Change hidden flag in OSX

There are four ways to hide a file in Mac OS X Finder.
1. It hides files that begin with .Fix: rename the file

2. If there is a .hidden file in a directory, it hides all the files in that directory that are listed in .hidden

Fix: remove the file’s name from .hidden

3. It has the hidden flag set.

Solution: (in the terminal) chflags nohidden /Path/to/file

Reference from http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=597097

Setting up a transparent OSX Software update server

There has been many instructions on how to setup a software update server (SUS) on the mac using OSX Server. However, in closed environments, changing multiple clients using “defaults write” to point the SUS to the internal machine might not be feasible.

Recently, i came across a document by way of a colleague, on how to set up a transparent SUS making use of the same address as apple on the network and how to “reflect” the relevant paths to a server in the local network. Continue reading Setting up a transparent OSX Software update server