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…
Create macOS configuration profiles with encrypted payloads
Rich Trouton documents how to create a configuration profile with an encrypted payload Link: https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2019/09/16/creating-macos-configuration-profiles-with-encrypted-payloads/
Rapid Security Responses on Apple devices
In a future update to iOS 16, iPadOS 16.1, and macOS 13, Apple will add a mechanism for shipping security fixes to users more frequently. These responses are included in…
macOS Notes Application Database
Migrating a macOS Catalina machine to Ventura and documenting the steps to migrate the macOS Notes Database. Notes Storage Location: /Users/USERNAME HERE/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes Link: https://medium.com/@JonathanFallert/move-notes-from-one-macbook-to-another-17090c7cb93
Roll-Your-Own Configuration Profile from JNUC 2019
Roll-Your-Own Configuration Profile | JNUC 2019 Have you ever wanted to manage a setting with a configuration profile, but didn’t want to also manage the rest of the settings contained…
dmesg: and log show kernel messages
NAME dmesg – display the system message buffer SYNOPSIS dmesg [-M core] [-N system] DESCRIPTION Dmesg displays the contents of the system message buffer. This command needs to be run…
Apple Silicon M1/M2 macOS IPSW Firmware restores
Restore macOS Firmware on an Apple Silicon M1 Mac + Boot to DFU Mode Link: https://mrmacintosh.com/restore-macos-firmware-on-an-apple-silicon-mac-boot-to-dfu-mode/ How to download Apple Silicon M1 macOS IPSW Restore Files. You can use them…
How to type the Apple symbol and others ⌘ , ⌥ , ⇧ , ⌫, ⌃
Shift-Option-K — type' the Apple symbol Below are the Unicode hex numbers for the most common symbols used to represent Mac control keys. You can type these by finding…
Mac keyboard shortcuts
By pressing certain key combinations, you can do things that normally need a mouse, trackpad, or other input device. Link: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236