List of guides...

  1. Installing OS X in VMware Fusion.

    By Luke Channings on 24 July, 2011

    VMware Fusion has supported OS X Server guests since version 2, but has provided no support for virtualising OS X client guests. This guide will show you how to install OS X from versions 10.4 to 10.6 in VMware Fusion.

  2. Locking your Screen Session

    By Luke Channings on 3 May, 2011

    So, you are in College or Uni or another public place where you may at some point leave the computer and you are worried about leaving your SSH Session open. Maybe you want to lock your screen?

  3. Enabling htaccess in OS X 10.5+

    By Luke Channings on 30 April, 2011

    OS X uses the Apache Web Server to serve web content and can be enabled in System Preferences fairly easily. While this is brilliant, Apache needs some configuration to be a fully functional Web Server (See my guide on getting MAMP fully working on OS X).

  4. 7 Cool things you can do with SSH

    By Luke Channings on 29 March, 2011

    SSH (Secure Shell) is often thought of as a secure replacement to Telnet, that is only really capable of remote login, which, while cool in itself is far from SSH’s true potential.

  5. Automatically syncronise USB Stick when plugged in.

    By Luke Channings on 22 February, 2011

    OS X does not provide any simple utility that helps you sync your USB Stick with a folder on your Mac, neither does it provide the ability to run this mythical utility automatically when said USB stick is plugged in, but does that mean it can’t be done?

  6. How to enable MAMP

    By Luke Channings on 1 February, 2011

    A guide on enabling a full MAMP stack in OS X.

  7. Quick and easy way to gain admin access to a Mac

    By Luke Channings on 18 January, 2011

    How to gain root access to any Mac without third-party tools.

  8. Cracking Windows Passwords

    By Luke Channings on 20 November, 2010

    In case you ever need to recover a Windows password quickly, this is the best way to do it.

  9. Blocking a website in any OS

    By Luke Channings on 20 October, 2010

    Sometimes you might want to block a website, for whatever reason. This guide will help you do that, no matter what Operating System you are on.

  10. How to install and configure Arch Linux

    By Luke Channings on 12 October, 2010

    Arch Linux is a CLI-only Linux distribution that is very bare-bones and customisable. Arch can be fairly difficult to install if you are unfamiliar with how to use a CLI or don’t know what packages you need.