Category: MacOS

Bunch – Mac automation with plain text

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Bunch is a macOS automation tool that takes a folder of plain text files containing lists of apps and commands to launch and provides an easy-to-use menu for triggering them.

Its intuitive syntax makes it easy to get started, and its array of features allows you to automate everything you need to work smarter and faster. Build “contexts” of apps and settings for your different modes of work and play, and switch between them with a couple of keystrokes.

It’s just plain text, but with Bunch it’s a powerful automation tool.

Source: Bunch – Mac automation with plain text

If you want to read more about Bunch before downloading it, you can scroll to the bottom of the page, where you will find links to various articles about Bunch.

Awesome macOS open source applications

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List of awesome open source applications for macOS. This list contains a lot of native, and cross-platform apps. The main goal of this repository is to find free open source apps and start contributing. Feel free to contribute to the list, any suggestions are welcome!

Source: Awesome macOS open source applications – GitHub

How to Fix High CPU Usage on Your Mac

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High CPU usage can lead to several problems on Macs. If left untouched, you may encounter application crashes, a frequent jittery interface with a spinning beachball, overheating, shorter battery life, and worse – kernel panics. This tutorial shows you the steps to identify the processes using excessive CPU and how to fix them.

Source: How to Fix High CPU Usage on Your Mac – Make Tech Easier

How to Get the Older Style MacOS Alert Dialog Back

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MacOS Monterey and MacOS Big Sur introduced a new style to the MacOS alert dialog boxes, which look more like something you’d see in iOS than MacOS. … If you’d like to return to the older traditional style of MacOS alert dialog boxes and windows, you can do so with the help of a defaults write command.

Source: How to Get the Older Style MacOS Alert Dialog Back (OSXDaily)

How to use the scp Command in Linux

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SCP is short for secure copy protocol and is used to copy files and directories between multiple Linux machines over a network. The data transferred using SCP is encrypted to protect your data against nefarious agents.

The SCP command uses SSH for data transfer and thus uses all the same usernames and passwords you would use for SSH. As a result, it is an extremely useful command for transferring files securely without too much added complexity.

Source: How to use the scp Command in Linux – Pi My Life Up

How to use the cp Command

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The cp command is ideal for copying files and directories on a Linux or Unix distribution. You will likely not need to use additional options for most tasks as the basic command will achieve most requirements.

This tutorial will take you through several use cases for using cp on a Linux distribution. For example, we cover copying single files, copying multiple files and directories, setting backups, copying recursively, and much more.

Source: How to use the cp Command – Pi My Life Up

5 Modern Bash Scripting Techniques That Only A Few Programmers Know

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The following concepts modernize your automation scripts with some lesser-known modern Bash scripting techniques.

Source: 5 Modern Bash Scripting Techniques That Only A Few Programmers Know | Level Up Coding

Purgeable Storage Space on Mac: What it is & How to Free It

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You may find a “Purgeable” storage space when looking at disk storage and disk usage in modern versions of macOS, including Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, Sierra, etc, either within the About This Mac > Storage screen, Disk Utility, or the Storage Management section of System Information.

This curiously labeled disk storage item is similar to the “Other” storage space on the Mac that many users wonder about, so if you’re curious what purgeable storage space is, and how to free it up to clear it out, then read on.

Source: Purgeable Storage Space on Mac: What it is & How to Free It

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