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I always seem to forget how to download the macOS version I need by the time I need it again, so here is a quick and nasty guide on how to download a properly signed *.dmg file to build a USB installer.

The script below is just copy pasted from here: https://github.com/grahampugh/macadmin-scripts (This is a jacked up version of the original found here: https://github.com/munki/macadmin-scripts)
Here is some nice documentation to use the script: https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2018/02/27/using-installinstallmacos-py-to-download-macos-high-sierra-installers/

If you don't want to download the tool or monkey around with permissions, give this a shot: (Provided you are dumb enough to pipe unknown code off the internet in sudo python of course):

sudo curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grahampugh/macadmin-scripts/master/installinstallmacos.py | sudo python - --help

If you're downloading an installer for your current machine, do the following:

Brew Bundle Brewfile Tips

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https://github.com/homebrew-ffmpeg/homebrew-ffmpeg#installation-and-usage

$ brew tap homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg

install with specific options

$ brew install homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-openh264 --with-openjpeg --with-rtmpdump --with-wavpack --with-webp

Improving heat management after macbookpro 2011 discrete GPU fix, also a script to automate part of the fix process

Taken from StackExchange

Thanks to LangLangC

NOTE: This is experimental; works for some people, not for others

Improved thermal and power management

Works for macOS Sierra and High Sierra (Improved version)

Taken from StackExchange

Thanks to LangLangC

For temperature and other improvements see https://gist.github.com/cdleon/d16e7743e6f056fedbebc329333d79df

This method leaves brightness control enabled

Reset SMC

Docker Commands, Help & Tips

Show commands & management commands

$ docker

Docker version info

gif-from-tweet

There are so many great GIFs out there and I want to have copies of them. Twitter makes that harder than it should be by converting them to MP4 and not providing access to the source material. To make it easier, I made a bash pipeline that takes a tweet URL and a filename, extracts the MP4 from that tweet and uses ffmpeg to convert back to GIF.

Dependencies

ffmpeg
- macOS: brew install ffmpeg
- Ubuntu/Debian: apt install ffmpeg

	#!/bin/sh

	readonly installAssistant="$1"

	# Display error messages and exit script
	error() {
	echo "[ERROR] $*"
	exit 1
	}

	Mute these words in your settings here: https://twitter.com/settings/muted_keywords

	ActivityTweet
	generic_activity_highlights
	generic_activity_momentsbreaking
	RankedOrganicTweet
	suggest_activity
	suggest_activity_feed
	suggest_activity_highlights
	suggest_activity_tweet

	import urllib.request
	import json
	import ftplib

	url = 'http://api.bloomsky.com/api/skydata/'
	api = '<insert your api from dashboard.bloomsky.com>'

	req = urllib.request.Request(url,headers={'Authorization':api})
	response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)