Delete a user account Use the following to delete a user in terminal: replace “username” sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete “/Users/username” Hide a user account in the macOS login window Hide a user account in the macOS login window: replace “hiddenuser” sudo dscl . create /Users/hiddenuser IsHidden 1 Show a hidden user account […]
Read More »After a major upgrade to the operating system, ARD never seems to start on the client machine. This usually requires having someone physically at the machine to toggle Screen Sharing or Remote Management off and on again. To get around this, you’ll want to be sure Remote login is enabled so after the upgrade you […]
Read More »Getting the message “can not be opened because it’s from an unidentified developer” and wondering what to do? Use the following commands in Terminal to show the “Anywhere” option in System Preferences > Security & Privacy window. Disable: sudo spctl –master-disable Enable: sudo spctl –master-enable
Read More »To set what calendars are visible on your Apple Calendar app and iOS device, visit the link below. This is how you control the calendars that others have shared with you as well as additional calendars you have created on google. https://www.google.com/calendar/syncselect Simply use the check boxes to show or hide a calendar from view.
Read More »Having trouble sending emails from a security camera, printer or other device that doesn’t meet the current security standards? Login to your Gmail account and follow the link below to allow devices to connect with less security. This option will not work if the email account has 2-step verification turned on. https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
Read More »php.ini will need to be set for “utf-8” you can find it in /etc I like pico so did the following, don’t forget to backup files before making major changes. sudo pico /etc/php.ini Then I uncommented the line, I found it by using “Where Is” then to restart Apache sudo apachectl restart
Read More »Bash Keyboard Shortcuts Moving the cursor: Ctrl + a Go to the beginning of the line (Home) Ctrl + e Go to the End of the line (End) Ctrl + p Previous command (Up arrow) Ctrl + n Next command (Down arrow) Alt + b Back (left) one word Alt + f Forward (right) one […]
Read More »Using Find When no arguments are given, find lists all files in the current directory and all of its subdirectories. Commonly used options to shorten the list include -name (only list files with a certain pattern in their name), -iname (also ignore the case of file names), and -type (which will restrict the results to files of a certain specified type, such as d for directory, l for symbolic […]
Read More »This is a great compilation of Mac Terminal Commands that I found over at leftcoulman.net.
Read More »ArchiCAD completely rewrote the management interface into a web application. To access this web interface, navigate to the default address (be sure you include the port) server.mydomain.com:1228 Below are terminal commands to start and stop the server. If you have a previous version running on the same server, you will not be able to use […]
Read More »This originated from: krypted.com The serveradmin afp setting for it is maxConnections, which by default is set to -1, indicating unlimited. To set this to 500, one would run:
Read More »Dimensions for iOS devices. Devices Portrait Landscape iPhone 5iPhone 5, 5S, 5C 640×1136 px 1136×640 px iPhone 4/4S 640×960 px 960×640 px iPhone & iPod Touch1st, 2nd and 3rd Generation 320×480 px 480×320 px Retina iPadiPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air 1536×2048 px 2048×1536 px iPad Mini 768×1024 px 1024×768 px iPad Mini Retina 1536×2048 […]
Read More »When connecting to the Nest thermostat using home automation devices, you may need to supply the Nest thermostats serial number (SN). If you think you have everything setup properly but you are not able to communicate with the Nest, it may be that the serial number you are using is the Base SN and not […]
Read More »If you’re troubleshooting some of the more difficult problems that you can have on a Mac, a good place to look are the System & Kernel Logs contained within Console app. Unfortunately there are times when you can’t access Console either because you are remotely troubleshooting, in SingleUser Mode, or even because the log files have grown so large that it actually […]
Read More »If while trying to install via “sh install.sh” and you receive an error for the md5sum saying it failed, do the following to the install.sh file.
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