Month: April 2015

Link: Quick trick for Missing Forwards calls to Google Chat Option in Google Voice Account

Forwards calls to Google Chat is an important option for people who are using Google Voice as free VOIP solution. In order to able to receive calling, forwards calls to Google Chat option must be activated so the VOIP adapter can acts as a Google Chat to receive calling, eg: OBi Devices. Without that, the phone will never ring when people call your Google Voice number.

If the Google Voice Account was newly set up, in default the “Forwards calls to Google Chat” option is inactivated. Google didn’t provide any selectable option for adding the option to Google Voice.

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Here is how you can add Google Chat to the “Forwards calls to” list.

Full article here:
Quick trick for Missing Forwards calls to Google Chat Option in Google Voice Account (ALL4OS)

Link: Is Google Alerts Dead? Here Are 5 Google Alerts Alternatives for You

Is Google Alerts officially broken?

Some of its users might have been experiencing problems with Google Alerts lately. Many of these people are complaining that they either don’t receive as many alerts as they have in the past, or none at all.  And nobody is really sure what is causing these issues. Nonetheless, it’s still a hassle, especially when you rely on Google Alerts.

If you’re sick and tired of waiting to see if Google Alerts gets any better, try some alternatives.  While they might not be perfect, it’s worth trying them out so you’re not totally relying on Google Alerts.

Full article here:
Is Google Alerts Dead? Here Are 5 Google Alerts Alternatives for You (Make Tech Easier)

Link: Bash One-Liners Explained, Part I: Working with files

I love being super fast in the shell so I decided to do a new article series called Bash One-Liners Explained. It’s going to be similar to my other article series – Awk One-Liners Explained, Sed One-Liners Explained, and Perl One-Liners Explained. After I’m done with this bash series, I’ll release an e-book by the same title, just as I did with awk, sed, and perl series. The e-book will be available as a pdf and in mobile formats (mobi and epub). I’ll also be releasing bash1line.txt, similar to perl1line.txt that I made for the perl series.

In this series I’ll use the best bash practices, various bash idioms and tricks. I want to illustrate how to get various tasks done with just bash built-in commands and bash programming language constructs.

Also see my other articles about working fast in bash:

Full article here:
Bash One-Liners Explained, Part I: Working with files (Browserling)

Link: The 3 Best (New) Email Clients for Mac OS X You Should Check Out Today

Email clients come in all forms of size and functionality. But only a few have the necessary features that ease user interaction while providing an easy to use interface to manage, categorize and control all incoming and outgoing emails. Support for the major email providers is also crucial for success and widespread adoption among users.

The recent rise in the number of feature rich email clients for Mac allows users to select the best among clients that suit their taste and requirements. These competitors have not only gained widespread adoption due to their feature-rich interface, they are now on the verge of challenging the already established Apple Mail and Microsoft Outlook.

So here we have we have compiled the top 3 email clients for Mac OS that not just feature rich but are also highly customizable to suit each user’s needs.

Full article here:
The 3 Best (New) Email Clients for Mac OS X You Should Check Out Today (TechNorms)

Link: How to Control Multimedia Content with Gestures on Your Mac

Technology has grown really fast in the past few decades and we have all seen a lot of new technology coming to the market in the past few years. From pressing keys to typing words to speaking and having your machine recognize your voice, everything is now possible.

One new technology is gestures. A gesture is what allows you to use your body-parts to control your machine. For instance, you can just wave your hand at your machine and it will respond. Most of the time, the gestures are used while playing multimedia content. If you are a Mac user you have a cool app called ControlAir that lets you control the multimedia content on your Mac using gestures.

Full article here:
How to Control Multimedia Content with Gestures on Your Mac (Make Tech Easier)

Link: Stay Focused And Boost Your Productivity With Ambient Noise Player

ANoise, or Ambient Noise, is a simple yet very convenient application developed by Costales (who’s also behind Folder Color), for playing ambient noise with a click, useful for helping you stay focused, boost your productivity or, why not, fall asleep listening to the sound of waves or rain.

Full article here:
Stay Focused And Boost Your Productivity With Ambient Noise Player (Web Upd8)

Link: DIY Time Capsule with a Raspberry Pi

As a Mac user I’ve always used Time Machine for local backups. The only issue is that it requires plugging a drive directly into your machine or buying an Apple Time Capsule. At $200 – $400 that’s not a cheap option for NAS backups.

So I set out to create my own DIY Time Capsule using a 3TB Hard Drive and a Raspberry Pi. Below are the steps I went through to get things setup.

Note: I always recommend having multiple backup sources and because this setup requires mimicking Apple protocol there is potential for data loss. Use at your own risk.

Full article here:
DIY Time Capsule with a Raspberry Pi (Caleb Woods)

Link: Time Machine for every Unix out there

Using rsync to mimic the behavior of Apple’s Time Machine feature

rsync is one of the tools that have gradually infiltrated my day to day tool-box (aside Vim and Zsh).

Using rsync it’s very easy to mimic Mac OS X new feature called Time Machine. In this article I’ll show how to do it, but there is still a nice GUI missing – for those who like it shiny.

Full articles by Michael Jakl here:
Time Machine for every Unix out there
Followup article:
Addendum to “Time Machine for every Unix out there”

These articles are “oldie but goodies” from 2007 – if you know of a better way, leave a comment!

Link: 7 Mac Startup Options Every OS X User Should Know

Apple has a reputation for making products that “just work,” but many Mac users may still need to occasionally troubleshoot their desktop or laptop. Thankfully, there are a number startup options that are available on recent Macs to aid in both troubleshooting and system management. Here’s a look at seven essential Mac startup options that every OS X user should know.

Full article here:
7 Mac Startup Options Every OS X User Should Know (TekRevue)

Link: 7 Quirky ‘ls’ Command Tricks Every Linux User Should Know

We have covered most of the things on ‘ls‘ command in last two articles of our Interview series. This article is the last part of the ‘ls command‘ series. If you have not gone through last two articles of this series you may visit the links below.

  1. 15 Basic ‘ls’ Command Examples in Linux
  2. 15 Interview Questions on Linux “ls” Command – Part 1
  3. 10 Useful ‘ls’ Command Interview Questions – Part 2

Full article here:
7 Quirky ‘ls’ Command Tricks Every Linux User Should Know (Tecmint)