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 is a short linux bluetooth scanning tutorial with some tools you can use in backtrack linux (now kali linux) or any distribution you prefer to perform bluetooth scans. Its not comprehensive, but will show you the tools that you need to get started searching for nearby devices. linux bluetooth Read more…
Playstation psx emulator on mac osx An emulator is software which simulates the instruction set and behavior of a microprocessor. Simulating the architecture in an environment where that microprocessor isn’t available. (yay! I remembered something from my electronics degree!) That means you can run software designed for one architecture on 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…
Setting up eclipse on a mac to work with SVN this post will show you how to setup eclipse on your mac to work with a local [or remote] SVN repository install eclipse goto help > install new software select ‘use all available sources’ search for ‘SVN’ under ‘collaboration’ click Read more…
This is my setup when using SVN for web development on a mac. I have since moved to git and a virtual machine running centos. I also use a continuous integration setup) General overview of my svn for web development setup 1) svn on my mac [it comes with the Read more…
Do you have a folder called ‘ipod photo cache‘ on your desktop that, no matter what never ever goes away, even if you delete it, it comes back ? This post will show you how to remove it. The reason that this folder appears is that iTunes will create images Read more…
Well, the good news is that the mac app store will update your existing apps. but only when you install them again through the app store. and only when they are free ones. and only when they are in your applications folder. guess I need to move everything back there Read more…
how to resize a batch of images using preview on osx this wasnt going to be a post, but I needed to resize a bunch of images on my mac, and figured this out, so I thought id share it… open preview goto preferences tick ‘open all files in the Read more…
this will show you how to make Itunes smart playlists for podcasts and music so you can have every episode of certain podcasts, and the latest episodes of the others. Its also good for music – eg songs you have never played, songs you havent played in the last 6 Read more…
well, its a new year. Happy new year to everyone. I have a couple of things id like to do this year. one of them is sort out the things that I didnt manage to get done last year. Im going to try to show you how to get your Read more…
Www.960.gs is pretty good. I dont use it on this site. nor do I use it on 4 of the sites ive done for work, but im in the middle of taking a design by the new designer at work and making our ecommerce platform work with it. so far Read more…
This one is simple. copy it across. intact. it just works. a few things to do before you copy it across though – consolodate it so that all the music is in the itunes folder. you might want to let itunes sort all the songs into folders – just goto Read more…
How to convert mp3 files to audiobooks using itunes. new method: Select a track in itunes. Right click > get info > options > set “media kind” to “audiobook”. The selected track is now an audiobook! How to convert mp3 files to audiobooks using itunes the old way I was looking Read more…
Ive been busy mastering tracks. I just mastered 37 tracks (I actually mastered 51 of them, but a few got dropped already) I have bounced them all down to disk and now need to sort out the order of the tracks to make them flow better. I have my own Read more…