Deskflow
The latest Synergy fork: https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow I’ve not tested this yet as I only have one computer with me. But it looks worth a try.
Mac OS X
Running the latest MacOS on unsupported Macs
https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher This works really well. Have tried with a 2012 MacBook Pro and the end result was usable. I will be experimenting further with this software, and writing a blog post soon.
Using Barrier to control multiple computers
Looks like Synergy has been forked and the new version (Barrier) is available for most platforms. I’ve tried this out for about half an hour and it seems to work really well. https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/releases This might be the solution to some of the cable switching I have to do when I’m working from home.
Notable
https://notable.md/ This is a markdown editor that looks promising.
Bulk image manipulation
Resizing Navigate to the directory containing the images (via the terminal) and then enter the following command: mogrify -resize 20×20 *.png Which will resize all PNG files to 20×20 pixels. This can obviously be altered to cater for different sizes and file types. Conversion The command to convert a whole folder of images from .bmp … Read more
Save a list of all my music to a file
SSH to slave27.local and then issue one of the following commands: cd Music tree -l > /home/andy/Dropbox/music-2017-01-28.txt Which gives output that looks something like this: ├── !!! │ └── Thr!!!er │ ├── 01 Even When The Water’s Cold.m4a │ ├── 02 Get That Rhythm Right.m4a │ ├── 03 One Girl _ One Boy.m4a │ ├── … Read more
Tor browsers on various platforms
Worth a blog post at some point. In the meantime: iOS – Tob Windows/Mac/Linux – Tor Browser Android – Orbot Also consider Tails
Installing Homebrew
Homebrew is a package manager for command line tools on macOS. It can be installed by issuing the following command: /usr/bin/ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)” Packages can be installed with brew install <packagename> and updated with brew update.
Creating a bootable macOS USB drive
This assumes that the installer is already in /Applications, and that the USB drive is called HighSierra sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/HighSierra –applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app –nointeraction &&say Done This device can be used to upgrade existing installations, do clean installations, and various repair/admin tasks.
Converting .epub to .mobi
This assumes the source file is DRM free, and that the machine already has calibre installed. for book in *.epub; do echo “Converting $book”; ebook-convert “$book” “$(basename “$book” .epub).mobi”; done