Show Hidden Library and User Library files and folder in macOS
From OSX 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.7 Lion, the /Library and ~/Library are hidden from the Finder – to show these directories in the GUI, launch Terminal from Applications/Utilities and run the command below with sudo and enter your admin password when requested: sudo chflags nohidden /Library/ ~/Library/ to hide again: sudo chflags…
Read MoreHow to Write to Windows NTFS USB Disk Drives on macOS Mojave and Sierra
By default, you can’t write to Windows NTFS USB drives and hard disks on macOS as they appear as read-only on the Desktop. You can write to these disks with a few installs and tweaks in the Terminal, which will make all NTFS drives writeable – there are also some commercial point and click apps…
Read MoremacOS Forbidden 403, You don’t have permission to access /~username/ on this server
In macOS if your user personal or document web sharing is not working for a user and is generating a Forbidden 403 error but is OK at the other document root localhost level, the issue may be a configuration file for the user. The higher document root level of http://localhost/ displays “It Works” but when…
Read MoreWhat is SIP – System Integrity Protection in macOS
macOS Big Sur ships with a new security process referred to as SIP or System Integrity Protection also known as rootless it has been part of the macOS since OSX 10.11 El Capitan. This guide goes through disabling and enabling SIP and seeing that status of SIP at anytime. What SIP essentially does is protect…
Read MoreInstall and Configure wget on macOS
macOS Mojave, Sierra, and earlier versions come with the command line utility called ‘curl‘ which is a network transfer tool, it does not come with the popular ‘wget‘, in fact, ‘curl‘ can probably get you by just fine, check man curl at the command line to see its usage. Otherwise, let’s look at getting ‘wget‘… this can…
Read MoreMinimum System Requirements for macOS Mojave 10.14 – Is yours good enough?
Find out if your Apple computer meets the minimum system requirements of the new macOS Mojave 10.4. Apple have released a developer beta of their upcoming operating system named macOS Mojave, which will be macOS 10.14. The name MoJave continues on with their California landmarks with the name after a scenic CA region, it should…
Read MoreMacBook Pro 13-inch without Touch Bar Review 2017
Recently I updated to the MacBook Pro 13-inch without Touch Bar and TouchID, this is the lower end model in the MacBook Pro lineup with 2 Thunderbolt 3 (or USB-C) ports released in October 2016, model number A1708, MacBook Pro 13, 1. In 2017 this model had a speed bump and features more prominently on…
Read MoreHow to Change the MySQL root Password in Linux or macOS via Command Line
If you have forgot the MySQL root password, can’t remember or want to force it….. you can reset the mysql database password from the command line in either Linux or macOS as long as you know the root user password of the computer you are on, this is for MySQL 5.7 onwards: Stop MySQL sudo…
Read MoreImport a mysql database into macOS via Terminal
Import a mysql/mariadb database into macOS via the command line I have found that phpmydmin on the Mac has issues with the max upload file size limit and changing the value in php.ini doesn’t always do the trick. With mysql already installed a quick trip to the terminal will sort this out. Create the database…
Read MoreMySQL ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file
ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file ERROR! MySQL server PID file could not be found! Getting these MySQL errors on your database server on macOS, there seems to be lots of solutions about how to fix this, Google hell, this more than likely happens if mysql is running and the OS is updated…
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