External IP Address for Geektool
echo “External IP :” `curl -s http://checkip.dyndns.org | awk ‘{print $6}’ | […]
Uptime for Geektool
uptime | awk ‘{sub(“:”, “h “,$3); sub(“,”, “min”,$3); print “Uptime : “$3}’
Running processes as background jobs
To run a process in the background as a job and carry on […]
How to spoof your MAC address in Mac OS X
A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to your network card, […]
DOF
Aperture describes an adjustable opening inside your camera lens that controls the […]
Enabling Terminal’s directory and file colour highlighting in Mac OS X
By default Mac OS X’s Terminal application uses the Bash shell (Bourne Again SHell) but […]
Switching Spaces from the command line
Apple have no way of directly controlling Spaces from Applescript or from […]
Using Screen command
Using Screen Screen is started from the command line just like any […]
Combine PDF’s
A little Automator action to Join PDF’s together Combine PDF
Change ScreenShot Format
Here is a little app I knocked up to change the Apple […]
Wifi Strength from command line
This hint basically does the same job as AP Grapher, but can […]
SSH Port Forwarding
SSH Port Forwarding All too frequently, after people setup a firewall to […]
Launch Apps With Root Permissions
Launching Carbon applications with root privileges Older Carbon applications have to be […]
Clear MCX Cache’s 10.5 Upwards
Just for reference so I dont forget, goto : /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/computers/ on the […]
Final Cut Remover
There is a really nice app by Digital Rebellion that removes FCSvr, […]
Dialogue’s from a Command Line
CocoaDialog is an excellent way of using OS looking Dialogs from the […]
QT Ref files
Making a Reference Movie from a Text File (XML) You can also […]
Using Diff
Two useful flags you can specify when comparing files are -b (ignore blanks) […]