connected to a network. In short every single computer, mobile phone, printer, server, etc, connected to the Internet is assigned a unique address. Note that this is totally different then a MAC address which is unique and is only assigned to one device. IP address can [...]
December 5, 2008
Deeper is a Mac OS X program that brings “hidden” system features to the desktop. All the features it can enable, disable or change are already accessible via the Terminal if the correct command is known. As such the software simply throws a nice graphical interface around these commands. While the GUI is fairly intuitive, [...]
October 14, 2008
How To: Disable Dashboard in OS X Dashboard in Leopard is a love it or hate it application. There are several useful applications that can make life easier. On the other hand, it’s easy to hit the activation buttons on Mighty Mouse by accident. Other people may begrudge Dashboard’s use of memory. It’s not much, [...]
October 5, 2008
In OS X there are two ways to do everything. Via the GUI, or Via the command line. Frequently the GUI method does fine for most uses. But sometimes a bit more information is needed. In the GUI, getting Disc Usage is simple. Open Finder, click on the drive and look at the bottom of [...]