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#MACBOOK COMMAND PROMPT ESTER EGG CODES MAC OS#
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Press Ctrl-G to stop the conversation and then read the transcript.Īll these easter egg tips were taken from The Easter Egg Archive which lists Easter eggs found in movies, TV, books, art, music, and software. You'll get a speedy conversation between two doctors. This time, type in psychoanalyze-pinhead. If you timed your presses right, you'll notice the cursor has moved to the bottom of the page next to the letters M-x. Once it does hold down the ESC key and press X.

At the Terminal prompt type in emacs, then press enter. Like the previous two, this last easter egg is an extension of the emacs UNIX command. Use the arrow keys to move and rotate the blocks, and press the space to make the blocks fall. Now type in snake and enjoy!įollow the same steps as for the Snake game. You'll get a list of famous dates throughout the centuries - including some that take place in Middle Earth.Īt the Terminal prompt type in emacs, then press enter. Important dates in history - Lord of the Rings styleĪt the Terminal prompt paste the following: cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history and press return. You can find the Terminal app in the Applications > Utilities folder.

#MACBOOK COMMAND PROMPT ESTER EGG CODES MAC OS#

The Terminal app is a portal into the UNIX underpinnings of Mac OS X. Now technically, these easter eggs aren't part of Mac OS X.

#MACBOOK COMMAND PROMPT ESTER EGG CODES MAC OS X#

One excellent place to find easter eggs in Mac OS X is in the Terminal. But no, easter eggs (in software jargon) are little presents or surprises that developers have slipped into an application or operating system. I better stick to Windows.Yeah, the headline makes it sound like the eggs are on their deathbed. I ordered today a new Microsoft Laptop and will sell the brand new MacBook, because the here described issue isn’t by far the only one which annoys me with macOS. I also will give up now, for my own sanity, exactly as you said. But after a restart the NetBIOS name was again “Apple” or “APPLE”. Because after that the NetBIOS name was initially “MACBOOK-PRO” and not “MACBOOK” as I had expected. So I thought I should use your command to set the HostName to “MacBook” (sudo scutil –set HostName “MacBook”) which created a astonishing result on my machine. Print: Entry, “:System:System:HostName”, Does Not Exist Here are the results:Ģ.) /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c “Print :System:System:HostName” /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ist Displaying the Host Name” things got weird for me.

Therefore, in my case, the NetBIOSName “Apple” clearly isn’t derived from the Bonjour name (which apparently is the same as the LocalHostName), because my LocalHostName is “MacBook-Pro”.Īfter using the 3 commands from your chapter “5. The question for me is, where does my machine gets this name from? Where else is this NetBIOSName “Apple” configured? (This I configured myself in the GUI under Shares) (Which is the default name created from the initial computer setup) I used and checked all of your commands for the terminal.

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In my case the NetBIOS name can’t be derived from the Bonjour name. 30 keyboard shortcuts Mac users need to know This collection of keyboard shortcuts for macOS can help users get the most from their iMacs, MacBook Pro and MacBook laptops. Well In my initial post I forgot to mention that my attempts also included several reboots of the MacBook itself plus my router of course. For me it’s even harder because it’s my very first Mac, thus I’m still an unexperienced beginner with macOS and have to learn everything piece by piece myself with the help of the Internet. Apparently I’m not alone fighting with this inadequateness of macOS.

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