brew install docker --cask
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Swiss-Mac-User
/ command-oneliner-a.sh
Created
August 20, 2025 21:37
Shell scripts to trigger custom macOS Notifications using osascript | https://swissmacuser.ch/native-macos-notifications-from-terminal-scripts/
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| osascript -e "display notification \"This notification comes straight from Terminal.app to your macOS Notification Center, thanks to AppleScript 🤓\"" |
Swiss-Mac-User
/ icon_maker.sh
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January 13, 2025 13:31
macOS shell script to create an .icns icon file from an image input file
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| #!/bin/zsh | |
| # ================================================================================ | |
| # A macOS shell script to create an .icns icon file from an image input file | |
| # | |
| # NOTE: make this file executable first using: | |
| # chmod +x /path/to/icon_maker.sh | |
| # | |
| # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| # Source: https://gist.github.com/Swiss-Mac-User/7a1a55e499db618c59718cbffe23318c |
Swiss-Mac-User
/ autoexec.cfg
Last active
February 25, 2024 22:25
DOOM 3 on Mac – custom widescreen and high definition configurations for best visual quality (doom3, dhewm3). This config file is featured on https://swissmacuser.ch/doom3-hd-native-on-apple-arm-macos-120fps/
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| seta r_fullscreen "1" // Run game in fullscreen. 0=windowed | |
| seta r_mode "-1" // Enable a custom resolution (width + height) | |
| seta r_customWidth "2560" // Mac display resolution WIDTH | |
| seta r_customHeight "1440" // Mac display resolution HEIGHT | |
| seta r_aspectRatio "1" // Set aspect ratio: 0=4:3 (default), 1=16:9 (widescreen), 2=16:10 (ultrawide) | |
| seta com_fixedTic "-1" // dhewm3-specific: uncapped FPS (>60 FPS) | |
| seta com_showFPS "1" // Show the in-game FPS counter. 0=off |
Swiss-Mac-User
/ add_alarms_to_ics.sh
Created
January 16, 2024 20:47
Shell script to insert a VALARM block to every event in an iCalendar file (.ics), making imported events show an alert x hours before the event
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Inspired from: https://x.com/SwissMacUser/status/1349065380514426883 | |
| # Personally used to add event reminders to the downloadabl iCalendar files | |
| # of the yearly Stadt Zürich digital Entsorgungskalender at | |
| # https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ted/de/index/entsorgung_recycling/entsorgen/persoenlicher_entsorgungskalender.html | |
| # Check if the minimum number of arguments is provided | |
| if [ "$#" -lt 2 ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: $0 <path-to-ics-file> <hours-to-alert-before> [backup]" |
Swiss-Mac-User
/ Terminal.sh
Created
June 22, 2023 21:07
Find non UTF-8 encoded files on macOS: a shell command to recursively list all non UTF-8 encoded files within a directory (and its subdirectories)
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| find /path/to/dir -maxdepth 2 -type f -exec sh -c 'iconv -f utf-8 -t utf-8 "{}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo "{}: Not UTF-8"' \; |
Swiss-Mac-User
/ .env
Last active
July 4, 2023 20:53
Docker Compose setup for a Wordpress blog using the official wordpress Docker image, compatible with macOS on Apple Silicon ARM. Full guide can be found here ➝ https://swissmacuser.ch/mamp-to-docker-mac-how-to-migrate/
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| COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME="myblog" | |
| OS_PLATFORM="linux/x86_64" | |
| HTTP_PORT="80" | |
| HTTPS_PORT="443" | |
| WP_LOCALHOST="wordpress" | |
| WP_HOST_WEBFILES="./public" | |
| WP_HOST_DATABASEFILES="./mariadb" | |
| WP_WEBROOT="/var/www/html" | |
| WP_DB_NAME="wordpress" | |
| WP_DB_USER="root" |
Swiss-Mac-User
/ docker-compose.yaml
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July 4, 2023 21:38
Docker Compose YAML configuration for static webpages (supports macOS on Apple Silicon ARM Macs)
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| services: | |
| apache-php: | |
| platform: linux/x86_64 | |
| image: php:8.1-apache | |
| container_name: my-website | |
| restart: unless-stopped | |
| environment: | |
| - APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT=/var/www/html | |
| hostname: mywebsite | |
| domainname: mywebsite.local |
Swiss-Mac-User
/ .gitignore
Created
March 14, 2023 18:26
macOS .gitignore to exclude unwanted files and folders
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| # General | |
| .DS_Store | |
| .AppleDouble | |
| .LSOverride | |
| # Files that might appear in the root of a volume | |
| .DocumentRevisions-V100 | |
| .fseventsd | |
| .Spotlight-V100 | |
| .TemporaryItems |
Swiss-Mac-User
/ .env
Last active
July 27, 2023 18:15
Apple Silicon comaptible containerized LAMPP stack on Docker (Apache, PHP, MySQL, PhpMyAdmin) using only docker-compose | Works on ARM architecture
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| COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=“myapp" | |
| OS_PLATFORM="linux/x86_64" | |
| HTTP_PORT=80 | |
| HTTPS_PORT=443 | |
| DOMAINNAME="localhost" # With hosts entry, adjust accordingly like "myapp.local" | |
| APACHE_WEBROOT="/var/www" | |
| PHP_Version=7.4 | |
| MYSQL_TYPE="mariadb" # Use "mariadb" or "mysql" | |
| MYSQL_VERSION="latest" | |
| MYSQL_PORT=3306 |
Swiss-Mac-User
/ a_Docker setup.md
Last active
October 8, 2025 03:52
Installing SonarQube on Docker and SonarScanner using Homebrew on macOS
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