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OS Detection Techniques

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:July 14, 2019
  • Post category:jonathansblog/Methodology/Pentest
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Os Detection Techniques and OS fingerprinting Os Detection Techniques - Background information This is a list of Os Detection Techniques, with explanations for all the active and passive Os Detection…

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Read more about the article Privacy settings

Privacy settings

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:April 28, 2018
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad/Osx/Safari
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This post is a combination of previous posts about privacy settings in mac and ios. Safari do not track: Safari gives users the option to enable the 'do not track'…

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Read more about the article Portfolio – Jonathan Mitchell MSc BSc MBCS

Portfolio – Jonathan Mitchell MSc BSc MBCS

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:June 8, 2014
  • Post category:Development/Php
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Jonathan Mitchell Portfolio About Me I have a BSc in Electronic Engineering, and an MSc in Advanced Computer Systems Development with Distinction. I was awarded the University Court Medal for…

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Read more about the article How to enable iCloud password for all sites on iPhone and iPad

How to enable iCloud password for all sites on iPhone and iPad

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:January 1, 2014
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad
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How to enable iCloud password for all sites on iPhone and iPad: ICloud keychain is great. But some sites block the saving of passwords. Fortunately there is a way to…

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Read more about the article How to clear internet history and cookies from ios7 safari

How to clear internet history and cookies from ios7 safari

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:December 30, 2013
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad
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This post will show you how to clear internet history and cookies from ios7 safari: goto settings > safari click on 'clear history' to get rid of your history click…

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Read more about the article How to get your iCloud tabs in safari on ios7

How to get your iCloud tabs in safari on ios7

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:October 21, 2013
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This one confused me for ages. iCloud tabs in safari in iOS. they are a great feature, you can pickup where you left off reading tabs from your mac on…

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Read more about the article Very cool tip for osx mavericks and twitter shared urls

Very cool tip for osx mavericks and twitter shared urls

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:October 11, 2013
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This is a very cool thing I just found in safari on osx mavericks. if you have your twitter account linked to your os [it asks you the first time…

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Read more about the article Everything that I can get siri to understand

Everything that I can get siri to understand

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 28, 2013
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad
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This is my list of everything that I can get Siri to understand in iOS. I wrote this post entirely using the dictation feature. dictation I'm writing this blog post…

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Read more about the article How to change the default mail client in osx

How to change the default mail client in osx

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:June 9, 2013
  • Post category:Mail.app
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This post will show you how to change the default email client in osx. it will let your chosen email client be used for both mailto: links and for the…

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Read more about the article How to show hex values in safari element inspector

How to show hex values in safari element inspector

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:May 27, 2013
  • Post category:Development/Safari
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This is an awesome tip that I just stumbled over :) I was trying to view the colour of an element in my site (the background colour of the body…

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Read more about the article Open man pages in safari or other browsers in osx

Open man pages in safari or other browsers in osx

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:May 21, 2013
  • Post category:Safari
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This is an excellent tweak to make to your osx or linux system open man pages in safari (or firefox or chrome): man pages are great, but they arent the…

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Read more about the article How to enable webGL in safari

How to enable webGL in safari

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:January 21, 2013
  • Post category:Safari
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This post will show you how to enable webGL in safari. Google maps now supports webGL - the rendering is mostly handled by your browser, making the maps much more…

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Read more about the article How to enable private browsing in safari on iphone and ipad

How to enable private browsing in safari on iphone and ipad

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:January 3, 2013
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad
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This post will show you how to enable the private browsing mode in safari for ipad and iphone. goto settings > safari in the privacy section there is an option…

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Read more about the article How to get bookmarks from ie / firefox / chrome into iphone / ipad

How to get bookmarks from ie / firefox / chrome into iphone / ipad

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:November 19, 2012
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad
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This post will show you how to get your bookmarks from chrome / firefox / chrome into your ipad or iphone's safari browser firstly, make sure that you have safari…

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Read more about the article Browser like forward and back navigation in finder

Browser like forward and back navigation in finder

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:November 11, 2012
  • Post category:Finder
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This is a cool tip when you are using finder: in safari / firefox / other browsers you can navigate forwards and backwards by click-and-hold ing on the forward /…

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Read more about the article How to turn off spell check in safari

How to turn off spell check in safari

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:October 31, 2012
  • Post category:Safari
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This post will show you how to turn off spell check in safari. You can also turn off auto-correcting using this method. how to disable spellcheck in safari open safari…

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Read more about the article How to enable icloud tabs to sync open tabs between iphone and mac

How to enable icloud tabs to sync open tabs between iphone and mac

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 6, 2012
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad/Safari
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Safari in mountain lion has a cool new feature - icloud tabs. icloud tabs let you sync your browser tabs between devices, eg you can open a tab in your…

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Read more about the article Safari tab switch with multitouch gesture

Safari tab switch with multitouch gesture

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 2, 2012
  • Post category:Safari
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Safari tab switch with multitouch gesture: on the apple site I found information on the new safari tab switch with multitouch gesture. I thought I'd share it with you incase…

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Read more about the article How to send audio from mac to airplay speakers

How to send audio from mac to airplay speakers

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 15, 2012
  • Post category:Osx
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This is an excellent feature of mountain lion. you can send your audio output to airplay enabled devices (apple tv or airplay speakers) to send the audio to an airplay…

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Read more about the article How to disable osx mountain lion smooth scrolling

How to disable osx mountain lion smooth scrolling

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 11, 2012
  • Post category:Osx
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This post will show you how to disable smooth scrolling in osx mountain lion. open terminal type defaults write -g NSScrollAnimationEnabled -bool NO smooth crolling will now be disabled!

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Read more about the article How to enable backspace key for back page in safari

How to enable backspace key for back page in safari

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 7, 2012
  • Post category:Safari
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This post will show you how to re-enable the backspace key to take you back a page in safari 6 on osx mountain lion. firstly, open up terminal then type…

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Read more about the article How to stop video opening youtube app on iphone and ipad

How to stop video opening youtube app on iphone and ipad

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:June 3, 2012
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad
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This post will show you how to stop video opening youtube app on iphone and ipad. doing this will let all the youtube links open in safari instead! goto settings…

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Read more about the article How to delete gmail mail from iphone mail.app

How to delete gmail mail from iphone mail.app

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:May 11, 2012
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad
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This post will show you how to delete mail in your gmail account from the mail.app in your iphone or ipad without archiving it. 1) make sure your iphone or…

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Read more about the article Ios style pull to refresh in chrome or safari

Ios style pull to refresh in chrome or safari

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:February 11, 2012
  • Post category:Google chrome/Safari
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You can get the ios style 'scroll down and release' or 'pull to refresh' feature in google chrome or safari on osx by installing a simple extension. go here https://github.com/weetidy/Pull-to-refresh-for-Chrome-and-Safari…

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Read more about the article Lookup any address from chrome or safari on google maps

Lookup any address from chrome or safari on google maps

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:January 12, 2012
  • Post category:Google chrome/Safari
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This one is pretty cool :) in chrome or safari on osx simply highlight the address you want to find a map for right click the highlighted address click on…

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Read more about the article Tweet selected text from within safari or chrome

Tweet selected text from within safari or chrome

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:January 10, 2012
  • Post category:Google chrome/Safari
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If you have the official twitter app installed on your mac then you can tweet any selected text from chrome or safari with two clicks! select the text you want…

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Read more about the article Quickly add any url from any app to safari reading list

Quickly add any url from any app to safari reading list

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:December 9, 2011
  • Post category:Safari
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This one is cool: Quickly add any url from any app to safari reading list! highlight a url (in the address-bar in chrome or firefox) goto the services menu (appname…

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Read more about the article Restore a closed tab in safari on ipad

Restore a closed tab in safari on ipad

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:November 21, 2011
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad
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How to restore a closed tab in safari on the ipad simply press and hold the + icon that you use to open a new tab. you will see a…

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Read more about the article Sending a tweet from safari in iOS

Sending a tweet from safari in iOS

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:October 12, 2011
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad
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This short post is about sending a tweet from safari in iOS. on the page you want to tweet about, click the share icon at the bottom then click tweet…

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Read more about the article Change dashboard background wallpaper osx lion

Change dashboard background wallpaper osx lion

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 16, 2011
  • Post category:Mission control
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This will show you how to change the background wallpaper of the dashboard in osx lion. open finder goto /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources find the file pirelli.png rename it to pirelli_backup.png copy the…

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Read more about the article Safari show status bar at bottom of window

Safari show status bar at bottom of window

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 13, 2011
  • Post category:Safari
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This one is very handy. i like having the status bar in safari because it lets me know the url for a link before I click it. you can enable…

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Read more about the article Osx lion quick lookup dictionary on any word

Osx lion quick lookup dictionary on any word

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 11, 2011
  • Post category:Osx
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One of the best features of osx is the built in dictionary and thesaurus. you can open the dictionary (applications > utilities > dictionary) and lookup the definition of any…

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Read more about the article Safari omnibar – search by typing in safari addressbar

Safari omnibar – search by typing in safari addressbar

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 3, 2011
  • Post category:Safari
  • Post comments:2 Comments

This will show you how to remove the search box from safari and perform your searches from the addressbar, like you do in google chrome its really easy, just go…

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Read more about the article IPad screen flicker fix instructions

IPad screen flicker fix instructions

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:January 11, 2011
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad/jonathansblog
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iPad screen flicker fix: My iPad screen started flickering randomly one day. It would flicker when I was scrolling in safari, or when I was playing a game. It wasn’t…

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Read more about the article Syncing your iphone or ipad with google

Syncing your iphone or ipad with google

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:January 30, 2010
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad
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Syncing your iphone or ipad with google: Here are the detailed instructions on syncing your iphone or ipad with google gmail calendar and contacts. After doing this you will have…

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Read more about the article Keeping chrome firefox and safari synced

Keeping chrome firefox and safari synced

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:October 25, 2009
  • Post category:Google chrome/Linux/Osx/Safari
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keeping chrome firefox and safari synced is hard. browser wars are good. and bad. now with the launch of a dev build of chrome for the mac and linux there…

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Read more about the article Bookmarks and passwords – safari, firefox, mac and windows. synced with xmarks

Bookmarks and passwords – safari, firefox, mac and windows. synced with xmarks

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:September 27, 2009
  • Post category:Iphone and ipad/Safari
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i have used xmarks for a good while now. it used to be called foxmarks. it basically keeps a list of your bookmarks on their server and syncs them with…

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Read more about the article Some cool apps and features for and of your mac

Some cool apps and features for and of your mac

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:August 11, 2009
  • Post category:Ical/Ichat / messages/Itunes/Mail.app/Osx
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Here are some cool apps and easy things to do with your mac that you might not know about: sending photos from iphoto to facebook and flickr is easy. just…

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Read more about the article Some stuff to improve my site.

Some stuff to improve my site.

  • Post author:Jonathan Mitchell
  • Post published:July 26, 2009
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Im just doing some tidying up on my site - I have the iphone / ipod touch support (which breaks compatibility with safari - ill need to fix that) and…

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