Most preferences in OS X are stored directly in the user's Preferences folder; however, within this folder is a directory called ByHost that contains other commonly used preferences. Topher Kessler ...

Power users and IT professionals alike may sometimes need to get under the hood of their Mac. The best way is to start learning the commands to move in and out of directories and list files and ...

Directory Services provides a central place to store users and passwords for corporate and enterprise users. Here's how to use it on macOS. Many enterprises today have a need for a central place to ...

We continue to receive reports of issues connecting to Active Directory services under Mac OS X 10.4.5. MacFixIt reader Adrian Cooke writes: "I get an error 'An ...

Sometimes we all go a little too nuts on making folders inside of folders and you just need to flatten the whole thing down to one. OS X Daily shows off a handy Terminal command for just that. When ...

Until recently, very few users and essentially no enterprises would give any thought to Apple as a server vendor. Small wonder, since Apple hadn't been trying to compete seriously in the server market ...

The mkdir command can create not just a directory but also a complex directory structure if you ask in the right way. The mkdir command can do more than create a single directory. It can create ...