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sysadminctl is a tool Apple introduced in 10.10 for working with system user accounts. In 10.13, 
sysadminctl is Apple's recommended tool for working with user accounts in the CLI, replacing functionality 
that has long been provided by dscl and adds new features available only in 10.13. 
sysadminctl can be used to change user passwords, create new users (including automatically provisioning 
the user home folder) or check the status of a new-to-10.13 security feature named SecureToken.

SecureToken is a user attribute like password type or user home location. SecureToken is not publicly 
documented by Apple so it is not possible to provide a full technical description, but in practice one 
needs only to know if a user has SecureToken or not. Having SecureToken set signifies that a user can 
unlock a FileVault-encrypted volume. Without the SecureToken bit on a user account, that user will not 

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#!/bin/bash
# Modified 4/5/2019
Version=1.4
# Original source is from MigrateUserHomeToDomainAcct.sh
# Written by Patrick Gallagher - https://twitter.com/patgmac
#
# Guidance and inspiration from Lisa Davies:
# http://lisacherie.com/?p=239
#
# Modified by Rich Trouton

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Automatically check for updates:

Enable: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate AutomaticCheckEnabled -bool TRUE
Disable: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate AutomaticCheckEnabled -bool FALSE

Download newly available updates in the background:

Enable: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate AutomaticDownload -bool TRUE
Disable: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate AutomaticDownload -bool FALSE

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Mac Packaging Cheatsheet

Create a component pkg from a DMG

pkgbuild --component /Volumes/ApplicationName/*.app --install-location \
    /Applications ApplicationName-Version.pkg

Install pkg from command line

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How to Download iOS Simulator (Xcode) in Command Line and Install it

For faster connection speed and more flexibility.

Steps

0. Start Xcode in command line by running this in commandline /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode
1. Start downloading of the simulator
2. Cancel it. YES CANCEL IT!
3. You will get a message like this:

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#!/bin/bash

# Original script by Noel B. Alonso: https://gist.github.com/nbalonso/5696340

#variables
DSCL="/usr/bin/dscl"
SECURITY="/usr/bin/security"
LOGGER="/usr/bin/logger"

# Determine OS version

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MacBook9,1: 'Mac-9AE82516C7C6B903'
iMac14,1: 'Mac-031B6874CF7F642A'
iMac10,1: 'Mac-F2268DC8'
MacBookPro8,1: 'Mac-50619A408DB004DA'
MacBook6,1: 'Mac-F22C8AC8'
MacBookPro10,2: 'Mac-AFD8A9D944EA4843'
iMac12,2: 'Mac-942B59F58194171B'
iMac14,2: 'Mac-27ADBB7B4CEE8E61'
MacBook8,2: 'Mac-F305150B0C7DEEEF'
MacBookAir6,1: 'Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF'

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#!/bin/sh

# Determine OS version
osvers=$(sw_vers -productVersion | awk -F. '{print $2}')

# Environment settings
LDAPdomain="new_ldap_server_here" 		# Fully qualified DNS of new LDAP server
oldLDAPdomain="old_ldap_server_here"	# Fully qualified DNS of old LDAP server
oldADdomain="olddomain.com"            	# Fully qualified DNS name of the old Active Directory Domain
oldADdomainname="OLDDOMAIN"            	# Name of the old AD Domain as specified in the search paths

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#!/bin/bash

# This script downloads and installs the latest Flash player for compatible Macs

# Determine OS version
osvers=$(sw_vers -productVersion | awk -F. '{print $2}')

# Determine current major version of Adobe Flash for use
# with the fileURL variable

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#!/bin/bash

# Identify location of jamf binary.

jamf_binary=`/usr/bin/which jamf`

 if [[ "$jamf_binary" == "" ]] && [[ -e "/usr/sbin/jamf" ]] && [[ ! -e "/usr/local/bin/jamf" ]]; then
    jamf_binary="/usr/sbin/jamf"
 elif [[ "$jamf_binary" == "" ]] && [[ ! -e "/usr/sbin/jamf" ]] && [[ -e "/usr/local/bin/jamf" ]]; then
    jamf_binary="/usr/local/bin/jamf"