Finder operation
copy file path | right click menu + alt key hold > copy as path name |
Text Navigation | mac | win |
go line front | cmd+left | home |
go line end | cmd+right | end |
go word front | alt+left | ctrl+left |
go word end | alt+right | ctrl+right |
go doc start | cmd+up | ctrl+home |
go doc end | cmd+down | ctrl+end |
text selection | above with shift |
text edit: TextEdit | |
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make current doc Plain text | cmd+shift+t |
image eidt: Preview | |
crop image to selection | cmd+k |
screenshot selection | cmd+shift+4 |
commandline: Terminal | |
a standard bash terminal with copy paste working |
sudo vi /etc/hosts
or
sudo nano /etc/hosts
or to view only
view /etc/hosts
echo -e "MyDirName\tUsers/MyUser/MyDirName" | sudo tee -a /etc/synthetic.conf
sudo touch /etc/synthetic.conf sudo echo "MyDirName\tUsers/MyUser/MyDirName" >> /etc/synthetic.conf
Other Management Tool
Problem: Stop Music.app keeps popping up and remove Music app from menubar
Problem: USB Ethernet device Drive installation
Problem: Wacom Driver installation security error prevent wacom working
Problem: make mouse extra button works
system setup
Working with Windows
Reference
http://www.imore.com/how-set-and-restore-time-machine-backup http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1060844-norton-ghost-type-software-for-mac/ https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5630862 http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2210269 http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html http://www.macworld.com/article/2151706/create-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive-for-newer-macs.html http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro/backup_recovery/ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5943 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4848 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5911 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
How to save Mac OS X updates locally from Software Update tool
* GBExtraContent-1.0 GarageBand Instruments and Apple Loops (1.0), 1170290K [recommended]
Mac system customize
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool false
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png #format:png,pdf,jpg,gif,tif,bmp,tga
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop #cust path
defaults write com.apple.screencapture name "txt"
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
sudo passwd root
How to Enable Sharing Feature
smb://the_computer_name/ smb://192.168.56.1 # ip address
Mac system shortcut
turn off screen | ctrl+shift+eject |
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Linux can natively read and write on NTFS, FAT format disk.
Mac can natively read NTFS, and read and write on FAT format disk.
Mac can use ntfs-3g tool to write on NTFS disk, but not recommended, as it's slow and unstable.