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/* Debug boot-args */
#define DB_HALT			0x1.  /* Halt at boot-time and wait for debugger attach (gdb) */	
//#define DB_PRT          	0x2   /* Send kernel debugging printf output to console */ -- obsolete 
#define DB_NMI			0x4   /* Drop into debugger on NMI (Command–Power, Command-Option-Control-Shift-Escape,  
				      /* or interrupt switch) */
#define DB_KPRT			0x8   /* Send kernel debugging kprintf output to serial port*/
#define DB_KDB			0x10  /* Make ddb (kdb) the default debugger (requires a custom kernel) */
//#define DB_SLOG		0x20  /* Output certain diagnostic info to the system log */ -- obsolete
#define DB_ARP          	0x40  /* Allow debugger to ARP and route (allows debugging across routers and removes 
				      /* the need for a permanent ARP entry, but is a potential security hole)—not 

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#!/bin/bash
#
# Get Partition Info from all disks
#
# Written by joevt updated Dec 29. 2020
#  Patches marked "rgh" July, 2010, to dump information beyond the 
#   four bios partitions
#
#	sudo ./dumpvols.sh > dumpvols_result.txt 2>&1
#

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#Find valid code signing certificates with:
#/usr/bin/security find-identity -p codesigning -v

#Eg:
#[carl@pegasus]:outset # security find-identity -p codesigning -v
#  1) A898234JHSDFH38WERKHJSDFLJ2UY4092367HJK9H4J18 "Mac Developer: foo@example.org (ABC01FFFGH)"
#     1 valid identities found

#Code Sign file with:
#/usr/bin/codesign -s "Mac Developer: foo@example.org (ABC01FFFGH)" -i <bundleID> <file>

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#!/bin/perl

# by joevt Dec 30, 2020

use 5.010;
use strict;
#use warnings;
use Data::Dumper qw(Dumper);

use JSON::PP;

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#!/bin/bash

# by joevt Jan 7/2021


dodump=1
if [[ "$1" == "-s" ]]; then
	dodump=0
	shift
fi

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It is the year 2020 and replicating APFS containers still sucks. One would expect it would be a simple copy and paste in the Disk Utility app but this is still far from reality.

Last year I wrote how I managed to clone my macOS system under Catalina. The main trick was to create a DMG file with multiple volumes, mount it on target machine and drop to command-line to do asr restore from synthetised disk while avoiding possible pitfalls.

The good news is that Apple devs definitely worked on improving this under Big Sur and added some documentation (see man asr). But I didn't understand it fully on first read. Maybe someone could explain how is this supposed to work?

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Verify and Repair Disk Permissions via Terminal (Mac OS X)

Verify Permissions

diskutil verifyPermissions /

Repair Permissions

diskutil repairPermissions /

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# Just a quick update for GPT and to use `rsync` instead of `cp`!
# That means this applies to UEFI boot, though for legacy BIOS boot, feel free to swap
# GPT to MBR below.

# Requires https://homebrew.sh to split the install.wim file
brew install wimlib

# First, we need to find our device. BEFORE inserting your USB drive, run the
# following:
diskutil list

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string>mbasd=1</string>
</dict>
</plist>

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

# TODO: Need to figure out the settings for the following:
#    1) Dock: Items with order (not capturing binary data - since that is dependent on installed apps)
#    2) Security & Privacy Preferences: Full Disk Access, Camera, Microphone
#    3) Login items for my user (i.e. apps started when I login)
#    4) Retina displays

##
# This is a script with useful tips taken from: