Aug 23, 2016
Alright, I hear the comments now from the Linux guys, me included. PowerShell on Linux? Well yes, Microsoft has released PowerShell for Linux and OS X. It is available here https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell. Feeling a bit adventurous? Go ahead and download the Alpha and start playing. Here are the Installation instructions as per Microsoft. Currently supports Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, CentOS 7,...
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Microsoft Releases PowerShell for Linux and OSX
Oct 6, 2015
Introduction Ran into a challenge the other day in retrieving data off a crashed Macbook Pro system which is formatted in HFS+. Currently I have a very old iBook that I have used in the past, but it has lived it’s very useful life. So I had to find another way to access the data off the drive. I knew there was a way to accomplish this in Windows so I started searching around for a Windows solution,...
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Reading HFS+ formatted disks on Windows 7
Sep 7, 2015
Ever wondered how to create a bootable USB for installing OSX 10.10.5 (Yosemite)? Well I did and here is how it is done and it is not all that hard. First part is to go to the App STore and download OS X Yosemite. This will take awhile to complete as it is a 5.27 GB download. While that is downloading you can get your 8 GB or higher USB key inserted and ready. Once the download has completed the...
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How To Create a Bootable OS X Yosemite USB Installation Disk
Aug 3, 2014
Starting with Lion Apple has decided to hide ~/Library file, the reason makes sense as to prevent accidental deletion of configuration files and settings. But for hackers and tweakers this is a nuisance. The Library folder contains many of the resources that installed applications need to use, including application preference files, application support files, plug-in folders, and new with Lion, the plists...
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Enable Hidden ~/Library folder in Lion
Nov 19, 2012
Installing Bluefish 2.2.3 on Mac OSX Lion 10.7
Now that I have started using OSX as another OS I started looking for a good free HTML editor. Of course being a Linux user I always look at OpenSource alternatives.Well, Bluefish is one that popped up. Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdevelopers, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages... read more
