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Set a reminder. Use +hhmm to set a reminder for some hh (hours) or mm (minutes) in the future; e.g., set an alarm for 45 minutes from now as:
leave +0045
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posted 17 years ago by rhockens
After:
sudo port -v selfupdate
Update outdated ports with:
sudo port upgrade outdated
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After installing MacPorts, try running a selfupdate to grab all the latest MacPorts Portfiles (Portfiles contain information about how to install MacPorts software "ports"). You will need to run this command as an administrator, and it requires root...
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posted 17 years ago by rhockens
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Verbose booting shows you the actual process of Mac OS X's startup. You'll see drivers get loaded and services launch. This command should work on any recent (New World) Macintosh: sudo /usr/sbin/nvram boot-args="-v". The -v flag tells the s...
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"...UNIX systems run scheduled maintenance routines — known as maintenance scripts — to clean up a variety of System logs and temporary files. By default, these are executed between 03:15 and 05:30 hours local time, depending on the script.
If...
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posted 17 years ago by rhockens