Category Archives: MacOSx

.local is the Shit

… accidentally I stumbled about something I really wished for. User-specific site-packages (python-talk). As specified in “PEP 370 — Per user site-packages directory” a user’s home directory might now have a directory called .local which contains lib/python<version>/site-packages and also bin/. … Continue reading

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Generating TiffG3 aka TIFF/F

I tried generating a tiffg3 to push it through capifax and at first nothing worked. This was my first solution (using ImageMagick, which uses GhostScript): convert -density 204×98 -resize 1728×1186 \ -compress fax -monochrome -negate &lt;in.pdf&gt; &lt;out.tiff&gt; Problem: the output … Continue reading

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Changing iPhoto’s and iTune’s Library

… just by pressing the Option-Key (the Key formally known as Alt-Key) when starting the application.

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Additional Quicklook-Plugins

I just installed additional Quicklook-Plugins into ~/Library/QuickLook and refreshed the service via ‘qlmanage -r’ – works fine

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PIL + Python2.6 on MacOSX

If you want the Python Imaging Library and Python 2.6 running on MacOSX, install MacPorts 1.7 – flawless!MacPorts is btw the tool, that turns a Mac into a computer (if you don’t want to install Linux) – and belief me, … Continue reading

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Formated my 1TB WD MyBook

Normaly Macosx does not like formating external HD > 999MB (or whatever) … just switched the partition type to GUID and suddenly the hard-disk was formated (DiskUtility -> Partition -> Options, GUID).

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Getting Birthdays out of the AppleAddressBook

Recently I posted a terrible piece of AppleScript, but I refurbished the whole thing and rewrote it in python. Basically there are two known ways of accessing the contents of the Apple AddressBook – well, two sane ways. The first … Continue reading

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Address Book “Show Birthdays” Script

I wrote myself a little (apple)script which displays current and upcoming birthdays. It’s not beautiful, it is slow and I am a bit dissatisfied with it – but it’s good enough for now and good enough for me and may … Continue reading

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Instant-Messangers for OSx

Since I am currently on a MacOSx trip and as for Linux there exist a lot of Instant Messagers – even GPLed ones.I did a quick comparism: Proteus sadly does not seem to support SSL … after discovering this I … Continue reading

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