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Show some useful information on statusbar of firefox, such as the memory usage, network speed, and more! And you can select which one to be shown or hidden,and you can also select the text color to display.
The slides are also designed to be viewed as a slideshow from this file with Mozilla or a compatible browser. JavaScript is used to make pressing N progress to the next slide. The slides fit on a 1024 × 768 pixel display. To toggle full-screen mode in Mozilla press F11 . If you’ve configured your terminal windows to run log-in shells then you might need to use .bash_profile instead of .bashrc .
Hi all. I'm starting yet another article series here. This one is going to be about Unix utilities that you should know about. The articles will discuss one Unix program at a time.
Using the command line tool ‘opensnoop’ you can track any Mac applications (or system process) usage of the file system. This is a very handy tool for administrators and troubleshooting! The simplest way to use it is as follows:
This program is now obsolete. Armadillo is a Mac OS X Cocoa application for creating Mac OS X startup items. Armadillo makes it very easy to create correctly formatted startup items that are fit for the /Library/StartupItems folder and subsequent execution at system booting. It is released under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License which should accompany both the binary and the source code in cases of redistribution.
GLterm is a replacement for the Terminal application which ships with MacOS X. It's made to be faster, and to support more common terminal features. It supports full ANSI colors, all vt102 protocol, all DEC function keys, and a selection of useful xterm sequences. The Big Thing is that GLterm uses X11 .bdf fonts and renders them using..OpenGL.
The Jargon File is a popular lexicographic resource amongst hackers (and non-hackers too). Although it might have some subjective definitions I may not agree with, I have conveniently quoted verbatim the definitions of the terms "hacker" and "tool" as a preface to the contents of this page. 1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet Users' Glossary , usefully amplifies this as: A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular.
Mac OS X ships with bash as the default shell as of version 10.3 "Panther". Older versions used the tcsh shell, but replacing it is simple enough. I won't go into details on how to configure the shell, since this subject is already covered adequately elsewhere.
If you see this message--and this is extremely important-- repeat running fsck. It is normal to have to run fsck more than once -- the first run's repairs often uncover additional problems..
As Macs continue to gain market share, there is an increased likelihood that you will have to support them if you are a tech. And even if you aren’t a tech, it’s good to know which tools are the best to use when it comes time to repair your own. I have put together a list of what are, in my opinion, the ten best repair tools for troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing a Mac. TechTool Protogo is a Mac repair program suite which contains three of Micromat’s best Mac repair tools; TechTool Pro 4 , TechTool Pro Classic , and DiskStudio . Protogo creates a bootable Mac repair toolbox with these tools as well as any of your own tools on a portable hard drive or flash drive.
There's always the constant battle between user-friendliness and security. Apple has known about this vulnerability for some time now; and back in the days of OpenStep, a patch to that OS was released to fix this problem. Now is the era of Mac OS X, and even though that old OpenStep patch won't work for OS X, Apple could still easily release a similar patch, or better yet, a permanent fix that will be forever installed by default.
Also note: If a user's home directory is encrypted, they won't be able to log in if you change their password this way. (In fact, these instructions were needed because of an inability to log in because the password had been changed via passwd .) "All Unix commands run while OS-X is booting up are run as root and have the potential to significantly alter the behavior of your system. Because this is potentially dangerous, creating one of these startup items is fairly difficult.
This guide outlines the steps required to acquire the password of a local Mac OS X account in cleartext. The procedure is a little command heavy but is relatively straightforward. The full guide is written below, but Jeff Browning has put together a screencast on our YouTube channel if you want to watch the process visually (embedded below), and if not, feel free to read on. Requirements Either the ability to boot into single-user mode or to log in using the root password. (If the computer has a firmware password be sure to check out our accessing single-user mode guide .)