====== Mac OS Tricks ======
==== Change the hostname ====
<code bash>
sudo scutil --set HostName testhostname.local
hostname
</code>

==== Create a bootable OS X USB installation disk ====
<code bash>
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app --nointeraction
</code>

==== F11 on a Mac for ESX Installs ====
<code>
  * Fn+Ctrl+option+F11
  * Or Go into the Mission Control settings and set 'Show Desktop' to be any other F- key besides F11. Go into the keyboard settings and check the box that says 'Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys.
  * Or if you are using VMware Fusion, you can send key using Virtual Machine -> Send Key -> F11.
</code>
==== Install Homebrew ====
<code bash>
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
brew doctor
brew update
</code>

==== Mount from directory to directory ====
<code bash>
brew install bindfs
# brew install pkg-config if needed
bindfs <src_directory> <dest_directory>
</code>

==== Install useful unix utility ssh-copy-id ====
<code bash>
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/beautifulcode/ssh-copy-id-for-OSX/master/install.sh | sh
</code>

==== Schedule tasks in Mac OS X ====
<code>
cat >> ~/me.hackerzhou.backup.plist <<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
     <key>Label</key>
     <string>me.hackerzhou.backup</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/Users/hackerzhou/bin/backup.sh</string>
        </array>
     <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
     <dict>
          <key>Minute</key>
          <integer>0</integer>
     </dict>
</dict>
</plist>
EOF
sudo cp /Users/hackerzhou/me.hackerzhou.backup.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/
sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/me.hackerzhou.backup.plist
</code>

==== Use Time Machine via NFS ====
<code>
http://smekkley.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/time-machine-via-nfs-on-mavericks/
http://images.apple.com/business/docs/Autofs.pdf
http://tentacles666.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/nfs-mounts-in-os-x-mavericks/
</code>