Fanny – monitor your CPU temperature on macOS
Recently, because of the fan activity/noise, I have been tempted to try some monitoring tool. I was pleasantly surprised by Fanny.
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Mirroring your Android to your laptop – the easy way
I have been looking into a free/open source way of using a phone or tablet as a second monitor. During the research, I got to be more and more open to the idea of using a mirroring app.
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rbenv for ruby versions on macOS
It appears that though very popular, RVM overrides the cd shell command, which could lead to unexpected behavior.
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Setting up your development environment on your Macbook
This article contains information about the programs that might come in useful in your day to day development. I used macOS as a destination, but I am pretty sure most of these programs have different flavours, depending on your preferred…
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Downloading your Ubuntu droplet. Or the data in it.
I have recently put in some hours for organising my two existing droplets – actually combining them into a single one. After a lot of cleanup, backing up and moving stuff – when everything seemed done and they were ready…
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macOS – lock your machine
To lock your machine when leaving your desk, you can use Control + Shift + Eject (if available). But generally, you can use Control + Command + Q.
Read MoremacOS – minimize current window
To minimise the current window in macOS, use Command + M.
Read MoreSlate – Window positions, docking stations and macOS
State is a tool helping your Macbook remember the position of windows when plugging and unplugging to a docking station.
Read MoreSetting up Apache and PHP on macOS High Sierra
Recently, I had to setup Apache with PHP directly on my mackbook. It was rather easy.
Read MoreNone of the server’s authentication methods were accepted. Please check the options under the authentication tab.
If trying to connect with Notepad++ to an OS X El Capitain ssh default server, you get the error: [SFTP] None of the server's authentication methods were accepted. Please check the options under the authentication tab. you could edit your…
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gource – a video from your git repository
Here is some info from the project’s website: Software projects are displayed by Gource as an animated tree with the root directory of the project at its centre. Directories appear as branches with files as leaves. Developers can be seen…
Read MoreOS X – Useful development programs for beginners
If you are new as a developer on mac os, you might find the following free tools useful: macvim yadr dotfiles zsh shell ohmyzsh Atom editor iterm2 sourcetree sequelpro skitch Get Plain Text Other interesting, but paid software is:…
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