Recover WPA Key from Keychain

Today I had the need to discover what the WPA key was that I had entered into my OSX keychain. Here were the steps:

1. Applications
2. Utilities
3. Keychain Access
4. System (top left; defaults to login)
5. Found the SSID of key that I was trying to recover and double-click
6. Select the Show Password checkbox
7. Enter your admin password.

Enjoy.

Josh Phillips
ProVisionIT™
www.provisionit.com

ipconfig /flushdns on a Mac

In a windows environment, if you open a command prompt you can flush the dns cache by typing the following command:

C:> ipconfig /flushdns

So, what is the equivlent on a Mac OS X system? Here you go:

$ lookupd -flushcache

Gotta love having a shell on a Mac. = )

Josh Phillips
ProVisionIT™
www.provisionit.com

Howto Burn an ISO with a Mac

Well, until today, I hadn't needed to do it. So, here are the steps:

1. Insert a blank disc.
2. Start Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility).
3. From the File menu, choose Open Disk Image and select the ISO to be burned.
4. In the list of volumes, you will now see an item representing the ISO file. Select it.
5. Click the Burn button and follow the instructions.

A couple of minutes later I had my CD!

Josh Phillips
ProVisionIT™
www.provisionit.com