Tag: software
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Terminal in Leopard
I haven’t really seen it mentioned before, but the Leopard terminal is finally up to a Gnome’s or KDE’s terminal’s standards, and as is usual with Apple, especially with some of the window style selections, much better. It has tabs too, and there’s a preset which closely matches the way I used to customize iTerm. […]
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Wgett: Download Manager
I’ve mentioned before that I use wget as my download manager. By default, it’s a simple command-line downloader, but if you dig deep into man wget, you’ll find a wealth of options. Here’s what I have in my .profile (for bash): #wget and resume any file wgett() { wget –timeout=40 -t inf -c “${1}” } […]
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Ten Always-on Applications on My OSX
(P.S. In the picture above, the triangle to the left of the icons means that the application is currently running.) From top to bottom: Finder, the ubiquitous Mac equivalent to Windows explorer, it’s not as nice or flexible, but it’s slick enough. Transmission, the sweet little Bittorrent client that’s easy on a Mac. I used […]
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Increasing Wireless Reception (Dlink routers, DI, 624+)
I have one small suggestion for increasing wireless reception and stability for wireless routers: upgrade firmware. I’ve had a D-link DI-624+ for a while now and my wireless connection had intermittent faliures. Upgraded my firmware, and I not only have a stable signal, but increased speeds, more features, etc. 🙂
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Apple – Boot Camp
Apple Boot Camp: Why should you not switch to an Apple Computer now? This is simply amazing 🙂