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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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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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/12/15
Out of the box, a MacBook can do tethering using:
I’ll point to two things about this below:
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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:
–jeroen
via: Screenshot – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/20
Status: Cable Unplugged Either the cable for Thunderbolt Ethernet is not plugged in or the device at the other end is not responding.
That’s not much use: it does not tell if the Thunderbolt or the Ethernet side has a problem.
Luckily, the How to force Thunderbolt-ethernet connection when switching networks without restarting computer? at Ask Different indicates the System Information will give you more information about the Thunderbolt side of things. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/10
Back when I wrote this mid 2013, this was the best Windows RDP overview article I could find: Best RDP client for Mac OSX Lion.
And it all got invalidated when finally (after years of silence), Microsoft released AppStore versions of the RDP client for both Mac OS X and iOS:
Microsoft Launches ‘Remote Desktop’ Apps for Mac and iOS – Mac Rumors.
So I tried the Mac App Store – Microsoft Remote Desktop that runs on OS X 10.6.0 or later for more than a year, and I like it a lot.
This is what the AppStore version improved over the classic Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection:
Just so you know about alternatives,
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/29
Every once in a while you’re looking for a solution to a problem, and slap yourself to the head that you’ve been overlooking a real obvious solution.
This case: finding duplicate files on Mac OS X.
pendlewitch had this great tip: use the Finder!
You can do this in Finder for free, it’s a bit time consuming but if you’ll get them all eventually.
- Open a new Finder window
- In the search field, enter the wild card asterisk symbol *
- Arrange by Size
I find it best in List view.
Prepare to be gobsmacked at how much duplication you do have.
I totally agree with his last sentence (:
–jeroen
via: Best Free Duplicate File Finder Program – Mac-Forums Discussions for Apple Products & Services.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/01
VMware Fusion only allows you to send a “Print Scrn” key to a VM, but that takes a screenshot of the whole screen.
Alt+Print Scrn gets you a screenshot of the current Window, which is what I use most often.
A few things you might have tried, but cannot use:
So have to map key combinations that you probably will not use under Windows.
Berknip uses these VMware Fusion keyboard mappings for it: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/08/08
Most things are simple when you know how to do it.
In this case it was to move the Dock to a different monitor (or to restore it to your main monitor when you accidentally moved it to a secondary monitor).
TbonesTech explains it in the below video, and it is this simple:
On the monitor on which you want the Dock to appear, move the mouse to the bottom of the screen.
Then wait a moment for the Dock to move to that location.
It works in Mavericks. It might work in older versions as well, but I’ve not checked that yet.
–jeroen
via: How to Move the Dock to a External Display on a Mac – YouTube.
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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 Unicode code points for Mac modifier keys are these:
–jeroen
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