How to force spotlight to reindex your drive
This command will force spotlight to reindex your drive. It is useful if your spotlight index isnt returning results you know it should. This post will help you force spotlight…
Evernote
It took me a while, but I finally jumped on board the evernote bandwagon. i was happy with the built in notes.app for my iphone and I was happy syncing…
Force itunes to re-scan your library
This will show you how to force iTunes to re-scan your library to fix missing metadata by re-scanning all your music files. You can re-fresh individual files by playing them…
Wd mybook world – delete time machine backup
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…
Using a westerndigital mybook world 1 or 2 with timemachine on osx lion
I have a western digital mybook world. it has timemachine support so that I can use it as a backup drive. i run osx lion. out of the box the…
Disable spotlight search
Spotlight on osx is a fantastic feature which will give you suggestions by searching your mac for documents and apps. This post will show you how to turn off spotlight…
Mount sftp folder with finder
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…
Cool useful linux and osx commandline tools
This post will show you a few of the cool useful linux and osx commandline tools that I use every day. They are mostly available for osx, but some require…
Ssh with keys for authentication
This will show you how to use ssh with keys for authentication. this has a couple of advantages over using passwords: 1) you can enable key only logins. 2) you…