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wegotoeleven / getFsUsage.sh
Created August 5, 2022 21:44
Get fs_usage
# Run fs_usage
sudo fs_usage -e -www | grep -i $searchTerm
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wegotoeleven / findMacSerialNumber.sh
Last active August 5, 2022 21:43
Find Mac serial number
# On the Mac
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial/ {print $4}'
ioreg -l | grep IOPlatformSerialNumber | awk '{print $4}' | sed 's/"//g'
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wegotoeleven / findHomeDirectory.sh
Created August 5, 2022 21:40
Find home directory
# Set USERNAME variable to user
USERNAME=""
USER_HOME=$(/usr/bin/dscl . read "/Users/${USERNAME}" | awk -F ':' '/NFSHomeDirectory/ {print $2}' | awk '{$1=$1};1')
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wegotoeleven / readWriteTests.sh
Created August 5, 2022 21:35
Read/Write tests
# Read test
dd if=tstfile bs=2048k of=/dev/null count=1024 2>&1 | grep sec | awk '{print "Read: " $1 / 1024 / 1024 / $5, "MB/sec" }'
# Write test
dd if=/dev/zero bs=2048k of=tstfile count=1024 2>&1 | grep sec | awk '{print "Write: " $1 / 1024 / 1024 / $5, "MB/sec" }'
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wegotoeleven / turnOffSpotlight.sh
Created August 5, 2022 21:32
Turn off Spotlight
# Toggle Spotlight
sudo mdutil -a -i off # Off
sudo mdutil -a -i on # On
# To remove the menu bar icon, run this Terminal command:
sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search && killall SystemUIServer
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wegotoeleven / resetDEPCache.sh
Created August 5, 2022 21:31
Reset DEP cache
# On Macs without a T2 chip, boot into Single User Mode using cmd-S.
# On Macs with or without a T2 chip, boot into Recovery Mode using cmd-R and open Utilities > Terminal.
# Doesn't work on macOS 11 and newer
mount -uw /System/Volumes/Data
touch /var/db/.RunLanguageChooserToo
mount -uw /
touch /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/var/db/.RunLanguageChooserToo
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wegotoeleven / createCertificateBundle.sh
Last active August 5, 2022 21:28
Create certificate bundle
# Create certificate bundle with private key and cert, and intermediate certs
openssl pkcs12 -export -out <certBundle>.pfx -inkey <privateKey>.key -in <serverCert>.crt -certfile <intermediateCert>.crt
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wegotoeleven / installerChoiceChanges.sh
Last active August 5, 2022 21:26
Installer Choice Changes
# Show available choice changes for a specific package
installer -showChoiceChangesXML -pkg /path/to/the/package.pkg | grep -A 3 -B 4 'selected' | grep -v '\-\-'
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wegotoeleven / finAuthdbPreferences.sh
Last active August 5, 2022 21:26
Find Auth.db preferences
# Interrogate the auth.db for System Preference permissions
sudo sqlite3 /var/db/auth.db .dump | grep -i system.preferences | awk -F "'" '{print $2}' | grep system
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wegotoeleven / getConnectedWifi.sh
Last active August 5, 2022 21:24
Get connected WiFi
# Check connected wifi
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I | grep SSID