Colour man pages
I have been experimenting with the solarized colour palate for my console screens. One thing that I needed was colour man pages (I use man pages all the time) I…
How to permanently show the tab bar in finder
How to permanently show the tab bar in finder: In OSX Mavericks, Apple added a well overdue feature: tabs. I just found this out, you can permanently show the tab…
Everything you need to know about tags in OSX Mavericks
Everything you need to know about tags in OSX. OSX Mavericks introduced an interesting new feature: tags. Tags are used almost like folders. Except that the files that show when…
Osx console emulators
This post is about osx console emulators. It should help you pick the best emulators for your games jump to: Game Boy / Color / Game Boy Advance Nintendo Entertainment…
Apple recall all macbook air ssd drives sold between june 2012 and june 2013
Apple have recalled all the 64gb and 128gb ssd drives that are installed in macbook air's bought between june 2012 and june 2013 if you have an affected machine, you…
Very cool tip for osx mavericks and twitter shared urls
This is a very cool thing I just found in safari on osx mavericks. if you have your twitter account linked to your os [it asks you the first time…
Best practice for mac security
This post is a collection of things to form a best practice for mac security. 1) enable password after sleep or screensaver. settings > security > require a password immediately…
How to encrypt external usb flash drives on mac osx
This post will show you how to encrypt your external drives so that your data remains safe. it really only works with new drives though, so if you have a…
Browse time machine backups from a different computer
If you keep backups on time machine you can browse these backups from a different mac. there is a little trick to it, but its simple once you master it…