Interesting: Log shell script events to the OS X system consolemacissues.com.
–jeroen
via: If you are familiar with the Unix command line and shell scripting, then you….
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OSX: Log shell script events to the OS X system consolemacissues.com (If you are familiar with the Unix command line)
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/08/31
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Setting the SMB/Netbios name of your Mac
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/03/30
Even after changing the name of your Mac, from the Windows side it still looks like this:
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| C:\Users\developer>net view | |
| Server Name Remark | |
| ——————————————————————————- | |
| \\MACBOOKPRO-4C7F Jeroen's MacBook Pro | |
| The command completed successfully. |
I knew I had solved this in the past, as the MacBook Air showed up correctly in the list:
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| C:\Users\developer>net view | |
| Server Name Remark | |
| ——————————————————————————- | |
| \\MACBOOKPRO-4C7F Jeroen's MacBook Pro | |
| \\MBAIR133JWP MBAIR133JWP | |
| The command completed successfully. |
The trick is that there are 2 names for your Mac: the name for the Apple side of things, and the name for the Windows side of things. For the latter you’d think it would be named SMB or NetBIOS. Read the rest of this entry »
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OS X Finder: viewing hidden paths
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/03/27
One of the most frustrating things on a Mac is that the OS X Finder does not allow you to browse all paths.
Unlike Windows the Windows Explorer, where it is fairly easy to switch a preference for enabling/disabling showing the hidden files and folders, there is no option in the Preferences. There is a command-line trick (see below) to enable/disable showing hidden files and folders.
Luckily, both the Windows Explorer and the Mac OS X Finder allow you to specify the full folder path to browse, where you can enter a path that otherwise would (partially) be invisible.
- Windows Explorer: just enter a full path in the address bar.
- Mac OS X Finder: press Shift-Command-G (or
Menu->Go->Go to Folder...), then enter the full path.
An alternative for Mac OS X is the payed (but great tool) Path Finder which is one of the best Finder replacements I know.
Command-line trick to enable/disable Mac OS X Finder hidden folder behaviour
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Mac OS X: Replicating md5sum Output Format (via: Raam Dev)
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/02/18
Mac OS X has md5, but no md5sum.
I agree with Mac OS X: Replicating md5sum Output Format that the second way of emulating md5 is better than the first one.
So here it is:
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| /sbin/md5 -r "$@" |
–jeroen
via: Mac OS X: Replicating md5sum Output Format – Raam Dev
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Mac OS X GeekTool: like Windows BgInfo on steroids.
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/12
A long time fan of BgInfo on Windows, I was looking for a Mac OS X replacement.
And I found one: GeekTool is on steroids compared to BgInfo (:
Much more than I needed (plenty of add-on scripts too), but more than enough to get some simple text displayed.
–jeroen
via: windows – Tool to put text on desktop wallpaper – Super User.
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MRR Software: NameChanger
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/12/22
NameChanger cool visual tool to do pattern based mass-renames on your Mac.
Needs OS X 10.6 or better (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks), though previous versions that are still available support all the way back until 10.3 (Panther).
–jeroen
via: MRR Software.
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Taking Screenshot on multiple platforms (via Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/28
Cool, I just found out that Wikipedia has a Screenshot topic, listing how to take screenshots (and often shots of the current window) on many platforms, where (*) means I verified them:
- Apple Mac OS X
(*) Use “⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+3” for the screen or “⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+4” for a part of the screen (as of Mac OS X Tiger, you can press the “Spacebar” to capture a Window in stead of part of the screen). You can press “Ctrl” with these shortcuts to the shot goes to the clipboard, otherwise it gets saved as a PNG file. - Microsoft Windows
(*) Use “Prt Sc” for the screen or “Alt+Prt Sc” for the Window
(note that on my laptop and multi-media keyboards, you need to type the “Fn” key in order to press the “Prt Sc”) - Microsoft Windows Phone
Press the “Sleep/Wake” button and the Startbutton at the same time. - Apple iOS
(*) Press the “Home” and “Lock” button at the same time. - Google Android
Hold the “Volume down” button, then press the “Sleep/Wake” button.
(*) Or press the “Sleep/Wake” and the “Home” button at the same time. - HP WebOS
Press the “Orange/Gray Key+Sym+P” at the same time.
Or press “Home Key+Power” at the same time. - X Window System
Varies with the installed tooling - Maemo 5
Press “Ctrl+⇧ Shift+P” at the same time. - Google Chrome OS
Press “Ctrl+F5” to capture the screen or press “Ctrl+⇧ Shift+F5” to capture a portion of the screen.
–jeroen
via: Screenshot – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Windows key character that displays on non-Windows systems (like Mac)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/08/08
Though there is a Unicode character for the Apple Command Key, there is none for the Windows Key.
The Windows font WinDings does have a character 255 for it, but that font usually is not installed on non-Windows systems. There it will look like Unicode Character ‘LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS’ (U+00FF)
This Unicode code point comes closest to the Windows key: Unicode Character ‘SQUARED PLUS’ (U+229E) and is used by Windows Key page on WikiPedia.
- The WinDings character looks like this: ÿ
(non no Windows systems, it will look like an y with two dots on it: ÿ) - The Unicode Codepoint U+229E like this: ⊞
Not a complete match, but pretty close.
The Unicode code points for Mac modifier keys are these:
- Enter: Unicode Character ‘LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH HOOK’ (U+21A9)
which looks like ↩ - Shift: Unicode Character ‘UPWARDS WHITE ARROW’ (U+21E7)
which looks like ⇧ - Command: Unicode Character ‘PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN’ (U+2318) which looks like ⌘
- Option/Alt: Unicode Character ‘OPTION KEY’ (U+2325)
which looks like ⌥ - Esc: Unicode Character ‘BROKEN CIRCLE WITH NORTHWEST ARROW’ (U+238B)
which looks like ⎋ - Eject: Unicode Character ‘EJECT SYMBOL’ (U+23CF)
which looks like ⏏
–jeroen
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7zip on a Mac: Keka, 7zip on Windows: their plain installer.
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/08/04
Though I’ve written only a few blog posts about 7zip – my compressor of choice ever since I discovered 7zip some 10 years ago around version 3.13 (their history goes much further back: 1999) – here is a fresh one:
7zip is a fast, free, multi-platform and has great compression. No wonder Toms Hardware gave them an award last year: And The Undisputed Winner Is… 7-Zip.
For Windows, I take the downloads from 7-Zip: there are both x64 and x86 versions (x64 supports more memory so can handle bigger archives).
For Mac, I’ve been using Keka – the free Mac OS X file archiver. Both compressing and decompressing involve dragging the uncompressed or compressed files to the Keka dock icon.
That is slightly more involved than the context menu in Windows, but it works great.
For Windows command line usage, I use either 7za.exe or 7z.exe (uses DLLs, supports more compression)
For Mac command line usage, I use p7zip.
–jeroen
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HTTP debugging tools
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/07/15
Any web developer should know how to capture and trace HTTP traffic.
I’ve written about Fiddler before, but that’s a Windows specific tool.
Time to have a small list of posts and links to tools that work on various platforms.
I’ve left out Java based tools as there have been too many security issues with Java over the last couple of years.
Tools: Read the rest of this entry »
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