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Lock Screen Command One-Liner
I'm trying to find out whether there is any kind of equivalent command line one-liner which replicates the exact identical functionality of the 'Lock Screen' menu option available via the Keychain app ...
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How to install ImageMagick on 10.6 (Snow Leopard) using a precompiled binary (without a package manager)?
The wish is to manipulate images from the command line using the ImageMagick tools.
No package manager because:
The MacPorts port and Homebrew brew package managers have Xcode dependencies.
Xcode ...
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3answers
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Under 10.8 which file stores the environment variables?
This has been this way since 10.6. There is no .bashrc file in the home dictionary but the environment variable PATH indeed exists as the result of this command shows:
$ echo $PATH
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Changing a users desktop picture in terminal
just for fun, I'm trying to change the desktop picture in another account on my iMac (10.6.8) using a terminal command.
Is this possible?
Thanks
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1answer
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How to control Bluetooth wireless radio from the command line?
This question is almost the same as my previous question, but with one major difference; I want to turn on/off Bluetooth from the command line (bash or similar), NOT from AppleScript - the answers for ...
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1answer
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How can I add all users to Print Administrator group but not full administrator?
Gordon Davisson offered a solution to a "standalone user" in another question
I'm facing the same issue in an office environment.
Printer paused and System Administrator needs to be called to enter ...
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1answer
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How can I log into the desktop environment as Root on a new mac running 10.6 or 10.7 without creating a user account?
Under Mac OS 10.5, you could boot a fresh-out-of-the-box Mac into single user mode, mount /, set the root password, and touch .AppleSetupDone - this would allow you to log into the desktop environment ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to switch from Safe Mode to Normal and back without a reboot?
Since 10.6.3, Apple has decided change the AppleIntelCPUManagement kexts, which leave me stuck with a kernel_task that pegs out at 135-185%, generating a lot of heat.
Anyway, since I doubt anyone has ...
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4answers
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