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MailButler - Your Personal Assistant for Apple Mail

Apr 28th, 2016

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Thanks to MailButler for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. See the end of the post for a 20% discount! sponsor

Shell Tricks: Shorten Every Line of Output

Apr 27th, 2016

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Updated: Dr. Drang pointed out that the original functions were mostly working but flawed. I’ve updated this whole post. bash, scripting, terminal

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Shell Tricks: List Files With Most Text Matches

Apr 26th, 2016

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Here’s a Bash function for searching all text files in the current directory for a pattern, then listing the files containing matches in ascending order by number of matches. It’s mostly a proof of concept, but a useful companion to a basic grep search. bash, scripting, terminal

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HoudahSpot: Find Everything, Fast

Apr 21st, 2016

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Thanks to HoudahSpot for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. Be sure to read to the end for a 30% discount! sponsor

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Web Excursions for April 20, 2016

Apr 20th, 2016

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Web excursions brought to you in partnership with Backblaze. Back up everything. bookmarks

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Udemy Courses for 30% Off

Apr 19th, 2016

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Udemy is offering a 30% discount on all of their courses for the duration of April. You can use the code at checkout to apply the discount. learning

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Friday Freebie: Infographic Icon Set

Apr 15th, 2016

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For your Friday design pleasure, here’s a free set of infographic icons from 1001. The graphics include avatars, business charts and icons, mobile devices and more. design, giveaway

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PDFpenPro: Complete PDF Power

Apr 14th, 2016

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Thanks to PDFpen for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com again this week! sponsor

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Web Excursions for April 13, 2016

Apr 13th, 2016

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Web excursions brought to you in partnership with CleanMyMac X, all the tools to speed up your Mac, in one app. bookmarks

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The TextExpander Subscription Snafu

Apr 12th, 2016

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Smile switched the TextExpander business model to a subscription plan last week, and the response was close to vitriolic from the community. I decided to hold off on saying anything until I had a bit more info. developer, hosting, smile, support, textexpander

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Arq 5 Gets a Big Speed Boost

Apr 12th, 2016

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I’m a strong believer in redundant, excessive backups. I’ve lost enough data over my lifetime to more than justify running multiple backup systems constantly and simultaneously. backup, review

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Recap: March (and Everything Else)

Apr 6th, 2016

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So you may have noticed an extreme lack of posting in March, and it’s already creeping into April. I don’t have much to recap in this recap post, so I thought I’d explain why. recap

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Web Excursions for March 30, 2016

Mar 30th, 2016

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Web excursions brought to you in partnership with Setapp. Get access to hundreds of Mac and iOS apps for one low monthly subscription fee. bookmarks

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Marked 2.5.5

Mar 28th, 2016

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Marked 2.5.5 is out for direct customers and submitted to the Mac App Store for review. Barring any rejections, the MAS version should be available in about 3 days. markdown, marked

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