Tag: Mac OS X
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Determine which installed apps are from the Mac App Store
Been a while, hasn’t it? I started a new job about five months ago that has me doing all sorts of new things, so I’ve been pretty busy. The good part is that I’m starting to develop a few little goodies and tricks to help me do this new job, like this one: Need to…
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Mac OS X: Speed up Terminal.app startup
Being a sysadmin, I find myself in the terminal pretty frequently. And, since I’m using a Mac, I’m using the included Terminal.app. One thing that constantly annoys me is the fact that, the more you use the app, the more slowly it starts up. Like, there can be a ten second wait after the terminal…
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Mac OS X: resolving keychain issues
My current work environment consists of mostly Macs authenticating against a MS Active Directory server (see my earlier post all about Joining Mac systems to Active Directory). One of the disadvantages of this setup – one that has prevented me from rolling out an agency-wide password expiration policy – is the fact that, when a user…