Posts in category “Mac”:

Image Rendering: Microsoft Word 2002 vs. Apple Pages ’08

Posted on August 8, 2007
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Apple recently released an updated version of their iWork application suite, adding a totally new spreadsheet application – Numbers – into the mix, alongside Keynote, the venerable presentation application, and Pages, the word processor. All of these applications promise full compatibility with Microsoft Office file formats (even the new XML-based ones, which MS is desperately [...]

Open the Current Terminal Directory in Finder

Posted on August 3, 2007
Filed under Mac, Scripts | 1 Comment

I found this excellent AppleScript that enables you to open the current Finder folder in a new iTerm (my terminal app of choice) tab. Well, I also wanted to be able to invoke the same functionality in the other direction. Update (Dec 1, 07): Ahem, I just found out a while ago that simply typing [...]

A Shell Script to Assign Icons to Files or Folders in OS X

Posted on August 3, 2007
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I’ve come across a few situations where I’ve wanted to be able to change the icon of a file or folder from the command line (e.g. in shell scripts). I also found it important to make sure that Finder is notified of this change and thus updates the file or folder so that its new [...]

Disabling Safe Sleep in OS X

Posted on July 9, 2007
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I’ve had problems with my MacBook hanging with an empty black screen after waking up from sleep. This usually happens when I make it go to sleep by closing the lid and later wake it up by opening it (approximately 20% of the time). Closing the lid, waiting until the sleep light starts slowly blinking [...]

OS X Mouse Wheel Support for Flex 2 Applications

Posted on July 6, 2007
Filed under ActionScript 3, Flex, Mac, Programming | 44 Comments

Note: This version of this solution is deprecated. I’ve made a separate post about the new version, which you can find here. In my current job I have been programming user interfaces for applications that display networks of data (as in nodes, links etc.) with the Adobe Flex framework, and the UI paradigm I have [...]

Changing Application Settings in OS X Based on (Network) Location

Posted on July 5, 2007
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I Generally use my laptop in three different locations: At home At work, in my employer’s main building At work, in the building of a partner organization Changing application settings manually every time I arrive at a new location gets tiring really, really fast. The location settings you can create in OS X can specify [...]


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