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A curated list of shell commands and tools specific to OS X.

How to fix Sierra not remembering SSH keys. As described in detail on https://openradar.appspot.com/27348363, macOS/OS X till Yosemite used to remember SSH keys added by command ssh-add -K . Unfortunately this way no longer works and command ssh-add -K in macOS Sierra no longer saves SSH keys in OS's keychain. As Apple Developer stated: "That’s expected. We re-aligned our behavior with the mainstream OpenSSH in this area."

Shush is a utility app for Mac OS X to quickly mute and unmute your microphone using a hotkey.

SelfControl is a free and open-source application for Mac OS X (10.5 or above) that lets you block your own access to distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Just set a period of time to block for, add sites to your blacklist, and click "Start." Until that timer expires, you will be unable to access those sites--even if you restart your computer or delete the application.

Thats it you now have the native AMP stack running ontop of the Mountain Lion.

Maybe useful at some point.

How to create an iPhone ringtone.

"The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system."

Firefox has more users, perhaps, than is commonly assumed. With Firefox 3 on the near horizon, this may shoot up even more.

Free Mac software for taking webpage screenshots. Can capture the entire length of a page (beyond the "fold").

"HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows."

Some very useful utilities. Service Scrubber helps you manage OS X services, Witch turns command+tab into something that can access the windows of individual applications, not just the applications themselves.