DMG 2 ISO via Terminal: no need for any tool

If you downloaded a Mac image (.dmg file) and you need to open or burn from a Windows/Linux machine, you can easily convert it to the very common .iso format. Open the terminal and type this command: hdiutil convert /path/to/filename.dmg -format UDTO -o /path/to/savefile.iso Note that this tool appends an extra .cdr extension to the [...]

Mac Terminal: fixing backspace behaviour within a remote “screen”

Mac heart made of UNIX code… allows a somehow easier integration in Linux environments, when compared to Microsoft Windows. Yet something is not working out of the box. The fist annoyance I found was the backspace acting as a “Delete” key when using the “screen” program via SSH. Here’s the fix: defaults write com.apple.Terminal TermCapString [...]

Ubuntu server, Mac client

You can configure a Ubuntu machine to act as a fileserver for Mac clients, broadcasting the service via Bonjour. http://missingreadme.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/how-to-set-up-afp-filesharing-on-ubuntu/ http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/

X-ray folders in Snow Leopard

With Snow Leopard you can enable a preview of the content of folders with this terminal command: defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders 1

Force Safari to open new pages in new tabs

Safari settings allow to choose the behaviour of new pages, but when the link is encoded to be opened in a new window… Safari won’t complain! Open the terminal and execute the following command to change this: defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true