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ttscoff / rtftomarkdown.rb
Created October 9, 2012 21:05
Convert RTF/DOC files to Markdown via Textutil
#!/usr/bin/ruby
=begin
Usage: rtftomarkdown.rb FILENAME.rtf
Uses textutil, available on Mac only (installed by default)
Outputs to STDOUT
Notes:
Links are replaced with Markdown references (duplicate links combined).
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain user;killall Finder;echo "Open With has been rebuilt, Finder will relaunch"
@nmcv
nmcv / snitchkiller.sh
Created April 30, 2013 23:15
Little Snitch 3 trial reset
#!/bin/bash
kill -9 `ps auxc | grep "Little Snitch Daemon" | awk '{print $2}'`;
echo "Killed Little Snitch Daemon" > /tmp/snitchkiller.log;
date >> /tmp/snitchkiller.log;
@Zettt
Zettt / OpenMeta2OSXTags.sh
Last active December 3, 2024 11:00
Script that reads OpenMeta tags and writes them to OS X Mavericks tags. http://mosx.tumblr.com/post/54049528297/convert-openmeta-to-os-x-mavericks-tags-with-this This requires a OpenMeta binary to be installed. Change its path, if you prefer it to be somewhere else. For the files to be processed properly don't include a trailing slash in `$files…
# =============================================================
# = OpenMeta to OS X Tags =
# =============================================================
# Script to convert OpenMeta tags to OS X Mavericks tags.
#
# Created by Zettt (Andreas Zeitler) on 2013-06-28
# Source www.macosxscreencasts.com, mosx.tumblr.com
#
# OpenMeta to OS X Tags by Andreas Zeitler is licensed under a
# Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
@millermedeiros
millermedeiros / osx_setup.md
Last active April 4, 2026 00:28
Mac OS X setup

Setup Mac OS X

I've done the same process every couple years since 2013 (Mountain Lion, Mavericks, High Sierra, Catalina) and I updated the Gist each time I've done it.

I kinda regret for not using something like Boxen (or anything similar) to automate the process, but TBH I only actually needed to these steps once every couple years...

@bbonamin
bbonamin / Brewfile
Last active August 9, 2025 22:03
Capybara Selenium Webdriver: Headless Chrome (with file downloads!) & Headless Firefox
tap "caskroom/cask"
cask "google-chrome"
cask "firefox"
brew "chromedriver"
brew "geckodriver"