macOS

Table of Contents

Working in Command-Line

Startup Items

• 1) /Library/LaunchAgents/*
  2) System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items

Make Bootable Media

• $ diskutil list
  /dev/disk2 (external, physical):
  #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
  0: Apple_partition_scheme *15.6 GB disk2
  1: Apple_partition_map 4.1 KB disk2s1
  2: Apple_HFS 2.4 MB disk2s2
  $ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
  $ dd if=ubuntu.iso |pv |sudo dd of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m
  # Use rdisk2 instead of disk2 for better performance

MacPort

• $ sudo port uninstall inactive
  $ port echo leaves
  $ sudo port uninstall leaves

Backup to Disk Image

• $ sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk2s2 bs=1m |pv |gzip > disk2s2.img.gz
  $ sudo gzip -dc disk2s2.img.gz |pv |sudo dd of=/dev/sda bs=1m

Find

• $ find . -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm {} \;
  
  # Fix premission from NTFS
  $ chflags -R nouchg .
  $ find . -type d -perm 777 -exec chmod 755 {} \;
  $ find . -type f -perm 777 -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Enable Spolight indexing for Google Drive (might not work)

• # Enable
  $ mdutil /Volumes/GoogleDrive/ -i on
  # Disable
  $ mdutil /Volumes/GoogleDrive/ -i off
  # Check
  $ mdutil /Volumes/GoogleDrive/ -s

Pkg - Installer

• Reference:
  • https://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/how-to-open-pkg-files-to-investigate-what-will-be-installed-on-your-mac

• # Check Content
  $ pkgutil --payload-files xxx.pkg
  
  # Expand Content
  $ pkgutil --expand xxx.pkg ooo
  
  # Browse the content in ooo folder (You may find Bom file)
  $ lsbom Bom