OSX Tricks and Tips

OSX_Tricks_and_Tips.md

I have started working on some applications on OSX on Apple laptops and an old MacMini. Here are some tricks and tips I have found.

PC Keyboard and Option Key

The option key is the same as the ALT key on PC Keyboard. I discovered this from a Goole search (sorry, no reference this time). I needed to know this so that I could boot an old MacMini and install Linux on it because Apple stopped supporting this hardware a long time ago.

Installing Elementary OS 5 on MacMini

REF: https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/151330-installing-elementary-os-on-mac-hardware REF: https://askubuntu.com/questions/787761/how-to-convert-multi-catalog-ubuntu-iso-image-to-boot-it-on-macbook-2-1

I needed to figure out why the default Elementary OS 5 DVD would not boot into the insstaller on an old MacMini. I was seeing a Windows boot option but when I selected I kept getting a message "select cd-rom boot type" .

This solution in the second URL contains C source code that onces editted (iput ISO file name) and compiled will UPDATE the .ISO file so that it now boots on the MacMin.

Homebrew on OSX

Here is the project site:

REF: https://brew.sh/

Here is how to install:

REF: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-mac-software-terminal-homebrew/

Here is how to search for packages:

REF: https://brewformulas.org/

Note on searching brewformulas.org. If you get a result, click on the page. There will be a command on how to install the package. It looked like sshfs was not available but when I clicked on the result there was a command to install.