Posted August 23, 2012 by David Kirk
Posted October 1, 2007 by Quinn McHenry
This has been Part 1 of our guide to Parental Controls In OS X. Make sure you follow us on Twitter or Facebook to be automatically notified when Part 2 is released along with other special deals and information pertaining to our group learning classes. Dec 14, 2017 10 Parental Control Apps For Mac. By Kay Tan in Desktop. Sure, you may already have the built-in Parental Controls on your Mac, but are you sure that these present features are enough to keep your child safe from cyber bullies, adult websites, online predators and scammers. We got your back. Here are handy tools for the Mac that will help.
OS X: Why is there not a combo installer for every release?
Many users prefer updating their Mac computer with a combo installer instead of using Software Update within OS X. However, some users get confused when an update is not accompanied by a combo installer.
Category Apple Mac, Mac system administration
Posted May 16, 2012 by Quinn McHenryOS X: Flush or Clear the DNS Cache
The command used to flush the DNS cache changed in OS X 10.5 Leopard and later versions. The new command is just as easy to run, if not to remember. This article has been updated for all current versions of Mac OS X.
Category Apple Mac, Mac system administration
Posted March 5, 2011 by Jimmy SOS X Lion: Fix Blank Wallpaper in Spaces
This tech-recipe will explain how to fix the blank white screen on the non default Space. Opening the Desktop and Screen saver preferences and setting the wallpaper will not set the blank space but the previous/default Space 1. Lets fix that!
Category Apple Mac, Mac system administration
Posted February 28, 2011 by Jimmy SConvert OS X Lion DMG Installer to a Bootable USB Thumb Drive
This recipe will explain how to make a USB Thumb Drive bootable with the OS X Lion Developer Preview installer on it and in turn allow you to install Lion on a Mac without an optical drive (ie Macbook Air line). We will need a copy of the installer dmg (not provided) and a 4GB […]
Category Apple Mac, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac system administration
Posted June 24, 2010 by Quinn McHenryOS X: Edit a file using TextEdit as root or superuser
Editing some files on an OS X system requires superuser or root permissions. Typically, this is accomplished using sudo (which lets authorized users assume superuser powers, cape and tights optional) and vi. To the uninitiated, vi can cause intestinal distress and hair loss. An alternative is the use of TextEdit, the graphical text editor application, […]
Category Mac system administration
Posted October 19, 2007 by Quinn McHenryOS X Leopard: Create new user account with parental controls
Mac OS X Leopard includes new Parental Controls to help protect your children from computers (or help protect your computer from your children). In Apple’s way, this process is simple, but there are some options to consider. This recipe describes adding a new user account that will be under Parental Control and discusses some related […]
Category Mac system administration
Posted October 2, 2007 by Quinn McHenryOS X: Change your PATH environment variable
When you run a command from a UNIX or UNIX-like shell, the shell looks for the executable file using the directories listed in your PATH variable as a map. For convenience, adding directories to this environment variable means you don’t have to go hunting for a file each time you run it. Following these directions […]
Category Mac system administration
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OS X: Easily edit hidden configuration files with TextEdit
In OS X, hidden files (those starting with a period like .profile or .bashrc) can be a challenge to edit because they are, well, hidden and don’t show up in Finder windows. While there are tricks to make hidden files visible in Finder windows, I prefer to keep my hidden files hidden. I also prefer […]
Run Dmg Past Parental Controls Mac Air
Category Mac system administration
Posted August 28, 2006 by Quinn McHenrySet Up Mac OS X Host to Print to Windows Shared Printer
Life is so much better when we all get along, especially when heterogeneous computer equipment can just work together. Integrating a Mac running OS X 10.4 to support printing to a shared printer on a Windows host is described in this Tech-Recipe.
Category Mac system administration