I think that .bashrc, is only used for interactive shells (i.e. when you open Terminal) and the other one is for all shell executions (e.g. background processes etc). I put everything in my .bashrc and then have one line in...
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Deep dive into Apple’s recent High Sierra root authentication issue
Over on the highly-technical, and very informative, Objective-See blog, there is a great in-depth writeup on Apple's recent High Sierra root access bug. Why <blank> Gets You Root What is happening is if you try to log in as a...
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If you’re running macOS High Sierra, make sure you have this update installed NOW!
If you're running macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, run, don't walk, to the App Store and install Apple Security Update 2017-001 right now. If you want to download the update to manually install, or push out with Munki or your favourite...
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Download older versions of macOS Server App from the Apple App Store
I recently set up a new Mac mini server for a client. macOS High Sierra was released 3 days ago, however the server shipped with macOS Sierra and I thought it prudent to stick with tried and tested 10.12 rather...
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Create Windows Installation Media to Boot via USB in UEFI Mode
I'm setting up a HP Server and didn't configure it with an optical drive. No problem, I thought, just boot it off a USB. Easy. Not so much... This was considerably more difficult than it really should have been. I'm...
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Install FileMaker Server 16 on a Mac with macOS Server.app v5
The installer for FileMaker Server 16 refuses to install on a Mac if Apache is running. It doesn't check what ports Apache has grabbed, just the fact that Apache is running is enough for the installer to bail out. If...
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Configuring macOS Server.app v5 to bind to a particular IP Address
It's long been a painful thing for me that macOS Server.app not only binds to all IP addresses on a system, but takes port 80 and 443, even if all web-related services are off. It's also a major annoyance that...
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Enable Retina / HiDPI modes for a Mac mini plugged into a 4K HDTV
This one is pretty short and simple once you get down to it. I recently set up a client's boardroom with a really sweet 75" Sony 4K Android TV, a Logitech Group video conferencing webcam, a Mac mini and a...
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Keyword Searches for Email Discovery in Kerio Connect mailserver
I recently had a client with a huge amount of email stored in Kerio Connect and they needed to perform discovery against some mailboxes with a lot of email in them. It was desirable to retain the folder structure, however...
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Firefox for Mac gets stuck on installing your updates…
Firefox for Mac can get stuck in an update loop if you have been using an older version and it's downloaded a new version to install, but before it gets to install it, you manually update to a new version....
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