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How to “cd” into system files

I have files saved under Macintosh HD/Library/... that I need to manipulate using bash. How can I access those files in the shell?
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Parental controls floods system.log with errors

I was digging around for fun, and I found that the system.log was FLOODED with errors. Here's an example. Mar 20 08:46:34 THE-COMPUTER parentalcontrolsd[696]: -[ActivityTracker ...
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Error message - kexts installed improperly

I have just gotten an error message for every single kext file there is. The error message goes something along the lines of: The system extension "file path" was installed improperly and cannot ...
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System idle process

When the cpu isn't doing anything, it runs the idle process. I heard that this process looks for programs that are waiting in the queue so that the cpu can run them. Is that all it does? I am also ...
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Is it possible to reinstall/fix Mac OS X's system ruby without doing a complete OS reinstall?

Is it possible? I'm running into various issues at least once a week since it got corrupted or something, especially with homebrew. If it is possible, but would just be a better idea to start from a ...
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List of Applications on Mac OS X

Is there a way to find a list of all applications installed on a Mac in either /Library or /System?
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Changing system sounds in Mac OS X

I would like to change system sounds for certain events in Mac OS X. How do I do this? Update: I want to replate "Basso", "Bottle", "Submarine" and another sounds to my own. The types of sounds: ...
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Can I access this Mac system remotely?

I have a MacBook and I have 6 Windows desktop systems. I want to access the MacBook parallel same time 7 user. Like 6 user accessing MacBook on Windows system remotely, and one user using Mac at same ...
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Mac shortcut keys: How to add a generic “About [app]” to keyboard shortcuts?

I want to add a shortcut to "About" for every software, just like most of them have CMD+, for entering preferences. But this could as well be a question used for many other things, since I want to do ...