The NYTimes has updated their paywall-- it's slightly more sophisticated. The content is no longer hidden behind a big transparent div, but instead is now actually removed from the page entirely. It's still simple to defeat, though. Using adblock plus (or your preferred adblocking device), block the following URLs:
*://*.nytimes.com/*/gwy.js* *://*.nytimes.com/*/gw.js*
And you're done.
| #!/bin/bash | |
| # | |
| # This script backups an OS X system to an external volume, effectively | |
| # cloning it. It is based on [0], [1] and [2] for OS X and [3] and [4] for | |
| # Linux. One could also use commercial tools like SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy | |
| # Cloner. The latter website has an interesting list[5] on what files to | |
| # exclude when cloning. | |
| # | |
| # Exclusions (from CCC[5]), see rsync_excludes_osx.txt | |
| # |
| #!/usr/bin/python | |
| import sys | |
| import os, shutil | |
| import subprocess | |
| import os.path | |
| from datetime import datetime | |
| ######################## Functions ######################### |
I was chasing down another issue (slow "Save As") and thought these two issues may have been related (with QuickLook being the common broken link). Unfortunately, my "Save As" dialog is still miserably slow on the initial load; but IconServicesAgent hasn't gone above 30MB and he rarely makes an appearance in the Console!
Some of these steps may not be necessary, but here are all of the steps I took that inadverdently put IconServicesAgent back in its place. Note: all commands are a single-line, if they appear to be multiple that's just the forum formatting.
Check for any QuickLooks related .plist files. In a terminal: mdfind com.apple.quicklook. -name .plist
I only had files at the system level (specifically within /System/Library/LaunchAgents/). If you have others, modify the directions below to take that into account (re-introducing plist files from the system level back up to the user).
Make some temporary directories to store these plist files, just in case: mkdir ~/tmp-quicklook
I have spent quite a bit of time figuring out automounts of NFS shares in OS X...
Somewhere along the line, Apple decided allowing mounts directly into /Volumes should not be possible:
/etc/auto_master (see last line):
#
# Automounter master map
#
+auto_master # Use directory service
With autofs you can easily mount network volumes upon first access to the folder where you want to mount the volume. Autofs is available for many OS and is preinstalled on Mac OS X so I show you how I mounted my iTunes library folder using this method.
autofs needs to be configured so that it knows where to gets its configuration. Edit the file /etc/auto_master and add the last line:
#
# Automounter master map
#
+auto_master # Use directory service
The following instructions were predominantly sourced via this Apple Support Document.
With macOS, you can use a USB flash drive or other removable media as a startup disk from which to install macOS. These advanced steps are intended primarly for system administrators and others who are familiar with the command line.
The final executable command(s) are found within Section III. Final macOS Executable Commands labled as Full Example or Full Example w/Options. I personally use the w/Options command which include both the --nointeraction and &&say Installation commands.
Known Issues: On High Sierra there are problems related to the screen brightness and sleep issues.
| node: Platform built on V8 to build network applications | |
| git: Distributed revision control system | |
| wget: Internet file retriever | |
| yarn: JavaScript package manager | |
| python3: Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language | |
| coreutils: GNU File, Shell, and Text utilities | |
| pkg-config: Manage compile and link flags for libraries | |
| chromedriver: Tool for automated testing of webapps across many browsers | |
| awscli: Official Amazon AWS command-line interface | |
| automake: Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles |
| # Disable / Enable Dashboard | |
| # Settings / Mission control / Dashboard (selector) - Off | |
| # or | |
| # completely disable: | |
| defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES; killall Dock | |
| # enable again: | |
| #defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO; killall Dock | |
| defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false | |
| defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001 |
