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Latest Raspbian (2017-07-05-raspbian-jessie) dd: /dev/rdiskX: Invalid argument on OSX and other potential issues with “apt-get” post install

So this morning I was trying to install the latest rasbian image onto an uSD card and was getting a strange error when I issued dd. I was using rdisk (BSD raw disk) device to speed up the image writing process (note: I don’t think you get this error if you just use /dev/diskX). The…

August 17, 2017
Get rid of double (triple) entries in Finder’s “Open With” Menu

Does sh*t like this make you wanna smack your mac :-) Here is a quick way to rebuild the Launch Services database and get rid of duplicates in the Open With submenu: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user This process should take about a minute or two. You should check to see…

February 20, 2013
Turn Your FreeNAS Box Into the Ultimate Anonymous Downloading Machine

Turn Your FreeNAS Box Into the Ultimate Anonymous Downloading Machine: Here’s how to turn your FreeNAS box into the ultimate downloading machine so you can download safely and monitor its activity from anywhere. (Via lifehacker.com)

December 10, 2012
IOS6 Passbook “Can’t connect to iTunes Store” error fix…..

Yeah, brand new app in IOS6 and it does not work without fiddling…..Here is how you get it working: Open Settings. Open General. Open Date & Time. Switch the Set Automatically setting to Off. Open Set Date & Time. Set the date to a year ahead. Go back to the Home screen and open Passbook.…

September 20, 2012
Copying large number of files between two Unix/Linux/OSX Servers

Here are some quick tip(s) for copying a ton of files between unixy machines really fast. You’re probably thinking “why not use rsync?”…..well rsync can be miserably slow if your source or destination cpu is underpowered. You can always do a rsync after these commands to make 100% certain that everything checks out, but try…

August 15, 2012
Flush DNS cache in Lion and Mountain Lion

Flush DNS cache in Lion and Mountain Lion: To flush the DNS cache in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6, run this command in Terminal: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache To do the same in 10.7 and 10.8, run this command: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder (Via MacOSXHints.com)

August 8, 2012
CLI commands that let you access meta data of all files in OSX

Two small commands with huge possibilities: mdls usage: mdls [-name attr] [-raw [-nullMarker markerString]] [-plist file] pathlist the values of one or all the attributes of the specified file -raw: don’t print attribute names before values -nullMarker: substitute this string for null attributes in raw mode -plist: output attributes in XML format to file. Use…

July 31, 2012
Everything you ever needed to know about OSX launchd

Great in-depth article by Nathan Grigg. Everything you ever wanted to know about launchd and how job scheduling can be easily done under OSX.

July 31, 2012
How to install Office 2010 on Windows XP x64-bit edition

Let me guess…..you tried it and it failed. Well, there is a way (probably not sanctioned by MS) to get this done. I’ve installed it on two separate machines and verified that it works. First you need to download MSXML 6 from Microsofts website. Just go to microsoft.com and search for MSXML. There should be…

September 23, 2010
Map any network drive to Mac OS X that auto mounts after system reboot

Here is a quick recipe for making a network drive auto mount on your OSX machine. This works with pretty much any protocol supported by Finders “Connect to Server” option. Here is how you do it: From the Finder, hit Command+K or select Connect to Server from the Go menu. You’ll see the following window,…

September 20, 2010

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