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systemsetup — Configure System Preferences machine settings. More information: <https://support.apple.com/guide/re

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Problem

How to use the systemsetup command: Configure System Preferences machine settings. More information: <https://support.apple.com/guide/remote-desktop/about-systemsetup-apd95406b8d/mac>.

Solution

systemsetup — Configure System Preferences machine settings. More information: <https://support.apple.com/guide/remote-desktop/about-systemsetup-apd95406b8d/mac>.

Enable remote login (SSH):

systemsetup -setremotelogin on

Specify timezone, NTP Server, and enable network time:

systemsetup -settimezone "{{US/Pacific}}" -setnetworktimeserver {{us.pool.ntp.org}} -setusingnetworktime on

Make the machine never sleep and automatically restart on power failure or kernel panic:

systemsetup -setsleep off -setrestartpowerfailure on -setrestartfreeze on

List valid startup disks:

systemsetup -liststartupdisks

Specify a new startup disk:

systemsetup -setstartupdisk {{path/to/directory}}

Code Snippets

Enable remote login (SSH)

systemsetup -setremotelogin on

Specify timezone, NTP Server, and enable network time

systemsetup -settimezone "{{US/Pacific}}" -setnetworktimeserver {{us.pool.ntp.org}} -setusingnetworktime on

Make the machine never sleep and automatically restart on power failure or kernel panic

systemsetup -setsleep off -setrestartpowerfailure on -setrestartfreeze on

List valid startup disks

systemsetup -liststartupdisks

Specify a new startup disk

systemsetup -setstartupdisk {{path/to/directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: osx/systemsetup

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