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* hold down Command-S for single-user mode. (Hold down Command-V for verbose mode) | * hold down Command-S for single-user mode. (Hold down Command-V for verbose mode) | ||
* /sbin/fsck -fy | * /sbin/fsck -fy | ||
| + | * reboot | ||
| + | ===Set the volume from the command line=== | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | osascript -e "set Volume 5" | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
===To clean up the right-click context menu=== | ===To clean up the right-click context menu=== | ||
Revision as of 23:40, 7 October 2016
Contents
- 1 When your Mac won't start
- 2 Set the volume from the command line
- 3 To clean up the right-click context menu
- 4 Some Terminal tricks
- 5 List known disks
- 6 Create a bootable OSX Mavericks on a USB stick / thumb drive
- 7 Show (or set) Power Management Settings
- 8 Turn Sudden Motion Sensor off
- 9 Show hidden files
When your Mac won't start
Startup in single user mode and fsck Briefly:
- hold down Command-S for single-user mode. (Hold down Command-V for verbose mode)
- /sbin/fsck -fy
- reboot
Set the volume from the command line
osascript -e "set Volume 5"
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Some Terminal tricks
macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/tp/terminaltricks.htm
List known disks
diskutil list
Create a bootable OSX Mavericks on a USB stick / thumb drive
This way worked for me...
- Download the Installer from the App Store. You end up with a file called "Install OS X Mavericks.app" (5.34Gb) in your Applications folder (and the Install OSX application open)
- Format a USB drive. Use Disk Utility. Partition tab, 1 partition, options... GUID. Call it "Untitled". Here's the bit... Check the mount point at the bottom of the screen! (Does it say /Volumes/Untitled?)
- Don't eject / unmount it.
- Open Terminal. Run the following command...
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
If the mount point was /Volumes/Untitled then this command will work. If it was anything else, you will get an error. Change the name of the "--volume" attribute to what you saw as the mount point.
It all goes well, be prepared to make a cup of tea and take your time drinking it...
Password: Erasing Disk: 0%... 10%... 20%... 30%...100%... Copying installer files to disk... Copy complete. Making disk bootable... Copying boot files... Copy complete. Done.
or
Show (or set) Power Management Settings
sudo pmset -g
Turn Sudden Motion Sensor off
sudo pmset -a sms 0
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE;\killall Finder;\say Files Revealed
and on Mavericks
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true; killall Finder
