talkingmoose

https://www.apple.com/os/macos/
Published Date: June 9, 2025
Updated: June 24, 2025

Verification: https://regex101.com/r/YXAchM/3

1) Exact regex — Matches major model identifier numbers based on Apple's knowledge base article (more accurate):

^Mac((BookPro1(6,[124]|[78],\d)|(1[3-6]|BookAir10|mini9|Pro7),\d+))|iMac2[01],\d+$

smashism

#!/bin/bash
# determine if current user has opted-in for Generative Assistant settings for Apple Intelligence & Siri on macOS 15.2 or later
# ekw 2024-10-24
# built at time of macOS 15.2 beta 1
currentUser=$( echo "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | scutil | awk '/Name :/ { print $3 }' )
# global check if there is a user logged in
if [ -z "$currentUser" -o "$currentUser" = "loginwindow" ]; then
  echo "no user logged in, cannot proceed"
  exit 1
fi

dreness

#!/bin/zsh

TARGET=$1

# to be used as an egrep pattern
SYMS='getprogname|NSGetArgv|NSGetArgc|optarg|optind|getopt|getopt_long'

sudo find ${TARGET} -type f -perm +111 \! -name "*.dylib" | \
    while read f ; do
        sudo nm -u ${f} 2> /dev/null | \

erikng

     To prevent unintended installations, profiles containing certain payloads (specifically com.apple.Safari) will require a manual verification even when running as root.
     
Example:
sudo profiles install -path ~/Desktop/safari.mobileconfig
Enter the admin user name:

sudo profiles -IvF ~/Desktop/safari.mobileconfig
profiles: verbose mode ON
profiles install profile ~/Desktop/safari.mobileconfig for user: (null)
Enter the admin user name:

MagerValp

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>PayloadContent</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>AllowUserOverrides</key>
			<true/>
			<key>AllowedTeamIdentifiers</key>

zoocoup

###  Updated to reflect changes introduced with 10.13.4. Update to 10.13.4 if needed before attempting to make 
SecureToken-related changes. ###

sysadminctl is a tool Apple introduced in 10.10 for working with system user accounts. In 10.13, sysadminctl is Apple's 
recommended tool for working with user accounts in the CLI, replacing functionality that has long been provided by dscl 
and adds new features available only in 10.13. sysadminctl can be used to change user passwords, create new users or 
check the status of a new-to-10.13 security feature named SecureToken.

SecureToken is a non-visible APFS file system attribute, unlike the SIP protected flag or file creation date, that triggers 
the creation of a new AuthenticationAuthority entry in a user's local account record 

gregneagle

bash-3.2$ /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --usage
Usage: startosinstall --applicationpath <install macOS.app path>

Arguments
--applicationpath, a path to copy of the OS installer application to start the install with.
--license, prints the user license agreement only.
--agreetolicense, agree to license the license you printed with --license.
--rebootdelay, how long to delay the reboot at the end of preparing. This delay is in seconds and has a maximum of 300 (5 minutes).
--pidtosignal, Specify a PID to which to send SIGUSR1 upon completion of the prepare phase. To bypass "rebootdelay" send SIGUSR1 back to startosinstall.
--usage, prints this message.

erikng

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>autoremove</key>
	<false/>
	<key>catalogs</key>
	<array>
		<string>production</string>
	</array>

gregneagle

#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import sys

from CoreFoundation import (CFPreferencesAppValueIsForced,
                            CFPreferencesCopyAppValue,
                            CFPreferencesCopyValue,
                            kCFPreferencesAnyUser,
                            kCFPreferencesAnyHost,

geoffrepoli

## REMOVE FIRST CHARACTER FROM STRING
sed '/^.//'

== Example ==
$ echo "foo" | sed 's/^.//'
oo

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