Posts tagged Tutorial

Drop Links with Mac OS X

A known desire: while surfing the web you want to save a specific link for later. I know there are various apps around that support you in this matter but Mac OS X is a very customizable operating system and comes with everything you need. The intension of my tutorial is to show that it’s not necessary to have any application running in the background for said purpose and for a better user experience. Just a few clicks and you’re done.

 

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Batch scale app with Automator

Today I will introduce you to Automator with a short and interesting example. Automator is developed by Apple and was first released with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. It is a powerful environment for automating repetitive tasks. A wide range of applications are supported, including for example Finder, Safari and Xcode. It can also work with third-party applications like Adobe Photoshop and Pixelmator. Automator provides an interface for automating tasks without the knowledge of programming and scripting languages. Tasks can be recorded as you perform them. In addition, there is a library where predefined tasks can be selected from a list. In this tutorial we will create an useful application for batch scaling images without a single line of code.

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A Bash upgrade on Mac OS X

Mac OS X offers one of the most advanced user experiences, a modern operating system can offer. It’s user interface is unique, beautiful designed and very intuitive. But above all Mac OS X is a strong and hundred percent POSIX-compliant UNIX. Not everyone knows about this affinity, but you can believe me: nothing beats the power of a Unix command line. OS X provides a terminal just like Linux does, and no limits are set. To unfold it’s might, all you have to do is open your utilities folder and start Terminal.app. There are numerous shells around, Mac OS X takes advantage of one of the most popular shells out there: Bash. Sad but true, Snow Leopard does not come with a recent version. With simplicity and some great tools we will change that.

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