Brian Roach itsbrex

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Custom recipe to get OS X 10.10 Yosemite running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install. On average, I reinstall each computer from scratch every 6 months, and I do not perform upgrades between distros.

This keeps the system performing at top speeds, clean of trojans, spyware, and ensures that I maintain good organizational practices for my content and backups. I highly recommend this.

You are encouraged to fork this and modify it to your heart's content to match your own needs.

Install Software

Verify and Repair Disk Permissions via Terminal (Mac OS X)

Verify Permissions

diskutil verifyPermissions /

Repair Permissions

diskutil repairPermissions /

SimpleNote to Markdown

This script converts JSON file from Simplenote Export web service into individual Markdown files.

It's nothing fancy, first argument is the JSON file, second argument is directory to write the notes to. The note files are named by using the first 60 characters (or a little more, up to a full word) of the first line of the note, stripped of any characters outside of letters, simple dash, underscore, brackets, space, single quote, and plug and equal signs.

Tags are stored on the bottom of the note on a line starting with "TAGS:", and the SimpleNote note ID/key as a "KEY:" line.

	<!doctype html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	var spData = null;
	function doData(json) {
	spData = json.feed.entry;
	}

	{
	name = "Threaded";
	rootViewer =
	{
	viewerType = "MmSplitView";
	orientation = "horizontal";
	children =
	(
	{
	viewerType = "MmBoxView";

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<ufwb version="1.9">
	<grammar name="Decrypted iTunes Library" start="id:148" author="Mr. eXoDia" email="[email protected]" fileextension="itl" uti="com.apple.itunes.db">
	<description>Grammar for decrypted iTunes Library files.</description>
	<structure name="Defaults" id="149" repeatmin="0" repeatmax="-1" encoding="ISO_8859-1:1987" endian="little" signed="no"/>
	<structure name="iTunes Library" id="148" repeatmin="0" repeatmax="-1" extends="id:149" order="variable">
	<structref name="hdfm" id="152" repeatmin="0" repeatmax="-1" structure="id:151"/>
	<structref name="msdh" id="154" repeatmin="0" repeatmax="-1" structure="id:153"/>
	</structure>
	<structure name="hdfm" id="151" length="this.headerLength" repeatmin="0" repeatmax="-1" extends="id:149" endian="big">

	#!/usr/bin/python
	# ReadingListCatcher
	# - A script for exporting Safari Reading List items to Markdown and Pinboard
	# Brett Terpstra 2015
	# Uses code from <https://gist.github.com/robmathers/5995026>
	# Requires Python pinboard lib for Pinboard.in import:
	# `easy_install pinboard` or `pip install pinboard`
	import plistlib
	from shutil import copy
	import subprocess

-/**
- * Google Apps has some admin restriction, such as sharing to whole group by default
- * this script can remove all sharing and reset to private only
- * For more information on interacting with folders, see
- * https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/drive/folder
- * Github gist is here: https://gist.github.com/billzhuang/43faa0a8daea8f0dab74
-*/
-// step 1, prepare data in excel
-function prepareData(){

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	#
	set -o nounset
	set -o errexit

	KEEPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/$(basename $0).XXXXXX`
	KEEPLIST='Reading'

	# create list with people who should not be removed in any case:
	t list members $KEEPLIST \| sed 's/ /\n/g' \| sort -f > $KEEPFILE

	#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
	#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
	#import <unistd.h>
	BOOL copy_to_clipboard(NSString *path)
	{
	// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2681630/how-to-read-png-image-to-nsimage
	NSImage * image;
	if([path isEqualToString:@"-"])
	{
	// http://caiustheory.com/read-standard-input-using-objective-c