Mac

Reset Lost password

First up, you need to reboot your computer while holding the Command and the R keys down. Hold your Mac’s power button down for about six seconds, and it will turn off. Wait a couple of seconds more, and then hold down Command-R on your keyboard while pressing the power button again to turn the machine on. Keep holding the Command-R combination until you see the little spinning circle just below the Apple logo on the boot up screen.

Once your Mac boots, you’ll see a window with various options. Use your mouse to select Terminal from the Utilities menu, and Terminal will launch. Type in

resetpassword

and you’ll get a dialog box that will let you do just that. Choose the user you want to change the password for, and type in the new password twice. Hit OK, close the reset password window, and reboot your Mac.

Show Hidden Files in finder

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
 
To set it back (that .DS_Store on the Desktop is hella irritating), execute those same commands, but just switch that TRUE to FALSE

Useful OX 10 Shortcuts

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<td valign="middle" bgcolor="#cccccc">Task</td>
<td valign="middle" bgcolor="#cccccc">Key Command</td>
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<tr>
<td valign="middle">Open the Force Quit window</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Option-Escape</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Cycle through active applications in the Dock</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Tab</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Cancel operation</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Open Mac Help</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-?</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Go back in the finder view to the previous item</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-[</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Go to folder</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-~</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Select all</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Hide Finders toolbar</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Copy</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-C</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Duplicate; creates a duplicate copy of a selected items.</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-D</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Turn Dock hiding on/off</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Option-D</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Move item to trash</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Delete</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Empty Trash</td>
<td valign="middle">Shift-Option-Delete</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Eject the selected disk image, CD, etc.</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-E</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Find</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-F</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Hide application</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-H</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Show info</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-I</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Show view options in the Finder.</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-J</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Connect to Server</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Make alias</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-L</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Minimize window</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Minimize all open windows for an application</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Option-M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Open a new Finder window</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Create a new folder</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Shift-N</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Open file or folder</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-O</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Print file</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-P</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Quit application</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Q</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Show original</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-R</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Add to Favorites</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-T</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Paste</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-V</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Close window</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-W</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Close all windows</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Option-W</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Cut</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-X</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Redo</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Shift-Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Go to Applications view in the Finder</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Option-A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Go to Computer view in the Finder</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Option-C</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Go to Favorites view in the Finder</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Option-F</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Go to Home view in the Finder</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Option-H</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Go to iDisk view in Finder</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Option-I</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Take a screenshot of the entire display</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Shift-3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">Make and capture a rectangular selection of the display</td>
<td valign="middle">Command-Shift-4</td>
</tr>

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