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With Jeff Butts from The Mac Observer as your guide, head into the Terminal and learn your way through the UNIX underpinnings of macOS.

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    • Oct 26, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 8 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Terminal Tinkering

    TT8: A High Sierra USB installer, Raspberry Pi AirPrint server, and tmutil

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2017 18:22


    It’s time for another installation of Terminal Tinkering, and this week your host Jeff Butts has plenty in store. Watch and learn about tmutil, using a Raspberry Pi as an AirPrint server, and creating a USB installer for macOS High Sierra.

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    TT7: Helpful Terminal commands, Homebrew, and ffmpeg

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2017 15:24


    Tune in for another episode of Terminal Tinkering, and learn about helpful Terminal commands, Homebrew, and the video tool ffmpeg.

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    TT6: Compiling sudo and nano, XikiHub with Craig Muth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2017 25:19


    Join Jeff Butts once again, and he’ll show you how to compile sudo and nano in FreeBSD, plus introduce you to XikiHub, a new Terminal/command line product taking shape at Kickstarter.

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    TT5: Set Up Third-Party Drivers and Unsigned Apps in macOS, Plus Ports in FreeBSD

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2017 18:37


    It’s time for another episode of Terminal Tinkering, and this week Jeff Butts takes you on a tour of the dark and mysterious roads of third-party drivers for Hackintosh, unsigned apps for macOS, and the Ports Collection in FreeBSD.

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    TT4: The Skylink ATOMS Garage Door Opener, a Few Minutes of vi, and a Tour of Clover Configurator

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2017 20:36


    Learn about a cool smart garage door opener, the essentials of the vi editor, and how to use Clover Configurator on your Hackintosh.

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    TT3: Creating the High Sierra USB Install Disk for a Hackintosh and Installing FreeBSD On a Power Mac G5

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2017 20:20


    If you’re ready to start installing your Hackintosh or breathing new life into an older Mac, this episode’s for you.

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    TT2: The Arduino Thermometer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2017 18:56


    It’s time to have some fun with Arduino, and see one very useful purpose you can fill with the microcontroller technology.

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    TT1: UNIX on Older Macs, the TMO Hackintosh, and Recording Your iOS Screen

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2017 17:15


    In the first episode of Terminal Tinkering, Jeff Butts dives right into technology new, old, and different.

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