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Notes on Mac OS (X)
Collection of notes on Apple's OS.
SSH
In the past few years (only updated to 10.15 recently) a number of OS updates have changes some of the behaviour of ssh. Since Mac OS Sierra, ``ssh-agent`` does not automatically store the password in the MacOS keychain anymore.
This Reddit shows ho to fix it by adding the following lines to your ``.ssh/config`` file:
Host * UseKeychain yes AddKeysToAgent yes IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_25519
- Command line search:
find [path] -iname “some*.stuff”
Useful software
Applications which I deem essential when working on Mac OS X:
- FreeMacSoft's AppCleaner - remove auxiliary files when trashing applications.
- iStumbler - “the leading wireless discovery tool for macOS”.
- Little Snitch - controlling your network connections.
Updating/Sys Admin
- When trying to update my MacMini mid-2010 version (Server) from Yosemite (10.10.5) to High Sierra (most recent version which runs on that hardware) the Installer reported that it was “Unable to unmount volume for repair” and rebooted into the old version.