Category: OSX
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How-to: Fix SSH Session Timeouts on Mac OSX Mountain Lion.
Recently, we got an upgrade with Comcast that included phone service (does anyone still use land lines at home besides my grandmother?), and increased bandwidth. Increased bandwidth seemed great to me and I could just not use the phone, plus my monthly bill is somehow cheaper this way. Not sure who comcast has working in…
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How-to: Convert .dmg files to .iso
So I primarily run a Mac for most of my day to day activites. There are times though when I need to use Virtual Box to load a Windows 7 instance. I like to use ISO’s to install my VM’s as you don’t need to keep a CD-ROM available. However when you image a CD-ROM…
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How-to: Using Ascii symbols in MAC OSX
Today’s how-to is all about making special characters using ASCII key codes from OSX. Here are a list of some of our more often used asci symbols and how to make them using ascii codes. Its very simple but saves alot of time when you need to enter these characters in texts or posts. ¢…
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How-to: Clear your DNS Cache on Mac OSX.
Ever had the need to clear your DNS cache under OSX. Here is an easy way to do this from the command prompt on your OSX system. For MAC OSX 10.4 and below run this command: lookupd -flushcache For Mac Lion/Mountain Lion and later: dscacheutil -flushcache sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder