macOS Mojave, Sierra, and earlier versions come with the command line utility called ‘curl‘ which is a network transfer tool, it does not come with the popular ‘wget‘, in fact, ‘curl‘ can probably get you by just fine, check man curl at the command line to see its usage. Otherwise, let’s look at getting ‘wget‘… …
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Install Apache, MySQL, PHP on macOS Mojave 10.14
Get your Local Web Development Environment Up & Running on macOS Mojave 10.14 With Apples’ new macOS Mojave 10.14 available for download, here is how to get the AMP stack up and running on the new macOS. This tutorial will go through the process of getting Apache, MySQL, PHP (or otherwise known as the ‘AMP’ stack) and phpMyAdmin running on the new mac OS Mojave. This tutorial …
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Installing node.js on macOS Mojave, macOS Sierra and earlier OSX
node.js allows you to run javascript in the Terminal as appose to a regular browser which makes for a modern workflow in web development, with both node.js installed and a package manager called npm (Node Package Manager) also installed, which can manage other packages that work with node.js, one of the main ones being gulp.js for a web development workflow. To …
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Minimum System Requirements for macOS Mojave 10.14 – Is yours good enough?
Find out if your system meets the requirements of the new macOS Mojave 10.4. Apple have released a developer beta of their upcoming operating system named macOS Mojave, which will be macOS 10.14. The name MoJave continues on with their California landmarks with the name after a scenic CA region, it should be publicly available between September to November. …
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How to compress and uncompress files and folders in the Terminal in macOS Sierra
Since macOS is based on Unix there are a number of ways to compress files and folders within the filing system using Unix based application code, below are a few options using the Terminal or command line interface (cli). The default command line application interface in macOS is the Terminal and is stored in /Applications/Utilities. File and folder compression saves on …
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iOS IPSW Firmware Download Links 11.2.2 – 5.0.1
Apple iOS IPSW Download links for IPSW Firmware Restores from 11.0.3 back to 5.0.1 Below are iOS firmware download links for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Touch from iOS 10.3.3 back to iOS 5.0.1 – these are links direct from Apple. Apple iOS 11.2.2 IPSW Firmware Download Links iPhone X iPhone 8 iPhone 8 Plus iPhone 7 …
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Redirecting a Web Folder Directory to another Directory in htaccess
Redirecting within the same domain Using htaccess in your root level of your web server, how you redirect one page to another is: RewriteRule ^url-string-to-redirect$ http://www.yourdomain.com/your-new-url-string [R=301,L]
Stop the iPhone Animation Effects in iOS 11
Apple has added more animation effects in the new iOS 11 including the home screen wall paper zooming in and out when you return to that screen and also what Apple calls the parallax effect of icons. It can leave you a little queasy in your stomach. Luckily you can disable these effects by enabling …
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