OSX cheatsheet

osx.md

Boot

Boot in recovery

sudo nvram "recovery-boot-mode=unused" && sudo reboot recovery

Boot in Internet Recovery

• Shift +Option + Cmd + R equivalent:

  sudo nvram internet-recovery-mode=RecoveryModeNetwork

• Cmd + R equivalent:

  sudo nvram internet-recovery-mode=RecoveryModeDisk

• D equivalent (aka local Hardware Diagnostics):

  sudo nvram internet-recovery-mode=DiagsModeDisk 

• Option + D equivalent (aka internet Hardware Diagnostics):

  sudo nvram internet-recovery-mode=DiagsModeNetwork 

Show startup manager on boot

sudo nvram manufacturing-enter-picker=true

Power Managment (pmset)

Print the current configuration

sudo pmset -g live

Schedule computer to automatically wake up every weekday at 9 AM

sudo pmset repeat wake MTWRF 09:00:00

Restore to system defaults

sudo pmset -a displaysleep 10 disksleep 10 sleep 30 womp 1

Put only display to sleep

pmset displaysleepnow

System Query

Print the hardware informations, UUID and BootROM version

system_profiler SPHardwareDataType