Mac OS Tips
Take Screenshots on the Mac Like a Boss
Want to lay down the law with your Mac make it cough up the screenshots on the Mac you need. Let’s start with the best way to screenshot. How to take a screenshot of a selected portion of your screen and copy it to your clipboard Do this instead of filling up your desktop with random screenshots…
Read ArticleEasy Way to Edit the Hosts File on a Mac
The hosts file allows you to override the IP address for a website provided by DNS servers. It’s easier to edit than it might seem and doesn’t require you to edit in terminal, which can be daunting. It’s particularly useful to test 3rd party SSL certificates at WP Engine before changing the actual DNS. Yes…
Read ArticleCreate a List of Files & Folder Contents Into a Text File
Save Folder Contents List into a Text File Easiest way to Create a List of Files & Folder Contents Into a Text File on a Mac is by first opening the folder in Terminal. Assuming you’ve setup this service it’s a lot easier than opening Terminal and then navigating to it. Once that is done simply type…
Read ArticleHow to merge multiple CSV-files into one with Mac OS X Terminal.app
Found this csv merge tutorial and it works great to merge csv files on mac into one file. An explanation and quick piece of code that will help you to simply merge large numbers of .csv files (or for that matter: any kind of text files) into one. I used it to merge multiple .csv…
Read ArticleOpen a folder in Terminal from Finder
1. Set the preference. This screenshot is from El Capitan. 2. Right click on the folder at the bottom of the finder window or simply right click on a folder in the finder Boom. It opens in terminal.
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