Apple Magic Mouse not “right clicking” after 10.7.5
Once I upgraded to Mac OSX 10.7.5, I noticed that I was unable to Right-Click my Magic Mouse. I found the solution HERE. Click Finder > Go to Folder… Go to the folder: /System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin/Contents/PlugIns/ Copy the following files into the folder – Download Files HERE. Reboot computer Problem...
read moreApple Wireless Mighty Mouse Stuttering/Jerky
I started noticing that my Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse was stuttering (jerky). I tried a few things: turned off my wifi, rebooted, unplugged all peripherals, disabled wireless bluetooth sync with my iphone, disabled iTunes Match, prayed to the computer gods, etc.. Here’s what worked for me: Shut down iTunes. I figured this out by simply shutting down iTunes. Then I found the permanent solution at http://legacy.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=169&t=41480, which then points to a problematic file...
read moreMounting Airport Extreme Disk via Terminal using mount_smbfs
I am going to show you how to mount your Airport Extreme network attached drive via Terminal. I wanted to do this manually because I want to run a single command to backup my data to it using rsync (read my rsync blog HERE). Launch Terminal Applications > Utilities > Terminal First make a directory for the volume you wish to mount: $ mkdir /Volumes/My\ Passport Then mount the drive: $ mount_smbfs //username:password@yourairportname/yourdrivename/ /Volumes/yourdirectory Example: $ mount_smbfs...
read moreAirport Extreme – share disks over WAN
I have an Airport Extreme with a handy USB port and want to remotely access my hard drive that is plugged into it. It’s easy to access the Hard Drive locally, but remotely is a whole different ballgame. First, Plug in any hard drive into your Airport Extreme. It should now show up in your Finder. If it doesn’t, go to your Finder Preferences. Make sure “Connected servers” is checked. Your Hard Drive should now be mounted in Finder as a Share Point. Launch your Airport Utility and click on the “Disks” tab....
read morersync
Everyone backs up their data. The problem I ran into is that I have 2TB’s of data to backup, and I couldn’t find a cloud based solution that uploaded my data fast enough. So, I went to plan B. As you can tell by the title of this blog, I am going to use rsync. rsync is a software application and network protocol for Unix-like systems with ports to Windows that synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer by using delta encoding when appropriate. -Wiki- I currently live in an...
read moreMac: TotalFinder
Have you ever wanted a more organized Mac Finder? Well, I’ve found a great and simple program called TotalFinder. It is everything I’ve ever wanted in Mac’s Finder. I’m not sure why Apple didn’t upgrade it to make it work the way TotalFinder does, but I’m happy binaryage did. I’ve tried the 14 day demo and was very impressed; impressed enough to purchase it and write about it on my blog. Features: Tabbed Browsing - Add tabs on top of Finder. The same tabs as seen in Google Chrome. Dual Mode...
read moreRename files to create date – YYYY-MM-DD HH.MM.SS
Have you ever wanted to rename all your iPhone photos to the create date when they were taken, down to the second? Yeah, me too. So I wrote a little script that runs through your current directory and renames all the specified files to the format YYY-MM-DD HH.MM.SS.EXTENTION. I got the idea from my Dropbox mobile upload. Dropbox renames all your files with the same format, and I just thought it was a really good idea. WARNING: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK The following script goes through all “jpg” “gif” “mov”...
read moreApply Custom Textures to Photos in Photoshop
Here’s a simple tutorial on how to apply a texture to your photo using Photoshop.
read moreDropbox Crashing Mac Finder
I love Dropbox and the way it allows me to put my files in the cloud and share them with friends, but I’ve come across a flaw in their application. I was consistently having to restart my Finder application on my Mac due to it crashing or hanging. Launch Terminal. killall Finder Come to find out, Dropbox was the culprit. “Dropbox injects some of its code into Finder so that the icon overlays display.” I also noticed that emptying my trash would also hang because of this (the trash is linked to Finder). I am glad I...
read moretar – Archiving
“In computing, tar (derived from tape archive) is both a file format (in the form of a type of archive bitstream) and the name of a program used to handle such files.” $ tar [options]f archive-name.tar.gz /directory-to-archive-or-file-name Key tar Options: c = create x = extract t = test (list) v = verbose f = file name z = gzip j = bzip2 Example: gzip a directory. $ tar cvzf filename.tar.gz /directory/path bzip2 a directory. $ tar cvjf filename.tar.bz2 /directory/path gzip all mp3 and m4a files within the current...
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