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rel="original", ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format", ; rel="timegate", ; rel="first memento"; datetime="Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:27:13 GMT", ; rel="prev memento"; datetime="Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:56:10 GMT", ; rel="memento"; datetime="Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:31:47 GMT", ; rel="next memento"; datetime="Sun, 18 May 2008 04:49:34 GMT", ; rel="last memento"; datetime="Mon, 29 May 2023 22:55:44 GMT" content-security-policy: default-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' data: blob: archive.org web.archive.org web-static.archive.org wayback-api.archive.org athena.archive.org analytics.archive.org pragma.archivelab.org wwwb-events.archive.org x-archive-src: 52_3_20080430121830_crawl103-c/52_3_20080430132845_crawl105.arc.gz server-timing: captures_list;dur=0.557017, exclusion.robots;dur=0.020429, exclusion.robots.policy;dur=0.010319, esindex;dur=0.011919, cdx.remote;dur=7.914318, LoadShardBlock;dur=533.878133, PetaboxLoader3.datanode;dur=294.573149, PetaboxLoader3.resolve;dur=317.192389, load_resource;dur=107.807135 x-app-server: wwwb-app224 x-ts: 200 x-tr: 681 server-timing: TR;dur=0,Tw;dur=0,Tc;dur=0 x-location: All x-rl: 0 x-na: 0 x-page-cache: MISS server-timing: MISS x-nid: DigitalOcean referrer-policy: no-referrer-when-downgrade permissions-policy: interest-cohort=() https://www.macosxhints.com Macosxhints.com RSS feed robg@macosxhints.com robg@macosxhints.com Copyright 2008 macosxhints.com GeekLog Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:35:01 -0700 en-gb https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/280129559/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080428132615192 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:30:04 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080428132615192#comments UNIX <img src="https://www.macosxhints.com/images/105only.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px">My iMac is behind a satellite internet connection, which is very slow. Rather than using Screen Sharing or Finder's file sharing for Back to My Mac, I often find it easier to use <tt>ssh</tt>. Until today I didn't know how to connect to a Back To My Mac computer via <tt>ssh</tt>. It turns out that it's very easy: <pre><code>ssh -vvv -p 22 hostname.username.members.mac.com.</code></pre> Where <tt>hostname</tt> is the name you gave to the machine (i.e. the name that appears in Finder), and <tt>username</tt> is your .Mac username (i.e. if your email address is steve@mac.com, your .Mac username is steve). Note that there is a "<tt>.</tt>" at the very end of the command -- I've had more consistent success using it that way. You can also try Terminal.app » Shell » New Remote Connection (or press Command-Shift-K) and then look under 'Secure Shell (ssh) for "Discovered Servers"'. <br><br> As... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=D7CLWl"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=D7CLWl" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/280129559" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080428132615192 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/280129561/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080426172301710 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:30:03 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080426172301710#comments Internet There have been discussions about sharing Address Book contacts through LDAP, and there have been many suggestions such as running OpenLDAP, using .Mac, or running dedicated apps on your Mac. In this day and age of Google Apps, I would think that someone (Google?) would have come up with a shared LDAP server that is free or low cost. Yes, there's Plaxo, but it's <em>not</em> LDAP -- standards exist for a reason, and Apple has included LDAP client capabilities in Address Book for a while. <br><br> Then I stumbled on <a href="https://FreeLDAP.org">FreeLDAP.org</a>. I think this is the only free LDAP server available on the Internet that could be used by multiple users accessing the same database. The <a href="https://freeldap.org/static/docs">setup instructions</a> on the site do <em>not</em> work with the Mac's Address Book. However, while browsing through their forums, I found this setup which works for me on my 10.4 system. <br><br> First you have to signup for a new free account at ... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=jyzR84"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=jyzR84" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/280129561" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080426172301710 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/280129562/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080426202635701 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:30:02 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080426202635701#comments System 10.5 <img src="https://www.macosxhints.com/images/105only.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px">I used to call Spotlight to open my apps, but since i have a slow hard drive, I started to look for faster options. I didn't want to install Quicksilver or Launchbar or any other program for that. I had two goals: <div style="0px; margin-left:60px"> <ol> <li>I should rely only on what OS X could offer me.</li> <li>I wanted fast access using only the keyboard.</li> </ol></div> So here's what I did: I dragged the Applications folder to the dock, creating a Stack. It was set to <em>Display as folder</em> and <em>View contents as list</em>. In System Preferences » Keyboard &amp; Mouse » Keyboard Shortcuts, under the 'Keyboard Navigation' section, I checked the <em>Move focus to the Dock</em> box and used Control-Command-D as my shortcut. That's all it took. <br><br> Here's how it works: Hitting the shortcut keys brings the Dock to the front (or shows it if it's hidden), so you can navigat... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=fMnqy5"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=fMnqy5" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/280129562" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080426202635701 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/280129563/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080425015358517 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:30:01 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080425015358517#comments Internet I always found it annoying that when I start Huawei's MobileConnect application, I must first enter the PIN for accessing the SIM card of my USB 3G modem before I can connect to the provider. Luckily, the program is rather verbose with debug output. So it was quite easy to retrieve the essential part for entering the PIN. It simply consists of some good old Hayes <tt>AT</tt> modem-communication commands. <br><br> I wrote <a href="https://www.macosxhints.com/dlfiles/simpin_pl.txt" target="_blank">a Perl script</a> that fetches the PIN to your SIM card from a Keychain entry. In order to use this script, you have to create a Keychain entry under the account <em>simpin</em>. Here's how: <ol> <li>Open Keychain Access (in Applications » Utilities)</li> <li>Menu: File » New Password Item</li> <li>Keychain Item Name: Enter something useful to you.</li> <li>Account Name: simpin</li> <li>Password: Enter the PIN to your SIM card (usually a number)</li> <li>Press Add</li> </ol> Note: when the ... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=vfXHBc"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=vfXHBc" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/280129563" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080425015358517 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/279427852/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080425101239408 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:30:04 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080425101239408#comments System 10.5 <img src="https://www.macosxhints.com/images/105only.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px">Time Machine by default does not run when no user is logged in. But that doesn't mean it can't. In fact, Time Machine is perfectly capable of running without a user logged in, but Mac OS X un-mounts all external drives -- including your Time Machine drive -- at logout. If you want Time Machine to continue backing up after you've logged out, it's as simple as setting your system to leave FireWire drives mounted after logout. You can find the instructions on how to do this in <a href="https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031103155828117 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031103155828117">this hint</a>. <br><br> I've also posted an installer package that will take care of it for you in <a href="https://systemsboy.blogspot.com/2008/04/time-machine-after-logout.html">my blog post</a> on the matter. <br><br> [<b>robg adds:</b> I haven't tested this one.] <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=8nRxmy"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=8nRxmy" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/279427852" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080425101239408 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/279427853/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080426061533201 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:30:03 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080426061533201#comments Other Hardware When in iPhoto, you can quickly play a slideshow (presumably with the most recent settings) by hitting the Play key in the top row of the new, thin aluminum Apple keyboard. <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=i2rNZK"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=i2rNZK" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/279427853" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080426061533201 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/279427854/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424194133862 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:30:02 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424194133862#comments Apps Sometimes you want to do something like create a MP3 CD, but you need to do so with several iTunes playlists, in a particular play order. However, iTunes' MP3 CD burning support is rather limited. For example, it can burn a playlist in order -- but only one big playlist. On the other hand, it can burn a CD with the MP3s sorted into artist or album folders. It can't create multiple-directory CDs for CD players that support it, limiting it to one big list. You can burn an MP3 disc (with multiple folders/playlists) from the Finder or Toast, but they will both burn the files in alphabetical order. If you are trying to burn a CD with several directories of several playlists, in a certain play order, these limitations are very frustrating. <br><br> The normal solution to this problem is to rename each file from each playlist in the finder -- such as adding a number before the track name -- so that songs are displayed in the correct order for burning. This is very slow to do manually. So,... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=kFw9aH"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=kFw9aH" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/279427854" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424194133862 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/279427855/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424052308889 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:30:01 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424052308889#comments Other Hardware If anyone is looking for separate Mac Drivers for the Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro and Intellimouse, <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/download.mspx">try this link</a>. On that screen set (1) to Desktop Set, (2) to Microsoft Wireless laser Desktop for Mac, (3) to Mac OS 10.2.x-10.5.x, and (4) to your preferred language. (<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/DownloadResult.aspx?prod=pd_wldmac&amp;os=mac_mk&amp;lang=en&amp;driverVersion=IntelliType%20Pro%206.22%20for%20Mac">This URL</a> should take you to the US download page for both keyboard and mouse drivers.) <br><br> I discovered the URL link for the separate keyboard and mouse software by accident when looking at the Microsoft 6000 Laser Mouse. My previous attempts at trying to find Microsoft input software only managed to find software for the combined keyboard/mouse, but this download page let me only install software for the mouse without the keyboard. <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=kng78M"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=kng78M" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/279427855" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424052308889 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/279406988/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080428064742892 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:47:00 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080428064742892#comments Pick of the Week <img src="https://www.macosxhints.com/images/w_mercurymover.png" align="right"><b>The macosxhints Rating:</b><br><img src="https://www.macosxhints.com/images/w_9.png"><br>[Score: <b>9</b> out of 10]<br><ul> <li>Developer: <a href="https://www.heliumfoot.com/">Helium Foot Software</a></li> <li>Price: &#36;24.00 [30-day full-featured demo available]</li></ul>MercuryMover is a utility designed to help you keep your hands on the keyboard. Installed as a System Preferences panel, MercuryMover makes it possible to move and resize windows using just the keyboard. (In many ways, MercuryMover is basically the exact opposite of MondoMouse, a previous <a href="https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20061025155640986">Pick of the Week selection</a>. MondoMouse lets you move and resize windows easily using the mouse without having to drag them, and implements a "focus follows mouse" feature.)<br><br>You use MercuryMover by pressing one of three defined hot keys -- Move, Resize Right/Down, and... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=diCHoJ"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=diCHoJ" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/279406988" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080428064742892 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/277664480/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420211034137 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:30:00 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420211034137#comments Network <img src="https://www.macosxhints.com/images/105only.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px">Here's a three-step process to create a Time Machine backup on a network-attached storage (NAS) unit.<div style="margin-left:60px"><ol><li><b>Create a sparsebundle image on your local system.</b> I'm not sure of the reason why, but I haven't been able to kick Time Machine off just by specifying a network share. It "prepares" for a while, then says it was unable to create the disk image. The solution appears to be to create a sparsebundle image locally. Thankfully, you don't need multiple Macs like another post suggested; you can accomplish this using hdiutil like so:<div style="margin-left: 20px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 5px; border:1px solid; width:420px; overflow:scroll;white-space:nowrap"><pre><code>hdiutil create -library SPUD -size &#36;SIZESPEC -fs Journaled HFS+ -type SPARSEBUNDLE -volname &#36;MACHINENAME_&#36;MAC_ADDRESS.sparsebundle</code></pre></div>Where... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=Bb4j44"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=Bb4j44" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/277664480" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420211034137 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/277664481/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080423101340268 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:30:00 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080423101340268#comments System 10.5 This is a little AppleScript that I wrote to check and ask if the machine should unmount peripheral disks, and optionally perform an iSync, before sleeping. I was motivated to write this after about the fifteenth time I woke my laptop up after taking it home from work only to be greeted with a warning that I did not properly disconnect my Time Machine Disk.<br><br> Additionally, since I use iSync to sync my date book and address book with my Nokia cell phone, I thought it would be a good idea to have it auto-sync before I put the machine to sleep. If you are capable with AppleScript, you can go in and make modifications for your system (e.g. turn off iSync, or the options to unmount). One caveat: if your home disk is not the same as the startup disk (unlikely on a laptop), the script will ask if you would like to unmount that disk before sleeping.<br><br>I packed the script as an application bundle (with a 10.5-sized icon) for optional placement directly into the dock -- download ... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=8dRVAR"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=8dRVAR" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/277664481" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080423101340268 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/277664482/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080423220708741 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:30:00 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080423220708741#comments Apps I find it frustrating that there's no quick and easy way to sync my iPod and iPhone in iTunes without a degree of mouse movement and clicking (someone please correct me if I'm wrong!). Since I'm a keyboard navigation fan, I wrote some very simple AppleScripts to either sync or eject all iPods/iPhones currently connected to iTunes. The scripts are identical apart from the type of action:<br><br><b>Sync iPod.scpt:</b><pre><code>tell application "iTunes" repeat with s in sources if (kind of s is iPod) then update s end repeatend tell</code></pre><b>Eject iPod.scpt:</b><pre><code>tell application "iTunes" repeat with s in sources if (kind of s is iPod) then eject s end repeatend tell</code></pre>I personally have these scripts in my user's Library/Scripts folder, and use <a href="https://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/what_is_quicksilver">Quicksilver</a> to quickly invoke them when I want to force a sync or eject of my iPod/iPhone. <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=aubyHN"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=aubyHN" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/277664482" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080423220708741 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/277664483/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424112720636 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:30:00 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424112720636#comments Apps I have been very frustrated by OS X's (Preview app) handling of image rotation. You can, of course, have Preview rewrite the EXIF tag and make the image appear rotated, but as soon as you go to put that image on the web or use it in Word, etc, that rotation simply doesn't exist. What's more, even after you apply new icons to a file (i.e. using <a href="https://www.stalkingwolf.net/software/cocothumbx/">CocoThumbX</a>), the icons might not show up correctly.<br><br>Until now, I used a combination of Preview (to modify the EXIF orientation value) and <a href="https://www.pixture.com/software/macosx.php">PhotoToolCM</a> (to do lossless JPG rotations) to achieve images that look correct both in Preview and in non-EXIF/web apps. Well, I finally found a program that both rotates the image and the thumbnail consistently! Enter the freeware <a href="https://www.stuffware.co.uk/cheese/">Cheese</a> by Stuffware.co.uk. This is a bare-bones program that has two basic purposes: rotate pictures prop... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=bTLgyZ"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=bTLgyZ" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/277664483" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424112720636 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/276943627/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424055927442 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:30:04 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424055927442#comments Network Last night, I was setting up password-free SSH connections (using, basically, the information in <a href="https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011207004643312">this ancient hint</a>) between my machines here in the house -- at some point during all the 10.5 upgrading, I'd broken it between a couple of the boxes. Everything worked fine on the mini and the MacBook Pro, and when connecting from the Mac Pro to the other machines. Connecting <em>to</em> the Mac Pro, however, still required entering my password. I double and triple checked everything with the key files, tried RSA and DSA keys, and ran <tt>ssh</tt> in triple-debug (<tt>-vvv</tt>) mode. Nothing was any help at all. <br><br> Turning to Google, I (ironically) <a href="https://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=78456">found the solution</a> right here on our own forum site -- in a thread that had been updated with the solution only a couple days ago. In a nutshell, the problem was that the permissions on my user'... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=L69UMV"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=L69UMV" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/276943627" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080424055927442 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/276943628/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080421213854552 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:30:03 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080421213854552#comments Internet Many (but not yet all) YouTube videos are available in higher-quality QuickTime versions, and many sites have published methods of <a href="https://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/04/download-youtube-videos-as-mp4-files.html">downloading those higher quality versions</a>. However, <a href="https://www.joeyhagedorn.com/2008/04/16/youtube-in-mp4-via-quicktime-plugin">this blog post</a> contains a slick bookmarklet that actually replaces the YouTube Flash video player with the embedded QuickTime player, then plays the high quality video in the QuickTime player. <br><br> [<b>robg adds:</b> To use the bookmarklet, just drag it from the linked page to your bookmarks toolbar. Load a video in YouTube, then click the link in your toolbar. The page will then reload with the QuickTime player in place of the Flash player. (If you see the QuickTime logo with a question mark, this means that video isn't available in a high quality version.) The linked blog post has an easy-to-use drag-to-the-toolbar... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=4o7Tj6"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=4o7Tj6" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/276943628" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080421213854552 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/276943629/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2008042115212192 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:30:02 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2008042115212192#comments Apps <img src="https://www.macosxhints.com/images/105only.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px">You can change the interval that Mail.app waits before it refreshes RSS Feeds. In order to do this, open up a Finder window and go to /Applications » Mail. Control-click on Mail and pick Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu, then navigate into Content » Resources » English.lproj. Make a backup copy of the RSSPreferences.nib file you see there -- if something goes wrong, you'll want to have that copy to get things back to normal. Double-click on the RSSPreferences.nib file (you'll need to have the Developer Tools installed); this will open the file in Interface Builder. <br><br> Double-click on the <em>Check for Updates</em> item, and select one of the drop-down menu items. Make a duplicate of this menu item from the Edit menu, then click on one of the duplicates. Go to the top and hit Tools and make sure the Item Attributes window is in your workspace. <br><br> When the duplicat... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=8tErnp"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=8tErnp" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/276943629" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2008042115212192 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/276939582/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420193310463 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:30:01 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420193310463#comments System It is possible to use Disk Utility to erase the free space on a disk. However, I had difficulty finding a command, such as <tt>hdiutil</tt>, to do it from the command line. One advantage of doing it from the command line is that it is easier to use <tt>cron</tt> or <tt>launchd</tt> to automate the process. <br><br> It turns out the solution is relatively straightforward: <pre><code>cat /dev/zero &gt; /private/tmp/junk; rm /private/tmp/junk</code></pre> The first part of the command will keep enlarging a file with zeros until disk space runs out. After an error, the second part will delete the empty file. Lather, rinse, repeat for extra security (7-pass, 35-pass Guttman). <br><br> [<b>robg adds:</b> I haven't tested this one...however, I'd be somewhat cautious about using it on your boot drive. Running out of space on the boot drive -- even briefly -- may cause issues. If you know more about that possibility than I do, please comment!] <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=PGNmW5"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=PGNmW5" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/276939582" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420193310463 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/276203145/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080423051638134 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:30:03 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080423051638134#comments System Folder actions are quite slow, and on 10.5.x, I found them to be not really fun to play with. Another way to watch a folder is to create your own <tt>launchd</tt> script. Here's one as an example: <div style="margin-left: 20px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px; padding: 5px; border:1px solid; width:420px; height:120px; overflow:scroll;white-space:nowrap"><pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt; &lt;!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "https://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"&gt; &lt;plist version="1.0"&gt; &lt;dict&gt; &lt;key&gt;Disabled&lt;/key&gt; &lt;false/&gt; &lt;key&gt;Label&lt;/key&gt; &lt;string&gt;com.domain.whatever&lt;/string&gt; &lt;key&gt;ProgramArguments&lt;/key&gt; &lt;array&gt; &lt;string&gt;/Library/Scripts/domain/whatever.sh&lt;/string&gt; &lt;/array&gt; &lt;key&gt;QueueDirectories&lt;/key&gt; &lt;array&gt; &lt;string&gt;/Volumes/hd/any/path/to/a/folder&lt;/string&gt; ... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=0toHhI"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=0toHhI" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/276203145" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080423051638134 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/276203146/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080419202652327 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:30:02 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080419202652327#comments Apps It seems that there were some problems with older hints to import and export signatures to and from Mail.app. In response to <a href="https://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?p=464704">this Macosxhints forum question</a>, I wrote some scripts to help with the process. <br><br> Since Mail.app uses .webarchive files (stored in your user's Library » Mail » Signatures folder), the scripts use the command line tool <tt>textutil</tt> to do the conversion from RTF to webarchive. <tt>textutil</tt> can convert to and from other formats you may want to use as well: txt, html, rtf, rtfd, doc, docx, wordml, odt, or webarchive. <br><br> <b>Import_Mail_Signatures Script</b> -- <a href="https://www.macosxhints.com/dlfiles/Import_Mail_Signatures_scpt.txt" target="_blank">View the script's source</a> <br><br> This script will allow you to choose a folder of RTF files, convert them into the new webarchive files, and place them into the Mail.app signature folder as described above. It will also... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=xzHO6h"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=xzHO6h" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/276203146" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080419202652327 https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~3/276203147/article.php https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080416134218704 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:30:01 -0700 https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080416134218704#comments UNIX To create a bootable Windows XP CD/DVD using your Mac, you need: <ol> <li><tt>mkisofs</tt> -- a Linux program to create ISO file systems. <a href="https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020520083853834">This hint</a> covers the installation of <tt>mkisofs</tt> for another purpose.</li> <li>Your Windows boot.img file. It is the boot image from the original CD of Windows XP (2048 bytes).</li> </ol> Copy all files (boot.img, <tt>mkisofs</tt>, and all from the Windows CD) into one folder, then <tt>cd</tt> to that folder in Terminal. Once there, here is the correct command to create working bootable Windows CD: <div style="margin-left: 20px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 5px; border:1px solid; width:420px; overflow:scroll;white-space:nowrap"><a title="Triple-click, copy, then paste into Terminal"><pre><code>./mkisofs -b boot.img -no-emul-boot -boot-load-seg 1984 -boot-load-size 4 -iso-level 2 -J -joliet-long -l -D -relaxed-filenames -N -V WinXP -v -x .DS_Store -... <p><a href="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?a=P7o6Vr"><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~a/macosxhints/recent?i=P7o6Vr" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="https://feeds.macosxhints.com/~r/macosxhints/recent/~4/276203147" height="1" width="1"/> https://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080416134218704