X forwarding of Unix/Linux applications to OS X can be quite frustrating or easy depending on what steps are followed. Here is a straight forward guide to the process: Download the XQuartz X-Windows manager for OS X (macOS). Originally included in OS X releases 10.5 through 10.7 the latest (and recommended) version is now available via the project… Read More »
Updated on 30-Mar-2017 Ever need to know what OS X Build correlates to which version? The simplest way to find out what version your running is in the Terminal with the command sw_vers. Version Build macOS Sierra 10.12.4 16E195 10.12.3 16D32 10.12.2 16C67 10.12.1 16B2555 or 16B2557 10.12 16A323 OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 15G31 10.11.5 15F34 10.11.4… Read More »
I have been working with HTML and web design and development on and off over the last 15 years, some serious projects and others not so much. Starting with WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors such as Netscape Composer, FrontPage, I quickly became frustrated with the formatting of the code and especially in the early… Read More »
While I have never used 123456, password, or qwerty, the ever growing need for not only complex but independent passwords (unique to account, site, system, etc) keeping track of multiple usernames and passwords in my memory just isn’t possible any more. I have for some time used password managers to keep usernames, passwords, etc., and have been asked… Read More »
I recently had a need to have shell/command line (CLI) support for the 7z file format on OS X to allow for some scripting. After reviewing various apps that support the 7z format, I found that most do not offer CLI access. After some research and testing I settled on p7zip. p7zip is a port of 7za.exe, the… Read More »