If you don’t see Software Update, on my unmanaged Ventura M1
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,…
List All Binary .app files, versions and paths save to csv file
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…
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Can’t log into Instagram on macOS Safari Desktop
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 to a local membership group
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…
Article about macOS TCC.db
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
Change the user and group in one command
sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/myfile.plist
APNS Log Debugging
sudo log config --mode "level:debug" --subsystem com.apple.push_registrar That command sets the log level for the com.apple.push_registrar subsystem to "debug," which will provide detailed information about the APNs registration process. Restart…
How to disable the quarantine popup
How to disable the pop-up that shows up every time you first run a downloaded app on the latest macOS client machines; this strips the attribute sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine…
Sysdiagnose Terminal
1. Open Terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) 2. Type the following command in Terminal. Be prepared to wait about 2 to 5 minutes for Sysdiagnose to completely run. sudo…