Sponsor: PDFpen 6 (Jul 10th) Thanks again to Smile and PDFpen 6 for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this last week. Be sure to check out the new Microsoft® Word export, tools for faster workflows, Retina graphics, autosave and document versions! TagBak, tag backup and restore (Jul 11th) After posting a bit ago about losing OS X tags, I put together a tool for backing up and restoring tag data from the command line or scripts. If you want to make sure your tags aren’t lost during…
recap, tools
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 their’s in the giveaway lineup.
appstore, giveaway, ios, macos
