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…
Jamf Pro Debugging – troubleshooting
enabling Debug Mode for several Jamf products, as well as where to view logs from your Apple devices so that you can troubleshoot on a deeper level. This article also…
Printer Troubleshooting
Detailed information lpstat -l -p lpstat -a lpstat -a | awk '{print $1}' lists PPD files for printers that have been added to the system ls /etc/cups/ppd/*.ppd Find version of…
lpadmin
Add a network printer with command line lpadmin -p Test_Printer_Name -L "Printer Location" -E -v lpd://10.1.20.26 -P "/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks /PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Generic.ppd" Remove Printer from command line /usr/sbin/lpadmin -x printernamehere
Reset macOS Catalina Printing System
macOS Catalina introduced a new option in their printtool command line tool to reset the printing system. Type the following in Terminal: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/printtool --reset -f Link: https://babodee.wordpress.com/2019/11/17/reset-the-macos-printing-system-through-the-command-line/
tcpdump – dump traffic on a network
NAME tcpdump - dump traffic on a network DESCRIPTION Tcpdump prints out a description of the contents of packets on a network interface that match the boolean expression; the description…
log show
NAME log -- Access system wide log messages created by os_log, os_trace and other logging systems. DESCRIPTION log is used to access system wide log messages created by os_log, os_trace…
pgrep, pkill – find or signal processes by name
NAME pgrep, pkill – find or signal processes by name SYNOPSIS pgrep [-Lafilnoqvx] [-F pidfile] [-G gid] [-P ppid] [-U uid] [-d delim] [-g pgrp] [-t tty] [-u euid] pattern…
Terminal command to show connected displays/monitors/resolutions?
system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType or defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist Link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20099333/terminal-command-to-show-connected-displays-monitors-resolutions
Jamf Pro – trigger(s) from command line
use -event or -trigger for "Custom Event", or -id for Policy ID#. Jamf policy -id XXXX sudo jamf policy -id 52 -verbose 52 is an example here Link https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-pro/trigger-policy-from-command-line/m-p/129879 Remote…