The Ping command is a useful tool that is used within the Terminal application (Applications > Utilities) and here at Amsys ServiceDesk we regularly use this tool to determine if a host (maybe mail server) is available. The standard Ping
There is a very useful command in terminal that can be used to help troubleshoot machines that are tied to a directory, called the DSCL command. This command allows you to create, read and manage Directory Service data. I use
To carry on with my ‘how to disable’ series, here’s a simple but useful tip. Do you find that the OS X Finder’s warning dialog to be fairly irritating when you’re deliberately changing file extensions? You know what you want
Here’s another great little snippet to add to my ‘how to disable’ series! The OS X Finder’s ‘Connect to Server’ menubar option allows a user to specify a network address to connect to for services such as file sharing and
To add another to my ever growing ‘how to disable’ defaults-write series, here’s another to restrict the Finder. If you want to prevent a user from modifying the Finder’s preferences, one option is to enter a simple command to simply
To get back to my ‘how to disable’ defaults-write series, here’s a good one that I use myself whilst performing demos in my training courses. ‘Single App Mode’ is the ability to force the Finder to only display the active
Recently I had to perform an Archive and Install on my machine as it kept freezing, since doing this, however, it created a really annoying issue. Whenever I tried to make a change to a file that existed on the
Here’s another nice little tip in my ‘How to Disable Series’! The OS X Finder’s ‘Go to Folder’ menubar option allows a user to enter the path to any folder in the file system, whether it is visible or not.