1. On the Mac that you want to control via remote, launch System Preferences and choose Sharing. Click the lock icon and enter your Admin password to unlock the preference. 2. Within that preference enable the Remote Login option. In this window you’ll see the command for accessing your remote Mac, for example: ssh username@127.0.0.1 [...]
If anything could counter my disappointment in the choice of Ashton Kutcher play Steve Jobs in an independent release later this year. Is the wonderful news that Aaron Sorkin is writing the screenplay for Sony Pictures biopic on Jobs. He is a gifted writer, and his work on The Social Network, shows he can take on Walter Isaacson’s [...]
With every great OS comes great disappointment. Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion for the masses that don’t understand numbers), had many improvements and changes. Some were not so accepted. One such change was the elastic over-scrolling that exists in the iOS world. Commonly called “rubberband scrolling”, it activates as an overscrolling effect that runs out [...]
If you hide the Dock you may have noticed that when you then move your cursor to the edge of the screen to make it reveal itself, there’s a slight delay before the Dock slides back into view. The delay may not be that long, maybe half a second, but if change can be had [...]
The most secure passwords used, are those that are randomly generated. From the command line, you can randomize potential passwords in multiple ways. First method uses openssl, in the terminal type: openssl rand -base64 6 The output of this command will be random, and as an example look like: cG/ah3+9 Adjustments to the length of the password can [...]
WARNING: Severe damage can be done while working in the root account! The root user is a super user account with high level system-wide access privileges intended for system administration, monitoring, and in depth troubleshooting purposes. By default, root user is disabled in Mac OS X for security purposes. If you do not have a specific [...]
If you’re a MobileMe subscriber. That service is closing down on June 30, 2012, which means you’ll be forced to transition over to iCloud in less than 60 days, whether you like it or not. If you are running 10.5 Leopard, Apple is easing the transition by offering a free installer DVD for Snow Leopard 10.6 [...]
The New York Post is reporting that Hulu’s ad-supported free ride may eventually end, at least if the television networks have anything to say about it. That’s because the streaming company may one day require viewers to authenticate a cable or satellite TV account in order to let the good times roll on. This current authentication scheme, [...]
Apple’s developer community the wait is over, announced are the dates for Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. This year’s conference will take place from June 11-15 in San Francisco, there developers will “learn about the future of iOS and OS X.” I’m sure a more definitive date for Mountain Lion (10.8) will be released at this [...]
The first one is known as Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a. Like the common Flashback, this new threat was more than likely spread through Java exploits on Websites, and allows for remote control of affected systems. It is about one month old. It may have only been used in targeted attacks. And Apple’s security update for Flashback helps render future Java-based attacks harmless. It [...]
