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dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active June 27, 2025 20:44
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

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coreyhaines / old_school_use.rb
Created September 11, 2012 14:52
Environment-based initializers in Rails - USE THEM!
# what? why does your production code care what environment it is in? SILLY!
unless Rails.development? || Rails.test?
Slottd::CreatesReservationTimer.for(slot.id)
end