Unpossibilities…

Have you ever thought about what name to give to a certain file? No? Well...I did, and so did alot of other people as well. Using a proper way to mange your files will reduce clutter and greatly improve the time it takes to find a document. Even Microsoft has thought about it! Continue reading...

Here's a little shell script I use for renaming the filename extension of multiple files:

#!/bin/sh
for f in *.$1
do
  mv "$f" "${f%$1}$2"
done

I've named this script chgext, and use the following command to rename multiple filename extensions:

~$: chgext JPG jpg

This script will rename the filename extension, for example an uppercase 'JPG' extension, into a lowercase 'jpg' extension of all files in the same directory matching your criteria. URL: Example using chgext Continue reading...

Decompressing *.RAR on a Mac OS X can't be done by default. Of course you could use UnRarX to do this job, though not my cup of tea. I like command-line utilities e.g. par2cmdline and unrar. This post will help you installing the freeware unrar command-line tool from Rarlab.

Installation

Download the full package containing both rar (shareware) and unrar (freeware) from the Rarlab website. I've chosen the RAR 3.70 for Mac OS X package (rarosx-3.7.0.1.tar.gz). Decompress the package (just double click on the .tar.gz file) and you will see a new folder, named rar, containing the necessary files.

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We all enjoy music, right? Playing your favorite music on a computer isn't difficult. But what if you are a Mac user having hundreds of GB's of MP3 files on an external harddrive?

Why

When I bought a new MacBook it came with iTunes as the default (and probably best) music player from Apple. I'm not going to discuss what music player is better. People claim you're able to work with an Apple right out of the box, so iTunes it is.

Having my music stored on an external drive will keep my laptop's harddrive clean and gives me enough free disk space for storing documents, pictures, games, videos...you know, fun stuff.

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Installing a clean version of WordPress 2.2 also gave me a nice chance to update the theme. I've chosen to install the GlossyBlue theme created by N.Design Studio. He did an excellent job on creating this theme!

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I've bought an Apple MacBook 13" approximately one year ago. I've always installed Apple's updates and also kept the custom installed software up-to-date. Cleaning the laptop every two weeks even became a ritual. Though the MagSafe connector on the MacBook is starting to show all kinds of red dots: See the picture Is this the result of oxidation? Are there more MacBook users having the same thing shown in the picture? Is there any chance of damaging the MacBook. I've tried removing the red dots with a dry piece of cloth with no result. Update: I've placed the above picture on a discussionboard. Turns out more people are having similar spots, though not as big and messy as mine. Most people say it's harmless and no need to worry about it.