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Mac OS Tricks

F11 on a Mac for ESX Installs

  * 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.

Install Homebrew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
brew doctor
brew update

Mount from directory to directory

brew install bindfs
# brew install pkg-config if needed
bindfs <src_directory> <dest_directory>

Install useful unix utility ssh-copy-id

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/beautifulcode/ssh-copy-id-for-OSX/master/install.sh | sh
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