Igor Delovski Board

[delovski]

ms: Differences in File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista

"The default workgroup name in Windows Vista has been changed to
WORKGROUP. In Windows® XP Home Edition, the default workgroup
name is MSHOME. If you upgrade a computer running Windows XP
Home Edition to Windows Vista, it will keep its existing workgroup name.

However, new computers with Windows Vista can have a different
workgroup name than the other computers on your network. With
different workgroups, it takes more time and effort to view all of
the computers on the network."

[delovski]

Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger

"... you need to create the ISO file in a directory in which you have write
access. Under OS X this is by default your home directory and everything
inside it. This is basic Unix stuff, and I’d recommend you spend a few minutes
with a Unix command line primer before you use a command like dd which
has the potential to write garbage all over your hard drive."

[delovski]

bit-tech: Linux CLI 101

"For our next episode in the bit-tech Linux series, I was asked to write a short
article on what many Linux converts find to be one of the scariest things of
all - the command line interface, or CLI. Most users know that it's there, but
few grasp the tremendous power it holds. "

[Ike]

dmiessler.com - lsof is the Linux/Unix über-tool.

"As you can see, lsof has a truly staggering number of options. You can
use it to get information about devices on your system, what a given user
is touching at any given point, or even what files or network connectivity
a process is using. lsof replaces my need for both netstat and ps entirely.
It has everthing I get from those tools and much, much more."

[delovski]

*THE* classic Unix horror story

"Unix Recovery Legend - This classic article from Mario Wolczko first appeared
on Usenet in 1986."


Related & must-read: HOWTO recover deleted files on an ext3 file system,
by Carlo Wood

"On February 7th, 2008, I accidently deleted my whole home directory:
over 3 GB of data, deleted with rm -rf. The only backup that I had was
from June 2007. Not being able to undelete was unacceptable. So, I ignored
what everyone tried to tell me and started to learn how an ext3 file system
really works, and what exactly happens when files are deleted...

Three weeks and nearly 5000 lines of code later, I had recovered every
file on my disk."

[XNote]

Colin Viebrock - File Sharing from Linux to OS X: A Quick Guide

"Here’s a very quick guide on how to get Apple file-sharing going on your
Debian box, and how to make that server show up automatically in your
Mac’s Finder. These instructions are specific to Debian (i.e. packages, paths,
etc.), but should be easily modified to work on other flavours of Linux."

[delovski]

dreamlight.com - Mac OS X Tiger lookupd bug & hosts block fix

"An easy way to do this is to simply assign the Internet address 0.0.0.0 to
js.adsonar.com (or any other problem or undesired domain). This way if
your browser comes across a link to js.adsonar.com it won't try to look it up
online (which is what triggers lookupd to crash) and instead will just use the
address 0.0.0.0 which is nothing more than an alias for your own local Mac."

[XNote]

macfixit.com - Troubleshooting Tools: AppleJack

"AppleJack is a command-line utility that makes a number of troubleshooting
procedures available via single-user mode at startup. And, perhaps more
importantly to the typical user, it makes these procedures easy to perform."

[Ike]

MF - Prevent .DS_Store?

".DS_Store is also a PITA if you use a mac on windows shares. It's invisible
to mac users but shows up to windows users. IIIRC however windows uses
it's own hidden files and the reverse situation is true."

[XNote]

reddit - Unix Command Line Kung Fu

"The 'Unix Command Line Kung Fu' presentation (PDF) is the single most
helpful general shell reference I've seen"

[Ike]

How To Prevent A USB Drive From Running Anything Automatically
In Windows

"The Achilles heel which viruses exploit is the autorun.inf file. Autorun.inf file
is a simple instruction file present in removable media like CDs, DVDs and
USB drives. This file contains a series of commands that triggers the opera-
ting system to start an executable, tells it which icon to use, and which ad-
ditional actions to make available.

[delovski]

afp548.com - launchd in Depth

"When Apple decided to overhaul the 30 year old system for starting and
maintaining processes on UNIX it had to think big. launchd can do the jobs
of init, mach_init, xinetd, RC, SystemStarter, watchdog, and cron. It is Ap-
ple's stated intention that they want to eliminate all of those services in fa-
vor of launchd at some point in the future. There are two main programs
in the launchd system, launchd and launchctl. Briefly:

launchd manages the daemons at both a system and user level. Similar to
xinetd, launchd can start daemons on demand. Similar to watchdogd, la-
unchd can monitor daemons to make sure that they keep running. launchd
also has replaced init as PID 1 on Mac OS X and as a result it is respon-
sible for starting the system at boot time.

launchctl is our window into the world of launchd. Using launchctl we can
load and unload daemons, start and stop launchd controlled jobs, get sys-
tem utilization statistics for launchd and its child processes, and set envi-
ronment settings."

[delovski]

ifelix.co.uk - Setting up your Mac as an FTP Server

"If you setup your Mac as a FTP server other Mac and Windows Users on the
interenet can access files on your Mac."

[Ike]

reddit - Work just bought the IT Dept iPad 2's. I'm trying to love
this thing, but I currently use Android and...

"1. You need a Mac server. ...
...
Printing: We use Printopia at our campuses. ...
Software Management: JAMF's Casper Suit is AMAZING. ...
I'm no seasoned veterean, but then agin no one really is at this point."

[Ike]

cnet.com - OS X 10.6 showing high CPU usage after Security Update

"Normally the MRT process will run once and then self-destruct by removing
its three components from the system when the scan is complete. But if the
scan gets stuck and cannot complete, then it will not remove itself and will
continually try to complete its initial scan."

[delovski]

subrosasoft.com - Hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics Tool In Mac OS X Lion

"Monitor Performance displays a graph of network signal strength, noise
level, transmit power, and data rate. Information such as Country Code,
SSID, Channel, txPower, txRate, Signal, and Noise are logged and dis-
played in the area at the top of the window with each line representing a
single sampling. The graph below shows a running representation of the
wi-fi networks signal and noise measured in dBm. Clicking the Continue
button brings the user to a screen where they can export the report e-
ither to the Finder desktop or send it the report in an email."

[Ike]

Apple - OS X Lion: Connecting to legacy AFP services

"Learn how to enable legacy authentication methods for the AFP client in OS
X Lion so that you can connect to older AFP servers."

[Ike]

macobserver.com - 4 Wi-Fi Tips from Former Apple Wi-Fi Engineer

"Alf Watt, former Apple Wi-Fi engineer and creator of the fantastic Wi-Fi
utility, iStumbler, joined us on this week's Mac Geek Gab 509 to talk all
things Wi-Fi. The episode contains a bunch of juicy Wi-Fi tips and I highly
recommend you give it a listen, but for now our four favorite tips are
listed below. "

[Ike]

wd - Runaway mediacrawler: The Ultimate Solution!!!!

"To disable mediacrawler:

1. SSH into your device
2. cd /usr/local/mediacrawler/bin
3. chmod 644 mediacrawler
4. reboot


With mediacrawler disabled my HDDs no longer spin 24/7, the blinking
green LED has been replaced by a nice blue LED when I'm not using my
unit, and my drive data transfer speed has increased by a noticeable
amount."

[Ike]

https://github.com/W4RH4WK/Debloat-Windows-10

Debloat Windows 10
This project collects Powershell scripts which help to debloat Windows 10, tweak common settings and install basic software components.

[delovski]

apple support - Safari 6.1.6 crashes at Google Maps

"Today Safari 6.1.6/Mac OS 10.7.5/Mac Pro started crashing at Google
Maps. All other sites work fine. Tried the usual fixes (reset etc.) but no relief.

If I go to a page like a hotel reservation where a Google map comes up to
the side, no crash, but I DO get an alert to "upgrade" to Google Chrome.
Hmmm..."

[delovski]

techcrunch - Apple's AI if by Air

"Pairing the AirPods is incredibly easy, thanks to the W1 chip. The method
is so easy in fact that Apple does not use the word pairing anywhere in its
instruction manual - using the word 'connect' instead. It's marketing, but it's
also a fair differentiation between the baroque drama that is most Bluetooth
pairing sessions and the process of connecting AirPods."

[delovski]

wikihow.com - How to Make a DMG File on a Mac

"One way to store or group files on a Mac is to create a Disk Image. A Disk
Image is a file which has the properties of a separate hard drive or CD and
allows for greater password protection and compression. It has a size limit
and options for encryption to keep your files safe and secure. While there
are a few applications that perform this task for you, it is recommended
that you complete this process manually."

Apple - Disk Utility for Mac: Create a disk image using Disk Utility

[Ike]

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/5r9450/2016_hard_drive_reliabilty_benchmark_stats/


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[Ike]

macworld.com - How to connect to a Windows server or share

"The solution is simple: enter the domain as part of the username, just as
you would in the comparable Windows dialog, separating the domain from
the username with a back slash ('\')."

[Ike]

LR - macOS Sierra and (legacy) smart card login

"It is easy to configure a user account to use a smartcard to login with macOS
Sierra. Some steps are not easy to guess so I wrote this documentation for me
to remember."

[Ike]

apple - About System Integrity Protection on your Mac

System Integrity Protection includes protection for these parts of the system:

* /System
* /usr
* /bin
* /sbin
* Apps that are pre-installed with OS X

Paths and apps that third-party apps and installers can continue to write to include:

* /Applications
* /Library
* /usr/local

[Ike]

osxdaily - How to Allow Apps from Anywhere in Gatekeeper for macOS Sierra

"Gatekeeper in macOS Sierra is now stricter than ever...

sudo spctl --master-disable"

[Ike]

gist.github.com - julianxhokaxhiu/create-iso.sh

[delovski]

apple - About policy banners in OS X

"A policy banner is a banner that you can display at the login window that
requires a user to acknowledge it before proceeding. Use these steps to create
a policy banner:

1. Create a plain text (.txt) or rich text (.rtf) document named PolicyBanner that
contains your banner.
2. Copy the PolicyBanner file to the /Library/Security/ folder.

The next time you restart the computer, the banner you created appears when
you would normally see the login screen."

[delovski]

windowscentral.com - How to remove OneDrive from File Explorer on Windows 10

... Type regedit, and click OK to open the registry.
... Browse the following path:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}

... double-click the System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree DWORD

... Change the DWORD value from 1 to 0.

[delovski]

Remove 3D Objects From This PC (Along with Other Folders)

"Starting with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, a new folder has been added to that set, named 3D Objects. Here is how you can get rid of these folders."

3D Objects:
{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}

Desktop:
{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}

Documents:
{A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}
{d3162b92-9365-467a-956b-92703aca08af}

Downloads
{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}
{088e3905-0323-4b02-9826-5d99428e115f}

Music
{1CF1260C-4DD0-4ebb-811F-33C572699FDE}
{3dfdf296-dbec-4fb4-81d1-6a3438bcf4de}

Pictures
{3ADD1653-EB32-4cb0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA}
{24ad3ad4-a569-4530-98e1-ab02f9417aa8}

Videos
{A0953C92-50DC-43bf-BE83-3742FED03C9C}
{f86fa3ab-70d2-4fc7-9c99-fcbf05467f3a}

[delovski]

How to Disable Auto Arrange in Folders in Windows 10

Navigate to the following key on the left pane:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell

Now delete the Bags subkey.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell

and delete the Bags subkey here again.

[delovski]

sploitspren.com - Windows Privilege Escalation Guide

"This guide is influenced by g0tm1lk's Basic Linux Privilege Escalation, which
at some point you should have already seen and used. I wanted to try to mir-
ror his guide, except for Windows. So this guide will mostly focus on the enu-
meration aspect."

[Ike]

http://osxdaily.com/2016/01/04/stop-ios-software-update-notification/

How to Stop iOS Software Update Notifications Reminders

For those who want to go this route, preventing access to the following domains does the trick:

appldnld.apple.com
mesu.apple.com

Each router and gateway is different, so you'll have to set this up on your own.

[delovski]

meraki.com - Blocking or rate limiting iOS updates

"Apple iOS updates can cause extreme network strain for organizations without
existing means of managing the updates. This article will cover ways to block,
rate limit, or otherwise manage Apple iOS updates from a network perspective.

* Blocking updates
* Rate limiting updates (allowing but at slow speeds)
* Apple caching service"

[delovski]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/b0sbsi/it_is_trying_to_take_our_macs_help/

IT is trying to take our Macs! HELP!

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/azvaqi/they_need_an_apple_because_creative/

"They need an Apple because CREATIVE"

[delovski]

Why is my MacBook warm when the lid is closed (in sleep mode)?

"After a lot of googling I found that people have a lot of theories about why a
MacBook is warm in sleep mode, but the most logical way to troubleshoot the
problem goes as follows. First, run this command from your MacBook Terminal:

log show | grep 'Wake reason'

That command can take a long time to return..."

[Ike]

Robservatory - Remove the macOS Catalina guilt trip from macOS Mojave

"There are two things that I wanted to get rid of on my iMac: The notice
about Catalina, and the infuriating red dot. At its simplest level, this appears
to require just two Terminal commands, plus one more to restart the Dock"

[Ike]

mr - System preferences software update badge

"I did by editing com.apple.dock.plist changed 'dock-extra' from YES to NO for
system preferences and no more red annoyance.

...

Thanks for the tip, it works for App Store as well. It's worth mentioning that it
will completely disable the badge for any updates or other notifications from
System Preferences."

[Ike]

SIP - System Integrity Protection

reboot, hold cmd+R until a progress bar appears; csrutil disable / enable

[Ike]

How to Enable Network Discovery and Configure Sharing Options in Windows 10

"If your Windows 10 computer or device can't view other computers on the
network, two things are probably at fault: You either assigned the incorrect
network profile (public instead or private) or network discovery is turned off
for some reason."

[delovski]

Access to shared folder on Windows 10

"DISABLE USE SHARING WITH PASSWORD IN WINDOWS 10 - Change advanced sharing settings -> All networks -> Turn off password protected sharing"

[Ike]

apple - How to create a bootable installer for macOS

[delovski]

howtogeek.com - What Is the 'God Mode' Folder in Windows 10, and How Do I Enable It?

"What if Windows let you quickly access administrative tools, backup and
restore options and other important management settings from a single
window? If that sounds good, look no further than the so-called God Mode."

[Ike]

Apple - How to get old versions of macOS

"If your Mac isn't compatible with the latest macOS, you might still be able to
upgrade to an earlier macOS, such as macOS Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra,
Sierra, or El Capitan.

Helpful articles
How to create a bootable installer for macOS
macOS Catalina is compatible with these computers
How to upgrade to macOS Big Sur"

[Ike]

ars - WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted

"Western Digital (WD), maker of the popular My Disk external hard drives, is
recommending customers unplug My Book Live storage devices from the
Internet until further notice while company engineers investigate unexplained
compromises that have completely wiped data from devices around the world."

ars - Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Book Live devices

[Ike]

WD - Recommended Security Measures for WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo

"The My Book Live firmware is vulnerable to a remotely exploitable command
injection vulnerability when the device has remote access enabled. This
vulnerability may be exploited to run arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Additionally, the My Book Live is vulnerable to an unauthenticated factory reset
operation which allows an attacker to factory reset the device without
authentication. The unauthenticated factory reset vulnerability been assigned
CVE-2021-35941."

[Ike]

wd forum: I would like to share with you how to fix the security vulnerability CVE-2018-18472

"Access SSH and edit file (e.g. with 'nano')
/var/www/Admin/webapp/includes/languageConfiguration.php

Additional security settings you should consider

Disable 'remote access' in the UI
Change 'connection options' from 'automatic' to 'manual', this disables UPnP
(thanks to @WDMyBookDead for that hint! They posted a screenshot)
Disable UPnP in your router
Disable factory reset:"

[Ike]

windows10forums.com - Windows Defender false threat on Windows 10

"Windows Defender - It claims in its "Threat Blocked" report that the file has
'Trojan:Script/Wacatac.B!ml'. Most amazingly when I run a custom scan on this
file it says "0 threats found", but it will still remove the file periodically when I
try to use it even if this removal does not happen each time I use it.

Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Manage settings > Add
or remove exclusions"

[Ike]

What is the "lsd" process on OS X, and why is it using so much CPU power?

"It seems that lsd gets stuck on _LSCreateRegistrationData for a certain app. If you're having the same issue, follow the guide below.

Open activity monitor and search for lsd
Get the PID of the lsd owned by the root user
Open the terminal
Enter sudo sample PID-HERE (Of course, replacing PID-HERE with the PID you got in step 2)
If you're having the same issue, there should be something about _LSCreateRegistrationData in the call graph (near the top of the whole output)
Enter sudo lsof -p PID-HERE
You should be able to recognise an app package within that output. Try deleting or updating it and see if it solves the issue"

[Ike]

ad - Mac waking up every 2 hours. Wake reason: EC.RTC (Alarm)

"In Terminal, use pmset -g log | grep ' wake' to see scheduled events.
Run "pmset -g" to see system-wide power settings, and look for "tcpkeepalive".
If tcpkeepalive is "1", that's what is causing the computer to wake up every 2
hours, so I turned it off using command "sudo pmset -a tcpkeepalive 0".
This fixed my issue completely."

[Ike]

https://sites.google.com/site/wdmybooklivesimplehacks/ssh-remote-shell

Use a web browser to connect with your device:

http://192.168.1.5/UI/ssh

A simple page will be displayed which lets you enable SSH. Check the checkbox for SSH Access.

The default user name and password are displayed on this page as well.

[Ike]

helpwire.app - How to allow multiple Remote Desktop Connections in Windows 10 or Windows 11

"In all actuality, the Windows 10 multiple remote desktop sessions limitations
are restricted per license and have nothing to do with technical limitations."

[Ike]

How to Use SSH Public Key Authentication

"However, using public key authentication provides many benefits when
working with multiple developers. For example, with SSH keys you can

* allow multiple developers to log in as the same system user without having to share a single password between them;
* revoke a single developer's access without revoking access by other developers; and
* make it easier for a single developer to log in to many accounts without needing to manage many different passwords."

[Ike]

Same link, again: How to download and install macOS

"Download and install current or previous versions of the Mac operating system
on compatible Mac computers."

[Ike]

MS - Restore old Right-click Context menu in Windows 11

"Restore the old Context Menu in Windows 11

Right-click the Start button and choose Windows Terminal.
Copy the command from below, paste it into Windows Terminal Window, and press enter.
reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
Restart File Explorer or your computer for the changes to take effect.
You would see the Legacy Right Click Context menu by default."

[Ike]

apple - Erase and reinstall macOS

"You can erase your Mac and use macOS Recovery, the built-in recovery system
on your Mac, to reinstall macOS."

[Ike]

apple - make TextEdit open new document by default

In the Terminal, type the following command:

[Ike]

Master the macOS command line: How to delete files and folders using Terminal

"The rm command has a powerful option, -R (or -r), otherwise known as the
recursive option. When you run the rm -R command on a folder, you're telling
Terminal to delete that folder, any files it contains, any sub-folders it contains,
and any files or folders in those sub-folders, all the way down."

[Ike]

External Drive Won't Eject. LSOF no help

[Ike]

pcgamer.com - Windows 10 users are soon to be hit with nagging prompts asking them to create an online account

Installing Windows 11 without creating a Microsoft Account:

When setting up a Windows 11 PC using the Out-of-box experience:

1, 2, 3...

When performing a clean Windows 11 install from USB:

"Create a bootable Windows 11 USB install drive using the RUFUS USB
Creator Utility, which will allow you to bypass TPM, Secure Boot, and
Microsoft Account requirements.

Congratulations! You should now be able to set up the rest of your Windows
installation without a Microsoft Account."

[Ike]

spiceworks.com - Mac - Mac boots to a black screen with cursor

"This is the fix for Macs that boot to a black screen but still have the cursor
visible. This issue seems to intermittently occur when a Mac, running Mavericks
(10.9), installs a software update that requires a restart."

[Ike]

Download and Install macOS Sequoia with and without App Store

"Download InstallAssistant.pkg. Once the .pkg file is downloaded, open and
run it as requested.

Open Finder > Applications, and you will find an app named Install macOS Sequoia."

[Ike]

r - Is there any way to get rid of these stupid popups for good?

"Yes, type this in Terminal. sudo spctl -master-disable"

[Ike]

eclecticlight.co - About this blog

"As the site name suggests, this is an eclectic mix of postings intended to
bring some light into the mind of the reader. Its two main topics are Macs and
macOS, and paintings."

Apple software updates & security..
Security...
Time Machine...
Text...
PDF...
Extended attributes & metadata...
File integrity...
iCloud...
Version system...
General utilities...
Virtualisation (VMs) on Apple Silicon Macs...
Logs...

[Ike]

apple - SafariBookmarksSyncAgent high CPU, RAM, Disk usage on Mac and iPhone

"Through Activity Monitor, I began to look at what files it opened. I found the
file ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/Safari/SafariTabs.db
which was 391Mb in size and deleted it and other SafariTabs.* files."

[Ike]

kevinyank.com - Privacy & Security settings in macOS reset on reboot

"When this happens, it's time to get the big hammer. What has worked for me
is to delete the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.KCN.plist file and
reboot."