iPhone Explorer – Free software to use your iPhone as a usb flash drive
February 15th, 2010
 Want to put your iPhone or iPod Touch in disk mode? Use an iPhone as a flash drive? iPhone Explorer is an iPhone browser for Mac that lets you browse the files and folders on your iPhone as if it were a normal USB flash drive or pen drive. You can use the very easy drag-and-drop methods to add or remove files and folders from the iPhone. Compatible with all iPhones and iPod Touches including the new 3GS and 3.0 firmware. Works with or without jailbreaking.
http://www.iphone-explorer.com/
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Automatically Sync iPhone & iCal with Google Calendar
January 13th, 2010
You can already sync iCal and your iPhone together each time you plug your phone into your computer, but if you don’t regularly sync your iPhone, then this wireless alternative may be perfect for you. This how-to will teach you how to keep your iPhone or iPod Touch calendar and iCal in perfect sync using Google Calendar.
Read the tutorial here, by AppStorm.
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OSX Dark Terminal Theme for Mac Snow Leopard with Custom Bash Prompt
January 8th, 2010
A new theme for OSX terminal. Hopefully this will breathe some life back into those of you who need a fresh change. I was motivated to do this after seeing the IR Black theme (for both Textmate and Terminal). The colors used in that theme were somewhat similar to mine, so I decided to create something a little different. Enjoy.
Installation
- Install SIMBL
- Install TerminalColors plugin for SIMBL (instructions available on Ciarán Walsh’s blog). If you are using Snow Leopard, please make sure to download the correct 64bit SIMBL plugin (direct link from GitHub here).
- Download / Extract the Theme zip file.
- Import the NightLion terminal theme.
- Important: Update your .bashrc file. This is critical for displaying the correct colors and prompts. I have included a copy of my bashrc file in the terminal theme zip. To udpate your .bashrc file:
- Open a new terminal window
- Type “sudo nano .bashrc”
- Copy the code from the included bashrc file or from the code below and paste it into your .bashrc file.
- Press Ctrl-X to exit (yes to save).
Sample Screens
.bashrc Code
export TERM="xterm-color"
alias ls="ls -G"
export PS1="\e[1;30m\][\e[\e[1;30m\]\e[1;33m\] \u@\H \[\e[1;32m\]\w\[\e[0m\] \e[1;30m\]]\n[\[ \e[1;31m\]\T\[\e[0m\]\e[1;30m\] ] > \e[37m\]"
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App of the Week: AppZapper 2 – The uninstaller Apple forgot.
January 8th, 2010
Everybody loves the drag and drop nature of OS X. Drag an app into your applications folder, and it’s installed. You’d think it would be that easy to delete an app — just a matter of dragging it to the trash. But it’s not. Apps install support files on your computer that generate clutter. Introducing AppZapper. Simply drag one or more apps onto AppZapper. Then, watch as it finds the extra files and lets you delete them with one click.
Version 2.0 introduces Hit List, which is a brand new feature that allows you to visually browse all of the apps on your computer. Search, scroll, and filter your way through every app you have installed. Simply select an app to see its related files, and hit ‘Zap!’ to move them to the trash instantly.
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Mac OSX Address Book to Thunderbird 3 Contacts Converter (vCard to CSV or LDIF)
December 19th, 2009
VCFConvert is an online resource that will allow you to upload your exported OSX address book contacts (vCard format), and will convert them to either an LDIF or CSV file which can easily be imported into your Thunderbird Address book. If you are unsure about the privacy of sending your Address Book contacts to this website, you can also download the PHP script which will do the work for you. Just host the files on your own server and convert.
http://labs.brotherli.ch/vcfconvert/
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Subversion SVN, OSX and Finder Integration: SmartSVN (Finally, a Tortoise equivalent)
November 18th, 2009
I’ve spent the last few months looking for a suitable subversion client that integrates with the Mac OSX finder. Mainly, I have been looking the closest equivalent to Tortoise SVN for OSX. Scplugin is a good choice, but it is very limited in featured and does not work with Snow Leopard.
SmartSVN Plugin is definitely worth checking out. Click here.
SmartSVN Finder Integration
P12 Private SSL Certificate Support
My biggest grief with SCPlugin (and pretty much every other SVN client for OSX) is it’s lack of support for P12 open client certificate files for SSH connections. As you may have already guessed, SmartSVN supports P12 files.
OSX Dock Notifications
Definitely an added bonus, the OSX dock notifications are very cool.
Worth Every Penny
No, SmartSVN is not open source. But $39 isn’t a lot to pay for a product so incredibly useful. There is also a 31 day demo available at http://www.syntevo.com/smartsvn/index.html
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OS X SSH Tunnel Gui Application (to help bypass Firewall)
November 12th, 2009
Tynsoe.org has released Simple Tunnel Manager for OSX. SSH Tunnel Manager is a front-end for the ssh command when used to open tunnels between two hosts. Those command lines are particulary long and confusing, especially for novices…
How does SSH Tunnel Manager work?
SSH Tunnel Manager is a tool to manage SSH Tunnels (commonly invoked with -L and -R arguments in the console). With SSH Tunnel Manager you can set up as many tunnels as you wish, each one containing as many port redirections as you wish. Once tunnels are configured, all you have to do is Start, or Stop the tunnels.
What are SSH Tunnels?
SSH Tunnels are a secure way to access hosts, or machines you cannot normaly reach, i.e : hosts on a LAN or behind a firewall. By the way, this is not a cracker tool! You must be able to access an ssh enabled host that can communicate with this private network (usually a firewall). SSH can play with two kind of tunnels, called Local port forwarding and Remote port forwarding.
How Do I Use It?
Detailed instructions on using SSH Tunnel Manager can be found here: http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/stm/doc.php
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50 Awesome Icon Sets for Mac OSX
October 23rd, 2009
 Re-post of a great article that I found on mac.appstorm.net: 50 Unusually awesome Icon Sets for Mac.
” Icons provide the basic means of interaction on your Mac. A well designed set can ensure you always know what to click on, and at the same time experience an attractive visual interface. Icons are extremely easy to customize on a Mac, so we’ve gathered together a collection of 50 exceptionally beautiful sets.”
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Connect to OSX shared folders from Vista using Samba
October 19th, 2009
After my recent switch to OSX, I have been having some issues getting Vista to access shared folders with OSX. Specifically, authentication to the OSX machine from Vista across the network would not work. As it turns out, the default Windows Vista is set to use only NTLMv2 authentication, which Samba (OSX’s authentication handler) does not work with.
Solution with Vista Ultimate
To solve the problem run secpol.msc to get into the Local Security Policy screen. Goto “Security Options” then find “Network Security: LAN Manager authentcation level.” Change it from “NTVLM2 responses only” to “LM and NTLM – use NTLMv2 session security if negociated”.
Solution with Vista Home Premium and all other versions.
Vista Home Premium does not have secpol.msc. Instead you must manually edit the registry. Run regedit. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa. Look for the key LmCompatibilityLevel. The default value for this key is 3. To support Samba, you should change the value from 3 to 1 (Right click on the value and choose modify). Exit regedit (no saving necessary), and reboot.
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