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**Keyboard shortcuts:**

|⇧⌥⌘V| paste as plain text                          |
|⇧⌘. |in an open/save dialog box, shows hidden files|
| ⌘⇧ | go to parent directory                       |
| Fn-Control-Left Arrow |Move Window to Left Half|
| Fn-Control-Right Arrow|Move Window to Right Half|
|Fn-Control-F|Fill the Desktop|


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**Change lost password**


 

hold on powerup for single user mode

at root prompt:

  * mount -uw /
  * sh /etc/rc
  * passwd

Updating hacked machine:

turn off journaling in Disk Utility:
  * select partition
  * hold down option and click "file" menu\\


reboot with live CD (hold down alt key)\\

backup to external drive: see [[http://jrs-s.net/2012/09/19/cloning-an-osx-disk-using-linux-dd-and-parted/|here]]\\

  * example from above link: dd if=/dev/sdc bs=4M conv=sync,noerror | pv -s 160G | dd of=/dev/sdd bs=4M

reboot to original internal drive
do update but don't restart if that is an option
reboot to live CD
delete platform.support.plist (mentioned [[http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/os-x-yosemite-on-unsupported-macs-guide.1761432/page-33|here]])\\

  * perhaps this file is at System/Library/CoreServices as mentioned [[http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/249877-how-to-install-lion-on-any-coreduo-mac-upgraded-to-a-core2duo/|here]]

boot original internal drive
profit
Resources:

  * http:%%//%%superuser.com/questions/84446/how-to-mount-a-hfs-partition-in-ubuntu-as-read-write\\


Hide the dock by making it really small: 


<code>
defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 1
killall Dock
</code>