This post will show you how to mount a remote ssh filesystem as a ‘drive’ in osx using a bash script, osxfuse and brew. There are a few ways to go about this, all of them require a bit of setup and tweaking, But I found this to be the Read more…
This post will show you how to show hidden files in finder (like .htaccess). There isn’t an easy ‘on/off’ switch for it, instead, you have to enable it from the command-line… Open terminal, type in: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES && killall Finder The setting will be written, and Finder Read more…
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 bar in finder! To always show the tab bar in finder: Open finder Goto view > show tab bar Finder Read more…
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 you view the tag stay in their original place. When you open a finder window you will see a list Read more…
This is a cool app. plain cloud lets you manage the files you have stored in icloud from your mac. it shows a list of all the apps that have saved files in your icloud um, cloud? you then click on the app and it launches a finder window with Read more…
This post will show you how to change the default notification sound for the osx notification centre. firstly, there are a couple of rules: 1) the file has to be an AIFF file 2) the file cant be longer than 2 seconds once you have a suitable file (or have Read more…
This post will show you how to delete dmg disk image automatically – it will delete a mac disk image file (dmg) when you eject it from your mac There is an easier way to do the following (just drag the mounted dmg file to the trash, but this is Read more…
Show full path in finder title: This post will show you how to show the full path in the title bar of your finder windows on mac osx. open terminal defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES killall Finder From now on all your finder windows will show the full path Read more…
mc for mac osx! GNU Midnight Commander – mc – is an excellent orthodox text mode file manager. mc runs in your console, and has mouse support. It also has support for utf-8. It has a builtin editor (though you can configure your own, so you can use vim if Read more…
This post will show you how to change the warning that happens in osx when you try to change the file extension in finder. open terminal type in defaults write com.apple.finder FXEnableExtensionChangeWarning -bool false killall Finder you can now change the file extensions without a warning dialog popping up!
This post will show you hoe to delete the history of your chat messages in osx iMessage. firstly, you should disable chat history, this will stop all chats from being stored (but it wont delete the ones already saved) to disable chat history goto: imessage > preferences > messages untick Read more…
This is a cool tip when you are using finder: in safari / firefox / other browsers you can navigate forwards and backwards by click-and-hold ing on the forward / backward buttons. this also works in finder :D just navigate through a couple of folders, and then click-and-hold on the Read more…
When trying to login you get a message similar to cannot verify login with facetime or messages on osx. warning: this is quite a complex set of instructions. In the end I ended up creating a new user account on my mac and transferring my documents to the new user Read more…
This post will show you how to change the change the default program or file association in osx that opens when you click on a file in osx (eg open gvim for .txt or open zend studio for php files) right click on the file in finder get info open Read more…
This post will show you how to see the home library folder ~/Library in the ‘go’ menu in finder. if you click on the go menu while holding alt, then you will see the library folder. if you let go alt, then the library folder goes away!
This little keyboard shortcut will let you activate spotlight without having to click on the magnifying glass in the menubar in osx 1) press cmd + spacebar when you press cmd + spacebar at the same time you will see the spotlight search appear in the top right hand corner, Read more…
This will show you how to eject a stuck dvd or cd from your mac 1) try holding the eject key, it may work 2) try dragging the mounted cd to the trash, it may work 3) open finder and try clicking on the eject button next to the cd Read more…
I have a western digital mybook word NAS. Using the afp protocol file transfers were very slow. I knew there had to be a way to make your AFP NAS more responsive. It seems slow when you try to connect to it from a mac using AFP, but its lightning Read more…
Automount network drive on startup osx. This will show you how to automount a network drive when you login to osx lion. This method will persist through a reboot, so your drive will always be available. Connect to your network drive (finder > go > connect to server) Enter the Read more…
I wanted to delete my old time machine backup from my western digital mybook world i didnt need it for anything, as I have a backup of it :D i found two ways to do it. method 1 – ssh. if you have ssh enabled on your mybook world then Read more…
This post will show you how to fix the error ‘this movie requires quicktime which is not supported in this version of itunes’ when you try to play movies in itunes. If you get this message, then simply open finder, goto applications, right click on itunes and tick the ‘run Read more…
This will show you how to mount a remote directory in finder using sftp. (Mount sftp folder with finder). There is a link at the bottom to a post to mount any remote system you have ssh access to using homebrew. check that out if you like working with the Read more…
This one is good if you use the finder ‘column view’ if you find the file names always being truncated then you can resize column view width. you can do it a few different ways 1 ) drag the || icon at the bottom of the column 2 ) right Read more…
Flash player on my mac makes it run hot. purely because it uses 100% cpu when ever its loaded. this will show you how to delete it. flash is not really needed now, and if you do need access to a site with flash then you can use chrome which Read more…
This post is about setting up XMAPP on a mac with xdebug. The first thing we are going to do is to change the document root inside xampp to the ‘Sites’ folder. Changing the DocumentRoot has a few benefits – one being that its far easier to get to in Read more…