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How to “FTP” a file on a Mac
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Every week I get asked from one person or another “how do I FTP a file” so while this is not a super technical update to NoHeat I thought I would make something that other technical people can forward off to other FTP newbies. This week the FTP question was for the Mac so I chose to showcase CyberDuck. CyberDuck is a opensource and free program that can easily manage many FTP accounts. While its true that OS X has software built in that can connect to your FTP the easy of use for a novice in setting up would take longer than just downloading CyberDuck. Also note that I am a fan of Transmit for the Mac but since it is a shareware title and CyberDuck is free I will cover CyberDuck instead.
Get your IP addess emailed to you from your Mac
We’ve been asked several times how to have your IP emailed to you automatically in case your Mac is stolen. We created IP in your Email for just that reason, among others, but we really couldn’t recommend anything for the Mac and we weren’t super anxious to build it ourselves. Fortuneatly there is already an application that does something similar. It’s call WIMP and as featured in the Metacafe video above.
Enable Right Click on Mac Book Pro or Powerbook
Missing a right click on your Mac Book Pro? Here’s a simple setting that can allow your Mac Book Pro to right click by using two fingers on the trackpad. Here’s what to do.
- Open System Preferences.
- Select Keyboard & Mouse in the second row.
- Click the Tap trackpad using two fingers for secondary click check box
- Close the dialog box.
- Using two fingers, tap the trackpad and a right-click (or context) menu opens.
Modded Mac SE/30 with Mac Mini internals
Someone in Japan jammed a Mac Mini in the Case of a vintage Mac SE/30. Of course not much from the original SE/30 survived not even the original CRT which was replaced with another CRT capable of taking a RGB VGA input. Overall the integration looks pretty good for a case mod. But some might ask why, when even a stock 1986 Mac Plus can beat 2007 AMD Dual Core in testing.
Convert regular audio cassettes to Mp3s
ElectricPI has a nice article on converting regular cassette tapes to mp3. Why you would want the notoriously staticy music from a regular audio cassette to a mp3 file format when in most cases you could find the equivelent digital copy of the same audio elsewhere? Well I suppose not all audio yet resides in the digital realm yet. So if you want to reminince about your favorite 80s hair band while listening to your iPod or PC get to reading ElectricPIs tutorial.
AwkwardTV hacks the AppleTV
The folks over at AwkwardTV project have found a way to boot the Apple TV from an external USB drive attached to it, without opening the Apple TV case or removing the internal hard disk.As his video shows, Apple TV is booting a modified system off the external drive.
The AwkwardTV project is now looking to build a bootable image for USB drives based on the Open Source Darwin kernel which will allow mounting and editing the internal hard disk, so that the various hacks, such as enabling SSH, can be made without opening the case.
Spotlaster is like Apple’s Spotlight on Steroids
Lifehacker has a good article on Spotlaster which is like Apple’s Spotlight on steroids. When Apple introduced Spotlight some of us lamented over having a dumbed down interface for finding items. Spotlaster simply does find better for more advance users.
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