Editing Mac OS X

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== Convert icns to PNG ==

<pre>sips -s format png Dictionary.icns --out ~/Desktop/Dictionary_icon</pre>

There are some cool, highres system icons in /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources

== Ripping a DVD ==

 hdiutil makehybrid -udf -udf-volume-name DISTRUBIA_WS -o distrubia.iso ~/Desktop/DISTURBIA_WS

== Ripping a Data CD/DVD ==

* drutil status
* diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1
* dd if=/dev/disk1 of=file.iso bs=2048

== Enabling Time Machine to use Unsupported Devices ==

 defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1

== Removing DS_Store Files ==

 find . -type f -name ".DS_Store" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 find . -type f -name "._.DS_Store" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f

== Remotely Enable or Disable Screen Sharing ==

To enable screen sharing:

 $ cd /Library/Preferences
 $ echo -n enabled > com.apple.ScreenSharing.launchd

To disable screen sharing:

 $ cd /Library/Preferences
 $ rm com.apple.ScreenSharing.launchd

== Keyboard Shortcuts ==

* Shift-Control-Eject - Sleep display

== Force Safari to Always Open New Window Links in a Tab ==

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

== Fix screen Environment ==

Setup .bashrc as follows:

<pre>
if [ -e /etc/bashrc ]; then
	. /etc/bashrc
fi

if [ -e /etc/profile ]; then
	. /etc/profile
fi
</pre>

== Write Bootable Image to Thumb Drive ==

# Run diskutil list to get the current list of devices
# Insert your flash media
# Run diskutil list again and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (e.g. /dev/disk2)
# Run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN (replace N with the disk number from the last command)
# Execute sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/diskN bs=1m 
# Run diskutil eject /dev/diskN and remove your flash media when the command completes

== Find system serial number from shell ==

 ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { split($0, line, "\""); printf("%s\n", line[4]); }'

or

 system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial Number/ { print $4; }'

== Find build number of OS X Media ==

 System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist

== Reset User password from Single User Mode ==

# Boot into single user mode (press Command-S at power on)
# fsck -fy
# mount -uw /
# launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist
# dscl . -passwd /Users/username password, replacing username with the targeted user and password with the desired password.
# Reboot