To quickly switch between tabs in a Safari window, hit ⌘+SHIFT+[ and ⌘+SHIFT+].
CTRL+TAB and SHIFT+CTRL+TAB will also work.
Then there’s the “show all tabs” function. Hit ⌘+SHIFT+\ or tap the icon on the tab bar.
This gives a shelf view to all tabs in the window. The view includes the full URL above the page preview and a position indicator below. Arrow between tabs and hit Return to select one.
I’m mostly just putting this here for my future-self to find when he forgets.
Hey, dummy. Set your host’s time zone offset by adding this line to your bash profile:
:::bash TZ="/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York"; export TZ You’re welcome.
Reference, in case you don’t believe me
My favorite way to use Amazon S3 is with Transmit. It’s easy to forget how great Transmit is. FTP is boring but Transmit makes all of these file shares easy to use.
Just configure a new S3 Shortcut:
Once configured, it acts like any FTP source. Since I’ve also configured the root URL, I can right click any item and get the URL for that file:
There’s a new feature on Pinboard, called “Bundles” and it solves a real frustration with tags. Bundles provide a way to “OR” tags together and save them as a broader category.
For example, I have many different tags for programming languages. To see all of my tagged programming bookmarks together, I created a bundle. On the bundle screen, tags are combined by double clicking to move them to the box on the right.
Shortcat is a new Mac utility application now in beta. It’s entire purpose is to enable keyboard jockeys to click a mouse without touching a mouse.
Shortcat is activated by Shift+⌘+Space. Once activated, just start typing the characters on the click target and hit return to click it. I’ve only used it a few hours and I already love it.
What is Shortcat? from chendo on Vimeo.
I suck at sed. I can copy and paste though. Great resource.
I recommend Little Snitch often. It’s great for blocking sleazy ad servers or just being generally informative about networking statistics. It also has some great tools for troubleshooting. Here’s the activity monitor that shows network traffic and application launch events.
Select an application from the list to see when it was performing network operations:
Want more detail about a specific process? Hit the info button:
I did not know I could put a pdf in a note. It’s no Pastebot, but it receives updates1 and works natively on my iPad.
Unfortunately iCloud syncing doesn’t work so well with image attachments. I just get a brown paper clip instead of the image. The image is still there on the Mac, but not accessible on iOS.
I’ll probably just keep using this Messages trick.
The Tweetbot page actually still says “iOS 4 Ready”.
A new MacSparky Field Guide eBook: 60 Mountain Lion Tips. Damn straight, I already bought it. If you can buy the iBooks version, that’s the one you want. PDF is nice, but the iBooks versions David makes are wonderful.
Since moving this site to a static blog, I’ve developed a better perspective on meta data. When I was on WordPress, I assumed the platform would handle all of my meta data. Occasionally I added a custom field but for the most part, I was ignorant of my future needs and what WordPress would handle for me.
Working in a static blog like Pelican has made me much more aware of how I draft a post and what meta data I include.
