Notes of some tips for OS X

custom_settings.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Disable the shadow from the screenshot
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true
killall SystemUIServer

# Disable built-in keyboard
sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyboard.kext/

# Hidden Wi-Fi utility
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport

shortcut_keys.md

Key symbols

• ⌘ - ⌘ - Command
• ⌥ - ⌥ - Option
• ⇧ - ⇧ - Shift
• ⎋ - ⎋ - Escape
• ⇥ - ⇥ - Tab
• ⏎ - ⏎ - Return
• ⌫ - ⌫ - Delete
• ⌽ - ⌽ - Power

Shortcut keys

Make an alias

• Drag with ⌘ + ⌥

Take a screenshot

• ⌘ + ⇧ + 3 - Entire screen
• ⌘ + ⇧ + 4 - Specified area

Return in a cell in MS Excel

• ⌘ + ⌥ + ⏎

system_paths.md

System paths

Apache 2

Check if configuration syntax file is correct or not:

sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl -t

Launch Apache 2:

sudo /usr/sbin/httpd [-k start|restart|graceful|graceful-stop|stop]

Full path to httpd.conf

/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

PHP 5

Full path to php

/usr/bin/php

Full path to php.ini

/private/etc/php.ini.default

Python 2

Full path to python and python-config

/usr/bin/python
/usr/bin/python-config