usefull macOS stuff to remember

macOS.md

macOS

System Preferences

Toggle automatic software updates

sudo softwareupdate --schedule <off|on>

Change various Preferences

• usage defaults usage
• list all config domains defaults domains |tr ‘,’ '\n’
• show appstore prefs defaults read com.apple.appstore

src

App Store

• install app store apps from command line brew install mas mas list

Launchd

Debugging Launchd services

search in system.log for the label of your .plist. This can be done easiely in the console app.

Daemon Example

foo.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
    <string>node_exporter</string>
   <key>Program</key>
   <string>/usr/local/bin/node_exporter</string>
   <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

• start daemon launchctl load ./node-exporter.plist
• stop daemon launchctl unload ./node-exporter.plist

Keychain

• Create Keychain security create-keychain -p <pw> <name>.keychain
• Add Keychain to search list security list-keychains -d user -s login.keychain <name>.keychain

Automatic Unlocking at startup

$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/unlock.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
    <string>unlock</string>
   <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>security</string>
                <string>unlock-keychain</string>
                <string>-p</string>
                <string>MyPassword</string>
                <string>/Users/admin/Library/Keychains/test.keychain-db</string>
        </array>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Change User Password

dscl . -passwd /Users/<my-user>