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--- dev:tricks:macos [2013/09/09 05:50] – [F11 on a Mac for ESX Installs] hackerzhou
+++ dev:tricks:macos [2020/06/06 23:32] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== 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>
@@ Line 7: / Line 18: @@
 </code>
 ==== Install Homebrew ====
-<code>
+<code bash>
 ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
 brew doctor
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 ==== Mount from directory to directory ====
-<code>
+<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>