The nc (or netcat) utility is used for just about anything under the sun involving TCP or UDP. It can open TCP connections, send UDP packets, listen on arbitrary TCP…
To check a host's TLS (Transport Layer Security) certificate details using the macOS Terminal, you can use the openssl command. OpenSSL is a powerful tool that provides various SSL and…
To set macOS Gatekeeper to allow applications from "Anywhere" involves a change in the system's security preferences. By default, macOS is set to only allow apps downloaded from the App Store and identified developers to protect against malware.
If you don't see an item named Software Update (on my unmanaged Ventura M1) in System Settings or System Preferences, click the Spotlight icon in the corner of your screen,…
Bash script to find and list all binary .app files on macos and collect them to a .csv file with app name, version, and file path columns. Dumped filename is…
The dsconfigad -show command in the macOS Terminal is used to display the current settings of the Active Directory (AD) binding of a macOS system. dsconfigad -show Active Directory is…
While getting this error "Sorry, this page isn't available. The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed. Go back to Instagram." And this just…
Add a user "Eddie" to a local membership group dseditgroup -o edit -a Eddie -t user developers To check membership: dseditgroup -o checkmember -m Eddie developers Or: dsmemberutil checkmembership -U…
This author explains in detail what the TCC database contains and the meaning of the various fields present in it circa 2021. https://www.rainforestqa.com/blog/macos-tcc-db-deep-dive