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Command line utility in Mac OS X

Apple Software Restore or asr is a command line utility in Mac OS X used to apply a DMG disk image to a selected partition or mount point on a file system. It is often used for cloning large numbers of Macintosh computers. Apple Software Restore can read an image locally or from a server via HTTP or its own multicast asr:// URI. Wikipedia →

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📚 Books worth reading

American FilmAmerican Film Institute · 1975
Operations ManagementRoberta S. Russell, Bernard Taylor · 1998
Absolute beginner's guide to computer basicsMichael Miller · 2003
Rip your ownCasey Kim · 2011
📕Sams teach yourself iCloud in 10 minutesBrad Miser · 2013
Introduction to making very big booksUnited States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions · 2011
A TOUR OF THE WORLDMalik Mansab Khan, Muhammad Rafique Abdul Aziz · 2025

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