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CLIX (Command Line Interface for OS X) is a Cocoa application that harnesses the power of Unix. It's perfect for the pros and can be helpful for the noobs too.
The CLIX package includes a starter database file with over 1,100 system commands for investigating your system status, for cleaning out junk files, for getting at esoteric secret settings in your most used applications - and more.
And most importantly, CLIX is infinitely extensible: you can add to it at any time, in any way you please - add new commands, new command categories, new command database files,
The CLIX package includes a starter database file with over 1,100 system commands for investigating your system status, for cleaning out junk files, for getting at esoteric secret settings in your most used applications - and more.
And most importantly, CLIX is infinitely extensible: you can add to it at any time, in any way you please - add new commands, new command categories, new command database files,
What's New
Version 2.0.0.15:
- Ready for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Some Lion commands already added, more to come. Keep the key 'NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows' handy - you'll need that command to turn Resume off for your applications.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
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| Downloads:42,230 |
| Version Downloads:1,809 |
| Type:Utilities : Optimizers |
| License:Free |
| Date:12 Aug 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price:Free |
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CLIX (Command Line Interface for OS X) is a Cocoa application that harnesses the power of Unix. It's perfect for the pros and can be helpful for the noobs too.
The CLIX package includes a starter database file with over 1,100 system commands for investigating your system status, for cleaning out junk files, for getting at esoteric secret settings in your most used applications - and more.
And most importantly, CLIX is infinitely extensible: you can add to it at any time, in any way you please - add new commands, new command categories, new command database files, and so on.
And unlike other systems, CLIX is 100% 'WYSISYG' (what you see is what you get): it's exactly the command lines you would use at a terminal if you were so inclined. So sometime you might remember a command or two and try it on your own.
CLIX comes with commands for viewing all your system logs, for cleaning out browser caches, for pruning and fixing 'plist' preference files, for spelunking in root's back yard, for ridding your system of all kinds of junk, for seeing what your virtual memory is up to, what your Netinfo database manager is up to, and on and on.
CLIX also has its own newsletter and command exchange for in-depth discussion of Unix and the CLIX commands.
Maintain your Mac safely and securely.
The CLIX package includes a starter database file with over 1,100 system commands for investigating your system status, for cleaning out junk files, for getting at esoteric secret settings in your most used applications - and more.
And most importantly, CLIX is infinitely extensible: you can add to it at any time, in any way you please - add new commands, new command categories, new command database files, and so on.
And unlike other systems, CLIX is 100% 'WYSISYG' (what you see is what you get): it's exactly the command lines you would use at a terminal if you were so inclined. So sometime you might remember a command or two and try it on your own.
CLIX comes with commands for viewing all your system logs, for cleaning out browser caches, for pruning and fixing 'plist' preference files, for spelunking in root's back yard, for ridding your system of all kinds of junk, for seeing what your virtual memory is up to, what your Netinfo database manager is up to, and on and on.
CLIX also has its own newsletter and command exchange for in-depth discussion of Unix and the CLIX commands.
Maintain your Mac safely and securely.
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ClIX is his gift to the Mac OS community along the lines of 'If you give a man a fish...' has taught me much of what I know of the UNIX command line and saved me many hours - I manage >300 Macs.
He does however say what he thinks, often in a non-politically correct manner and as has been pointed out by others, 'not suffer fools...'
His products go out of the way to ensure that your security is of primary importance. An extract from a recent XNews focussed on CLIX reads:
"Each CLIX command comes with an unseen prefix and an unseen suffix. The prefix zaps the time stamp so you will always detect when sudo is being invoked if that's what you want. A second thread runs asynchronously after every CLIX command to kill the sudo time stamp as well. And the kill operations don't stop at CLIX - they kill timestamps for all TTYs for your own safety."
Half of what he writes goes way over my head but it does give me food for thought and makes me a better SysAdmin once I take the time to learn enough to at least understand what he is talking about (technically).
If you purchase his ACP product (a must have in my toolkit) it will give you the tools to monitor all traffic and many processes - it has helped me plug several security holes in my network(s) and will certainly provide proof that none of his software 'phones home'.
Any one who suggest that Rick is a Black Hat is a best misinformed, and at worst speakin out of the wrong orifice (IMO).
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Read this page regarding attacks and copyright infringement: http://www.digg.com/apple/What_is_Rixstep_doing_to_Stepwise
I certainly would not trust typing in your admin password into an app this developer had created.
Make sure you read the above page (URL) before even thinking about using this app. There may be a reason that it's free and that he wants you to use it.
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http://radsoft.net/rants/20080510,00.shtml
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Jazzyguy reviewed on 17 May 2010
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Do I need to boot into 64-bit mode to use the app?
Trane Lives!
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Now it's back to the shed to write a ballad for the late Mr Hank Jones.
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Flash1296 reviewed on 28 Dec 2009
I wish that I knew how top add my PASSPHRASE when it insists that I do so.
Can someone help me with this.
Is this a script that only PAID users can access ?
Is that what is happening here ?
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No, it's ACP Developer Tools that costs $99; CLIX itself is free:
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It's Everything, It's Free, No Strings
CLIX comes with commands for viewing all your system logs, for cleaning out browser caches, for pruning 'plist' preference files, for spelunking in root's back yard, for ridding your system of all kinds of junk, for seeing what your virtual memory is up to, what your Netinfo database manager is up to, and more, and more, and more.
http://rixstep.com/4/0/clix/
I think what gave you the wrong idea was the "Buy the Software" item under the CLIX app menu, which I agree is misleading.
The ACP Developer Tools includes Xfile, whose [SN] request thread is here.
And there's a free "test drive" version of Xfile mentioned here.
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If you haven't figured out how to add your passphrase: Clix> Menu> Edit> Sudo. Enter password/phrase at the prompt. If you enter anything wrong or miss a step, you must go back to the beginning and start over. This App is well worth the effort, as is the whole ACP.
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Kemeng rated on 18 Aug 2011