List of Mac 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.