Open automator, choose “run shell script” under “utilities” then use the following code. Save it. STATUS=`defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles` if [ $STATUS == YES ]; then defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO else defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES fi killall Finder You can assign a short…
You need to create com.adobe.AdobeUpdater.Admin.plist and set its boolean value to true. To achieve this i. Launch Terminal and go to /Applications/Utilities/ ii. Paste the following into the terminal defaults write com.adobe.AdobeUpdater.Admin Disable.Update -bool yes iii. When you hit return, this will create com.adobe.AdobeUpdater.Admin.plist file…
Reinstall ports To reinstall your ports: Save the list of installed ports: port -qv installed > myports.txt Uninstall all installed ports: sudo port -f uninstall installed Clean any partially-completed builds: <pre>sudo port clean all Browse myports.txt and install the ports that you actually want to…
Have you installed the latest OS X (10.9)? If you need to install Java 6 go to this page http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?viewlocale=en_US Do not forget to change the setting “allow apps downloaded from” to “anywhere” from your “security & privacy” settings.
Did you suddenly find no more space on your mac? Did you discover that .MobileBackup is taking a lot of space? I usually use an external drive to backup, but when not available Time Machine create an internal backup! The easy way to get your…
Raise an hand who does not have two versions of Java installed on your computer namely Java 6 as distributed by Apple and Java 7 as distributed by Oracle. When installing Java 7, it will take over the place from Java 6 as the Java…
Custom delay time You may have noticed that there is a short delay before the Dock appears when your mouse hits the edge of the screen. There is a hidden setting that allows you to adjust the delay time using the Terminal. Start by opening…
Go to LaunchAgents folder cd ~/Library/LaunchAgents Remove or rename com.adobe.ARM.whatevernumberisthis.plist you can also check what it contains to see if it is the right one. –Updated Only manually deleting file “com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist”: – open finder – go to folder ~/Library/LaunchAgents – delete file com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist – restart…
Got some problem with the lastest java? After the last java upgrade Apple removed a Java plugin from all Mac-compatible Web browsers. Java Web Start splash screen process exiting ….. Bad installation. No JRE found in configuration file Apple has updated Xprotect anti-malware, stopping all…
An automated option is to use the script described here: http://www.racoonlab.com/2013/08/toggle-between-java-6-and-java-7-on-mac/ How to re-enable the Apple-provided Java SE 6 applet plug-in and switch java version. Have you installed the latest java and javaws doesn’t start? If you have already followed the steps below once, you…