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Numbering tasks in OmniFocus 2 for Mac OS X
I’m using OmniFocus 2 on my MacBook Pro and wanting to ‘number’ tasks because at the end of each week, I print a PDF of the tasks completed and outstanding for a particular client. Task numbers make it...
View ArticleLinux Load Averages
For when you’re trying to explain what the load average figure means (which you get from running either top or w from the linux command line) this link will help explain it easily. Easier than spending...
View ArticleAllow a Checkbox to be Mass Update-able in SugarCRM
Here’s how to enable a checkbox to be updated enmasse. First create a new extvardef.php file containing the following: Then put that file into at the following location...
View ArticleHow to get Hazel to run rules in subfolders
This article here describes how to get Hazel to run rules in sub folders, very handy. I’m using this to move any screenshots taken on the iPhone out of the photo folder into a separate folder.
View ArticleFind an IP address in files
Ever been looking for a config file that contains an incorrect IP address? If the IP address you’re looking for is 8.8.8.8 Then this command is for you: find . -type f -exec grep -l 8.8.8.8 {} \; It’ll...
View ArticleFind Process to Kill Process
Need to find a process so you can kill it? Find the process first, replace NAMEOFPROCESS with the name or part thereof of the process you’re trying to find: ps -ax | grep NAMEOFPROCESS The first column...
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Get the Weather From the Command Line
On Mac OS X or Linux (in fact anywhere you get the finger command) you can quickly get the weather. Jared, in our office here, just showed this to me, neato! :) finger brisbane@graph.no I particularly...
View ArticleExport Evernote Notes to Apple Notes
Larry Salibra has a post on how to move notes from Evernote to Apple iCloud Notes. His Applescript does a fantastic job of this, the only issue I had was that my iCloud account was named differently to...
View ArticleAdd 2 Years to Date in Excel
I wanted to add two years to a date in Excel. This is the formula you need Hat tip to www.mrexcel.com, assuming your original date is in column A. =DATE(YEAR(A1)+2,MONTH(A1),DAY(A1))
View ArticleChange Atom Command Palette Keyboard Shortcut
Testing out using Atom as a text editor on Mac OS. I found that the default keyboard shortcut for the Command Palette of shift-cmd-p doesn’t work for me. Dang! So I used cmd-. to see what was going on....
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