The Bash command is pretty good with tab completion (though not as good as Z shell). I often want to complete a path like , though, and get caught up on directories such as , which I never need to get to through Terminal. There’s an easy way to ignore those pesky directories, though, using the variable.
quicktip, terminal
If you won and haven’t heard from the Giveaway Robot (and have checked your spam folder), drop me a line. If you didn’t win, be sure to check out Transloader and its companion iOS app. While you’re at it, don’t miss Yoink and ScreenFloat, more great utilities from Eternal Storms.
giveaway, ios, macos
I mentioned a few days ago that there were a few ways to lose your tags in OS X. I began working on the best solution I could come up with for now: TagBak.
backup, ruby, scripting, tagbak, tagging
Sponsor: Nozbe (Jul 3rd) A big thank-you to Nozbe for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. The new beta release of this cross-platform productivity app is definitely worth checking out! How to lose your tags (Jul 4th) After discovering some missing tags on my files, I’ve begun a list of services and tools that can cause tag loss. Overtired 3 - Firecracker Fourth of July (Jul 5th) Episode 3 of my new podcast with Christina Warren! bookmark-cli: OS X bookmark data for…
recap
After running giveaways for Yoink and ScreenFloat from Eternal Storms, it seems only fitting that I include a third app of theirs in the giveaway lineup.
appstore, giveaway, ios, macos
I’ve been working on a simple solution for backing up and restoring OS X tags after catastrophes. Ultimately this is going to have to be more than a script, but I have most of the pieces in place. As part of the experiment I wanted to be able to handle files being renamed and moved. That’s best handled by the file bookmarking portions of the Cocoa API, so I wrote a little CLI to capture and restore bookmark data for a file or folder.
cli, macos, tagging
Overtired episode 3 came out yesterday evening, and you were probably watching fireworks while Christina and I were talking about them. ‘Merica, soccer, home entertainment and my obsession with solving tagging problems (and Christina’s obsessive backups). It was a good time.
overtired, podcast
This won’t affect too many people, but if you’ve installed the GNU Coreutils, you should be aware that the and commands strip extended attributes from your files. If you do any tagging in Mavericks (or with OpenMeta), you’ll find your tags disappearing after shell scripts or command line filing act on a file.
macos, scripting, tagfiler, tagging, terminal
I’ve been a Nozbe subscriber for years now, and I’m pleased to have them as a sponsor this week. Founder Michael Sliwinski is truly passionate about productivity, and it shows in all of his products.
Sponsor: WatchMeCode (Jun 26th) A huge thanks to WatchMeCode for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. Derick is a great programmer doing a fantastic job of sharing his knowledge. If you want to learn JavaScript (and Node.js), this is a great place to start. Minority Report setup: video evidence (Jun 27th) This was a video followup to my report on my futuristic combination treadmill desk and LEAP motion controller. Overtired Episode 2: Attack Of The Phones (Jun 27th) We made it to…
recap, video
Don’t get me wrong, I love mind mapping on my Mac and iPad with native apps. iThoughts, iThoughtsX, MindNode and Curio are all things I get excited about. However, I’ve been spending a ton of time in MindMeister (a web app) lately.
mindmapping, mindmeister, productivity
