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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/07/01
For DOS programs, date and time stamps were used to mark versions of files. For instance, Turbo Pascal 6.0, had a 06:00 time stamp on every file.
You can still do this in Windows, but need to watch for a couple of things:
- daylight saving time
- more than one time stamp per file
There are various ways to do it. Besides a graphical Attribute Changer at www.petges.lu (thanks User Randolf Richardson), these are console approaches via How can I change the timestamp on a file?:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/06/25
Both TextMat 1.5 and 2.0 will ask you this upon the first time use:
“Textmate.app would like to access your contacts”
According to their Troubleshooting / MountainLion browse — TextMate Wiki it is valid, but the way they phrase it any sensible user should answer “No way!”.
If you ever want to reverse a decision to such an addressbook question, the only way is to reset it for all the times you answered it:
Perform “tccutil reset addressbook” in a Terminal window as shown in the man page tccutil section 1.
What TextMat should have done instead is customize the text of the question in order to show the intent. This isn’t difficult, as explained on Red Sweater Blog – Can I Get Your Address? by Daniel Jalkut:
In the info.plist, edit the value of the NSContactsUsageDescription key, as suggested by a Tweet from Cabel Maxfield Sasser.
Daniel points to the documentation PDF, where it indeed is stated when you read it very carefully: the detailed text indicates it is for iOS only, but in fact it is there in Mac OS X 10.8 and up as well.
It is also inside the Information Property List Key Reference: Cocoa Keys: the key tells it it for iOS 6+ and OS X 10.8+, but browsing to NSContactsUsageDescription only indicates iOS 6.
–jeroen
via Twitter / voidspace: “Textmate.app would like to ….
Posted in Apple, Development, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User, Software Development, xCode/Mac/iPad/iPhone/iOS/cocoa | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/06/24
While Watching the CodeRage Mobile conference last week, I noticed Bruno Fierens showing his iPad on a PC.
I also thought about the other way around: show your PC or Mac on your iPad or using your iPad as a second (third?) monitor to your regular machine.
So here are some links to tools I want to look into further:
- Reflector – AirPlay mirror your iPhone or iPad to any Mac or PC, wirelessly..
- AirParrot – AirPlay your Mac or PC’s screen to Apple TV.
- MaxiVista: iPad as a monitor.
- MaxiVista: Laptop as a Second Monitor.
- MaxiVista: Mac as a Second Monitor.
- using iPad as second screen: DisplayPad for iPhone for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store.
- iDisplay: Turn your iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini or Android into external monitor for your Mac or Windows PC.
- (ScreenSlider is defunct now)
- Air Display: iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac or Windows PC as an external monitor. (there is a free ad supported version)
- extending your desktop workspace using displays of network connected computers or portable devices: ZoneOS ZoneScreen.
- Use your other computer (Mac or PC) as an additional display for your Mac: ScreenRecycler.
- mirrors your iPhone/iPad screen on your desktop: Plutinosoft | iDemo.
- Wireless Monitor Apps: iPad/iPhone Apps AppGuide.
- Splashtop XDisplay – Support.
- Mini Display for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store.
I’ve not done comparisons yet. These sites have compared some of the products though:
–jeroen
Posted in Apple, Hardware, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/06/20
Just in case I need the youngest Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac, I should start at Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac Search results – Microsoft Download Center.
At the time of writing was the 2011 Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.1.1 which – though it indicates it runs from Mac OS X 10.5.8 until 10.6.x – runs find on Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, not Tiger including Retina displays.
Do not go through Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac | Office For Mac , as is a marketing page that makes it hard to find what you are looking for (but easy to to get you into Office for Mac).
–jeroen
Posted in Apple, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/06/13
I always wonder how people can remember the character combinations to type special characters from a regular US international keyboard on a Mac with OS X, or Windows computer.
When having to type a lot of international text, I often use the United States-International keyboard layout in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, and in Windows XP.
When not, I often use Character Map. Too bad there is no shortcut for it.
Choosing the U.S International – PC on a Mac OS X (as it behaves exactly like the PC counterpart on Windows) however introduces problems when using Remote Desktop Connection or virtualization software like VMware Fusion or Parallels.
So I sometimes revert to “Special Charters” (option-command-T) under the Edit menu (also called Character Viewer), but usually take advantage that ApplePressAndHoldEnabled by default is enabled: that allows the press-and-hold feature for vowel keys, and then either use the digit keys or arrows to select the target accented character.
On both systems, there are other ways to type special characters using keyboard shortcuts that I find very hard to remember. For people with a good memory, you can try these:
–jeroen
via: Macintosh OSX Keyboards (Penn State).
Posted in Apple, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/16
Reminder to self: how to decrease vmdk disk size of guest OS (check if it works with Windows guests) using VMware Fusion on Mac OS X.
–jeroen
via: Reduce size of guest vmdk disks with VMware Fusion 4.1.3 on OS X 10.8 | aitrusblog.
Posted in Apple, Fusion, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User, VMware | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/12
Recent Retina and MacBook Air’s do not have an optical drive, so they do without the Eject button on the keyboard.
The quick keyboard shortcut Control+Shift+Eject is not directly available, so what is the replacement?
A few people that answered this are jr00ck and Evil Rob:
For newer Retina and MacBook Air’s, control+shift+fn+power button replaces control+shift+eject.
In fact you can even press Fn+Power and get a small dialog that lets you choose what to do and offers a “Reopen windows when logging back in” checkbox:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/06
Copying the path from the Finder to the clipboard is a bit cumbersome.
A simple way contains a bit of repetitive steps, and to read Mac OS X: Open a Terminal at Folder from Finder:
- Open a Terminal window in the finder
- Type this command in the Terminal window
pwd | pbcopy
This simple way was suggested my User Kyle Cronin, thanks!
Some notes:
- pwd prints the current working directory.
- pbcopy copies the input to the clipboard.
Another way is using Automator. It is a bit more complex to setup, but the actual usage is easier:
- Select the folder or file in the Finder
- Right click
- For a folder: select “Services”
- Select “Copy File Path”
Setting this up is a bit more complex and requires the first 5 steps from Copy file or folder path to the clipboard in Mac OS X Lion | MacYourself:
- Launch Automator from your Mac’s Applications folder. If you’ve never used Automator before, that’s not a problem. This is going to be so simple anyone can do it.
- Double-click the Service icon from Automator’s start menu.
- Toward the top of the right column, you’ll see this line of text: “Service receives selected _____ in _____”. Choose “Files or Folders” from the first menu and “Finder” from the second.
- Next, click on Utilities in the Actions library on the left side. Double-click “Copy to Clipboard” in the middle column. You’ll notice that this action has been added to our workflow on the right.
- Go to File > Save in the menu bar and name your service Copy File Path. Our work with Automator is now done, so you can safely quit it once the service is saved.
I’ve skipped the other steps, as I don’t need a keyboard shortcut for this.
–jeroen
via: Copy file or folder path to the clipboard in Mac OS X Lion | MacYourself.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/18
Boy, I wish I had found this far earlier:
- in Windows Explorer this is called cut & paste:
Ctrl+X & Ctrl+V
- in Mac OS X Finder this is called copy & move items here:
Command+C & Command+Option+V
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/11
I know that Apple likes “design”, but boy their desing resulted into Mac OS X having lots of Fn/Option/Ctrl/Shift keyboard shortcuts.
Being a keyboard person (before the DOS era), I love to learn new keyboard shortcuts to make my life easier, while vendors are step by step hiding information about them.
I will update this table over time to reflect even better the ones I use most regularly.
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