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Terminal commands to fix or change things without sudo on a managed machine.

System time change from terminal

Commands for changing the ribbon time display without system permissions

24 hour time

defaults write com.apple.menuextra.clock DateFormat "EEE MMM d  H:mm"
killall SystemUIServer

AM/PM

defaults write com.apple.menuextra.clock DateFormat "E MMM d h:mm a"
killall SystemUIServer

Allow unsigned apps to run

To allow for running an app from an "unidentified developer":

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "unidentified_thirdparty.app"

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