Add macOS Dark Mode Support to Your Website I finally got around to adding support for macOS dark mode in my site’s CSS while working on consolidating the style between my main site and my blog. 27 May 2019 • 1 min read
Enable Ownership on External Disks By default, macOS doesn’t enable ownership, and thus access permissions, on external disks. If you have access to Mac with an external disk mounted, you have access to the full contents of that external disk as well. 2 Jun 2018 • 1 min read
Disable Printer Sharing You can disable macOS printer sharing for all printers using the lpstat and lpadmin tools: 11 May 2018 • 1 min read
View Available Software Updates in the Mac App Store You can use the macappstore:// scheme to open the Mac App Store to view the currently available software updates: 5 May 2018 • 1 min read
Extract Saved WiFi Passwords from the macOS Keychain You can extract saved wifi passwords from the macOS Keychain using the security command: 28 Apr 2018 • 1 min read
Install Backblaze Silently from the Command Line You can install Backblaze silently from the command line by running the bzinstall_mate utility within the Backblaze Installer.app. 21 Apr 2018 • 1 min read
Re-Run the macOS Setup Assistant You can re-run the macOS Setup Assistant on the next boot by removing the .AppleSetupDone file: 14 Apr 2018 • 1 min read
Set the Login Window Text You can perform a defaults write on the macOS loginwindow preferences to set the Login Window text from the command line: 7 Apr 2018 • 1 min read
Start the Screensaver The screensaver engine on a Mac can be invoked from the command line. This can be useful for locking a Mac remotely if its security settings are configured to require a password after waking, but without needing to put the Mac fully to sleep: 31 Mar 2018 • 1 min read