Disable the dashboard in Mac OS X:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
Kill the dock:
killall Dock
Kill spotlight:
sudo mdutil -a -i off
Fix Mamp Status Red, not starting:
ps aux | grep mysql
lsof -i
killall -9 mysqld
Show file permissions:
ls -l
Change file permissions, -R 'recursive' so applies to all files in folder, * 'will apply to all'. For more on permissions numbers see - http://support.hostgator.com/articles/cpanel/how-to-change-permissions-chmod-of-a-file:
sudo chmod -R 755 *