Posts Tagged ‘apple’
How To Trim Crop Edit VOB Files in Mac OSX
One of my clients recently asked if I could upload some video to his website. I of course said: sure, no worries. The client then handed me a DVD with a VOB file in it. He asked that I trim / crop out most of the video, leaving him with two minutes of good footage. [...]
Terminal Command to Stop Crash Report Popups
When an app crashes, Mac OS X pops open a crash report dialog box. Since I never really use this feature here is a simple Terminal command to rid yourself of them: defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType none If for any reason you want to reactivate the crash reports, retype the code replacing “none” with “prompt”.
How To Install MacPorts for Command Line Fun
MacPorts is awesome. It allows you access to 1000′s of ports for the Terminal etc… How To Install MacPorts for Command Line Fun 1. Download the latest version of MacPorts (Currently 1.7.1) 2. Unpack the archive 3. Run the installer and install to the default directory. 4. Once the installer is finished run the following [...]
How To Install WGET in OSX
WGET is a Terminal command that allows you to grab files from the web using http / https / ftp protocols. However for some odd reason it doesn’t come with OS X. Here are some simple directions on how to get it running. How To Install WGET in OSX 1. Download the WGET source 2. [...]
How To Customize Colors in OS X Terminal
This how to will explain how to enable the ability to customize the colors inside the Terminal in OS X. How To Customize Colors in OS X Terminal 1. Install SIMBL if you dont already have it installed. 2. Download Terminal Colors Bundle 3. Extract to ~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins 4. Restart Terminal 5. Click Preferences > [...]
