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Is anti malware recommended for OSX?
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Feb 17, 2013 17:20
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KarmaticStylee posted:Is anti malware recommended for OSX? In general, no. The exception is for scanning e-mails and such for viruses that could be passed on to Windows users you're in contact with. For the protection of your own computer, anti-virus software on OS X is completely unnecessary.
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Feb 17, 2013 20:07
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I would keep up with updates to stuff and use Chrome or use Safari with Java disabled (if installed).
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Feb 17, 2013 20:46
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:There's an 11th seed of 10.8.3 for developers today. I know, I want the final 10.8.3 released because I am imaging a ton of iMacs and it is a pain they are out of delta sync compared to other Macs.
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Feb 18, 2013 00:28
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Looking to mass rename a ton of files within a folder in OSX. They're all named with random numbers. Example: 3422 - Filename1.ext 9483 - Filename2.ext 8472 - Filename3.ext I'd essentially like to remove the first six characters so they look like this: Filename1.ext Filename2.ext Filename3.ext I tried poking around with automator but failed. Pretty sure this can be done in terminal but my scripting skill suck. Can anyone help me out?
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Feb 18, 2013 01:35
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KarmaticStylee posted:Is anti malware recommended for OSX? Read up before you decide on one if you do install one. There's a couple pieces of software that are supposed to protect you (forget the names) that are actually malware themselves. One of the biggest ones I use is virus barrier x6, it's a combined firewall and virus protection suite. The firewall is good, just make you turn sounds off in preferences because nothing is shitter than waking up halfway through the night to a stupid firewall notification. If you google around, it's also one of the 3 most effective. It picked up 70-85% of viruses, other packages picked up far lower. I've been using it for years, they just updated it and call it something else now. I think it's called "mac security bundle 2013."
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Feb 18, 2013 02:02
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lol internet. posted:Looking to mass rename a ton of files within a folder in OSX. Name Mangler is useful for this sort of thing, unless you want to learn some UNIX: http://manytricks.com/namemangler/
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Feb 18, 2013 02:17
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lol internet. posted:Looking to mass rename a ton of files within a folder in OSX. This isn't very elegant but it should work: code:
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Feb 18, 2013 02:57
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Lawen posted:This isn't very elegant but it should work: I pasted it into terminal and with the .ext changed to the proper extension. It just automatically returns this on the prompt. code:edit: ignore me. I never put 'done' in it as well. Thanks Lawen! I been scratching my head with this all weekend. My scripting\bash skills are pretty weak. edit: if you don't mind me asking how long have you been doing scripting? I assume you work in IT? lol internet. fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Feb 18, 2013 |
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Feb 18, 2013 03:56
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Not that it would have necessarily helped in this case (because gently caress sed's syntax), but I've heard good things about this book for people who are interested in starting to use the Terminal and UNIX: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920025870.do
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Feb 18, 2013 04:23
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awk is "cleaner" code but I learned sed first and prefer the complicated code (it's easier to write than read  ).
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Feb 18, 2013 05:14
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lol internet. posted:edit: if you don't mind me asking how long have you been doing scripting? I assume you work in IT? I've been doing unix admin stuff for 12+ years and spend most of my day in a terminal. Most of that one-liner was just a little bash shell "for" loop, the sed stuff in the middle is the tricky bit but once you figure out regular expressions it's not as intimidating. That book that Sonic Dude linked looks good, I also really like the O'Reilly "Learning the BASH Shell" book (and the "BASH Cookbook" for reference). Once you feel comfortable navigating around the shell, start reading up on doing BASH for and while loops and if/else/elif conditionals. Then grep (or ack), and sed/awk/regular expressions. Once you have a handle on those, you can do all sorts of crazy poo poo from the command line. If you use GeekTool, a bunch of the geeklets are just shell scripts; you can tear them apart to see how they work and steal snippets from them. Might be a good way to get your feet wet.
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Feb 18, 2013 06:09
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Problem with me is I normally work in a windows environment. I only once worked at an animation company that was all unix backend and windows for the workstations. It's been hit or miss for me. If I've ever been put in a situation where I needed to learn it\work with unix stuff, I would most likely learn it. Problem is most places aren't willing to train or wait for you to pick it up so I the chance would have to come by luck. I like automation of work. I find it one of the most rewarding things in IT personally. Perhaps in the future! Thanks for the help by the way.
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Feb 18, 2013 06:18
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PowerShell is useful in Windows if you still need to automate things.
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Feb 18, 2013 06:23
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There's something suss going on with Java on my Mac, I know there were issues recently but presumed the throwswitch Apple threw dealt with them. In Activity Monitor, I can see Java is launched and using a chunk of CPU, half a gig of RAM and is constantly sending data pretty much as fast as the connection will let it. If I kill the process, everything stabilises but a few seconds later it relaunches and the same happens again. Anyone know of any exploit that's going around that's causing this? I've got Java disabled in Safari already, but maybe I need to vanquish the damned thing from my system altogether. Does anything *really* need it anymore? (I'm still bitter from a programming class where we used Java and it took me multiple hours of debugging to spot I'd capitalised the 'i' in 'if'. gently caress Java.) e: worked it out, new DV files I'd added to the system over the weekend were causing crash plan to skitz out and try to upload 100gb of data. All the upstream use was killing my connection, so time to disable that. EL BROMANCE fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Feb 18, 2013 |
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Feb 18, 2013 17:05
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Does anyone use Slate as a Window manager? http://mauriciogardini.com/post/43348489262/slate-a-mac-os-x-window-manager-for-power-users
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Feb 18, 2013 17:28
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I have an issue with this popping up constantly: I've tried almost everything, disk repair/permissions, keychain first aid, clearing system/user cache, etc. I haven't changed my password recently and I have no idea what triggered this. Any advice before I spend the next few hours reinstalling OSX?
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Feb 18, 2013 17:48
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NOTinuyasha posted:I have an issue with this popping up constantly: Delete the keychain from keychain manager and start a new one.
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Feb 18, 2013 17:52
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Bob Morales posted:Does anyone use Slate as a Window manager? I got Divvy in some Mac App Bundle a year or two ago and have been using it ever since, it's pretty great if you want a GUI way of doing most of the stuff that Slate does without having to mess with rc and config files. It's $15 though on the App Store unless you can catch it on sale. I hadn't heard of Slate, it looks pretty rad. Too bad there's not a homebrew keg for it. Going to download it and play around some to see if I like it better than Divvy.
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Feb 18, 2013 17:58
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NOTinuyasha posted:I have an issue with this popping up constantly: Open Keychain Access, have the login keychain selected, Go to File > Unlock 'login' keychain 
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Feb 18, 2013 18:58
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ok - I am REALLY frustrated in trying to get rid of folding at home. I deleted their folder (and the supposed directory ) of the CPU sucking FAHcorea4 application in Library/ Application support but somehow this program keeps running despite me having deleted it a long time ago. I also cannot access the ~/usr directory, even though that is supposedly where the client is. I tried looking on their website, but their instructions for uninstalling folding@home refer to what might have been an older version. I can't seem to get rid of this piece of poo poo. Any help ?
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Feb 18, 2013 19:35
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Kommienzuspadt posted:ok - I am REALLY frustrated in trying to get rid of folding at home. I deleted their folder (and the supposed directory ) of the CPU sucking FAHcorea4 application in Library/ Application support but somehow this program keeps running despite me having deleted it a long time ago. I also cannot access the ~/usr directory, even though that is supposedly where the client is. I tried looking on their website, but their instructions for uninstalling folding@home refer to what might have been an older version. I can't seem to get rid of this piece of poo poo. Any help ? Shot in the dark, but have you checked to see if /usr exists?
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Feb 18, 2013 19:38
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Bob Morales posted:Does anyone use Slate as a Window manager? vikingstrike posted:Shot in the dark, but have you checked to see if /usr exists?
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Feb 18, 2013 20:57
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I got a new SSD for my macbook, and it's slowly downloading OSX from the internet. I'm afraid of it losing connection or something, is there any other way to like, put the entire installer on a flash drive?
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Feb 19, 2013 01:27
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SRQ posted:I got a new SSD for my macbook, and it's slowly downloading OSX from the internet. Yea, just download it from the app store (from a Lion machine) and you can put it on a USB stick (8GB or bigger) http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/17/make-bootable-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-usb-install-drive/
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Feb 19, 2013 01:35
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SRQ posted:I got a new SSD for my macbook, and it's slowly downloading OSX from the internet. I was under the impression that you couldn't swap out the ssd on a macbook because of this line from their website: "Please note that the flash storage is built into the computer, so if you think you may need more storage capacity in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase." Is that just bullshit, or what? vvv Ahh, those were the only two I looked at so I thought it applied to all of them. Hefty fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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Feb 19, 2013 03:30
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That's true for MacBook Airs and Retina MacBook Pros.
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Feb 19, 2013 03:36
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Hefty posted:I was under the impression that you couldn't swap out the ssd on a macbook because of this line from their website: "Please note that the flash storage is built into the computer, so if you think you may need more storage capacity in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase." You can buy aftermarket replacements for the Retina and the Air from https://www.macsales.com But the RAM is soldered on to the motherboard and can't be upgraded.
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Feb 19, 2013 03:44
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This is driving me nucking futs.  I have selected all of the files (using Command-A) in my Downloads directory, as per this screenshot. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/92027174/Screen%20Shot%202013-02-18%20at%207.46.39%20PM.JPG All I want to do is deselect the Resume – binarysmurf document. I have read online that if I Command-click on the file it will deselect. This is not working. --- I later found out that Command-SHIFT-Click will work. I then did some further investigation, because I've also found out that ctrl-F8 should switch focus to the menu bar, and that doesn't work. Ctrl-fn-F8 does, however. Is there an obscure keyboard setting that I'm missing? These qualifier keys (SHIFT and Fn, in this case) seem a bit extraneous. I'm running 10.8.2 on a 2012 iMac.
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Feb 19, 2013 03:55
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'Things' looks like a really nice way to track my personal projects' tasks but damnit why so expensive?! It does not seem like an app that should go for more than $10
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Feb 19, 2013 05:27
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Edit: I'm dumb sorry
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Feb 19, 2013 05:29
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KarmaticStylee posted:'Things' looks like a really nice way to track my personal projects' tasks but damnit why so expensive?! It does not seem like an app that should go for more than $10 Hi let me introduce you to Omnifocus: 79 bucks for PC, plus 20 bucks for iPhone, plus 40 bucks for iPad.
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Feb 19, 2013 05:31
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horse mans posted:Hi let me introduce you to Omnifocus: 79 bucks for PC, plus 20 bucks for iPhone, plus 40 bucks for iPad. OmniFocus is loving amazing, but the lack of a cross-platform entry method REALLY kills it for me. It shouldn't, but it does. I am thinking of switching to Asana, but I don't like the idea of having to keep a web browser open to throw something into my inbox, though they have a web API that I'm writing an input menubar app for. Evernote is also a decent solution, though getting it working like OmniFocus is a bit of a pain. In my experience, OmniFocus was definitely worth the money I paid for it, on all platforms. It helped me organize my poo poo like never before, but to be fair I could probably have done it for a lot less money.
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Feb 19, 2013 05:37
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NOTinuyasha posted:I have an issue with this popping up constantly: Before deleting anything, try opening Keychain Access, right-clicking your login keychain, selecting change settings and make sure neither option is selected: 
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Feb 19, 2013 05:52
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Martytoof posted:OmniFocus is loving amazing, but the lack of a cross-platform entry method REALLY kills it for me. Have you tried their new maildrop feature? While it won't get you Omnifocus on a PC, it will help you add inbox items while you're on a PC.
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Feb 19, 2013 06:21
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Martytoof posted:OmniFocus is loving amazing, but the lack of a cross-platform entry method REALLY kills it for me. It shouldn't, but it does. I am thinking of switching to Asana, but I don't like the idea of having to keep a web browser open to throw something into my inbox, though they have a web API that I'm writing an input menubar app for. You don't really need it to work on all platforms. You just need some cross-platform inbox, like email or a text file in Dropbox, and a task, in OmniFocus, to process that inbox at a reasonable interval.
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Feb 19, 2013 16:19
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Yeah, I've been using the maildrop thing but horse mans is absolutely right, I just need a cross-platform input box. The mail thing is cool, but I like just hitting ctrl-opt-cmd-space to pop up my inbox and throw a quick thing in there. I don't really want to bother opening my email and composing a new thing in the middle of a thought. At that point I might as well just pull out my phone and do it on the iphone app. The dropbox idea is actually kind of cool. A folder action that would poll for changes to omnifocus.txt and then run an applescript to insert something into the database. Would be pretty easy to hack together an app that would run on Windows and Linux to add things to the DB. Thanks for the idea 
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Feb 19, 2013 16:40
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Martytoof posted:Yeah, I've been using the maildrop thing but horse mans is absolutely right, I just need a cross-platform input box. The mail thing is cool, but I like just hitting ctrl-opt-cmd-space to pop up my inbox and throw a quick thing in there. I don't really want to bother opening my email and composing a new thing in the middle of a thought. At that point I might as well just pull out my phone and do it on the iphone app. No problem. I like fielding questions about productivity. Motivates me to get off my rear end and write an OP about Getting Things Done.
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Feb 19, 2013 18:59
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I'm a big fan of Remember the Milk for task management and run it in a Fluid.app instance on OS X for a pseudo-dedicated app. They have apps for iOS, Android, and Blackberry that are much cleaner on mobile devices than the web app but you have to upgrade to Pro ($50/year I think) to get full push notifications and insta-synching. I've been Pro for a year or two and think it's totally worth it. There's also a ruby gem (rumember) that lets you interface with RtM via the terminal, and you can use that as an Alfred extension to create new tasks via Alfred.
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Feb 19, 2013 20:04
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Don Lapre posted:Delete the keychain from keychain manager and start a new one. Did this and I think it fixed it. So now Safari is hiding the full URL in the address bar (only shows domain, if I select it the entire URL shows up), totally random. I've been googling for fifteen minutes and I can't figure out how to fix it. Edit: Reboot fixed it? NOTinuyasha fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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Feb 19, 2013 22:33
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