No third party scripts or root access required. You will immediately see a printed list of active network connections on your Mac desktop that automatically updates itself, just like the screen shot at the top of this article.
#APPLE MAC GEEKTOOL INSTALL#
In order to do this, you’ll need to install GeekTool, it’s a free download and is a great addition to any advanced Mac users toolkit.Īssuming you have now downloaded and installed GeekTool, it will appear in your System Preferences.
#APPLE MAC GEEKTOOL MAC OS X#
That portion of the tip has been covered here before regarding lsof, but the next part is geared specifically for GeekTool because it allows a constantly refreshed list of active connections to overlay against your desktop background picture.ĭisplaying a Active Network Connections on the Mac OS X Desktop You could also combine this with the ‘watch’ utility and just keep an eye on open connections in a terminal window. Here is a method that is native to Mac OS X and doesn’t even require root access to watch network connections:įirst, if you want to discard the GeekTool portion and just get a quick look at open connections, you can quickly list all open network connections with: Users/test/Library/Saved Application State//windows.The problem with installing and using open_ports is that it is a third party script running as root, and for many users that is unacceptable. Users/test/Library/Saved Application State//data.data Users/test/Library/Saved Application State//window_1.data private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_x86_64h System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/A/Frameworks/amework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/Localized.rsrc System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/A/Frameworks/amework/Versions/A/Resources/HIToolbox.rsrc private/var/db/mds/messages/501/se_SecurityMessages System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/C/Resources/Assets.car Users/test/Desktop/GeekTool.app/Contents/PlugIns/GeekTool.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GeekTool Helper.app/Contents/PlugIns/Shell.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Shell Users/test/Desktop/GeekTool.app/Contents/PlugIns/GeekTool.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GeekTool Helper.app/Contents/PlugIns/Image.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Image Users/test/Desktop/GeekTool.app/Contents/PlugIns/GeekTool.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GeekTool Helper.app/Contents/PlugIns/HTML.bundle/Contents/MacOS/HTML Users/test/Desktop/GeekTool.app/Contents/PlugIns/GeekTool.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GeekTool Helper.app/Contents/PlugIns/File.bundle/Contents/MacOS/File Users/test/Desktop/GeekTool.app/Contents/PlugIns/GeekTool.prefPane/Contents/Frameworks/amework/Versions/A/Geeklet System/Library/Keyboard Layouts/AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle/Contents/Resources/AppleKeyboardLayouts-L.dat System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/A/Frameworks/amework/Versions/A/Resources/Extras2.rsrc System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources/Assets.car System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources/SystemAppearance.car It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default.
#APPLE MAC GEEKTOOL FOR MAC OS#
private/var/folders/9v/4ggcb0ss4d93l5rn8206d_sw0000gn/0/ GeekTool is described as application for Mac OS 10.6+.
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