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Can't change network settings nor modify/delete preferences.plist, absolutely locked down
I'm struggling with this since some months. I don't know if it is a third-party software I installed (been trying to debug with ps aux + lsof on /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences....
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Launch homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq when NIC becomes available?
I am running homebrew dnsmasq on my Mac.
Dsmasq is configured to only respond to traffic on one NIC (en7).
en7 is a usb-c ethernet adapter.
When this adapter is not active (not plugged in, switch ...
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airport -s -x returns truncated output
I am the author of wifi-wand, a Ruby command line utility that can be used as a simple way to manage the Mac's WiFi (https://github.com/keithrbennett/wifiwand) without having to learn all the ...
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Want to launch dnsmasq ony when Thunderbolt Ethernet is active
dnsmasq is installed using homebrew. Currently dnsmasq is spamming my system.log with messages like this:
Sep 26 18:22:46 Laptop com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq[14526]): Service ...
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How do I delete a saved wifi network, when unable to use the Network panel/GUI in System pref?
I need to delete a saved public wifi network, which my computer keeps trying to connect to when I'm at home, but I can't open my Network preferences and do it trough the GUI, due to an error in my ...
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trying to find preferences.plist file
I am reading an old developer guide, that hasnt updated since 2007..
I want to access the file called preferences.plist located at /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist.
It ...
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How to list Network Interface UUIDS?
I'm trying really hard to find a simple way to fetch all network UUIDS on my Mac to be able to do some plist magic.
Is there a command to do such a thing?
If I look in the plist I'll find for an ...
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Where does the OS X routing table come from?
Trying to find out where the initial routing configuration for OS X is stored (plist, or wherever), and what happens at startup to read that configuration and configure the network interface(s).
