Change Expose Glowing Border

Change Expose Glowing Border In this tutorial we will go over on how to Change Expose Glowing Border in Snow Leopard. First we will need to use a graphic editor of your choice. Next we will need to go to the file directory as followed, HD – System – Library – CoreServices – Then find the Dock icon and control click or right click and select Show Package Contents. One you have done that go to Contents – Resources – and find the two images that we need to modify they are expose-window-selection-big.png & expose-window-selection-small.png here we will need to make our own or simply change the color to our choice. Keep in mind that once you do this you will need to open up Terminal so that we can reset our dock. See below for terminal command.

Terminal: killall Dock
hit enter & now you will have your new look.

Have Fun & Enjoy.

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Final Cut Studio #? 32 bit or 64 bit

Final Cut Studio #? 32 bit or 64 bit Many questions have been raised at to weather Final Cut Pro is version 2.+ or 3.0, also many folks wanted to know if it is 32 bit or 64 bit. So we will use terminal to answer a few of these questions with in this video.

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Linux init Command

Linux init Command In this tutorial we will go over on how to use the init command in Linux. This is very similar to using Reboot or the Shutdown command but with more options as well. Here are some examples.

Sudo init 0 = Shutdown
Sudo init 1 = Single User Mode
Sudo init 3 = Multi User No GUI
Sudo init 5 = Multi User With GUI
Sudo init 6 = Reboot

Have Fun & Enjoy.

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Ubuntu 9.04 Install Skype 64bit

Ubuntu 9.04 Install Skype 64bit In this tutorial we will be installing Skype 64bit for Linux Ubuntu 9.04 using the .deb package which can be freely downloaded from the Skype website. If you are running the 64bit version of Ubuntu you may want to do it this way but keep in mind that you will need to run any updates manually for skype it self. Now if your installing it under the 32bit of Ubuntu then you can install it via terminal that way the package updater will, take care of any new releases for you. Below you will find two links one is for Skype the other for some great note & trouble shooting techniques for Skype under Ubuntu 9.04 from the Ubuntu help forums.

Skype 64bit Ubuntu: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu-amd64

Ubuntu Help: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype#AMD64

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MAC Remote Disc DVD CD Sharing

MAC Remote Disc DVD CD Sharing Need to enable your remote disc, yet you have cd / dvd sharing enabled and it does not show up. Well with a nice terminal command we can do just that and enable Remote Disc on MAC OS X.

Terminal Commands:

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser EnableODiskBrowsing -bool true

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser ODSSupported -bool true

Don’t forget to restart your system after using the terminal commands.

Side note: If you only enable CD DVD sharing you can still share your cd/dvd drive but it will show up as a folder not a remote disc.

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My Current Dock

My Current Dock This is just how I currently have my dock setup for easy use & quick access.

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

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Terminal Tip: Word Counting

Terminal Tip: Word Counting In this short tutorial I will be going over the ‘wc’ command in Terminal so that you can count the number of lines, words, & characters in a .txt file via the terminal.

Convert Extract Web Archive

Convert Extract Web Archive In this tutorial I will go over on how to convert files & also extract .webarchive files via terminal & a program as well.

Have fun & enjoy.

In Terminal to convert the web archive type:

textutil -convert html webpage.webarchive

Hit return.

Web Sharing Apache2 & PHP5

Web Sharing Apache2 & PHP5 In this tutorial I will show you how you can take advantage of the built in Apache Server on your MAC OS X “Leopard” install, and show off your web pages to the world not just your own home network.

First you will need to make all files unvisible via terminal type:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

to undo this type:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO

go to folder path: private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

and open up httpd.conf with a text editor such as Text Wrangler which is free.

once opened up scroll down the page till you see.

#LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

and remove the # symbol save your page & restart your Web Server from the sharing pane.

Now your able to view php files not just html files.

Terminal Tip: PBCOPY PBPASTE

Terminal Tip: PBCOPY PBPASTE In this tutorial I will show you just a few of many ways you can use the pbcopy & pbpaste commands in terminal to copy & paste items in terminal or with other text applications.

Terminal Tip: Zip Files & Folders

Terminal Tip: Zip Files & Folders In this short tutorial I will show you how you can zip a file or a folder in terminal.

To zip a file see example:

zip zipname.zip path/filename.txt

press return now you have a zipped file called zipname.zip

To zip a folder and all of it’s contents like subfolders see example:

zip -r zipfilename.zip path/folder_to_zip

press return now you have a zipped file called zipfilename.zip

Terminal Tip: Open Up Files

Terminal Tip: Open Up Files In this tutorial I will show you how you can open up files such as .mov .png ect ect using your default applications that handle each file that it is associated with.

Open up Terminal & type:

open filename.mov

Open a application type:

open -a application_name

Open a Url type:

open url_link_name

Press return/enter and now the file has been opened by it’s default application.

Have Fun & Enjoy.

Terminal: Mount & UnMount Disc Images

Terminal: Mount & UnMount Disc Images In this tutorial I will how you how to mount & unmount .dmg, .iso or any supported disc image via terminal. This will even also help you unmount a disc image that may just not eject via the eject button.

Open Terminal to mount image type:

hdiutil mount filename.dmg

To unmount the disc image type:

hdiutil unmount filename.dmg

Have Fun & Enjoy.

Terminal Tip: Split & Join Files

Terminal Tip: Split & Join Files In this tutorial I will show you a quick way to take advantage of terminal to split and join a file. Which can be used for many reasons, If you ever used WinRar on Windows and are familiar with split files then this will be some what the same as far as the concept is concerned.

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Mac Linux Terminal: SSH File Transfer Part 2

Mac Linux Terminal: SSH File Transfer Part 2 In this tutorial I will show in this follow up vid to my previous tutorial on ssh file tranfers,.

open up terminal type:
ssh -l username yourIPaddress
press enter
type password.

scp -r file/location username@ipAddress:/file/location
press enter
type in password when promted.

Have Fun & Enjoy.

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Mac Linux Terminal: SSH File Transfer

Mac Linux Terminal: SSH File Transfer In this tutorial I will show you how to use Terminal to tranfer files or folders via SSH to your MAC & Linux OS. This can also be done using rsync but I will show you how it is done using the scp -r command.

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Linux Ubuntu Terminal: Update Upgrade

Linux Ubuntu Terminal: Update Upgrade In this short tutorial I will show you how to use Terminal in Linux Ubuntu to run your system Updates & Upgrades rather then using the graphical interface.

Open Up Terminal.

To Update type: sudo apt-get update
Hit return or enter

To Upgrade type: sudo apt-get upgrade
Hit return or enter & follow the prompts to start the upgrade process.

Have Fun & Enjoy.

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TCP Packet Trace – MAC OS X

TCP Packet Trace – MAC OS X Video was blured intentionally at a certain part. In this tutorial I will show you how to use the TCPDUMP feature in MAC OS X to trace your tcp if you are having connection issues.

See Notes below:

In Leopard you can use -K for additional check sum.
sudo tcpdump -i en0 -vvv -K -n -s 0 -w ~/Desktop/DumpFile.dmp

or just: sudo tcpdump -i en0 -vvv -n -s 0 -w ~/Desktop/DumpFile.dmp

Same goes for Tiger.

to stop it from capturing hit: Control-C
then type:
tcpdump -s 0 -n -e -x -vvv -r Desktop/DumpFile.dmp

to view the file itself.
           

Terminal Tip: Eject Media Disc – In this tutorial I will show you how to use Terminal to EJECT or force a media disc to eject from you slot loaded disc drive.  From time to time you may have a disc that stay in it’s drive and does not eject once your done working or maybe you closed out your program & forgot to eject the disc.  So then you like normal will hit/press the eject key & nothing happens the disc does not eject.  Then your forced to have to restart your system so that the disc is ejected.  Well no more of that, just open up Terminal.  See example below.

Open up Terminal & type: drutil eject [Hit Return]

or

Open up Terminal & type: drutil tray open [Hit Return]

And that will do the trick for ya.

Terminal Tip: top

Terminal Tip: top – In this tutorial I will show you how to use Terminal to check your system if you think it may be running slow, or if you think something is running that shouldn’t be running.  This is also used to dentifying potential problem areas in a process on your system as well.  So if you think something is wrong this should be one of the places you come to check.

Open up Terminal & type: top [Hit Return]

Terminal Tip: Download Files CURL 

In this tutorial I will show you how to use Terminal to download files using the command [curl], also please note that I will also use [-LO] just after curl.  Here is what -L does: -L follow link even is a redirect has been put in place.  Here is what -O does: Tells curl to keep original file name from the server when it is download.

If you would like to specify a location for your file to be downloaded to rather then have it saved to the user account folder then simply do this first in terminal.

cd /Desktop   So this way  [cd] means  Create Directory and  [/Desktop] is where we want the file to be saved to once it is downloaded.

Example 1:  curl -LO http://www.Site Name/file.zip

Example 2:  cd ~/Desktop [hit return]  then type  curl -LO http://www.Site Name/file.zip

Update iWeb Via SSH using RSYNC in Terminal In this tutorial I will show you how to use Terminal in MAC OS X to upload & update your iWeb Site via SSH using RSYNC in Terminal. This will save you lots of time in having to re-upload your entire site especially when you use you own host rather then a DOTMAC account to host you own iWeb Sites. Since many host will allow Syncing via FTP that is great but with iWeb when you publish your site to a folder then upload it to your site, then the problem comes up where all the dates have changed. Even though you may have only changed a file or two. Thus forcing you to have to upload everything again unless you know exactly what to upload your self. So by using the RSYNC in Terminal it will do all the dirty work for you.

Terminal Command Needed:

rsync -avz Sites/mysite/ username@webhost.com:webroot/

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