Archive for the 'osx' Category

apple command line wireless tool

sudo ln -s /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport /usr/sbin/airport

via: airport - the Little Known Command Line Wireless Utility - OS X Daily

tired of terminal windows?

blacktree visor is a savior - it brings a quake style console window for osx’s terminal program, and makes it hot-keyable.
if you use osx and spend any time in the term - just try it.  trust me.
hot.

best new things in leopard developer preview

let’s start with something that’s way overdue for an update…. TERMINAL!
backspace fixing in remote terminals (via on option called “delete sends Ctrl-H” , transparent backgrounds, color profiles,  nice tabbed terminals, and just an overall better experience from all of these combined.
I’ve been thinking hard about switching back to linux, and the updated terminal and “spaces” […]

Fixing keys in the OS X Terminal App

Ever have the problem in a Mac OS X terminal that when ssh’ed into a remote machine - delete (backspace on mac) hates you? It doesn’t work but instead send an unparsable character?
Here’s a quick fix.
From Frederic Wenzel’s blog:

Add the following line to your .profile:

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sshfs for mac osx

link is here.
If you’ve never used it - sshfs let’s you mount any network drive over ssh.
Thank you Google Mac team for recently porting fuse to os x and making this possible.  Rock.

IRC on OSX

I tried getting on IRC today for some startup idea related stuff and ran into some errors requiring “identd” to be installed when chatting on the irc.efnet.net server.
Luckily, a little quick googling found a solution to the problem here: macosxhints: enable identd server for internet relay chat use
The chat client ( colloquy ) I’m currently […]

Installing OSX on Thinkpad

Before I bought a Macbook - I played around with OSX for a little while to see if I liked it.
I did.
Here is a good guide for installing Apple Mac OSX on a standard laptop.
It helped to jumpstart a renewed interest in OSX that ended with me giving in and joining club InsomniMac. ( […]

good overview on filesharing for macs

http://www.macorchard.com/sharing/