Archive for the 'OSX' Category

Remove .DS_Store from zip files

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
zip -d file.zip \*.DS_Store
That will remove all .DS_Store files from the zip archive.

Convert PostScript Type 1,2 to TrueType font

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

FontForge will allow you to save a font as .SFD, which will then allow you to save as a TTC format, which then can have the extension changed from TTC to TTF…yeah, I know…

In order to use some javascript based font rendering libraries, you tend to need to have the font which you wish to translate as a TTF (True Type Font) or OTF (Open Type Face) format. Problem is there are many other formats that exist. Font Forge is a prime tool for font manipulation.

Also great font resource: Open Font Library
And great javascript rendering font system: Typekit

Sound after command in terminal has finished

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

Add ” && say Finished “(ignore the quotes) after any command in OSX terminal and you will hear a voice say “finished” when the command has finished executing.
So a command like:

sudo find / -name hosts* && say “hosts files search complete”

Would alert you when the find command has finished searching for hosts files. This is a helpful trick when you don’t want to keep checking back at an executing command to see if it’s finished, or end-up forgetting you have one running.

Local file sharing made easy on OSX

Friday, April 9th, 2010

DropCopy is a insanely easy way to share files over your local network. Thanks to bonjour and it’s simple configuration, it is the perfect program for quickly sending files to other users on your local network.

There is a iPhone version too, Mobile DropCopy. There is a lite version, and the full version (which is $4.99).

If you’re in a Apple-centric LAN it’s perfect. Unfortunately there are only OSX and iPhone versions.

OSX automate program, easier than automator

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Sikuli is an automating script builder gui system. So it automates tasks.

It has a lot of potential and could become very user friendly if it was combined with automator.