mac tips, tricks, howto's, and...

• headless mac mini
• mac mini initial configuration
• how to set up a mac mini server as a wireless/wifi to ethernet bridge
• how to record the mac's system voice
• how to make the Finder show hidden files
• how to start the screen sharing service remotely
• how to start the screen saver from the command line
• how to change the Software Update URI
• how to eject a dvd or cdrom from the command line
• how to change the login logo and wallpaper
• how to make tar ignore resource files (._)
• how to run the Finder as root
• how to run osascript from a shell script
• meta key for emacs in terminal.app
• boot flag for 64-bit mode
• fix for unix to mac screen sharing via vnc
• tips for connecting to a linux nfs server
• unencrypted connections to netatalk
• list of mac server command line tools
• how to extract the contents of a .iso dvd movie disk image file
• how to change the login background image in 10.5
• import keyboard shortcuts
• finer control over postfix under macos
• Rene's mac tips
• How to change the default sound in iCal
• how to flush the dns cache
• screen recording with vlc
• file permissions and acls
• how to backup the system disk
• how to speed up a slow terminal
• boot option keyboard combinations
• how to turn a mac mini server into a simple bridge

last updated: 2011-08-08

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