Year: 2013

  • Get rid of double (triple) entries in Finder’s “Open With” Menu

    Does sh*t like this make you wanna smack your mac :-) Here is a quick way to rebuild the Launch Services database and get rid of duplicates in the Open With submenu: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user This process should take about a minute or two. You should check to see…

  • Setting NTP time server on Dell FS7500 through command line

    SSH to the Group Interface IP (10.100 in our case) Login as “fse” Password “” At the CLI prompt check the current cluster time using system time-configuration view If the time is wrong reset it (This will turn off NTP sync) using system time-configuration -updatetime “DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS” Use the view command to check it again.…

  • Renew a DHCP lease

    Renew a DHCP lease: Renewing a DHCP lease via the Network System Preference Pane has the advantage of not dropping the connection, unlike switching the interface to BOOTP and back to DHCP. This command mimics that behavior.  (Via MacOSXHints.com)