Category: OS X

Link: Bulk Replace Text In Many Text Files

Finding and replacing text in a single text file is simple, you can use the Find and Replace function within the edit menu of your text application. The problem arises is want to use this feature in many text files. You can open each one, but that is a little complicated. Today we are going to adapt a script within terminal to carry out this command on a set of text files within a folder. It will open each text file, search for the exact or partial string and then replace it with the text we want. This is a little complicated but a great time saver.

Note: While this article was written specifically for use with OS X, the technique shown should also work in Linux and similar OS’s, with the caveat that perl must be installed on the system.

Bulk Replace Text In Many Text Files (MacTricksAndTips.com)

Link: Mac OS X launchd examples (launchd plist example files)

Mac OS X launchd FAQ: Can you share some Mac launchd examples (also written as launchd plist examples, or launchctl examples)?

In an earlier tutorial (Mac OS X startup jobs with crontab, launchctl, and launchd) I demonstrated how to use the Mac OS X launchd facility instead of cron to run what would normally be a cron (crontab) job. As I started working with launchd and launchctl, I realized it would probably be helpful to see several different launchd examples, specifically launchd plist file examples.

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Mac OS X launchd examples (launchd plist example files) (Alvin Alexander)

Link: How to Rename eMail Flags in Mail App for Mac OS X

The Mac Mail app defaults to naming the email flags as colors; Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, and Gray. Those default flag names aren’t too descriptive, so a much better choice is to rename those mail flags to better accommodate your emailing habits, perhaps naming them as things like “To-Do”, “Family”, “Work”, “Important”, or whatever else. Renaming the email flags in OS X isn’t the most obvious thing in the world however, so let’s quickly walk through how to perform this task.

This works to rename the flags in all modern versions of OS X that support Mail flags, from Lion, Mountain Lion, to Mavericks.

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How to Rename eMail Flags in Mail App for Mac OS X (OS X Daily)

Link: Paparazzi Takes Full Web Page Screen Shots in Mac OS X Easily

Anyone who works with the web likely knows that it can be a challenge to take a full web page screenshot. While the traditional go-to options for many web designers and developers is to print a page as a PDF or use the Mac standard screen shot keyboard shortcuts in OS X, for longer pages users have to scroll through a web page and take pictures repeatedly, then use a third party app like Pixelmator or Photoshop to join them together, a time consuming and tedious process. There’s a better way though, thanks to a free Mac app called Paparazzi, which offers a much easier approach to take complete screen shots of entire web pages regardless of how long or wide the website is.

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Paparazzi Takes Full Web Page Screen Shots in Mac OS X Easily (OS X Daily)

NOTE: Depending on the browser used, it might be possible to get an extension or add-on that provides similar functionality from within the browser itself. For example, in Firefox you can use the ScreenGrab! (fix version) add-on to get this:

Screengrab! saves entire webpages as images. Just right-click on the page you want to grab and look in the “Screengrab” menu.
It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame… basically it saves webpages as images – either to a file, or to the clipboard, or upload to internet.

Link: How to Run Linux Applications On Your Mac

Linux is beloved by many around the world for its simplicity and ultimate customization Because it’s open source (and free!) many Mac users choose to run it as a virtual machine on VMWare, Parallels, or even Virtual Box. However, sometimes you might want to run a Linux-based application without having to jump through too many hoops. Using a SSH tool called X over SSH2, you can graphically load remote Linux apps and use them right on your Mac.

What You’ll Need:

>> Linux computer or virtual machine on a Mac
>> Apple X11 (Download Here)

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How to Run Linux Applications On Your Mac (MacLife)

Link: How to Record the Screen on Your Mac

There are various reasons for recording the screen on your Mac. Maybe you are writing a detailed step-by-step guide that needs a video tutorial, or maybe you just want to show something to your friends by recording your screen. Either way, you are going to be needing some sort of tools you can use to capture your screen. Fortunately, Mac comes with a built-in tool that helps you accomplish your task. While there may be some other choices on the market to get your job done, the one that comes with your machine is just a perfect tool with all of the features you will ever need.

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How to Record the Screen on Your Mac (Make Tech Easier)

Link: How to Easily Combine Two Scanned Documents Into One in OS X

Usually, whenever you scan a document onto your system, OS X will create separate files for each subsequent scan which you can save to the location of your choice. This can be an issue if you want to merge many scanned pages into one document, for either sending to someone or for storage. Luckily, OS X does support combining scanned pages into one document. Read on to find out how to do this:

There are two different ways to combine two scanned documents into one document. You can either directly combine your files while scanning them so that they are all directly scanned into one document, or you can combine your already scanned documents. Both methods will use Preview in OS X.

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How to Easily Combine Two Scanned Documents Into One in OS X (Make Tech Easier)

Link: Converting Video Files to H.264 MP4 Format Using HandBrake on Linux

There are many different video formats in circulation, including AVI, 3GP, MOV, MPG, WMV and the formats used by DVDs and Blu-ray. One file type that has become a common denominator across multiple platforms is the MP4 file. If you need to convert  a video file to MP4, then HandBrake is an excellent choice. It is a multi-platform, multi-threaded video transcoder that is available not only for Linux but also for OS X and Windows.

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Converting Video Files to H.264 MP4 Format Using HandBrake on Linux (Make Tech Easier)

Link: Adjust The Notification Center Banner Time in OS X Mavericks

I came across a rather interesting post today on the various newsgroups on the web, it was a discussion in changing the length of time in which a notification banner persists within the left hand side of the screen. These are the ones that appear when your get a new mail message, iTunes track, or a variety of other messages. With a nifty terminal trick you can change the length of time in which this message is displayed.

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Adjust The Notification Centre Banner Time (MacTricksAndTips.com)
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Best OS X Mavericks tips and tricks (TrustedReviews)