Category Archives: Apple

X11 forwarding on OS X (macOS)

X forwarding of Unix/Linux applications to OS X can be quite frustrating or easy depending on what steps are followed.  Here is a straight forward guide to the process: Download the XQuartz X-Windows manager for OS X (macOS). Originally included  in OS X releases 10.5 through 10.7 the latest (and recommended) version is now available via the project… Read More »

OS X & macOS Build Numbers/Versions

Updated on 30-Mar-2017 Ever need to know what OS X Build correlates to which version? The simplest way to find out what version your running is in the Terminal with the command sw_vers. Version Build macOS Sierra 10.12.4 16E195 10.12.3 16D32 10.12.2 16C67 10.12.1 16B2555 or 16B2557 10.12 16A323 OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 15G31 10.11.5 15F34 10.11.4… Read More »

7z CLI Support for OS X

I recently had a need to have shell/command line (CLI) support for the 7z file format on OS X to allow for some scripting. After reviewing various apps that support the 7z format, I found that most do not offer CLI access. After some research and testing I settled on p7zip. p7zip is a port of 7za.exe, the… Read More »