Mac Recipes

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Mac

• How to get old versions of macOS: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683
• How to get old versions of Xcode: https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=Xcode
• Steps to create a macOS virtual machine
• High Sierra Setup
• Removing Time Machine backup directories and other stubborn files
• Setup of Eclipse for MagicDraw development
• Restoring from Time Machine via command line
• Code Integration - Xcode and GitLab
• How to create an encrypted RAID CoreStorage volume in macOS Sierra THE OLD WAY
• Removing Time Machine backup directories and other stubborn files
• ldd in macOS
• macOS permissions model
• How to trace system calls on a Mac
• Upgrading MacPorts with port reinstallation

Mac disk stuff

• How to create a RAMdisk
• How to create a single-disk APFS volume
• How to create an encrypted RAID CoreStorage volume in macOS Sierra
• Creating a sparsebundle disk image via command line
• How to create a sparse disk image for Time Machine backups
• Create a ZFS volume for Time Machine backup

Big Sur

• Recover old Finder window titlebar style: defaults write com.apple.finder NSWindowSupportsAutomaticInlineTitle -bool false
• Capturing audio from special and hidden sources with Audio Hijack

General Unix Recipes

• How to set up SSH and Github for multiple authenticated accounts
• Linode stuff
• Guacamole Installation
• Setting up to run Python versions 2.7 and 3.5 via virtualenv (old)
• Keyboard setup for Raspbian
• m404 Installation Notes

UIKit/Storyboard Recipes

• Autolayout Recipe: Hugging Top, With Margins, Fixed Aspect Ratio, Maximize Size
• Autolayout Recipe: Centered, With Margins, Fixed Aspect Ratio, Maximize Size

Not really Mac

• How to copy an in-memory Sqlite database to a file