Here are the required steps: Connect to your Mac a properly formatted 8GB (or larger) drive, and rename the drive Untitled. (The Terminal command used here assumes the drive is named Untitled.) Also, make sure the Yosemite installer, called Install OS X Yosemite.app, is in its default location in your main Applications folder (/Applications). This… Lees verder OSX installation to USB
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OS X: How to reset the DNS cache
OS X: How to reset the DNS cache Learn how to reset (flush) the DNS cache. OS X Mountain Lion or Lion Use the following Terminal command to reset the DNS cache: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder Mac OS X v10.6 Use the following Terminal command to reset the DNS cache: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache Additional… Lees verder OS X: How to reset the DNS cache
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Creating a USB Installer for Apple OS X 10.9 Before proceeding, you’ll need the following items to complete the process: 8 GB USB Flash Drive (or SD Card) Install OS X Mavericks.app (installer downloaded from Mac App Store), we will assume it will be placed with the other Applications Apple computer with Mac App Store… Lees verder Naamloos
Enabling the root User
Like in previous versions of Mac OS X, logging in as root is disabled by default. Luckily, enabling root access can be done in a few simple steps. In this article, I’ll show you how to activate the root account Lion. Why enable root? There are several reasons why someone might want to enable root… Lees verder Enabling the root User
Creating a Default User Profile under OSX 10.X
The system has some presets which are stored in /System/Library/User Template. Inside this folder you will find subfolders such as English.lproj, French.lproj etc. The idea is to create a user as you want it to be and replace the corresponding template with this user’s home folder contents. If the system language you use is English,… Lees verder Creating a Default User Profile under OSX 10.X
Recovering A Corrupt LDAP Database On OS X Server
Recovering A Corrupt LDAP Database On OS X Server A couple of times recently I have been asked to recover Open Directory running on Mac OS X Server. Each time the server was an Open Directory Master and its LDAP database had become corrupted, causing authentication issues for their clients and services. No replicas or… Lees verder Recovering A Corrupt LDAP Database On OS X Server
Retrieving your OS X Server’s serial number if you’ve lost it.
If your OS X Server has died and you need to rebuild it, you may find that you haven’t kept good track of where your serial number is. Also nicve to have when you need to make sure you are not using the same serial twice if you have more than 1 server. Nathan Toups… Lees verder Retrieving your OS X Server’s serial number if you’ve lost it.