Open rar files in OSX
There are a couple of ways of opening .rar files in your Mac, this post though will use the command line way to do it. You will need to have installed either MacPorts or DarwinPorts to follow this exercise because we will get the unrar utility from the ports collection. $ sudo ports install unrar [...]
How to put icons in the OSX dock
You can create an alias of the Application, then drag-and-drop it onto the dock; or; Just open the Application for the first time—lots of ways to do to this, I always like to just hit Spotlight (cmd+spacebar), type the name of the app, then enter—when the application is opened, the icon will be visible in [...]
Bash startup script in OSX
If you’re coming from Linux, and you’re looking for .bashrc in OSX, you’re not gonna find it–at the time I wrote this, the OSX is version 10.5.7 (Leopard)–you can find the bash initialization files in 2 places; in ~/.profile and /etc/profile. ~/.profile-the tilde (~) is a shortcut to /Users/yourloginname, so you will find this file [...]
Working with hidden files on the Mac – reloaded, and then some
OSX is very customizable from the System Preferences window. Not all of the customization though can be achieved via the System Preferences–like say, when working with hidden files; I wrote a post about this weeks ago–I had to tinker with the defaults system of OSX using the terminal, that’s not so bad; but if you’re [...]
Java 1.6 on OSX
Quick (important) things about Java 1.6 on Mac Java 1.6 is available on 64 bit OSX, if you are running Leopard (10.5), you won’t automatically get the Java 1.6–it is pushed as a software update when you upgrade to 10.6. If you are looking for Java 1.6 for 10.4 (Tiger), you can look at the [...]
Working with hidden files on the Mac
Files are hidden to protect them from accidental editing and deletions. For the most part of your computing experience you won’t need to bother with them, but there can be situations when you have to — this guide is for those situations. There are 2 ways to work with hidden files on the Mac. The [...]
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