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OS X, Fusion, command line, VMs as daemons…
somewhat random string of notes created while exploring options to run VMware Fusion VMs on system boot (prior to user login). ie., looking at ways to start the VMs from a system level daemon…...
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A GUI utility to view & edit agents & daemons for OS X — Peter Borg’s Lingon.
Finally found a GUI utility to view/edit agents & daemons for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 (should work with anything from 10.5 or newer) OS X uses the “Mac launchd” facility to manage the startup...
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When iTunes doesn’t move deleted items to trash
check iTunes Preferences, the Advanced tab, the settings for ”iTunes Media folder location” and “Keep iTunes Media folder organized“. iTunes preferences for Media Folder and organization. For some...
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Fix repeating iTunes prompt to accept incoming network connections.
Do you want the application ‘iTunes.app’ to accept incoming network connections? If you get this prompt every time you start iTunes, it’s probably an issue with the application contents vs the...
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Installer quit unexpectedly… root cause missing JavaLaunching.framework
Error logs indicate the system needs Java for the package installer to work properly. As verified and documented below, it does not; it only needs a “framework folder” containing some reference...
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Was “IP enabling” the OS Kernel, System Libraries, and Application Frameworks...
For the impatient reader… I’ll cut to point. Yes, it was a mistake. We are well beyond the point where a seemingly good idea has been taken to excess and evolved into a bad implementation. How did I...
View ArticleDelete individual items from OS X 10.11 El Capitan “Messages 9.0” app.
To delete individual items from OS X 10.11 El Capitan “Messages 9.0” app. *this is for deleting specific messages within a conversation thread. if the same Messages/iMessage account is active on...
View ArticleApple MacOS High Sierra security/root bug
If you’ve updated to MacOS High Sierra (OSX 10.13), this is not good news. Although Apple released a bug fix, it should really give security conscious users some pause. There are some good overviews...
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Xcode unable to create snapshot: unable to write to file … plist
Xcode error: Unable to create snapshot Unable to write to info file ‘<DVTFilePath: ~~~~~ info.plist’>’. Xcode has been tossing this error at me for over a year now. This problem has persisted...
View ArticleOSX: Unable to talk to lsboxd ( and other console errors)
mdworker: Unable to talk to lsboxd sandboxd: mdworker deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd Cured by doing a safe boot and then restarting normally ? Really ? < cue twilight zone music >...
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