Did you know that you can check what a process is doing by pressing CTRL+T? Has it happened to you before that you were waiting for something to be finished that can take a lot […]
Tag: os-x
How To Check Internet Connection On a Mac
People find me with various questions about computers. I decided to create a video how to check internet connection on a Mac hoping to help the ones in need. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9u_ZQoPQvY]
El Capitan, Xcode 7.2, MacPorts
In case you are wondering why some ports fail to build after upgrading to El Capitan or upgrading Xcode to version 7.2 here is the detailed answer: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/ProblemHotlist#xcode7.2 In my case issuing a simple chmod and chown […]
Bandwidth limiting on OS-X [Yosemite, El Capitan or *BSD]
Since Yosemite OS-X is not using ipfw but pf. So if you’re using those ipfw commands to limit your bandwidth, well… they won’t work. You’ll have to learn and implement some pf rules. The usage of […]
cp with progress “bar”
You need progress feedback to your “cp” command on unix? No problem: “rsync -Pa source destination” This made my day ?
How To Become A Hacker – Eric Steven Raymond
This article caught my attention, I recommend to any IT enthusiast out there: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html