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GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

I needed a password cracker, and on UNIX it looks like fcrackzip is the way to go. All right. For Mac they recommend installing it via Darwinports. Too much hassle for me. I have the newest Xcode; why ...