Here is a quick how to show hidden files and folders in OSX Mavericks 10.9. Using the terminal, do the following command to show a specific hidden folder. This example assume you want to display the “Library” folder contain in your user profile : sudo chflags hidden /Library/ ~/Library/ If you’d like to show all… Read More »
If like me you love managing your windows with Divvy on OSX, you might ran into this issue on Mavericks 10.9. The symptoms are : – Divvy is not showing up when pressing the key shortcut combinations ; – You may also see the following error in the system logs (/var/log/system.log) ; Dec 30 00:00:00… Read More »
Having issue adding a new account with Office Outlook 2011 on Mac OSX Mavericks 10.9? The strange behaviour I observed is that nothing happen when you click on “add account” and the Preference pane freeze up! I also noticed the following error messages in the logs (/var/log/system.log) : Dec 24 00:00:00 hostname.domain.tld Microsoft Outlook[433]: OTAtomicAdd8 is… Read More »
With the latest OSX Mavericks 10.9 release, Wireshark refuse to open and complain about X11. First, make sure you have the latest XQuartz installed. It can be found at : http://xquartz.macosforge.org/ (Make sure to logoff/login again to your session once you installed it.) Then, if you attempt to open up Wireshark, you’ll end up with… Read More »
Upgraded to Mac OSX Mavericks lately? Well, you’ll need to update MacPorts once you’re done to keep it working. To update MacPorts, just do the following command in Terminal : sudo port -v selfupdate The terminal will keep working running a bunch of scripts by itself, then you end up with the following output error… Read More »
Gathering information through the GUI option “About this Mac” can be annoying and not reveal all the information you wanted. Fortunately, there is an existing command line that can provide what you are looking for. Terminal can be launched through : Go > Utilities > Terminal Then several commands exist to either gather full system… Read More »
Using Xcode on Mac (with MacPort as example) may end up with the following error : Warning: The Command Line Tools for Xcode don’t appear to be installed; most ports will likely fail to build. Once Xcode has been installed, you need to manually install the Command Line Tool from the Xcode Download Component preference… Read More »
To search and replace across multiple text file on a Linux/Unix system, use the following command : find . -name “*.extension” -print | xargs sed -i ‘s/search_for_text/replace_with_text/g’ So, as example, let’s assume you want to replace an IP address in multiple Bind zone file (using the extension .hosts) and replace IP address 10.10.1.1 for 192.168.1.1… Read More »
Windows text editors add a tailing character ( ^M ) for line break. To get a real Unix flat file without theses characters, simply run the following command in terminal : tr ‘\r’ ‘\n’ < Windows_Text_File.txt > Unix_Text_File.txt
Using the full size desktop Apple keyboard, simply hold down SHIFT key + Page up or Page down. With a MacBook Pro, there is no such keys (Page up/Page down)… Just hold down function key ( fn ) + SHIFT + ARROW UP and/or DOWN.