Category: Macbooks
iPhone to MacBook Photo Transfer Script: Complete Guide
Annoying Apple never quite got around to making it easy to offload images from your iPhone to your Macbook. So below is a complete guide to automatically download photos and videos from your iPhone to your MacBook, with options to filter by pattern and date, and organize into folders by creation date. Prerequisites Install the […]
Read more →macOS Passive Domain Vulnerability Scanner: Full Guide
Below is a fairly comprehensive passive penetration testing script with vulnerability scanning, API testing, and detailed reporting. Features Installation Required Dependencies Optional Dependencies Usage Basic Syntax Options Examples: Network Configuration Default Interface: en0 (bypasses Zscaler) To change the interface, edit line 24: The script automatically falls back to default routing if the interface is unavailable. Debug Mode […]
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Mac Wireshark MCP Setup for Claude Desktop: Full Guide
If you’re like me, the idea of doing anything twice will make you break out in a cold shiver. For my Claude desktop, I often need network pcap (packet capture) to unpack something that I am doing. So the script below installs wireshark, and then the wireshark mcp and then configures Claude to use it. […]
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MacBook Battery Drain: Script to Find Top Processes
If you’re trying to figure out whats draining your macbook, even when the lid is closed – then try the script below (call with “sudo ./battery_drain_analyzer.sh”): If you see windowServer as your top consumer then consider the following: Finer grained optimisations: To optimise the power when the lid is closed, below are some options:
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hping3 Penetration Testing on macOS: 10 Techniques
⚠️ LEGAL DISCLAIMER AND TERMS OF USE **READ THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING** Legal Requirements: **AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED**: You MUST have explicit written permission from the system owner before running any of these tests **ILLEGAL WITHOUT PERMISSION**: Unauthorized network scanning, port scanning, or DoS testing is illegal in most jurisdictions **YOUR RESPONSIBILITY**: You are solely responsible for […]
Read more →macOS: Find Processes Using a Specific Remote Port
I find this script useful for debugging which processes are talking to which remote port. Example Usuage:
Read more →NMAP Vulnerability Scan Script With Formatted Report on macOS
If you want to quickly health check your website, then the following script is a simple NMAP script that scans your site for common issues and formats the results in a nice report style. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to fix each type of directory permission issue that the above script might find (for […]
Read more →Monitor Top Disk Reads and Writes on macOS Script
The script below tracks disk usage of a macbook for 20 seconds and the shows the processes with the highest disk utilisations Example output:
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macOS: Find Which Process Is Using a Specific Port
Below is a useful script when you want to see which processes are using a specific port.
Read more →Mac Routing Table: Redirect Website Traffic to en0
This was a hard article to figure out the title for! Put simply, your mac book has a route table and if you want to move a specific IP address or dns from one interface to another, then follow the steps below: First find the IP address of the website that you want to re-route […]
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