AbacusHill

Mac Install

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by

Rob Muggridge
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Installation notes from installing a Mac

User Account

Update the uid

sudo dscl . -change /Users/rob UniqueID 501 1000
# Now create a new terminal
sudo dscl . -change /Users/rob PrimaryGroupID 20 1000
# Find all files in fs and change to new user
sudo find / -user 501 -exec chown rob {} \;
sudo find / -group 501 -exec chgrp rob {} \;
sudo dscl . append /Groups/staff GroupMembership rob

NFS setup

mkdir -p /mnt/music /mnt/library /mnt/rob /mnt/software

Watch out, for Solaris the client IP address must be resolvable into a hostname.
Applications ~ Utilities ~ Disk Utility ~ File ~ NFS Mounts
Remote NFS URL: nfs://hostname/path/to/folder
mount location: /local/path
Advanced Mount Parameters: -P -i -s
nfs://marge/library/music /mnt/music
nfs://marge/library /mnt/library
nfs://marge/store/home/rob /mnt/rob
nfs://marge/store/software /mnt/software

System Settings

Desktop: Use Background folder in My Pictures
Screensaver: Never use
Sharing: Remote Login and

Apps

Required

  • Adobe AIR – Required for iPlayer
  • BBC iPlayer Desktop
  • Firefox
  • Handbrake
  • HP Printer/scanner
  • MPlayer
  • MythFrontend
  • MythGrowl
  • OpenOffice
  • UnRarX
  • Vine Server
  • VLC

Optional

  • Boxeee
  • CorePlayer
  • DisplayConfigX
  • DivX
  • Flip4Mac
  • Plex
  • Remote Buddy
  • SoftSqueeze or SqueezePlay
  • VMWare Fusion