Portable Apps for OSX
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tlarkin
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Speaking from experience if you have a Mac at your school, there is most likely an application monitor which has a white list, and if your application isn't white listed it is not allowed to run. Then by policy all applications must run from /Applications, and limited users (how you authenticate) only has ---r-x--r permissions. Basically you can only read and execute from the /Applications directory.
So, it is most likely going to be very hard to run a portable version of fire fox so you can by pass your school's web filter.
If you figure out how to do it, I am sure there is a job waiting for you somewhere, or your network administrator is not up to snuff with properly policy application, or there is the x factor. X factor meaning, that sometimes you have to implement something a certain way to get it to work and you are forced to deal with the ill side effects.
Also to read/write to NTFS you need to download and install ntfs.progs or FUSE (google search them) and I am certain you will not be allowed to install that.
If I were you, I would just deal with it, because there is most likely not any way around it.
Also, and just for the record, almost over half of the apps out for OS X are self contained, so they can run off of any volume, external device or whatever. I have an external HD for work that holds an OS, several imaging and utility apps, and I run all the applications straight off the external HD. So, you don't need the "portable version" but they are generally smaller in size, so more ideal for thumb drives.
So, it is most likely going to be very hard to run a portable version of fire fox so you can by pass your school's web filter.
If you figure out how to do it, I am sure there is a job waiting for you somewhere, or your network administrator is not up to snuff with properly policy application, or there is the x factor. X factor meaning, that sometimes you have to implement something a certain way to get it to work and you are forced to deal with the ill side effects.
Also to read/write to NTFS you need to download and install ntfs.progs or FUSE (google search them) and I am certain you will not be allowed to install that.
If I were you, I would just deal with it, because there is most likely not any way around it.
Also, and just for the record, almost over half of the apps out for OS X are self contained, so they can run off of any volume, external device or whatever. I have an external HD for work that holds an OS, several imaging and utility apps, and I run all the applications straight off the external HD. So, you don't need the "portable version" but they are generally smaller in size, so more ideal for thumb drives.