Vox 2.1 with SoundCloud integration (Aug 2nd) I’m always excited to see what Vox will do next, and this release has some great new features. Shell tricks: Changelogs with Git (Aug 3rd) Create a changelog/release notes for your project with a few Git tricks. Shell Tricks: One Git Alias to Rule Them All (Aug 4th) Trying to remember what all you’ve aliased in your Git config? Marked 2.3.3 (Aug 4th) A pretty good update for Marked 2 came out this week for both MAS and direct…
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You may already be familiar with the command in Darwin (OS X’s flavor of Unix). It allows you to open files and URLs in their default app or one that you specify. In its simplest form:
apps, editor, macos, scripting, shell, terminal
If you missed out, I still recommend that anyone in need of a powerful GUI for Git go check out Tower 2! Here’s my review of the latest version, in case you missed it.
git, giveaway, review
Man pages make Unix go ‘round. I can’t think of any system that’s better documented, and the answers are almost always right at your fingertips.
browser, documentation, git, terminal, tools
One of the features that TextExpander offers is the ability to nest snippets inside of one another. This has a lot of applications, but one of the handiest is the ability to separate commonly-used sections of snippets that are subject to change. Doing so allows you to update a single snippet and have all other snippets that reference that information update automatically.
marked, productivity, scripting, snippet, textexpander
Marked 2.3.3 is available for both direct and Mac App Store customers. Note that automatic updates for owners of the direct version are still broken due to some issues with sandboxing. This will be remedied in the near future, I just didn’t want to hold up this release while I sort it out. Download the version on the Marked 2 site and overwrite your current copy. Mac App Store users can update as usual, though it may take up to a couple more hours for the update to appear in the MAS for…
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Continuing the Shell Tricks series, here’s a handy Git trick. I’ll be moving away from the Git tips soon, so don’t lose heart if you love the command line but aren’t a big Git fan.
git, shell
I’ve been collecting some shell tricks. The list got long enough to warrant a few posts, so this is part one of a few. I’m going to add them to the “Bash Fun” series rather than creating a new one, so that’s the place if you want to track them.
git, scripting, shell
My favorite music player just got cooler. I’ve written about Vox here before, and covered the 1.0 release on TUAW. Version 2.1 is now available on the App Store.
appreview, macappstore, macos, music
Sponsor: Backblaze (Jul 24th) Big thanks to Backblaze for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week. Back it all up offsite, inexpensively and automatically. An unsolicited GeekTool showcase (Jul 28th) I didn’t get a lot of blogging in this week, but I somehow found time to tweak my GeekTool desktop. Priorities askew. The Tower 2 giveaway (Jul 30th) This just started today and runs for a week. If you’re a coder and you don’t already have Tower 2, get in on this.
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I mentioned the 2.0 release of the Tower Git client for Mac last week, and I was exited to hear from them that they’d love to give away four copies on my blog. If you use Git, you’ll want to take a shot at these ($59 value).
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