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If you want to create backup of your hard-drive you have diffrent options howto do that.

• Carboon Copy Cloner (donationware)
• Super Duper (shareware)
• Disk Utility (part of OSX -> /Applications/ Utilities )

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I always wanted full NTFS support in OS-X, seems like it is working now. Be default OS-X can read from NTFS-drives but not write to them.

You need the following tools:

• MacFuse (Core)
• Fink

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Today is command-line day and we want to start Apple’s Software Update function. At least i want so

1. Open Terminal.app
2. Enter:
   1. softwareupdate -i -a <- install all available updates OR
   2. softwareupdate -i -r <- install only recommended updates
3. Don

Just a very small hint:

You can drag a background window without bringing that window to the foreground.

How ?

Just by holding down the Command (Apple) key and select the window with your mouse cursor.

Simple

Open Terminal.app and enter:

lookupd -flushcache

Thats it.

I just found an application called WhatSize. Basicly you can see Whatsize as alternative for DiskInventoryX

System Requirements

• Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later

Versiontracker’s description:

WhatSize is a simple tool that allows the user to quickly measure the size in bytes of a given folder and all subfolders and files within it. You would be surprised at how many useless files might be laying around on your hard disks. The files and folders are automatically sorted by size, with the biggest sizes first.

While the app is measuring a folder the user can browse the files within that folder and immediately see the size in bytes. Hidden files, cache files, directories will all show up with their corresponding size. This application is similar to the ancient NeXTSTEP, DarkForest.

Once the measuring of a folder has ended the user can also view the information by filtering for particular file sizes or types. The user can also move unwanted files and folder in the corresponding Trash bin similar to the Finder’s Delete button.

Finally another interesting ,app

Best regards

fidel

Question: Howto change the visibility of hidden files and folders in OS X as easy as possible.

I guess many people use TinkerTool to switch the files visibility.
Its a working way, but the easiest ?

I have just found a nice little application which offers at least a faster method if you need to switch this setting more then once in a year, called: Wizzard

Here some quick testimonial-pastes from Macupdate:

- “I thought it was a pretty neat script.” -> Macupdate
- “Right on. This is exactly what I was looking for - no more, no less.”
- “Works great.”
- “Awesome, thanks! Does the Job.”

Get the wizzard and its just 2 mouse-clicks to toggle between visible and hidden.
Great from my point of view.

From technical aspect the author just uses 2 basic Apple command lines

- defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles Yes
- defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles No

Maybe interesting if you want to play around yourself with AppleScript.

Best regards
fidel

Edit: MainMenu can be used to to toggle visibility.

I was always wondering howto create Desktop SSH shortcuts to reach my daily-use linux servers.

Finally i found an easy but somehow special method but it works =)

V1 - Textversion

Follow these steps:

• Open TextEdit
• Write your connection into the editor.
  • Example: ssh://user@yourhost.com
• Select the line
• Drag it from TextEditor to your Desktop
• now you should have a file called: user@myhost.com.inetloc

Finally you should have your Desktop SSH Shortcut working as supposed. enjoy it.

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Hello,
i was just checking my harddisk using Disk Utility (Applications –> Utilities –> Disk Utility) as it reports some problems on it. As i have my Apple Installation Medium at work, i had to solve that without that help.

So the main idea was booting my MacBookPro into single-user mode and repairing it by hand.

Step by Step:

• Reboot your Mac. Hold “Command + S” pressed until your Mac has booted into command-line (Single-User Mode)
• Enter the following command to start FSCK: fsck -yf
• Wait until FSCK finished the repair (can take some minutes)
• Then do one of the next 2 things:
  • Reboot using the following command: reboot
  • Shutdown using the following command: shutdown -h now
• Finally fell happy with your fixed harddrive

You can run FSCK from time to time to check your filesystem just for testing issues.
Read more about Disk-Problems, Disk Utility and other tools/commands in the following Apple article.

Best regards
fidel

Hello,

from time to time i need to see hidden files and/or folders. The most common way to handle this problem is using applications like “TinkerTool” or similar.

The problem i had with this solution is the amount of mouse-clicks needed to change file-view i.e. in the almighty Finder.

First idea was a small apple-script, but on my research for this commands i found a really useful app called: Wizzard

Using Wizzard its just two click to toggle this setting. Run the application and select “Visible” and “Invisible”. Check it….

Wizzard Download-Link

Best regards
fidel