![]() ![]() (Seem to remember a bit different O'Reilly title, alas this is what a quick search is turning up).Learning Unix for OS X, Opens a new window May be handy to have a NTFS r/w utility, e.g.-Ī linux admin using a macbook pro? All you'll ever need it Terminal :)As to be expected with another *nix distro there are differences. Opens a new window (old, but basically accurate).May want to use a MacBook firmware p/w, as well. External Thunderbolt HDD can be handy for VMs without cluttering the main HDD.Īs sysadmin, keeping the laptop encrypted with Filevault2 is a must. Would prefer to have at least one TM target be an external Thunderbolt HDD (fwiw, FW800 isn't a chump, though). Can have multiple TM targets (say, home, office, & NAS). Linux VMs of various flavors may have specific utility, if only experimentation.ĭefinitely get acclimated with TM ( Time Machine). Neither is pricy.Ĭan immediately think of a Windows VM being handy for RSAT, Powershell, and the like. They keep each other honest, as the saying goes. GeekTool - Display overlayed information on desktop like Sysinternals BGInfo for windows VMWare Fusion - Type 2 VM Hypervison (paid for app) Omnigraffle - CAD design type program (paid for app) With the windows RDP it is a windowed mode and when you swap the current desktop it's running on, if you have multiple RDP sessions open all sessions will move to that desktop, they cannot be independent of each other.Īdium - Multi-Protocol chat messenger (built on libpurple, same framework as pidgin for windows) I personally like "Jump Desktop" for my remote desktop needs, (although not free) mainly because I can open RDP sessions on different desktops or different screens, and have multiple shared drives mapped from the Mac OS. This is also really useful: Opens a new window Homebrew manages its formulas via pull requests on Github.as soon as a pull request on the pianobar project was available to fix the issue the homebrew formula was updated to apply that patch! This is before the pianobar patch even got merged to master.Īmazing stuff. it takes a while for the update to make it out, which sucks :( Normally it gets patched really quickly, like within a few hours. Pianobar, that pandora client I mentioned earlier, occasionally needs updating because Pandora changes around their auth stuff. I may well become a fan boy with a tool like this, and the ease of use so far. OK this is what I was hoping to find a package manager like I'm used to. Serious quality of life improvement over tools like macports. Use it for all of your installation needs. Homebrew Opens a new window is an AMAZING package manager for OS X. ![]()
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