Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Named Darwin, it has a Mach kernel and FreeBSD heritage.
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Is Mac OS X UNIX?
I have this argument recently saying Mac OS X was not UNIX, but Unix-like.
I know there is a Single Unix Specification and those spec complaint could use the UNIX trade mark.
Is Mac OS X an UNIX ...
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pgrep and pkill alternatives on mac os x?
Are there alternatives to pgrep and pkill commands on Mac OS X or should I just create aliases for them using other commands available for me?
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dd: How do I know if it's still working?
I've not used dd all that much, but so far it's not failed me yet. Right now, I've had a dd going for over 12 hours - I'm writing an image back to the disk it came from - and I'm getting a little ...
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what does the @ mean in ls -l?
I am using Mac OSX. When I type ls -l I see something like
drwxr-xr-x@ 12 xonic staff 408 22 Jun 19:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 xonic staff 306 22 Jun 19:42 ..
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 xonic staff 6148 25 ...
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Where does Mac OS X come from?
Discussing with Mac owners, I got several versions of where Mac OS X comes from. It is known to have some root in BSD, but how much, and where?
Some say that Mac OS X has a FreeBSD kernel, with all ...
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Is there a root password on OS X and Ubuntu?
When you setup a new Ubuntu or OS X installation a user is generally created for you. On OS X it is whatever username you pick. On Ubuntu (the server version) usually the ubuntu user is created.
The ...
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Directory size calculation difference
I need to get the size of directory in terminal for signing purposes. I'm using following command:
du -s /path/to/dir
I'm multiplying the result by traditional UNIX block size (512 bytes) and get ...
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How can I (and should I) use my Linux file server as a Time Machine backup server for my Macs?
I have two Macs that I'd like to start backing up using Time Machine, but all of my storage is attached to my Linux file server.
How can I use my Linux file server (which happens to be running Ubuntu ...
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What makes OSX programs not runnable on Linux?
I know there are many differences between OSX and Linux, but what makes them so totally different, that makes them fundamentally incompatible?
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File system compatible with all OSes?
I use Linux and Mac OS X on a regular basis, and sometimes I have to use Windows. I need to use a flash drive on all three, and I need a filesystem that will work well on all of them. None of the ...
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Using text from previous commands' output
I know this is not how terminals work, but I find myself often wishing there was an easy way of using text (copying it, modifying it, etc) that is already on my terminal window history from some ...
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Disable Keyboard & Mouse Temporarily
I would like to know how one can disable the keyboard & mouse temporarily in OS X.
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If Mac OS X is UNIX, why is it that it is not open sourced and the license is proprietary?
If Mac OS X is a Unix, as answered in this question, why is it that it is not open sourced and the license is proprietary, as stated in this Wikipedia article?
According the the genealogy from this ...
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Differences between sed on Mac OSX and other “standard” sed?
I am having some issues in using an answer provided on this site for this question about a sed command to replace a blank line with two other lines of content, and it was brought up if the sed command ...
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Why the value of VSIZE in top is different from the value of VSZ (Virtual set size) in ps?
I know VSZ in ps is for the total address space allocated for the app and is sometimes aliased as vsize (mentioned in man page of ps on linux), but what's the definition of VSIZE in top? This top ...
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How can I print good looking code
Similar to using markdown on Stack Overflow to create monospace output, how can I do that for my programs.
I tried lp filename.txt and was pleasantly please to find that it was able to use the local ...
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How to bind “ß” to Meta-s?
I am using Carbon-Emacs on MacOS X 10.6 with the US-International keyboard layout. Usually, I can use Alt+s to print the letter "ß". However, Emacs interprets this as Meta+s and complains that there ...
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Stop tab completion suggesting 'messagebus'
I've got a directory called build, which I cd into quite a bit.
If there isn't any directory bu* in the current directory, zsh tab completion: cd buTAB suggests messagebus/, which isn't in .. If I ...
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Dual boot Fedora 16 with OS X refit
Having trouble with installing Fedora 16 on my Macbook Pro. While the installation itself completes without and issues, the bootloader doesn't install correctly.
I have rEFIt, which I already have ...
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How do I create a local copy of a complete website section from OSX using curl?
I'm trying to download Mathematics of the Discrete Fourier Transform
so that I can read through it off-line on my iPad (which doesn't have an Internet connection)
I have used wget in Linux. It seems ...
