Category: MacOS

Six Bartender Alternatives to Manage Your Mac’s Menu Bar

Popular Mac menu bar management utility Bartender was recently quietly sold to another company … However, the new Bartender owner is a largely unknown entity that has reportedly hiked Bartender’s purchase options, and is alleged to have added code to the app that may be associated with collecting analytics data on users.

Given that Bartender requires extensive permissions to operate in macOS, including screen recording, the whole event has understandably left many users concerned about privacy … here are some alternative menu bar utilities that are worth considering.

Source: Six Bartender Alternatives to Manage Your Mac’s Menu Bar | MacRumors

Midnight Commander remote connect via Shell link (copy files over SSH) and SFTP link using FISH and public key authentication

In this post, I show you how to configure SSH for Midnight Commander to remotely copy or move files with the file manager’s Shell link feature and public key authentication. I will also explain the difference between files transferred over Shell Protocol (FISH) and Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) and say a word or two about Midnight Commander’s SFTP feature.

Source: Midnight Commander remote connect via Shell link (copy files over SSH) and SFTP link using FISH and public key authentication – 4sysops

The Shell Scripting Guide: From Basics to Advanced Concepts

This guide covers foundational principles and swiftly transition into advanced features, ensuring a deep understanding of the subject. We also address common challenges in the ‘Troubleshooting’ chapter, helping you navigate any hiccups along the way. Finally, we will explore how shell scripts interact and integrate with third-party tools.

Source: The Shell Scripting Guide: From Basics to Advanced Concepts (Squash)

Bash Operators & Shell Tricks: Level Up Your Scripting

Learn about logical operators and shell expansions, in the second article in this multi-part series on programming with Bash. Author’s note: The articles in this series first appeared at Opensource.com. The original articles consisted of two series and the rest were published as stand-alone articles. These have all been merged into a single series with updates and modifications for that purpose.

Source: Bash Operators & Shell Tricks: Level Up Your Scripting – OpenSource.net

Whishper – Open-source, local-first audio transcription and subtitling suite with a simple web UI.

Whishper Open-source, local-first audio transcription and subtitling suite with a simple web UI.

Features

Open Source – Whishper is 100% Open Source software.

Self-Hosted – Thanks to open-source technologies, Whishper can run 100% offline. Your data never leaves your computer.

Transcribe – Transcribe any media to text. Thanks to faster-whisper, transcriptions are lightning fast.

Translate – Whishper allows you to translate your transcriptions to and from more than 60 languages thanks to Argos Translate and LibreTranslate.

Subtitles – Download the transcriptions in many formats (json, txt, vtt, srt).

Subtitle editor – Easily edit your subtitles right in the Web-UI.

Whishper is a web application that runs inside a Docker container. This means that you can install it on any machine that supports Docker.

Source: Whishper