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Alfred Tip: Convert files to an Apple Tv compatible format

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Don from dirtdon.com recently lured my interest in shell scripts that makes sense to use from Alfreds actions menu. He did so by writing an amazing article with some of favorite bash scripts, that he had made specifically for Alfred. He had a fantastic script for converting video files to an Apple Tv friendly format, that I saw great potential in. I therefore tried to get the script up and running on my own machine, and in the process of doing so, I found a bug in his script. I fixed it and told him about my fix.

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Alfred Tip: Show/Hide hidden files in finder

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If you ever have to view the hidden files on your mac, you will know that it can be quite cumbersome to remember and then use the terminal commands for showing these files. I do this all the time, so I thought I would make a shell script that could do it for me. The nice thing about shell scripts is that they can be nicely integrated with alfred. The way I have it setup, lets me simply type “show hidden files” in alfred when ever I need to see them, and if I do it again they will magically be hidden again.

You can get the same setup by downloading my script, and make a shortcut to it in the alfred preferencepane.as shown below.

 

Alfred Tip: Google Browse by Name

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I discovered one of those amazing google services today. It’s called “Browse by Name”, and it’s basically an improved “I’m feeling lucky”. If you don’t know what “I’m feeling lucky” is, it’s a button on www.google.com that will redirect you to the first hit on what ever you have googled. This is a great time saver, however using the “I’m feeling lucky” button does not always direct you to the site you wanted. So what “Browse by Name” does is to try and improve that with some google mojo. “Browse by Name” will only redirect you to a site if it is certain that the first hit is correct, otherwise it will simply return a regular search.

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How to make any on TV brower useful

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The idea of having a browser on your tv is great, you can watch all the content of the web on the best screen in your home. In reality though a browser on the tv is one of the worst ideas ever, the web simply isn’t made to interaction in a 10 foot capacity. However this annoyance is about to disappear, keep reading and learn how to beam any url onto your tv with one click.

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Freebie: The Complete Suave Pack V4

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Version 5 will be out soon, however the latest version can be downloaded here.

UPDATE: Version 4.2

  • 700 icons

UPDATE: Version 4.1

  • 6 Docks
  • 6 Wallpapers
  • 200 icons
  • iOS4 fix tutorial

A new release of the pack is out! I have added the following:

  • 1 Dock
  • 5 Wallpapers
  • 3 App Splash Screens
  • 1 Color choosing template
  • And mind blowing 400 new icons.

 

Update: It has been brought to my attention that I forgot to pay tribute to Thyraz. It is and have never been my meaning to dishonor this great artist by the name Thyraz who made this theme, I simply wanted to spread the word and contribute to the great theme.

Pogoplug Share Service

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Have you ever been tired of doing the same task again and again? I know I have, however I also know that there is a solution. My solution is part of Mac OS X 10.6 – its called services. I’m loving the ability to simply and quickly make a program by dragging and dropping elements. Normally my services is to specialized to my way of working to be interesting for the rest of the world, however thought I would share this one.

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Freebie: Suave Theme Pack

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This story started a week ago, when I discovered the iPhone theme called Suave. The Suave theme is a beutiful theme with lots of icons, but they are all scattered over at MacThemes.com. My original thought was to make a collection of all the great things at the site, and then upload it for everyone to enjoy. However after using tree days collecting, renaming and sorting all the things, another lad uploaded his take on the exact same project just before me. I was extreamly angry and sad when this came to my attention, tree days was wasted. But after looking through his pack I was happily surprised, he was missing some of the stuff I had collected. So I chopped off all the parts he had already covered and thought I would share it with you guys. Enjoy!!!

(picture was to promote my “first pack”.)

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