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Finding out Application extensions using plists in OSX
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Detailed app info in a searchable text for OSX
type this into terminal:
system_profiler SPApplicationsDataType >~/Desktop/Installed-Apps.txt
That will create a text document with detailed info about applications installed on your Mac.
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IOS Screen Capture
To do a screen capture on an iPhone, press the home and power buttons on the phone together briefly. It should “flash” the screen and take a pic of your screen on the ios device, saving it to your camera roll.
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Showing hidden files in Snow Leopard
In terminal type:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
To turn off, in terminal type:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
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Deleting a service in windows
Use the following syntax in a command line prompt for Windows XP and above.
sc delete “service name”
Or create a service with this:
sc create “service name”
Note: Don’t add the quotes.
Memorial Day Wishes
Wishing everyone a great Memorial Day. To all our veterans, thank you for your service to our country. Freedom is not free, but through your patriotism and dedication we make it free for others to enjoy! God bless you!
Accordance 9.3
Accordance 9.3 was released early last week. It seems to be a major release with a new user access bar for those just starting out in Accordance such as myself as well as a much anticipated sync function which will allow you to sync your user modules with the iPhone or iPad version of Accordance. As of this writing the IOS version 1.2 has not been released by the Apple Store yet so I have not been able to test this feature, but it promises to be simple and effective at getting your custom made tools ported over to the IOS version.
All in all I give Accordance two thumbs up for this newest release and anticipate with eagerness the 1.2 version for the IOS
Ejecting a stuck disk in Mac OSX
Try typing the following command in terminal:
drutil eject
Otherwise, reboot your mac and hold down the mouse or trackpad button while rebooting until the disk ejects.
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Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 flash drive problem
After installing Ubuntu Netbook onto a flash or pen or thumb drive, I received the following error while trying to boot from the newly created drive:
SYSLINUX 3.63 Debian-2008-07-15 EBIOS Copyright (C) 1994-2008 H. Peter Anvin
Unknown keyword in configuration file.
boot:
After installing,
- Open the the syslinux folder in the root of the flash drive.
- Inside locate the configuration file called syslinux.cfg and open it with a text editor.
- Find the line “ui gfxboot bootlogo” and remove the “ui “.
- Save and try booting again.
A sample syslinux.cfg file below after editing:
# D-I config version 2.0
include menu.cfg
default vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
timeout 50
gfxboot bootlogo
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Making folders appear at the top of the list in Mac’s finder
navigate to: /System/Library/CoreServices/
- right-click Finder.app and select Show package contents…
- navigate to: Contents>Resources>English.lproj
- backup InfoPlist.strings
- open the original InfoPlist.strings in a text editor
- locate the line that says:
Code:
"Folder" = "Folder";
- add a space at the start of the second “Folder”:
Code:
"Folder" = " Folder";
- save the file
- reboot or relaunch Finder
The space in front of “Folder” forces folders to the top of the list when sorting alphabetically by kind.
Thanks to Geektechnu for this tip.
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