Some of Apple’s Operating System Code Names
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Here is list of Apple's code names for its Operating System versions, for the people who switched to Macs recently. The list is from version 6.04 to 10.5.
Archive for the ‘Mac OS X’ Category
Here is list of Apple's code names for its Operating System versions, for the people who switched to Macs recently. The list is from version 6.04 to 10.5.
Running Mac’s Software Update From The Command-Line
Monday, November 17th, 2008OS X comes with a command-line tool called 'softwareupdate' that installs recommended and optional Software Updates available from Apple. The tool can be used to install the updates to a local computer or a remote one.
How to Create DMG File in Mac OS X
Saturday, November 15th, 2008Ever since I started using a Mac at home, I found DMG files very useful. DMG files are disk images that can be easily mounted in Finder and accessed just like any other disk. I mainly use them for files and folders I do not use frequently. But ...
Mac OS X Hidden Terminal Shortcuts
Friday, November 7th, 2008The Terminal application that comes with OS X has shortcuts that do not have a corresponding menu item. They increase your typing speed if you get used to them.
Mac OS X System Startup Shortcuts
Monday, November 3rd, 2008These 9 shortcuts can be used during system startup for troubleshooting.
Automating screencapture in OS X
Sunday, October 26th, 2008I usually capture screens a lot when creating an article, blog post or presentation to show steps to follow in an application. And I wanted to automate this process to make it easier for me to get every step I go through without stopping to capture a screen and save ...
Searching for Files Using Locate
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Darwin and all UNIX and Linux variants have a command line tool called locate, that searches the file system for a file or a wildcard pattern. Locate doesn't search the file system directly, instead it searches a database that is rebuilt periodically and contains pathnames of all the files that ...
