I can Hack a Mac there and Back
A collection of Macintosh and other Apple resources and such. A true work in progress.
Apple
The word from the mothership.
System resources
Defaults-write is a website that catalogs the changes you can make using plist editing.
zsh | Zshell
Apple moved the default shell from bash to zsh. There are also many specific command line only tools for the operating system that are very useful.
- https://www.bash2zsh.com/
- https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Guide/zshguide.html
- https://saurabhs.org/advanced-macos-commands
- https://ss64.com/
- Diskutil from terminal since Apple really lobotomized the regular Disk Utility, this is your only choice to get real work done.
Opensource for Apple
- Homebrew software package manager for open source software.
- Open Source for Admins
Applescript and Shortcuts
I don’t do enough with built-in automation.
- https://macosxautomation.com/applescript/firsttutorial/index.html
- https://sixcolors.com/post/2022/01/shortcuts-applescript-terminal-working-around-automation-roadblocks/
- https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/introduction/ASLR_intro.html
Resources | People and communities
If you keep up with a few of these you will be well informed of what’s going on from system administration and deep technical issues to
Filesharing
Working with NFS
NFS and SMB are the main ways of file sharing between computers. That does not involve cloud storage and sending everything over the internet.
- https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/apple-mac-osx-nfs-mount-command-tutorial/
- https://gist.github.com/joaomlneto/74338ef17f3591f04ee20413b5b4a57e
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-nfs-mount-on-ubuntu-20-04
Ai answers about Macos
I asked ChatGPT how to get better at macOS… RESPONSE: Sure, here are the links to the resources mentioned in my previous response: