Desktop Trash

A common request we get from Enterprise switchers is to have the trash on the desktop, to maintain consistency between platforms. Seems reasonable, so here’s the command:

defaults write com.apple.finder Desktop.HasTrash 1

To undo it:

defaults write com.apple.finder Desktop.HasTrash 0

4 July 2009 in Mac OS X | tags: desktop, Mac OS X, show trash, trash can icon on desktop No comments

Dashboard DevMode

3 July 2009 in Mac OS X | tags: close dashboard, Dashboard, DevMode, leave widget open, widget on desktop No comments

L0phtCrack is Back

3 July 2009 in VMware, Windows Server, Windows XP | tags: audit, inexpensive tool, l0phtcrack, l0phtcrack 6, password auditing, windows No comments

Technology Leadership and Innovation

2 July 2009 in Business No comments

Disable NetApp FlexClone Snapshots

2 July 2009 in Unix, Xsan No comments

Disable Aero Machine Check

1 July 2009 in Windows XP No comments

Making Windows 7 Look Like Mac OS X

1 July 2009 in Mac OS X, Windows XP | tags: Mac OS X, theme, Windows 7 No comments

Rerunning the Setup Assistant

30 June 2009 in Mac OS X | tags: .AppleSetupDone, Mac OS X, Setup Assistant No comments

Changing Time Machine Backup Frequency

30 June 2009 in Mac OS X | tags: alter, Backup Frequency, com.apple.backupd-auto.plist, Mac OS X, Time Machine No comments

Suppressing Time Machine on Disk Mount

29 June 2009 in Mac OS X | tags: annoying, backup, disk mount, every time, stop, suppress, Time Machine No comments

The Cut, Copy & Paste Daemon in OS X

29 June 2009 in Mac OS X | tags: broken, com.apple.com, copy, cut, no paste, paste, pboard, troubleshooting No comments

Disable Disk Arbitration

28 June 2009 in Mac OS X, Mac Security | tags: automatically mount external drives, Disable disk arbitration, disable diskarbitration, launchctl, Mac OS X No comments

Resetting OD Admin Passwords

28 June 2009 in Mac OS X Server, Mac Security | tags: mkpassdb, reset diradmin password, reset OD password, root No comments

Bug in WordPress 2.8

27 June 2009 in WordPress, sites | tags: bug, I'm a tag, wordpress 2.8 No comments

Boobies on Facebook

27 June 2009 in sites | tags: boobies, breasts, Facebook, Google, Iran, nudity, Schmidt, youtube No comments

Mass Deploy Parallels

27 June 2009 in Mac OS X, VMware | tags: mass deploy, package, Parallels, parallels Desktop Autodeploy No comments

Shadow Mounting with hdiutil

26 June 2009 in Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security, Mass Deployment | tags: disk image, dmg mounting, hdiutil, read only, read-write, shadow mount No comments

The Blind Leading the Blind

26 June 2009 in personal 1 comment

How to Crack a DMG Password

26 June 2009 in Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security | tags: crack dmg password, dmg, DMG password, find lost password, Hacking, Mac OS X, password cracking 3 comments

Ham Radio on the Mac

25 June 2009 in Mac OS X No comments

Growl for Windows

25 June 2009 in Windows Server | tags: growl, windows No comments

Xserve RAID Performance Settings

24 June 2009 in Xsan | tags: Performance, Xsan, xserve raid No comments

NetWare + Portlock

24 June 2009 in Consulting | tags: boot cd, boot disk, netware, portlock boot cd, troubleshooting No comments

FDE on Mac OS X Server

23 June 2009 in Mac OS X Server | tags: checkpoint, fde, Mac OS X Server, pgp 4 comments

More on OS X Memory/Security

23 June 2009 in Mac OS X, Mac Security | tags: ASLR, library randomization, Mac OS X, Memory, NX, Security, shared memory No comments

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