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Make an Intel Mac Boot Directly to Startup Manager
Go to OSX Daily to read Make an Intel Mac Boot Directly to Startup Manager If you have an Intel Mac, you can make it boot directly into the boot disk options startup manager by issuing an nvram terminal command. This could be helpful for advanced users in particular whether they’re troubleshooting, have dual boot…
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How to Update Homebrew on Mac
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Update Homebrew on Mac Want to update Homebrew and your packages? Of course you do! Homebrew is a popular package manager for Mac that easily allows users to install and manage command line tools, apps, and utilities, typically familiar with the Linux and Unix world. Because it’s…
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How to Make a MacOS Big Sur ISO File
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Make a MacOS Big Sur ISO File Some advanced users may wish to create an ISO file of the macOS Big Sur installer file (or MacOS Catalina installer, or MacOS Mojave installers for that matter). These can be useful for installing MacOS into virtual machines like VirtualBox…
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How to Run Homebrew & x86 Terminal Apps on M1 Macs
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Run Homebrew & x86 Terminal Apps on M1 Macs If you’re one of the early adopters who acquired an M1 Apple Silicon Mac and find that Homebrew and many other x86 terminal apps don’t yet have support for the new Arm architecture, you’ll be happy to know…
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How to Copy at Command Line Showing Progress & Speed Indicator
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Copy at Command Line Showing Progress & Speed Indicator Ever wished you could see the transfer progress and speed of copying files at the command line? If you’re familiar with the command line of Mac OS, Linux, or any other Unix operating system, you likely use the…
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How to Create macOS Big Sur Beta Bootable USB Install Drive
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Create macOS Big Sur Beta Bootable USB Install Drive Advanced Mac users often want to make a boot disk installer for macOS Big Sur beta, allowing for something like a USB flash drive to be used to boot and install macOS Big Sur onto any compatible Mac.…
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How to Convert a MacOS Installer to ISO
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Convert a MacOS Installer to ISO Advanced Mac users may wish to convert a MacOS Installer application into an ISO file. Typically the resulting installer ISO files are used for installing macOS into virtual machines like VMWare or VirtualBox, but they can also be used to burn…
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How to Create a Bootable MacOS Catalina Installer Drive
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Create a Bootable MacOS Catalina Installer Drive Some Mac users may wish to create a bootable MacOS Catalina installer drive, typically using a USB flash drive or with another similar small boot disk. Bootable USB installers offer an easy way to upgrade multiple Macs to macOS Catalina,…
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How to List All Cron Jobs on a Mac or Linux PC
Go to OSX Daily to read How to List All Cron Jobs on a Mac or Linux PC Need to quickly see a list of all cron jobs on a computer? You can easily see all scheduled cron jobs by using the crontab command, and seeing cron data works the same on Mac as well…
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How to Enable Startup Boot Sound Chime on Newer Macs
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Enable Startup Boot Sound Chime on Newer Macs Want to re-enable the startup boot chime sound effect on a new Mac? You can do that with a command line string entered into the Macs Terminal. As you may know, new Macs default to not making a startup…