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Ãœbersicht : Widgets Better Than GeekTool

Ãœbersicht is a Free Software Framework to Print Commands on Desktop as Widgets in a Better Way Via CoffeeScript Than GeekTool. GeekTool is probably discontinued. GeekTool was far complicated than Ãœbersicht. It has been near 1 year plus since Ãœbersicht is in active use. Ãœbersicht has more creative possibilities like xWidget. We can not use xWidget on OS X plus xWidget is not a Free Software. We … [Read more...]

Setup of Twitter Command Line Tool t on OS X

t is a Ruby Gem. Here is a Guide For the Setup of Twitter Command Line Tool t on OS X. t is easy and great tool for the advanced CLI users. We have lot of guides on setting up the useful command line tools like Google Search, Facebook command line tool, command line music player with visualizer and so on... What is Needed for the Setup of Twitter Command Line Tool t on OS … [Read more...]

Using NetBSD Package Manager on OS X

OS X is Modified BSD. We Can Use NetBSD Package Manager on OS X for Package Management Just Like We Use Homebrew or Fink or Even apt on OS X. We have previously published guides on install apt on OS X, Homebrew on OS X and this time - NetBSD Package Manager on OS X. Understanding NetBSD Package Manager on OS X As like Homebrew, we need to install/update Xcode Command Line … [Read more...]

iCloud Drive in Practice

Apple has its cloud storage service with iOS 8 with the name iCloud Drive. The service provides functionality similar to other cloud storage services. We talked about a generalized evaluation of cloud storage and cloud storage gateway before. Also read Do I Need a Cloud Storage? These previously published articles will help you to understand the technical part of this article named iCloud Drive in … [Read more...]

Installing Powerline on OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)

Here is Step by Step Guide For Installing Powerline on OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) Including Managing the Python Path From Oh My ZSH dot File. Previously, we summarized how to install iTerm2, Homebrew and ZSH on OS X 10.8, for natural reason; some stuffs might give error if you try to install Powerline. Installing Powerline on OS X 10.10 : Managing Python Installation OS X by … [Read more...]

Work With root Username on OS X Terminal/iTerm2

If you want to use OS X in a kind of Linux or BSD way, there is way to become the root user. This guide is intended for the advanced users who can understand chmod, chgrp, chown - at minimum. Ordinary users need not to become root for fun only. The title of this article reflects what we want to mean - Work With root Username on OS X Terminal/iTerm2. How To Work With root Username on OS … [Read more...]

iBeacon and Nearables : Basics

iBeacon uses smartphone's precise location for navigation within the confined spaces, based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Nearables describes the idea of smart objects. None of these are real examples of Internet of Things (IoT) but these are very basic smart objects. iBeacon and Nearables are two different words with specific meaning, we included together because the first basically falls in the … [Read more...]

Raspberry Pi Virtual Appliance & Emulation on OS X

Without the Hardware, With Homebrew Package Manager Installed, You Can Run Raspberry Pi Emulation on OS X or Can Run Raspberry Pi Virtual Appliance. Clearly - both methods are different. Like, in case of Android, we ran Virtual Appliance of Android on OS X. Virtual Appliance has nothing to do with Homebrew Package Manager. You will need VirtualBox like Software. We have named the guide as … [Read more...]

Nano Text Editor Tips & Tricks

Here Are Some Tips & Tricks for (Mac) OS X and GNU/Linux Nano Text Editor Including Shortcuts, Line Numbers, Going to Line Number etc. Basic Things. vi is definitely a powerful text editor, you can read How to Use vi Text Editor, but basically for the new Linux and OS X user, Nano appears better. It is better to help the user to shift from closed source software like Microsoft Windows in a … [Read more...]

Nano Syntax Highlighting : nanorc

Here is updated list of nanorc with script to compile them to one file for Powerful Nano Syntax Highlighting. Clone the Git repo and get highlighted. Nano is not exactly a powerful text editor, vi is definitely the powerful text editor (we have basic guide on vi), but for the beginners and the purposes where vi may be not required, Nano can do the work nicely. Nano Syntax Highlighting : OS X … [Read more...]

Command Line Music Player with Visualizer

Here is the source code and steps to install a Command Line Music Player with Visualizer to play music from iTerm2 or Terminal or from SSH. Previously, we talked about Herrie - a good, stable CLI Music Player. The players name is Open Cubic Player, it possibly has a GNU GPL License, but the developer is quite restrictive about development, porting etc. - clearly written to inform the Author about … [Read more...]