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Date Added Description Link
2019-11-24 hi https://docs.notch.org

ip command on MacOS

you can install the ip command on MacOS. see here for more details on how to use it

brew install iproute2mac

disable notarization check in Catalina

sudo xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Chromium.app

then right click, open

Installing Catalina in VMware ESXi

https://www.jomebrew.com/2019/10/macos-catalina-beta-on-vmwwre-esxi-67-u2.html

override serial/hw in vmx file (serial must be valid, and of same HW type)

serialNumber = "SERIAL-NUM"
hw.model = "MacPro6,1"

remount NTFS volume as read write

diskutil list
umount /Volumes/SecureKey128
mkdir /Volumes/SecureKey128
mount_ntfs -o rw /dev/disk2s1 /Volumes/SecureKey128

Fixing Synergy Mouse issue

https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/5203

# detecting the problem
ioreg -l -w 0 | grep SecureInput

# fixing the issue
pmset displaysleepnow

Set Mac Hostname

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/287760/set-the-hostname-computer-name-for-macos

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/smoke/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Setting-the-Mac-hostname-or-computer-name-from-the-terminal.html

# hostname (fix local dns/dhcp override)
sudo scutil --set HostName <new host name>

# bonjour
sudo scutil --set LocalHostName <new host name>

# friendly computername
sudo scutil --set ComputerName <new name>