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Remove Alias Arrows

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:17:39 -0600

Remove Alisa Arrows.

Do you create alias on your desktop or in other locations but really don't like the arrow image that is shown. Well here is how to remove those arrows in Leopard & Tiger.

To remove the arrows:
$ cd /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
$ sudo mv AliasBadgeIcon.icns AliasBadgeIcon_OFF.icns
$ killall Finder

Change it Back:
$ cd /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
$ sudo mv AliasBadgeIcon_OFF.icns AliasBadgeIcon.icns
$ killall Finder

Mouse Over effect:
$ defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilte-stack -boolean YES
$ killall Dock

Change YES to NO to revert it back then type
$ killall Dock

Then just restart your system & your good to go.

If you like to see how it all looks then just watch my vid: http://www.itechster.com/2008/09/15/my-current-dock/

Brandon's New Intro: A new intro for a new series...

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:11:04 -0600

The following is a new intro my boi Brandon had made for a series he will be working on. So check it out let me know what you think. If you like I've already attached the High Quality version from YouTube as well. Have Fun & Enjoy.

Creative Commons License.

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:29:41 -0600

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

Or it may have this License:

Attribution (by)

This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered, in terms of what others can do with your works licensed under Attribution.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Running Maintenance Tasks in Terminal

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:56:43 -0600

You don't really need to run any maintenance tasks on Mac OS X, because in 98% of cases it will do everything for you, the other 2% is when your computer is off every evening or it never gets the chance to run the tasks because you're doing something with the system.

If you insist on running any maintenance tasks, you could run these commands in the Terminal:

WARNING! The "sudo rm -f" command is VERY dangerous, and can cause data loss if used incorrectly. Please, PLEASE, ensure that you type the commands listed below correctly, double and even triple check, I will not be held responsible if you hose your system.

1. "User-level" tasks that do not require a restart:

Run maintenance cron tasks

CODE

sudo periodic daily weekly monthly

Flush logs under your home directory

CODE

cd ~/Library/Logs
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Logs/*

Flush cache under your home directory

CODE

rm -rf ~/Library/Safari/Downloads.plist
cd ~/Library/Caches
sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/*

Flush Directory Service resolver cache (DNS, etc)

CODE

dscacheutil -flushcache

Update application pre-binding

CODE

sudo update_prebinding -root / -force

Repair disk permissions on boot volume

CODE

sudo diskutil repairPermissions /

Log out and back in to finalize the above steps.

2. "System-level" tasks that require a restart:

Clear the global cache database

CODE

cd /Library/Caches
sudo rm -rf /Library/Caches/*

Flush system cache entries

CODE

cd /System/Library/Caches
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/*

Flush LaunchServices Database (helps with multiple "Open With" entries)

CODE

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Flush Apple Type Server (ATS) cache (resolves issues with corrupt fonts some times)

CODE

sudo rm -rf `lsof | grep com.apple.ATS/annex.aux \
| grep Finder | cut -c 66-139`
sudo rm -rf /private/var/folders/*/*/-Caches-/com.apple.ATS

Repair disk permissions on boot volume

CODE

sudo diskutil repairPermissions /

Finally, restart your Mac after completing any system-wide maintenance tasks.

Info provided by: iCeFuSiOn

New Robtos.txt Syntax Checker

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:23:14 -0600

New Robtos.txt Syntax Checker: a validator for robots.txt files

Have you ever wanted to make sure that your robots.txt file is set up correctly. Maybe you think it right but it may not be. Well this site offers a FREE Checker to validate it just as you would if you were validating an RSS Link. Check it out, try it out for yourself. A nice helpful tip for all web masters a like.

http://tool.motoricerca.info/robots-checker.phtml

Watch Youtube Videos in Higher Resolution.

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:48:17 -0600

Watch Youtube Videos in Higher Resolution.

Most youtube videos can be viewed in a higher resolution but simply adding the following code after the URL see line below.

&fmt=18

So now that you have the code how to you really add it. Well I'll show you a youtube link with & then without it. You can try it for yourself as well.

This is the regular low resolution version.
Without Code: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x18-WFCdBA

This is the high resolution version.
With Code: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x18-WFCdBA&fmt=18

A nice little tip I learned so I'm passing it on to you to enjoy as well.

Protect Your robots.txt and .htaccess Files

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:15:15 -0600

Protect Your robots.txt and .htaccess Files

How to protect your robots.txt and .htaccess files. In this video tutorial I will show you how to protect these files from being viewed by the public from your web server. Please note that both of these files need to be located in your root directory of your web server.

Best viewed in QuickTime or iTunes Player.

HTML to embed your RealMedia file...

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:52:04 -0700

RealMedia - Embed a Simple Way

Paste the following HTML to embed your �RealMedia file...

CODE

<?> Copy & paste the following...

      
      <table border='0' cellpadding='0' align="left">
        
        <tr><td>
        <OBJECT id='rvocx' classid='clsid:CFCDAA03-8BE4-11cf-B84B-0020AFBBCCFA'
        width="320" height="240">
        <param name='src' value="http://servername/path/to/media.file">
        <param name='autostart' value="true">
        <param name='controls' value='imagewindow'>
        <param name='console' value='video'>
        <param name='loop' value="true">
        <EMBED src="http://servername/path/to/media.file" width="320" height="240"
        loop="true" type='audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin' controls='imagewindow' console='video' autostart="true">
        </EMBED>
        </OBJECT>
        </td></tr>
        
          
          <tr><td>
          <OBJECT id='rvocx' classid='clsid:CFCDAA03-8BE4-11cf-B84B-0020AFBBCCFA'
          width="320" height='30'>
          <param name='src' value="http://servername/path/to/media.file">
          <param name='autostart' value="true">
          <param name='controls' value='ControlPanel'>
          <param name='console' value='video'>
          <EMBED src="http://servername/path/to/media.file" width="320" height='30'
          controls='ControlPanel' type='audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin' console='video' autostart="true">
          </EMBED>
          </OBJECT>
          </td></tr>
          
          
        
        <tr><td align='center'>
        <a href="http://servername/path/to/media.file" style='font-size: 85%;' target='_blank'>Launch in external player</a>
        
        </td></tr>
      </table>

HTML to embed your �Flash file...

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:50:10 -0700

Flash Media - Embed a Simple Way

Paste the following HTML to embed your �Flash file...

CODE

<?> Copy & paste the following...

      
      <table border='0' cellpadding='0' align="left">
        <tr><td>
        <OBJECT classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000'
        codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0'
        width="320" height="240">
        <param name='movie' value="http://servername/path/to/media.file">
        <param name='quality' value="high">
        <param name='bgcolor' value='#FFFFFF'>
        <param name='loop' value="true">
        <EMBED src="http://servername/path/to/media.file" quality='high' bgcolor='#FFFFFF' width="320"
        height="240" loop="true" type='application/x-shockwave-flash'
        pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash'>
        </EMBED>
        </OBJECT>
        </td></tr>
        
       </table>

HTML to embed your WindowsMedia file...

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:47:02 -0700

Windows Media - Embed a Simple Way

Paste the following HTML to embed your �WindowsMedia file...

CODE

<?> Copy & paste the following...

      
      <table border='0' cellpadding='0' align="left">
      <tr><td>
      <OBJECT id='mediaPlayer' width="320" height="285"
      classid='CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95'
      codebase='http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701'
      standby='Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components...' type='application/x-oleobject'>
      <param name='fileName' value="http://servername/path/to/media.file">
      <param name='animationatStart' value='true'>
      <param name='transparentatStart' value='true'>
      <param name='autoStart' value="true">
      <param name='showControls' value="true">
      <param name='loop' value="true">
      <EMBED type='application/x-mplayer2'
        pluginspage='http://microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/en/download/'
        id='mediaPlayer' name='mediaPlayer' displaysize='4' autosize='-1'
        bgcolor='darkblue' showcontrols="true" showtracker='-1'
        showdisplay='0' showstatusbar='-1' videoborder3d='-1' width="320" height="285"
        src="http://servername/path/to/media.file" autostart="true" designtimesp='5311' loop="true">
      </EMBED>
      </OBJECT>
      </td></tr>
      
    
        <tr><td align='center'>
        <a href="http://servername/path/to/media.file" style='font-size: 85%;' target='_blank'>Launch in external player</a>
        
        </td></tr>
      </table>