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Using TextEditor from the Command Line

Using TextEditor from the Command Line

Jun 27, 2014 | Mac OS X, Productivity, Unix & Terminal | 0 comments

A lot of people find the ASCII based command-line text editors (like Vim) a pain to work with. Here’s a few suggestions on how to easily invoke TextEditor (or any other GUI based editor you prefer) from the command line in Terminal.

Restore File Name Label Colours in Mavericks

Restore File Name Label Colours in Mavericks

Jun 26, 2014 | OS X Tweeks, Productivity, Solutions & Fixes, Troubleshooting | 17 comments

People who relied on color labels highlighting files and folders in Finder on per-Mavericks OS X were dismayed to discover this feature was removed by Apple, with no option for recourse. Here’s an easy and free way to restore color labels (aka. tags) on filenames and folders in OS X 10.9+

Simple free Mac OS X solution for encrypting Dropbox and other cloud services

Simple free Mac OS X solution for encrypting Dropbox and other cloud services

Jun 19, 2014 | In the Clouds, Privacy, Security | 1 comment

Here is an easy way to encrypt your data placed on cloud storage services like Dropbox.

How to create HTML signatures in Apple Mail (OS X 10.8.x)

How to create HTML signatures in Apple Mail (OS X 10.8.x)

Jun 10, 2014 | Apple Mail | 0 comments

Apple does not make it easy to have fancy (HTML) signatures in their Mail app. It requires hacking around with system files, but it can be done… safely. Here’s how.

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