Archive for the ‘Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS’ Category
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/12/23
wget is immensely useful tool to download files using ftp, http and https, especially as it allows recursive downloads and mirroring with some very nice options.
Mac OS X doesn’t come with wget, and curl – the alternative for wget – cannot do recursion, so you need wrapper scripts for that.
Basically there are two ways to get wget installed on Mac OS X:
- Compile it from the source, then install it like Install wget in Mac OS X Without Homebrew or MacPorts.
- Download a prebuilt version like wget – Prebuilt binary for Mac OSX Lion, Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion | Tech Tach.
For both ways you need to remember that they won’t automatically update. So: keep an eye on wget security vulnerabilities, and update as soon as new ones have been found.
The first way (build from source) needs you to download and install Xcode first. Since I’m a Mac OS X developer, I already have that.
Luckily Install wget in Mac OS X Without Homebrew or MacPorts had instructions for the most current version when writing this blog entry. The binary from Tech Tach was outdated.
That, and the my feel for greater influence on the built proces makes me like the first way more.
Below are the commands I used (thanks OSXDaily!).
Check http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/ to make sure you downloaded the most current wget sourcecode. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/12/02
Indeed, the TrailRunner software is much nicer than the Garmin stuff. It needs the Garmin stuff (in order to download the data from the ForeRunner), and for that you need to have a good quality USB cable, otherwise the Forerunner will charge, but not transfer data).
So if you have a Mac, download TrailRunner – Mac OS X route planning and journaling for iPhone, Nike+ SportBand, Garmin ForeRunner GPS.
–jeroen
via: Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS – Mac data analysis and blogging | Jon Worth.
Posted in Apple, 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-Air, MacBook-Pro, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/11/29
Only a few more posts left in my “Missed Schedule” backlog. This one was from September 28, and I just needed it again today as Spotlight had some visual leftovers on one of my VMware Fusion desktops.
Thanks to Stefan Ernst:
The Finder crashed:
killall -KILL Finder
The Dock, DashBoard Widgets, or Spaces (on 10.5/10.6 – Leopard/Snow Leopard) crashed:
killall -KILL Dock
The Menubar crashed/refuses to be clickable, Spotlight misbehaves or some Menu Extra popup does not disappear:
killall -KILL SystemUIServer
One that I found myself: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/11/11
Great video that shows the console text editors Pico, Nano, Vi and Emacs on Mac OS X.
Many Mac users don’t know how powerful the console terminal can be, but since it is BSD based, it has a very broad set of commands available on the console.
If you need a text editor like Joe, then you can install it from the THE GNU MAC OS X Public Archive using this as a download page: PROJECT DETAIL for Joe’s Own Editor.
More info about joe:
–jeroen
via MacMost Now 256: Using the Text Editors Hidden in Terminal.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/11/08
While an Android device connects seamlesly to a Windows computer, you need to install Android File Transfer and run it each time you want to connect to it from a Mac running OS X.
See: Connecting to a Macintosh computer via USB – Android OS Help.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/10/18
Martin Millstam posted this on Google Groups:
I figured out that it was the number of active downloads.
Not very intuitive as I first thought it was pending updates to Chrome, then to Extensions.
It turned out to be the number of active downloads.
It wasn’t intuitive for me either (:
–jeroen
via: On Mac, Chrome dock Icon shows a number on it: what does this mean? – Google Groups.
Posted in Apple, Chrome, Google, 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, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Power User | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/10/04
One of the things that bugged me when using Mac OS X after years of Windows usage was that the Tab key doesn’t focus buttons in dialogs.
Luckily, there is a setting for that, which by default is off.
Steps (press on a screenshot to enlarge):
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/09/13
I wish I had kept an eye on it after it was announced (which was 3.5 years ago, but not very stable): The Youtube HTML5 viewer trial.
It has come a long way since then. Full screen it is still not as good as the official one, but the main attraction introduced since is: configurable playback speed!
Yes, you can choose playback at 25%, 50%, 100%, 150% or 200% of the original speed. Ideal for lectures or watching replays of conference sessions.
Quote from the life hacker post LifeHacker on this:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/31
Interesting:
Dialogue is a simple Mac application that uses bluetooth to connect your Mac with your phone. It allows you to answer and make normal phone calls over your Mac.
–jeroen
via: Mac App Store – Dialogue.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/12
Though Apple prominently advertises with the OS X name, they give Mac users a hard time finding it:
None of the built in options like “About this Mac” or “Software Update…” tell you the OS X name. They only tell you the OS X version number.
So I grabbed this list from the OS X – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. article:
- Public Beta: “Kodiak”
- Version 10.0: “Cheetah”
- Version 10.1: “Puma”
- Version 10.2: “Jaguar”
- Version 10.3: “Panther”
- Version 10.4: “Tiger”
- Version 10.5: “Leopard”
- Version 10.6: “Snow Leopard”
- Version 10.7: “Lion”
- Version 10.8: “Mountain Lion”
This list was correct at the time of writing, but Wikipedia probably keeps a better track at updating than I do, so after publication my list might lag behind.
–jeroen
via OS X – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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