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u/TheSpreader · 3 pointsr/osx

anything with an FTDI chipset is your best bet these days - I see one other person recommending prolific, I have had nothing but bad luck with those, at least if you need anything above 9600 baud. I keep one of these in my bag:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AHYJWWG

On the software side, there is an excellent app on the app store called, cleverly enough, Serial. It's not free, but it works very well, and shouldn't require you to install any drivers. If you'd rather skip paying, minicom is in brew, that works well too.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/osx


>My portion is on the Macintosh file system and security.

HFS+ needs to be taken out back and shot. ZFS was considered as a replacement until Sun's CEO shot off his mouth. It was also rumoured that licensing issues didn't help, either.


>1. I understand that Mac's don't have a registry. In windows, when a program installs there are registry entries and necessary parts of the program are installed into memory at startup. If there's no registry, then clearly this doesn't happen for OSX. Does this mean that each application is an effective island, with separate coding that doesn't affect the others?

Correct. Each app generally stores everything it needs inside its own app bundle (the folder which looks and acts like a file which is the app itself). On a Mac, right-click on an app and click Show Package Contents to have a peek behind the curtains.


>2. When you install the OS, the installer is essentially the first admin on the system who then has the power to create other admins. Can that user be removed by other members of the admin group? And how does that work for networks?

Yes, any admin user can delete any other user. If the network uses Open Directory for centralized signins, then the machine's local user account database isn't used.


>3. I know that MACs are relatively free of viruses, but it would seem to me that if I were trying to write a virus, the first thing that I would do is to attempt to activate the root user account. Are there any specific safeguards against that?

The root account is useless on a modern Mac; it requires user interaction to do so anyway. It's far easier to request permission to make a systemwide change (convincing the user to enter their password), since almost all users have administrative rights (protected by that same authorization dialog).


This book would likely give you everything you need to know. Need more gory details? This book would deliver those.

u/ripsfo · 2 pointsr/osx

Pretty sure that Epson will just gobble up what it can in memory, then start sending, and the additional pages will just spool and send when they can. This is how buffers work on printers too.

Another couple options.

MetroFax is an eFax service that you can upload documents too. There’s probably a file size limit, so you may need to break it into several jobs. Also it will cost money per page I believe.

There are still USB fax modems (https://www.amazon.com/Robotics-USR5637-Controller-Dial-Up-External/dp/B0013FDLM0/) that will work with macOS. In this case, it’s essentially a print job that will spool to disk, then send. Doubt you’d be able to find one easily on short notice.

Good luck.

u/SleepMyLittleOnes · 5 pointsr/osx

I can confirm that the new High Sierra public beta nvme support works for booting and running a Samsung 960 EVO nvme drive in my 2015 Macbook Air. It requires a sintech adapter or clone (amazon) which are made to make the 80 mm m.2 ssd fit exactly into the original apple ssd space. Replacing the drive requires a 1.2mm penetalope screwdriver AND a T4/T5 torx. If you look around amazon you may find something that has both.

You will need to make a time machine backup to an external drive and also have room to put the high sierra installer on another usb drive to install it on the ssd.

During installation you will need to format the empty SSD to an apple readable format using disk utils, then you can install High Sierra on the drive. Transfer your information

Total cost: $155

Total time: ~8.5 Hours ( ~4 hours to make time machine backup, ~ 30 minutes to swap the drive. ~1 hour to install High Sierra, ~ 3 hours to restore from backup)

Happy Hacking!

EDIT:

I started getting kernal panics in the nvme driver today when I put the air to sleep. I will do some digging to see if there is a fix.

u/beerncats · 2 pointsr/osx

Ars Technica's OS X reviews are very extensive and present a lot of info in a straightforward manner (it may be helpful to go back and read the Mountain Lion (OS x 10.8) article as well).

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/

If you'd rather have something more like a reference book I'd recommend The Missing Manual series. Again, you may find it helpful to read up on the previous version of the OS as well, because Mavericks builds on a bunch of stuff that was introduced in Mountain Lion.

http://www.amazon.com/OS-Mavericks-The-Missing-Manual/dp/1449362249

u/SmileAndDonate · 2 pointsr/osx


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u/TilBlue · 1 pointr/osx

> Would a cooling dock be ok if I decided to use a mechanical...

An enclosure like this would probably work best. The cooling dock could get the job done if you have a metal enclosure or one with holes that allow air to pass through, though.

> Forgive my ignorance but is it possible to boot from a ssd only and access my home folder and files from a separate mechanical

Yep! You could even (slowly) boot from an SD card if you wanted. Just install the OS to the drive you want to boot from and format the other one as HFS+.

u/damienbarrett · 2 pointsr/osx

Server: http://www.amazon.com/OS-Server-5-0-Essentials-Supporting/dp/0134434773/

Troubleshooting: http://www.amazon.com/Support-Essentials-10-11-Supporting-Troubleshooting/dp/013442820X/

These books map closely to the Apple Training Courses offered by Apple Certified Training Centers. And the certification tests are based on the courses, so if you can study these books, you should be able to take the tests and get certified.

And once you get your feet wet, you'll discover a plethora of "Mac Admin" blogs and sites like MacEnterprise, AFP548, Rich Trouton's blog, Ben Toms' blog, and more. These have many answers for solving problems and doing tasks as a Mac sysadmin.

u/guiltydoggy · 0 pointsr/osx

For starting, you can read John Siracusa's many articles on OS X at Ars Technica. They are both informative and entertaining and stay at a pretty high level.

To get more in depth and really in the weeds, there's this.

u/HunterKillerNYC · 2 pointsr/osx

My opinion is that if you want to get a little more serious about audio for your PC, you would also need to get an external DAC/AMP with SPDIF interface. There are such units out there that would connect via USB.

From here, get yourself a decent set of open back headphones... don't go cheap. Here are two models to consider.

Beyerdynamic DT990:
http://www.amazon.com/Beyerdynamic-DT-990-Pro-250-Professional-Acoustically-Applications/dp/B0011UB9CQ

Sennheiser HT650: http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-9969-HD-650-Headphones/dp/B00018MSNI/

I recently got the HT650s and I love them!


Here is where the amp comes in; these headphones have higher impedance, so they need the amp to drive them, then the DAC to convert the digital audio to analog for you. For instance, the DT990 comes in a 250 ohm and 600 ohm variety, so you would look for an amp that can drive that amount accordingly.

Me personally, I went with the Fiio E17 / E09 combination, which works fine for my setup. The E17 is also portable, so I would have the option to use it on the go if needed.

u/mrfebrezeman360 · 1 pointr/osx

I posted a similar thread a few years back, and it seemed to come down to this book. I bought it, but it's pretty above my head and I haven't had the time to really try and delve in.

Have you looked into MaxMSP?

u/CannonBall7 · 7 pointsr/osx

This might be a bit too deep for what you're looking for currently, but Jonathan Levin is actively writing a series of books on OS X Internals. Worth checking out and much more up to date than Amit Singh's book.

u/boredzo · 22 pointsr/osx

John Siracusa writes reviews of new major OS X releases for Ars Technica. These reviews are more than a dozen pages long (to the point that the most recent one is also available as a Kindle ebook), so he has to start writing them well in advance of the actual release, using the developer Golden Master seed.

howardgrigg is implying that he will now have to start all over, since he may have found bugs that are now fixed, or successfully used features that now have bugs. (In reality, he'll probably just go through and retest everything—or at least every bug—he mentioned individually.)

u/Neapola · 2 pointsr/osx

I bought a pair of 3TB Hitachi internal drives like this on Newegg during Black Friday sales in 2014 (or was it Cyber Monday?) ...anyway... a pair of internal drives plus a 2 drive dock similar to this that cost me maybe $20 on sale? Everything was on holiday sales, so 2 drives plus the dock for them cost me less than $150. I popped the drives into the dock, plugged it in and assigned one drive to Time Machine and the other to SuperDuper. Everything just runs itself. Zero hassle.

u/Randy_Watson · 1 pointr/osx
u/gerryf19 · 2 pointsr/osx

Near as I can tell, that model has a standard sata drive inside the case,so all you would need to do is carefully pry it open and pull the sata drive out, then mount it in something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Docking-Station-DS-UBLK/dp/B00IKAQ538

u/zappbwr · 1 pointr/osx

Depends how good you are at C++.

Mac OS X Internals: a systems approach
Chapter 10

http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Internals-Systems-Approach/dp/0321278542/

Or this tutorial/writeup:
http://wagerlabs.com/writing-a-mac-osx-usb-device-driver-that-impl

u/discordant · 3 pointsr/osx

You need a USB to serial adapter, like https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Converter-Prolific-Chipset-TU-S9/dp/B0007T27H8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1499385175 or https://www.amazon.com/Console-Essential-Accesory-Ubiquity-Switches/dp/B01AFNBC3K/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1499385175&sr=8-8&keywords=usb+to+serial+adapter . Anything with Prolific will work, or SiLabs (also seen in Cygnal stuff). Both have OSX drivers. I think the Prolific drivers may be built in these days.

Anyway - Install the drivers and then you can use screen or other tools to attach to the tty, e.g. screen /dev/tty.<something> 115200. All the USB to serial stuff will generally present as a TTY device in /dev.

u/GuinessDraft · 1 pointr/osx

I have a similar setup at home. I used the 4-port version of this:

http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS1642/

This is the 2-port version, and MSRP is just under $500. Amazon has it for $345 http://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-2-Port-Switch-Audio-GCS1642/dp/B004GKM9JK Add a few DVI-HDMI cables from Monoprice for a few dollars, and you are in business.

EDIT: Added Amazon link

u/Vash2k6 · 3 pointsr/osx

One of the problems with the "virus question" is that people still have a very outdated view of how infection works. We got very used to how propagation worked in the 90s and early 00s. Often it boils down to an all or nothing argument.

In addition, the objection to being 8-10% of the population being enough to slip by is a correct one. It's not enough and it never has been. However, falling back on an "antivirus" as a way to protect yourself is not necessarily the correct approach either.
The best thing a modern Mac user can do to protect their system is learn about how to secure UNIX systems. This is key to protecting your Mac.

For starters, take a look at these books:

'A Practical Guide to UNIX for Mac OS X Users': Amazon | Google

'Practical Unix and Internet Security': Amazon | Google

It's not wrong to be suspicious of files you download. However, these books will help orient you and learn the philosophy and practice of securing your Mac.


EDIT: I guess I didn't directly provide an answer to your question, so here goes: You said spam was being sent from your mother's email account. One thing to check is whether her account is IMAP based. Check the headers on the spam mail to try and determine it's origin. Often email spam can boil down to a few things:

  1. Someone is spoofing the email address and it only appears like your mom's

  2. Your mom's password has been compromised and someone is using her email account to send mail.

    In either event, they are probably not using your mom's mac as the source to send emails at all. It's a good idea to check but the header on the message in question should confirm your suspicions. In any case, have her change her passwords asap if she hasn't already. Good luck!
u/itsacomputer · 1 pointr/osx

I'm getting the same crash on my early 2014 MBA

I'm running an external monitor through thunderbolt and another one through this dongle (http://www.amazon.com/J5-Create-JUA350-Display-Adapter/dp/B0079VXOWO/)

Lid closed

u/derekvof · 1 pointr/osx

I was also having issues with an external drive. I pulled it out of the case and dropped it into a drive dock (like this one - very handy and not expensive). Drive itself is fine and still usable - but the case just sucked. Or sucked with Yosemite.