Mike Bradshaw bmike

Merlin's Wisdom Project

Or: “Everybody likes being given a glass of water.”

By Merlin Mann.

It's only advice for you because it had to be advice for me.

Speed Dating for Mac Admins

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Last login: Wed Jun  1 23:03:39 on ttys000


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Electron Apps Causing System-Wide Lag on Tahoe

This script detects apps with not yet updated versions of Electron.

Repo: https://github.com/tkafka/detect-electron-apps-on-mac

See:

	#!/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript
	// ^^^^ COMMENT/REMOVE THIS SHEBANG IF RUNNING FROM SCRIPT EDITOR!!!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^
	// The SHEBANG is only needed if the file is executable and is run from a terminal with `./RsyncBackup.js`

	// 1. In MacOS Spotlight type 'Script Editor' and paste the code below
	// 2. Click the top-left dropdown which says 'AppleScript' and select 'JavaScript'
	// 3. Under menu File pick Export
	// 4. In the Export dialog select File Format = Application
	// 5. Save the app in /Applications

	#!/bin/sh

	# usage:
	# ql /tmp/file.jpg
	# cat /tmp/file.jpg \| ql
	# cal -h \| ql

	if [ -z "$*" ]; then
	cat > /tmp/ql.stdin
	mime_type=$(file --brief --mime-type /tmp/ql.stdin)

	<?php
	/*
	A simple PHP class to perform basic operations against Amazon S3 and compatible
	services. Requires modern PHP (7+, probably) with curl, dom, and iconv modules.

	Copyright 2022 Marco Arment. Released under the MIT license:

	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
	of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
	in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights