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  • Terminal Tips: Part 3

    Yay! More terminal commands!Terminal.app

    [7] whois
    It’s a handy way to quickly track down registration/contact information about domain ownership. Simply enter whois domainnamehere.com.

    [8] defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg
    If you use the screen shot function, you may at times want to change the format it stores the images in. Where jpg is in the code you can change it to whatever format you want, png, bmp, gif, etc. You will need to restart for the changes to take effect.

    [9] defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'
    This command creates a new stack in your dock so you can view recently used Applications. A quick killall Dock command is required for the change to take effect.

  • Terminal Tips: Part 2

    Continuing from where my last post left off, here are a few more Terminal commands.Terminal.app

    [4] defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
    Deactivates Dashboard. Requires the dock to be relaunched to take effect, so remember to type killall Dock and press enter. Replace YES with NO to enable again.

    [5] say ______
    Not very useful, but kinda fun. Typing say followed by whatever you want, results in your computer speaking the inputted text to you.

    [6] ifconfig
    Shows you all sorts of useful information about your network connection, including IP and MAC address. You can even access connection specific information by adding en0 (ethernet card), or en1 (airport) to the end (ie. ifconfig en1). Or if you’d like to disable a connection, try something like ifconfig en1 down (replacing down with up will bring the connection back online).

  • Hitman: Contracts Cheats (OS X)

    I don’t know if anyone still plays this game, I just downloaded it because I was bored last week. And since I really suck at video games I occasionally (read: all the time) turn to cheat codes.

    There are tons of cheats available for the Windows version of Hitman: Contracts, but no where could I find any for the OS X version. Well, as it turns out it’s a Cider port, so it technically includes all the Windows files and by association the cheats. The problem is you can’t directly edit HitmanContracts.ini to enable the cheats like in the Windows version… or can you?

    Answer is after the jump. (more…)

  • Terminal Tips: Part 1

    Terminal is a fantastic way to customize random little settings in OS X, but it’s hard for new Mac users to know what commands do what. So over the next few days I’ll be posting random Terminal commands that I’ve found useful.Terminal.app

    [1] defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
    This will allow you to drag widgets out of Dashboard and onto the desktop. In order for it to take effect, the dock to be relaunched, so next you’ll type killall Dock and press enter. Now, if you click and hold on a widget in the dashboard and press F12 to return to the desktop, the widget won’t disappear with the rest. To reverse, change YES to NO.

    [2] defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType none
    Disables the application unexpectedly quit dialog that usually appears when an application crashes. Replace none with prompt to enable again.

    [3] defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
    Shows hidden files in the finder. Replace TRUE with FALSE to hide hidden files again.

  • The poor man’s touch pad

    Some of you may have seen this already, but for those who haven’t… check out the video here.