Warehouse 1.0 offers Unix-based Mac backup, folder sync
Alchemist Guild has launched a new backup application for the Mac, Warehouse 1.0. The tool is built on Unix utilities and relies on a single-window interface for backing up files, whether to external hard drives, USB memory sticks or other Macs on a network. Any number of assigned tasks can be set, with options source folders, destination locations and up to four different backup modes....
published on Tuesday, the 9. March 2010, macintosh-news-network
One solution to finding missing free space on an iPod
Over the weekend, I plugged in my old-style 80GB iPod for the first time in, well, a long time -- so long that the battery needed to be charged a bit before it would even sync. Once the sync started, things seemed to go well, but near the end of the photos section, iTunes displayed a message telling me there wasn't enough room to copy all my photos. This was a bit odd, because best as I could recall, my iPod had about 20GB of free space the last time I synched. And while it had been a while, there's no way I took enough photos to fill 20GB -- especially at the iPod's resolution (I don't sync full-sized copies). I noticed that the Other (orange) section of the Capacity gauge in iTunes was huge -- basically all the remaining space was used up by Other. Switching to the Finder, I quickly scanned through the various folders with the Inspector open (Command-Option-I), and they all looked normal in size ... until I got to Photos » Thumbs. This one was over 20GB! G...
published on Monday, the 8. March 2010, macosxhints
Copy a file to all subfolders of a folder with one command
Over the weekend, I was installing a demo of some web-based help desk software, and this particular package used encrypted PHP files. With my hosting company, I have to place a php.ini file in every directory that contains encrypted files, or the site won't work. This particular package had hundreds of directories, buried in folders and subfolders, and I was dreading the task of copying this one file into each of them. A tip from my friend James pointed me to the solution, in the form of Smiling Dragon's reply in this thread over on the Unix/Linux forums. Assuming the file exists in the parent directory, then this command does the trick: find . -type d -exec cp php.ini {}/ \; This worked perfectly, and incredibly quickly -- at first I thought it had failed, but a quick sample of a deeply-buried folder showed that the file was ...
published on Tuesday, the 2. March 2010, macosxhints
10.6: Remove alias icon docked folders used in List view mode
I use docked folders together with the List view option to create pop-up folders with navigable menus. I then create a folder of aliases (e.g. of applications), dock it, and set the List option. This works well apart from the ugly (at least on a 16x16 icon) alias badge. The alias badge is defined in /System » Library » CoreServices » CoreTypes.bundle » Contents » Resources » AliasBadgeIcon.icns and contains 16x16, 32x32, 128x128, 256x256 & 512x512 versions of the alias badge. If you replace the 16x16 version with nothing, then alias badges will only be shown on icons from 17 to 512 pixels. Result: nice dock menus. Here's one way to do this: Make a copy of the original file as a backup. Create a 16x16 transparent PNG file -- I used Photoshop (Photoshop won't let you Copy nothing, but it can Save no...
published on Friday, the 26. February 2010, macosxhints
A small timesaving trick when emptying Mail's Trash
I have multiple mail accounts and folders set up in Mail, including the Junk folder. I found that after deleting mail from the Junk folder, and from multiple different accounts' inboxes, that when I went to the Trash and selected all items and pressed the Delete key, only some of the items would be deleted -- I would have to "select all" a second time and press Delete to delete the rest. I have found that if I hold down the Option key when pressing delete after selecting all in the Trash folder, I only have to press Delete once. Just thought someone else might find this trick useful...
published on Thursday, the 18. February 2010, macosxhints
10.6: Open generic files in a preferred app via Services
Often I need to edit text files that don't have any associated application. This usually occurs when I'm changing system configuration files. My original process was to Control-click on a file and then select Open with and then Other, and then search through the application folder for my text editor program. From another site, I learned that it is very easy to create Services with Automator in 10.6. So now I have a one-click process to open any file in my text favorite text editor. Run Automator and choose the Service template. At the top right, change the drop-downs to read Service receives selected files or folders in any application. On the left, click Files & Folders in the Library column, then drag Open Finder Items (in the next column) into the work area on the right. Change the Open With drop-down to your fa...
published on Tuesday, the 9. February 2010, macosxhints
iSynchronize 1.0
iSynchronize is an application that synchronizes the original file or folder of aliases. It creates a folder in your home directory, where you can put either real files and folders or aliases, and then syncs the contents to another folder you specify. The application concludes a daemon that does al the work in the background.
published on Saturday, the 6. February 2010, scriptbuilders
Tags 2.0 adds new search engine, Adobe support
Gravity Applications has launched Tags 2.0, a new version of its filetagging software. The tool lets users tag all files and folders within Finder, as well as e-mails, photos or bookmarks in Safari. With the upgrade a new search engine has been introduced, adding tag search. The update also includes a tag browser, and support for Mailplane, Firefox and various Adobe applications....
published on Thursday, the 4. February 2010, macintosh-news-network
uLock 1.4
uLock: Toggles the lock status of multiple files and folders via drag and drop. Launching the script, locks or unlocks folders with the navigation dialog box.
published on Thursday, the 4. February 2010, scriptbuilders