Posts in category “Scripts”:

Keeping AirPort Connected to a Specific Access Point

Posted on February 23, 2008
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The wireless LAN access point we have at our house is an old Belkin box that only supports the 802.11b standard, which is the slowest of the few “versions” of WiFi. The speed hasn’t been a big issue — we rarely need to move large files over the internal network, and if we do, we [...]

A “Go to Parent of Current Folder” Toolbar Button for Finder

Posted on January 10, 2008
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Although the updated version introduced with Leopard significantly improves upon the one in Tiger, I still think Mac OS’s Finder is lacking in several departments. I Don’t feel “at home” with separate file managers (Path Finder or ForkLift, for example — even though I do own a license to the latter, I only use it [...]

Growlnotify Leopard Incompatibility Workaround

Posted on January 2, 2008
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I Have a bunch of custom shell scripts that I use for various things, and most of them use the growlnotify utility that is distributed with Growl to display messages to the user. Unfortunately, as of this writing, growlnotify has some issues with Leopard and thus messages sent through it will be displayed only intermittently [...]

An Application Bundle / Shell Script for Starting and Stopping the Tomcat Server

Posted on October 3, 2007
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I’ve recently had to install tomcat on my localhost to continue developing the Flex application I’m currently doing at work since it connects to web services that are implemented in Java. I wanted an easy way to start and stop the tomcat server, so I made this nice little app for it with the help [...]

jEdit Macros for Running Compilers

Posted on September 25, 2007
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I’ve been using jEdit as my ActionScript 3 editor for a while now. I Like the extension and customization possibilities it gives me, and I’ve used them to create macros for compiling my Flex applications and then bound them to specific keyboard shortcuts to enable quick access to running the compiler.

Open the Current Terminal Directory in Finder

Posted on August 3, 2007
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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 [...]

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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