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SSH tunneling redux
Years ago I wrote a post about how I access services on my office computer from my laptop. My setup has changed a bit since then, so it seemed worthwhile to write a short update. My office computer...
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Shift-Control-Option-Command on Caps Lock
I’m not sure where I first saw a link to this detailed keyboard post by Steve Losh. The usual suspects would be Brett Terpstra, Gabe Weatherhead, and Clark Goble, but I’m thankful to whoever it was....
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Hendecaphilia
One of the many reasons I’m not in the upper echelons of Apple punditry is that I don’t jump on new releases and review them the day they come out. (I am, for example, still thinking over my iPhone 5...
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Turning recordings into podcasts
In the last couple of years, as iCloud ramped up and iOS matured, I’ve found myself connecting my iPhone to my computer less and less. You’ve probably gone through the same transition. Back when...
View ArticleA little podcast programming FU
The reason I haven’t done the fashionable thing and eliminated comments from my blog is that my readers1 are invariably polite and helpful. Case in point: the people who made suggestions—in comments,...
View ArticleWhat Apple’s working on
For the benefit of journalists, bloggers, and tech pundits of all stripes, here’s a list of products Apple is currently working on: A smaller, cheaper iPhone. A larger iPhone. An iPhone with NFC. A...
View ArticleDepending on the kindness of strangers
In this post from yesterday, Adam Engst of TidBITS discusses how changes Apple made to Pages screwed up his workflow without warning. He contrasts Apple’s behavior with that of Bare Bones Software and...
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SuperDuper scripts in Mountain Lion
When I got my new iMac and began working with Mountain Lion for the first time, I found that one of the scripts I use in conjunction with my SuperDuper backups was generating an error and preventing my...
View ArticleMore Engst
I’m a little behind on my podcast listening, so I just heard Gabe Weatherhead’s interview with Adam Engst today. It’s very good. In addition to the nominal topic of digital publishing, Adam also gets...
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Getting rid of Open With duplicates
This is the problem: You want to open a file using something other than the default application. You right-click its icon in the Finder, choose Open With, and a submenu pops up with an absurd number of...
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LaunchBar duplicates
After my success at getting rid of Open With duplicates a couple of days ago, I decided to attack another duplicate problem: multiple copies of Transmit in my LaunchBar menu. These were, I learned, old...
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Renaming files
There’s been a lot of talk about Name Mangler today, both because a new version just came out (at a temporarily reduced price) and because some guy has been comically threatening1 Many Tricks with...
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Deleting Safari cookies via AppleScript
Generally speaking, I don’t mind it when websites set cookies in my browser. They provide a degree of continuity that the otherwise stateless web wouldn’t have, and that’s convenient for many types of...
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What’s really great about Fantastical
This morning I was listening to the most recent episode of Back To Work, and Merlin’s discussion of Fantastical reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write for months about why it’s so good. Merlin’s...
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MacHeist nano
So I went ahead and bought the latest MacHeist “nanoBundle.” Ten bucks for nine apps, at least four of which I’m sure I’ll use. I have no doubt PathFinder will be unlocked. As I write this, they’re...
View ArticleUnsolicited TextExpander advice
This afternoon, Merlin Mann tweeted a link to a set of his TextExpander snippets: As requested, here’s a few of the random TextExpander 4 snippets I mentioned in Back to Work #116:i-0.us/18vNRnM—...
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Cleaning out Clean My Mac
I just got a notification on my computer from Clean My Mac 2, a utility I bought as part of the recent MacHeist nanoBundle. I have nothing against CMM2—it does a fine job of scanning my disk and...
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It’s so easy to see the inefficiencies in someone else’s workflows, but so hard to see them in your own. When you do finally root out some clumsiness in your setup—no matter how small—and replace it...
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Mavericks
In contrast to iOS 7, the new version of OS X seems to have ruffled no feathers. There is, of course, the matter of the name, which some of us find awkward because it’s plural,1 but otherwise there’ve...
View ArticleI wish to register a complaint
On ATP 25, Casey Liss was shamed after asking whether the new Logic Pro X should be pronounced “Logic Pro Ex” or “Logic Pro Ten.” This came a few days after a similar incident on The Prompt when poor...
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