Author Archives: ryan

Finding out Application extensions using plists in OSX

Posted on January 2, 2012 by ryan

Applications specify file types in their Contents/Info.plist file. You can see and edit it by right-clicking the application bundle and selecting Show Package Contents.

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Detailed app info in a searchable text for OSX

Posted on December 22, 2011 by ryan

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

Posted on December 12, 2011 by ryan

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 … Continue reading →

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Showing hidden files in Snow Leopard

Posted on November 12, 2011 by ryan

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

Posted on October 7, 2011 by ryan

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.

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Memorial Day Wishes

Posted on May 30, 2011 by ryan

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!

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Accordance 9.3

Posted on April 17, 2011 by ryan

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 … Continue reading →

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Ejecting a stuck disk in Mac OSX

Posted on March 31, 2011 by ryan

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

Posted on March 28, 2011 by ryan

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 … Continue reading →

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Making folders appear at the top of the list in Mac’s finder

Posted on March 3, 2011 by ryan

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 … Continue reading →

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