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Category: Mac

  • Homebrew — The missing package manager for OS X

  • “drag and drop” and the cmd-key

    My Situation: 2 finders open, one pointing to a local disk, the other to a remote disk.


    If you drag (using the cmd-key) exactly one file from that “local finder” to the “remote finder”, the meaning of the operation is “move”.

    If you drag (using the cmd-key) more than one file from that “local finder” to the “remote finder”, the meaning of the operation is “copy”.




    How do I achieve a “move” for more than one file?


    Update 2011-07-23
    Starting with Lion you also achieve moving more than one file like that.

  • peeking and poking Google Chrome

    Is there an “ordinary way” to get the “extensions” listed, or is this pseudo-URL “the ordinary way“: chrome://extensions/?
    (Now, that I wrote of it here, I can finally close that tab, as I was really worried to forget it again. BTW: of course also this list is made far nicer then everything (at least) I can compare. Did you notice, what they do, if you delete a bookmark folder? That’s just awesome IMO, if I had not to do a lot of work, I could keep doing that all through the night.)
    Oooo, it’s under that wrench icon as Extensions. And there is also Downloads. Good, that I found that!
    And now I also know, how to underline using the Blogger article editor. Well, switch to “Edit HTML” – you know the rest of the story. It’s that simple.

    And do you know, how to make the wrench icon appear on OS X Chrome?
    Chrome / Preferences / Basics / Toolbar / Show Page and Tools menus.

    Have you come across the Task Manager below Developer yet?

    And did you dare clicking on Stats for nerds?

    How bad, that I can’t use Chrome on my Linux notebook, as it keeps negatively interacting with the window manager or so, which after a while locks up.
    Well, they are going to solve that issue sooner or later.

  • what’s the right Unix-ish software and hardware in 2010?

    In 1994 I had no doubt: it’s a PC with some Linux distro on it. And changing my mind was out of the question until not so long ago.
    Now in 2010 I am doing things on a Samsung 17″ notebook running some openSUSE Linux, and I am doing things on a MacBook Pro with a 17″ screen.
    I don’t want miss either of them. Well, the Samsung thingie’s resolution could be way better, but after my Sony thingie broke during my Leopard 2 main battle tank project, I couldn’t afford anything better than that, and the decision and the purchase had to happen within minutes rather than within days. Terrible pressure and no mercy with Linux folks over there at defense.
    But now I do many, many things on that Snow Leopard thingie, and I terribly enjoy it and it honestly improved the quality of my life a lot. That’s what I wanted to state here and now.

  • learning from others – a temporary home-worker’s experience

    I really enjoyed working with my design profession mate yesterday. He brought his MacBook with him, and I also learned from him, what the MacBook substitute for the scroll-wheel is: a two-finger wiping over the touchpad.

  • Mac OS X screen lock image – how to replace?

    I have no idea, how to achieve that. Anybody any idea?

  • Timer Utility – i use this on mac os x

    Alarm clock, countdown timer, and stopwatch.
    great stuff!!!
    almost like the iPhone utility

  • Photo Booth on OS X

    It was time to change the pics on Facebook, Skype etc. again.
    Wondered how to take a few pics using the MacBook.
    Finally found Photo Booth.
    Move the utility’s window to that corner of the screen, where you want your face to look at, otherwise your eyes look into the “wrong” direction. Sounds obvious, I know.

  • activating the Meta key for the Terminal app under Mac OS X Snow Leopard

    I just came across a description on how to do this, which seems far outdated and just not working. So I thought, I would let you know, how it really works with Snow Leopard.
    Here you see the window, that pops up for Terminal’s Preferences menue entry:

    You can see the Use option as meta key switch – use it, if you want!

  • a Mac keyboard is so different from a PC keyboard

    It really takes me a while to accomodate with all that. Right now I just missed arrow key “accelerators” a lot, and I thought I give a few combinations a try. Guess what! The left and the right arrow key together with the cmd key work like Pos1 and End on a PC keyboard. Try yourself, what the alt key does! Isn’t that amazing?!!