Archive for the ‘apple’ Category
quicksilver crash fix
this morning i was using quicksilver [one of my favorite mac apps] and it started crashing over and over upon launching. after some research i found that inside ~/library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Shelves there was a 600 mb history file for the copy/paste utility called QSPasteboardHistory.qsshelf. after deleting that file, quicksilver stopped crashing and started working much faster [...]
remove dot-underscore files
last night i had to upload some pdf’s to a website for my wife. i was on my mac, and zipped the pdf’s an ftp’d them over to the site, dropped in a link on the webpage and called it a night. well this morning the wife gets about 50+ calls emails that the files [...]
1password review 1coolapp
tonight, i wanted to write a little about one of my super-favorite-most-awesome mac apps… 1password. this is one of those apps, that i don’t know what i would do without it. 1password is so ingrained into my daily life that its almost a digital extension of me. i cannot say enough to express just how [...]
resetting ram in os x
ive been having some issues with ram lately, and found a solution on apples website that has helped. i hope this might come in handy for someone else.
force os x to empty trash
sooner or later you will run into a point in time, where os x will not allow you to empty the trash. sometimes this is due to a locked file, incorrect permissions etc… well you can use a nifty freeware apple script called trash it or you an open the terminal and use the following [...]
