Apple OS X Tips, Tricks, Shortcuts and Fixes
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Since I am the primary admin for over 25 OS X systems, it's important to me to have plenty of places to get quick answers. Although books are quickly going the way of dinosaurs (at least those in printed form), I frequently get aggrevated at OS X articles on the Internet that don't mention the version being discussed. Since one must seach on the version number which is hit or miss if the content states something like: "this worked in 10.4 and stopped working in 10.5, but is working again in 10.6." Anyway, here's a list of Peachpit Press* books that are really pretty solid.
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The modifier key for Macs when using Terminal (the shell) is set by default to ESC [escape]. It's pretty annoying if you are familiar with using just about any other platform for working in a shell... almost as annoying as learning to use the command key (AKA "Apple Key") as a recovering Windows user.
Below is a screenshot of the Terminal Preference panel and the quickest way to be able to transition from a standard PC keyboard.
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Just a few time saving keyboard shortcuts. Not every combination is listed - just the ones that I find helpful. Don't type the plus, eh? * Denotes keystroke combinations that only work with Finder (or Finder and a very limited number of applications)
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select All items |
<command> + C
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Copy selected |
<command> + D
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Duplicate selected |
<command> + F
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Find with spotlight |
<command> + G
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find next |
<command> + H
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Hide window* |
<command> + I
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get Info on selected* |
<command> + K
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Konnect to server* |
<command> + L
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make an aLias of selected* |
<command> + N
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New window or document |
<command> + O
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Open selected |
<command> + V
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Paste item |
<command> + W
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close Window or document |
<command> + Z
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undo |
| <command> + M |
Minimize window |
<command> + <shift> + A
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go to Applications folder* |
<command> + <shift> + H
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go to Home folder* |
<command> + <option> + M
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Minimize all windows* |
<command> + <option> + O
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Open selected then close finder* |
<command> + <option> + T
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hide Toolbar* |
<command> + <option> + W
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close all Windows or documents* |
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OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Breaks Juniper Network Connect |
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Upgrading to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard makes Juniper Network Connect fail to connect. I looked through the logs found two things it was complaining about in the "reason=" portion of the dump. If this doesn't work for any reason, I suggest taking a look at the logs offered to see if that tag has any useful hints.
*** I don't have the foggiest idea how relaxing the permissions on the product directory impacts security | Use this tip at your own risk ***
Here is what I used:
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/juniper/nc/6.3.0 (This is where the workspace file is stored)
sudo mkdir /Applications/Network\ Connect.app/Contents/Frameworks
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