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Today, I resolved a Mac issue faced by a client by restoring a .DS_Store file backed up to a CCC clone.

Systems: bsdns1.example.com bsdns2.example.com 1) Why I upgraded both DNS servers from FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE to 14.3-RELEASE.

I’ve been running FreeBSD on an older Intel Mac Pro, and I noticed that the machine would sit at a black screen for roughly 30 seconds before the FreeBSD boot loader appeared.

A dedicated mDNS-SD bridge in a jail.

This setup enables secure and reliable monitoring of FreeBSD system updates (both base and packages) via Zabbix, using a cron-based approach and a lightweight shell script.

Using Apple’s Bonjour for Zero-Configuration Networking FreeBSD users have access to a native port of Apple’s mDNSResponder, the backbone of Bonjour.

VM Manager (vmmgr.sh) VM Manager (vmmgr.sh) Managing QEMU [headless] virtual machines on macOS just got a whole lot easier (hopefully).

Using Safe Reboot Scripts on macOS for Clean VM Shutdown On FileVault-enabled macOS systems, rebooting normally with reboot or shutdown -r now may leave the system waiting at the FileVault unlock screen.

How to Install doas on macOS If you’re looking to ditch the bloated sudo on macOS in favor of something leaner, cleaner, and from the BSD world, then doas is your friend.

My FreeBSD-powered Mac Pro 2013 originally had 64 GB of RAM, which was sufficient for the jails I run.