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macOS Mojave - Not connecting to SMB Fileshare

Connecting an SMB fileshare in macOS not working? Here is a workaround.

Workaround to overcome a stalled “Connecting to smb://server…”-dialogue in macOS Mojave 10.14 when trying to connect Windows Samba fileshares in Finder

Oliver 10. September 2018
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macOS High Sierra Finder Merge Files and Folders

How to merge two folders in macOS using rsync in Terminal.app

Even though Apple introduced something similar to a “merge” feature in macOS Finder, you may want to fall back to “rsync” as a more controllable method for properly merging files & folders in macOS.

Oliver 8. May 2018
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Unix Bash Shell script to fetch a list of Websites using CURL

This Unix Bash Shell script was designed to fetch a list of website URLs using curl, returning – upon success – the HTTP status code and the final URL retrieved following redirects.

Oliver 20. February 2017
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MySQL SQL-dump export & import with MAMP on macOS

In order to export & import an SQL dump using MAMP on macOS, the following Terminal.app commands can be used with the “mysqldump” (export) & “mysql” (import) tools located in MAMP’s /bin/ folder: MAMP MySQL dump export Alternatively – in order to… Continue reading » “MySQL SQL-dump export & import with MAMP on macOS”

Oliver 6. January 2017
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macOS: zip files without these hidden macOS files

Ever unzipped a ZIP file, created with your Mac, on a Windows PC? Ever noticed there these strange files & folders _MACOSX, ._Filename & .DS_Store showing up? Good thing there is a simple way to omit any hidden macOS-specific files… Continue reading » “macOS: zip files without these hidden macOS files”

Oliver 12. December 2016
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macOS Terminal: unzip a ZIP file using the tar command in bash

An alternative but handy approach to unzip files from the macOS Terminal.app

Oliver 5. November 2016
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OS X: create an ISO disk image

In OS X it is fairly simple to create a virtual disk image of the type “ISO” by using built-in UNIX tools and the Terminal. We are going to use the “dd” UNIX tool to copy a whole CD/DVD into a new ISO disk image file.

Oliver 6. October 2013
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Mysterious “You have new mail” in OS X Terminal

Resolve the mystery about the strange notice “You have new mail” in your OS X Terminal window.

Oliver 8. February 2010
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OS X: Geek Alarm Clock

Find out what a Geek’s way is to set an audio-visual Alarm Clock under OS X

Oliver 8. February 2010
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OS X: Connect to the MAMP MySQL Server via Terminal

When you have installed MAMP (Mac Apache, MySQL, PHP) on your Mac, you may want to connect to it’s MySQL Server using the OS X Terminal.app. I describe here, how this can be achieved.

Oliver 6. November 2009
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