macos x

I made this symlink years ago in the Terminal, but now can't find a way to undo it. The Documents directory is SPECIAL and can't be changed with the "unlink" or "rm" commands. Anyone know how to enter the proper command in the Terminal to undo this symlink?

Hi, I was wondering if there's any way to copy port and port's right from a user task into the kernel task assuming I'm running from a kernel extension. my final goal is to use 'task_set_exception_ports' to set my own port (created in kernel) as the task's exception port, and if I get an...

Original Post: So this isn't exactly PowerPC related, but being that this involves PPCs and that this community usually is open to helping out with fun stuff like this, I figured I'd post this thread here. I've always thought that it would be awesome to have a complete collection of every...

I am buying a second hand 2015 MacBook Air and I want to wipe it completely clean and then reinstall OSX. It's a simple process but how does it work when someone else has owned the computer and the OS is registered to his or her Apple ID? I am guessing it will ask me to enter the Apple ID and...

Hi: On a MacBook Pro I have a 240gb SSD and 1TB HDD drives. The SSD disc is partitioned as follows: #1 - EFI #2 - Mac Os X (Mac Os Expanded) #3 - Mac Recover #4 - Windows 7 (NTFS) The HDD is partitioned as a single NTFS patition. I need to create an image file from the SSD disc and save it...