Did you know that you have the Apache web server already installed on your Mac? To test, run this command: Great. So you have proved that you have Apache. Now what? Let’s practise starting and stopping it. To start it, the command is apachectl start, but if you are not a root user, you’ll get… Read More »
If you have discovered the amazing world of iTerms and you can’t jump forwards or backwards by words, here is one way of how you can do this. Open up preferences or press ⌘+, and go to Keys > Key Bindings. Click the ‘+’ down below and select the following: Keyboard shortcut: ⌘← (ie command… Read More »
If you are searching for OSX how to install High Sierra and you can’t find it in the apple store, it is because it is not there. It has been removed. You’ll have to visit this link: http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-39476-20191023-48f365f4-0015-4c41-9f44-39d3d2aca067/InstallOS.dmg which is referenced from Apple support at: https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT208202 in order to download it and then install it.… Read More »
To install and start MySQL on a mac, run these commands: brew install mysql mysql.server start Useful commands to start and log in. mysql.server stop mysql –version or mysql -V brew info mysql mysql -uroot //to log in. (No password needed). Useful commands within MySQL: show databases; create database <NAME_HERE> mysql -u username -p new_database… Read More »
The simplest way is to run: /usr/sbin/httpd -v in a terminal. You should get something like: Server version: Apache/2.4.34 (Unix) Server built: Feb 22 2019 20:20:11 To know where httpd is, you can also run: whereis httpd
Opening your favourite application using keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time. Saving a second here and a second there starts to build up over time especially considering the amount of time we spend in front of our devices nowadays.On a Mac, you can create keyboard shortcuts to open up your favourite or… Read More »
If you are getting this error while running brew, you are probably missing some important folders. This is the full error here: Error: No such file or directory @ dir_chdir – /usr/local/Cellar Warning: Bottle installation failed: building from source. Error: An exception occurred within a child process: Errno::EPERM: Operation not permitted @ dir_s_mkdir -… Read More »
Try USERNAME/Library/Mail. Do a “get info” on the folder and check out the size. Leave it open, and then sync your email and then watch it grow!
To get Java on a Mac, the basic command to run is > brew cask install adoptopenjdk This will install the latest “brew” version at /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-xx.jdk For me, it was version 14. To uninstall it, just change install to “un”install. To install a specific version of Java, run: > brew cask install adoptopenjdk8 You… Read More »
Now here is a needless frustrating head scratcher. You’re preparing for a presentation using Keynote but in presentation mode, you can’t see the mouse pointer. Now this situation is likely to occur when you’ve downloaded the newest version of Keynote because by default, the option “Show pointer only on slide with links or movies” is… Read More »