Rogue Technology Consulting presents:
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.
- Command Line Basics
- macOS Shell Guide
- Zsh documentation
- From Bash to Z Shell
- User’s Guide to the Z-Shell
- Advanced macOS Command-Line Tools
- SS64.com a database of commands for all the major operating systems not just macOS.
- Oh My Zsh
- 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.
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