Gordon Davisson

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How to securely erase an SSD drive?
jan 12 '11 at 21:34
18
Why is /tmp a symlink to /private/tmp?
sep 3 '10 at 2:35
14
How do I create a symbolic link to a directory with a space in it?
feb 17 '11 at 20:09
14
Why can Mac OS X 32-bit access all 4GB of memory, while Windows 32-bit can't?
sep 23 '10 at 5:52
12
How do I use chmod on a Mac to make new files inherit parent directory permissions?
nov 16 '11 at 16:32
11
How to find & delete an obscure file of which I only know the name?
apr 20 '11 at 0:43
9
GateKeeper allows me to install anything, no checks are done
mar 27 at 17:16
9
How to fix Disk Utility, About This Mac, and Finder that disagree on hard drive space usage?
apr 4 '12 at 20:38
9
What issues might (legacy) FileVault cause?
dec 4 '10 at 18:21
9
Do OS X Lion's Versions and Resume features store the cached data for encrypted .sparsebundle images in a secure way?
jul 26 '11 at 6:49
9
How can I enable SSH without using the gui or apple script on snow leopard?
apr 28 '11 at 22:42
9
How to enter special characters so that Bash/Terminal understands them?
mar 19 '11 at 16:16
8
Running a command whenever Mac boots up with launchctl/plist
feb 11 '11 at 1:43
8
How do I tell what processes are driving I/O loads?
jan 17 '11 at 16:25
7
Restart automatically if the computer freezes
dec 13 '11 at 18:09
7
How do I change Software Update server to official one on Lion?
oct 25 '11 at 3:47
7
Which process is periodically writing to the disk?
sep 1 '11 at 21:16
7
What option should I give the sudo command to have the password asked trough graphical interface?
aug 29 '11 at 16:07
7
How to change AppleScript path to a Terminal-style path?
dec 14 '10 at 5:18
7
How do I identify a MacBook Pro from its serial number?
sep 25 '10 at 15:29
6
Why Mac OS X requires any amount of free disk space?
nov 18 at 21:20
6
What is the preferred method of command line domain name lookup (DNS)?
nov 4 at 19:13
6
What is the 'Mac OS X Base System' disk image on my 2011 MacBook AIr?
aug 25 '11 at 6:44
6
Emptying trash of the USB drive
jan 16 '11 at 3:45
5
Where did the /proc directory go in Mountain Lion?
nov 25 at 7:27
5
What should I do when the menu bar seems frozen/unresponsive?
feb 4 '12 at 5:27
5
Problems saving changes to /etc/sshd_config
jun 15 '11 at 20:18
5
Lion Terminal remembers sudo password after quitting
aug 20 '11 at 20:52
5
How can I resize a partition with Disk Utility?
jul 21 '11 at 0:45
5
After upgrading to Snow Leopard, don't I have to upgrade Chrome or Firefox and other programs to 64-bit version?
apr 3 '11 at 5:27
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