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<title>Automatically restart Logmein Hamachi</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2014 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<description>If you are having trouble with Logmein Hamachi starting up correctly, the following script will check to see if the connection is up. If it is, it will attempt to restart and then send you an email when it's done.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You'll need to update these variables with your own data:&lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: 20px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px; padding: 5px; border:1px solid; width:320px; height:120px; overflow:scroll;white-space:nowrap;resize:both&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;email_address='XXXXXXX@gmail.com'&lt;br&gt;hamachi_network=&quot;xxx-xxx-xxx&quot;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Also update the machine names and IP address (e.g. test_ip_address) in the &lt;i&gt;case&lt;/i&gt; statement.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You can use the command &lt;code&gt;hamachi list&lt;/code&gt; (from a Terminal window) to get your network ID and IP addresses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Once you set this up, you can run this from any of your connected machines and it will try to connect to the other machine. If it cannot, it attempts to get Hamachi working again. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here's the script: ...</description>
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<title>Split WordPress XML files for upload to servers</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>I've been doing some work on my website, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcelhearn.com/&quot;&gt;Kirkville&lt;/a&gt;, changing to a new theme. In order to test the theme, I set up a staging server, and wanted to import my existing posts, comments, etc. so I could fiddle with the new theme. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; I'm not SQL-savvy, so it seemed the best bet was to use WordPress's export/import feature, through its wordpress-importer plugin. This requires exporting an XML file of the WordPress content from the current server, then importing it on the staging server. Unfortunately, I was hit by that problem where my hosting company has uploads limited to 8 MB, and my WordPress XML file was 10.9 MB. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; When I went looking for solutions, I found a number of posts on the WordPress forum suggesting splitting the XML file. I wasn't sure how to do this safely, but found a free Mac utility called &lt;a href=&quot;http://suhastech.com/wordpress-wxr-xmlfile-splitter-for-mac-os-x/&quot;&gt;WXR Splitter&lt;/a&gt;. Running this tool, I split the X ...</description>
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<title>Use Flickr as a cloud drive </title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>Flickr has announced that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.techhive.com/article/2039414/the-new-flickr-goodbye-customers-hello-ads.html&quot;&gt;all users will now have 1 TB of storage for free&lt;/a&gt;. With that much space, surely it would be interesting to figure out how to use Flickr as a cloud drive.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ricardo Tomasi has done just that with &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/ricardobeat/filr&quot;&gt;Filr&lt;/a&gt;, a command-line tool that turns Flickr into a storage repository. This solution isn't ideal, since it's only available for now from the command line, and has only been tested with certain types of files (images), and only on files of up to 15 MB. But it's worth highlighting, and I'm sure others will come up with better solutions very soon. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Note: this may violate Flickr's Terms of Service. Use at your own risk. 
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<title>Renew a DHCP lease</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 07:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>Renewing a DHCP lease via the Network System Preference Pane has the advantage of not dropping the connection, unlike switching the interface to BOOTP and back to DHCP. This command mimics that behavior.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; It seems that the button creates a key in SystemConfiguration that notifies it to refresh the configuration. We can create that key using the following command (changing en0 for the relevant interface): &lt;pre&gt;echo &quot;add State:/Network/Interface/en0/RefreshConfiguration temporary&quot; | sudo scutil&lt;/pre&gt; It has the desired effect on 10.4 through 10.8 – I didn't have access to anything older.
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<title>Add URLs to Reading List automatically from e-mails</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>This is an update to this hint, &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20111004013445710&quot;&gt; Automatically add links from Emails, Twitter or Google Reader to Reading List &lt;/a&gt;. I found the solution posted there to be insufficient. The script only allows URLs to be on their own full line, whereas my solution scans the entire message for links everywhere. As long as they are separated by a space the script should find them. WebKit users can even set their own browser.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; I hope this helps replace some &quot;read later services&quot; by Reading List.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Save the script below to &lt;code&gt;~/Library/Application Scripts/com.apple.mail/&lt;/code&gt; and assign it to a new Mail rule.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An easier way to send yourself links is by adding &lt;code&gt;+reading&lt;/code&gt; to your mail address. If your normal address is &lt;tt&gt; myaddress@gmail.com&lt;/tt&gt;, it would become: &lt;tt&gt; myaddress+reading@gmail.com&lt;/tt&gt;.&lt;p&gt;The beauty of this is that you can add this address to your Contacts and give it a  ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<title>Back up blog or FTP directory with AppleScript </title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>All those many different WordPress plugins to back up my blog looked too daunting to me, so I decided to create my own simple Mac-native solution using  AppleScript. This AppleScript does the following:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Simulates a double-click on the alias to my web server (where my WordPress blog lives) to mount it as a WebDAV volume (just like iDisk)&lt;li&gt;Runs the handy Unix backup command &lt;i&gt;rsync&lt;/i&gt; to copy the remote contents locally&lt;li&gt;Unmounts my web server&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;I then set up a daily iCal event to run the script at 4 a.m.  Since I already have CrashPlan backing up my hard drive, that takes care of archiving periodic versions of the backup, just in case.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Here's the script:&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;set filepath to &quot;Macintosh HD:Users:USERNAME:Library:Favorites:www.example.com&quot;tell application &quot;Finder&quot; to open filepathdelay 30do shell script &quot;rsync -av /Volumes/www.example.com/blog/ '/Volumes/Backup/wordpress-backup'&quot;tell application &quot;Finder&quot; to eject &quot;www.example.com&quot;&lt;/code&gt; ...&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;</description>
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<title>Migrate iWeb blog to WordPress</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>I had to migrate my personal blog about my 2-year old daughter from MobileMe servers to a WordPress account. I wanted to keep all the comments, as well as my posts and other content. So I wrote a perl script to do the job. It is far from beeing perfect, but it works for me. You will have to change some settings in the script to get it to work for you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Features: &lt;ul&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Keep comments&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Keep images (mostly)&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Sets e-mail adresses for comments by name&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Sets tags by text strings found in title or body&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Note: The script will only work as long as Apple's servers are active (through June 30, 2012). &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Tips:1. Import to WordPress first without images. 2. Import the same file again with images.3. If you can, adjust running time for scripts on your hosting service.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;[&lt;b&gt;kirkmc adds&lt;/b&gt;: I have no way of testing it, never having created a site with iWeb. Look carefully at the script and check for what variables you n ...</description>
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<title>How to connect to a WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK wireless network </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>When you want to join a WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK wireless network, your Mac will always refuse to do so. Here's how you can do it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; In System Preferences, click on the Network icon, then on Wi-fi in the list of networks. Click on the &quot;Advanced...&quot; button at the bottom-right of the window. On the Wi-Fi tab, click on the plus (+) button, then add the following:&lt;ul&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Network Name: Your Wi-Fi network's SSID Name&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Security: Any (Personal)&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Password: Your Wi-Fi password&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Then click on OK. (You may need to enter your administrator's password to apply the changes.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now your Mac will automatically connect to your WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK network.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; [&lt;b&gt;kirkmc adds&lt;/b&gt;: I haven't tested this. What I understand here is that you cannot connect to this type of network via the standard dialog, and you must simply add it manually to your list of networks.] 
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<title>10.7: Check web pages without using a browser</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>Using a saved Internet location on your desktop, you can quickly check a web page without opening a browser window.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is a handy way to keep an eye on websites without having to manage browser windows or tabs. Simply drag the URL address from the the top of your browser window (I use Safari) onto your desktop. A 'web internet location' file is created. Now just use Quick Look (hit spacebar) to see a live view of the web page. You can even click a link, which then opens in your default browser.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Take it to the next level: Create a folder with all your favorite internet location files. Put the folder in your dock. Now when you hover over the file in grid or fan view, you can tap space bar to see the web page, and use the arrow keys to navigate around (list view doesn't Quick Look, for some reason, and only opens into a browser). I don't have Flash installed on my system, but I'm curious to know if YouTube and other Flash sites will run within Quick Look. Hope some ...</description>
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<title>Share an Airport connection with iPad via Bluetooth</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>This is a useful hint if you have a Mac and an iPad (or iPod touch), and you want to share a hotel wireless Internet connection with both devices.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the System Preferences Bluetooth pane, pair your Mac with your iPad (they don't need to be connected yet, just paired). Then, select the iPad in the list of Bluetooth devices, and click the Advanced button. Check the 'Share my Internet connection with other Bluetooth devices' option. This should switch you to the Network preferences pane and prompt you to create a new Bluetooth PAN device.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now go to the Sharing preferences pane and select Internet Sharing from the services list. Under 'Share your connection from,' select Airport, and under 'to computers using,' select Bluetooth PAN. Then check the checkbox next to Internet Sharing in the services list to enable Internet sharing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;From the iPad's Settings app in the General pane, tap Bluetooth, and connect to your Mac. In the top left corner, in place of the W ...</description>
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<title>A quick way to open a URL in QuickTime Player</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>I regularly listen to the Internet broadcast of a local radio station. To get it, I have to go their website, and then click on a button to open the online broadcast. It is in a Windows Media Player format. QuickTime Player opens and starts streaming.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here is how I got to access it by just double-clicking an icon on the Desktop.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The 'obvious' way would be to drag the URL to the Desktop and create a .webloc file. But there were two problems with that.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The URL starts with mms:// and if one tries to open it directly from inside QuickTime Player, it does not recognize it. It does, however, open and play the stream if I use http:// instead. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, the corresponding .webloc opens in Safari (or whatever other default browser is set), and doing Get Info and setting it to open with QuickTime Player has no effect.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Enter AppleScript. I created a very small script (you need to put in your correct URL): ...</description>
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<title>Fix slow Internet video on iPad</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>If your iPad is slow or stutters when viewing video over the internet (e.g. from YouTube), and changing your network's DNS settings, or rebooting the iPad, or changes to the Airport Extreme (or other access point) frequency/band/channel/power/multicast etc. does not fix the issue, here is a possible fix.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Check to see if your Airport Extreme Base Station has DHCP/NAT turned on. If so, instead set your AEBS to Bridge Mode (this will probably work on Airport Express too). This assumes you have a cable modem or other router/switch that you can use instead for DHCP/NAT. No more slow/stuttering video.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;[&lt;b&gt;crarko adds:&lt;/b&gt; I restart my Airport Extreme every few weeks just to flush the memory and have not experienced any trouble paying video. I do use it for DHCP/NAT on my network.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What I have noticed is that after prolonged use, my Apple TV (2nd generation) does have stuttering and will sometimes just lose it's connection to, say, Netflix. I have to reboot the A ...</description>
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<title>Quick Email Attachments</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<description>I use Yahoo mail and Firefox. I found that I was wasting lots of time navigating through my files to attached a document to an email, especially if I wanted to attach multiple documents that were stored in different folders. Normally, I send off a file after having just worked on it, so I decided to use Smart Folders and Saved Searches in the Select Files dialog box in Firefox.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here are the steps:&lt;ul&gt;  &lt;li&gt;In a New Mail message in Yahoo click the Attach button.&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;In the Select Files dialog, start typing a term in the search field and the Save button will appear in the dialog. For some reason, the Save button doesn’t appear when the dialog is opened.&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Click the Plus button next to Save.&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Select Last Modified in the first pop up and then Today in the second.&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Click Save.&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Name the Search. I call it 'Today.'&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;Now, the Today Smart Search will appear under Saved Searches in the Select Files dialog -- no need to type t ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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<title>Force RSS feeds to refresh using pubsub</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>I've had problems with RSS feeds not updating correctly in Safari. So, I started looking for a way to manually refresh the feeds which, in turn, led to experimenting with the &lt;em&gt;pubsub&lt;/em&gt; command (in the Terminal application).
To use the pubsub command, first launch the Terminal application.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To list all RSS feed clients type:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;tt&gt;pubsub list clients&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You'll get results like this:&lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: 20px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px; padding: 5px; border:1px solid; width:520px; height:90px; overflow:scroll;white-space:nowrap;resize:both&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;#Feeds	Signature9	com.apple.Safari0	com.apple.mail&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;To list all RSS feeds for all clients type:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;tt&gt;pubsub list&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To list RSS feeds for a particular client type:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;tt&gt;pubsub --client com.apple.Safari list&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Either way, the pubsub list command returns the following RSS feed information: ...</description>
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<title>Use the new MobileMe calendar with older iOS devices</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<description>One of the requirements for upgrading to the new MobileMe Calendar is to have iOS 4.1 for your iPhone. If you have a first gen iPhone like I do, this is rather hard to do. If you would like to keep syncing your old iOS device and would like to use the new MobileMe Calendar you can without much trouble.
First go ahead and upgrade your Me.com calendar. This will break syncing to your old iOS device.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Next on your iOS device go into the Settings app and select 'Mail, Contacts, and Calendars.' To my knowledge you can swap the order of the next two steps. When doing this for myself, I did it in the order I give here. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Select 'Add Account' and then pick 'Other.' Under the Calendars section, select 'Add CalDAV Account.' The Server you need to enter is &lt;em&gt;cal.me.com&lt;/em&gt;. The username and password are your Me.com credentials. Then give the account whatever description you feel appropriate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Once the account is verified by your device, you will now be syncing your ...</description>
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<title>10.6: Whitelist websites for a Mac web kiosk</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.macosxhints.com/images/106only.png&quot; alt=&quot;Snow Leopard only hint&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 10px&quot;&gt;I needed to allow users of kiosk machine to only browse a list of permitted websites. This 'whitelist-only' functionality is available via OpenDNS, but it's expensive, with even the highest-end paid option allowing a miserly 50 domains. I have over 300. You can also use commercial software like wKiosk, but I found version 6's URL control to be unreliable.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Below is an alternative method.
1. Go to Parental Controls (System Prefs &amp;raquo; Accounts &amp;raquo; choose a non-admin user &amp;raquo; Open Parental Controls…) and go to the Content tab: Allow Access to only these websites. This enables whitelisting, but you can only add sites one-by-one. What a pain!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2. Delete all but one of the whitelisted sites. Note which one you left, we'll need to find it later.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;3. Go to Terminal, and run the following command, replacing &lt;em&gt;userGoesHere&lt;/em&gt; wit ...</description>
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<title>Automate an Internet content filter</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<description>As an adult with ADD, I'm a huge fan of Steve Lambert's &lt;a href=&quot;http://visitsteve.com/work/selfcontrol/&quot; title=&quot;SelfControl&quot;&gt;SelfControl&lt;/a&gt;. This nifty app, for those who don't know, is a great boon to the Internet addict and to easily distractible folks such as myself. It is a timed Internet filter that can block sites based on a whitelist or blacklist. Once you turn it on, it's virtually impossible to deactivate until its timer runs out. So, if I wanted to work on a project for 3 hours without checking Twitter or Facebook, I would simply add facebook.com and twitter.com to SelfControl's list of blocked sites, set its timer for 3 hours, and get some real work done. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; I find it helpful to be able to automate this app, so that I don't change my mind and decide to blow off work at the beginning of the day. To this end I have an AppleScript scheduled to activate SelfControl every weekday morning while I'm still sleeping, which lasts until mid-day, so I can get stuff done wh ...</description>
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<title>Automate the download and installation of a hosts file</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<description>I've written an Automator workflow that will download the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm&quot;&gt;MVPS HOSTS file&lt;/a&gt; and place it in the /private/etc folder. The workflow can be saved as an iCal plugin to run automatically, and does most of its work in the background -- it does ask for a password when it replaces the old hosts file, though.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After downloading the Automator workflow (119KB: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miniondesignlab.com/files/hfu.zip&quot;&gt;Original host&lt;/a&gt; &amp;bull; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macosxhints.com/dlfiles/hfu.zip&quot;&gt;Hints mirror&lt;/a&gt;), open the desired workflow in Automator (one has Growl support, one doesn't) and go to File &amp;raquo; Save as Plug-in. Select iCal Alarm, and now you can have it run once a week/month/year to help keep your Mac a little bit safer from unwanted internet intrusions. Please be aware that the workflow does &lt;b&gt;not&lt;/b&gt; back up your old &lt;tt&gt;hosts&lt;/tt&gt; file, so please be carfull when using it!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;[&lt;b&gt;robg adds:&lt;/b&gt; The workflow is  ...</description>
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<title>Enable IP forwarding using an AppleScript</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
<description>If you use your Mac as an intermediate machine to provide Internet access or other network services, you could have the need to enable the IP forwarding. I looked through the web to check how could I enable or disable this ability, which is disabled by default.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I developed a small and smart AppleScript to allow the user to activate or deactivate this system option very quickly. I compiled the script, and now I offer it as an (open source) app to launch when needed; you can find it &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eexit.net/projects/ip-forward.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;[&lt;b&gt;robg adds&lt;/b&gt;: Here's the source code, just in case the above site ever goes away.&lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: 20px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px; padding: 5px; border:1px solid; width:520px; height:120px; overflow:scroll;white-space:nowrap;resize:both&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;(*(c) Copyright 2010 Joris Berthelot &amp;lt;admin at eexit dot net&amp;gt; httpt://www.eexit.net*)display dialog &quot;Current state of IP Forwarding:&quot; &amp; return &amp; ret ...&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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<title>Make WordPress' plug-in installation work on OS X hosts</title>
<link>http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100326063809527</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<description>Over the weekend, I installed a local copy of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wordpress.org&quot;&gt;WordPress&lt;/a&gt;, as I was interested in testing out a number of plug-ins, and didn't want to do so on my actual blog. Install was done using the typical five-minute WordPress install, and it all seemed to work fine.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, when I went to install a plug-in, WordPress displayed a Connection Information panel, instead of just automatically installing the plug-in, as happens on my online blogs. The Connection Information panel asks for ftp or sftp login information in order to proceed with the plug-in install.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After much searching, I found &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chrisabernethy.com/why-wordpress-asks-connection-info/&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, which explains that the panel appears when WordPress doesn't have the rights to change the filesystem. (Experienced Unix users are now saying &quot;well, yea, duh!&quot;)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So the fix wound up being quite simple. In Terminal, I &lt;tt&gt;cd&lt;/tt&gt;'d to the WordPress folder,  ...</description>
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