Articles tagged with mac os x

1. Enabling Firefox's Session Restore

   Posted on April 19, 2007 in Software

   One of the features of Firefox 2 is Session Restore. By default, if Firefox needs to restart for an update (or crashes), it will restore your session to the state it was in at the time of restart. That means your tabs and windows will be just like you left …

2. Preparing Mac OS X For Production Remotely

   Posted on April 13, 2007 in System Administration

   Note: I recently had to prepare a Mac mini for use as a network testing device. The system was installed in a remote location and only reachable via SSH.

   Important commands: hdiutil, installer, softwareupdate, shutdown

   When preparing a system for production, there are three main tasks that need to be …

3. Adding Mac OS X Users Remotely

   Posted on April 11, 2007 in System Administration

   Important commands: ditto nicl nidump passwd

   If you're like me, you might be occasionally called upon to remotely manage a few Mac OS X systems. The environment I'm working in only allows SSH access to these systems, so everything must be done from the command line.

   Unlike Linux and most …