Year: 2012

  • OSX single user repair permissions 10.6

    After the Command-S startup, type the following on the command prompts, allowing time for each to do its thing:  /sbin/fsck -y<return> /sbin/mount -uw /<return> /sbin/autodiskmount -va<return>  launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.diskarbitrationd.plist /usr/sbin/diskutil repairPermissions / 

  • mcp — copying a file to multiple machines via scp

    I have a series of 6 machines that I need to occasionally deploy the same file to in exactly the same place.  I got tired of it being such a pain so I wrote this little script I call mcp.sh  It’s certainly easy enough for a shell script master to do this, but for me?…

  • Screw You Apple

    So we got a new Mac Book Pro in the house, and it came without an installation disk.  That’s weird, but so be it.  So then I wanted to install bootcamp on the mac.  When you run through Bootcamp Assistant it gives you a chance to download the drivers you’ll need for windows if your…