{"id":589,"date":"2007-05-08T10:47:29","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T18:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=589"},"modified":"2009-01-11T09:57:26","modified_gmt":"2009-01-11T17:57:26","slug":"learning-mac-os-x-with-onyx-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=589","title":{"rendered":"Learning Mac OS X with OnyX &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/onyx.gif\" alt=\"OnyX\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\nMac OX X can be a lot more complicated than you realize.  If you want to change system settings, you will probably open System Preferences, go to a specific preference pane and make changes.  But Mac OS X comes with much more commands than we see under those system preference panes.  And you may have to use Terminal to get what you are looking for if it&#8217;s not available in any of the system preference panes.  <\/p>\n<p>Mac users have always stayed away from command input interface just as in DOS and long supported Mac OS because of Graphical User Interface.  So some users aren&#8217;t very happy in using Terminal.  And that&#8217;s where OnyX comes in.  <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this short video tutorial series, we use Titanium&#8217;s Software&#8217;s OnyX.  The main goal is to explore more Mac OS X command and their options that aren&#8217;t available in System Preferences.<\/p>\n<p>In the first tutorial of the series, we start off by downloading and installing the latest version of OnyX, 1.7.9.  We then cover most of the commands under Parameters &#8211; General tab and Finder tab.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<table width=\"420\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhvt.net\/quicktime\/eng\/screenshots\/onyx_tutorial_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhvt.net\/quicktime\/eng\/screenshots\/onyx_tutorial_11.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"122\" alt=\"OnyX tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhvt.net\/quicktime\/eng\/screenshots\/onyx_tutorial_12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhvt.net\/quicktime\/eng\/screenshots\/onyx_tutorial_12.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"122\" alt=\"OnyX tutorial\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<li>OS version: Tiger OS 10.4.9 (PPC)<\/li>\n<li>VTC version: 1.0<\/li>\n<li>Video length: 12 minutes 51 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Video format: QuickTime<\/li>\n<li>Video compression: H.264<\/li>\n<li>Video resolution: 1080 x 675 pixels<\/li>\n<li>Audio effects: Enabled<\/li>\n<li>Audio commentary: Enabled<\/li>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<table width=\"440\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"machouse\/video_tutorials_no_visitors.gif\" alt=\"Mac video tutorials\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"200\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhvt.net\/quicktime\/eng\/vtc\/onyx\/onyx_tutorial_01.php\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"machouse\/video_tutorials_members.gif\" alt=\"Mac video tutorials\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Please read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhvt.net\/quicktime\/eng\/terms_guests.php\">Terms of Use for Guests<\/a> before watching any of the video tutorials.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\nOnyX is a product of Titanium&#8217;s Software in France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mac OX X can be a lot more complicated than you realize. 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