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Nodes for the term “macos”
A sample .gitignore file for Scala/SBT projects
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macOS ‘ls -l’ command: What does ‘@’ mean?
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macOS: Can’t find a command that should be in my history
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How to catch the ctrl-c keystroke in a Scala command line application
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MacOS Messages app: How to add a new line/paragraph
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MacOS zoom: How to zoom in and zoom out a Mac screen
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Lesson learned from Apple: Keep innovating, or die
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How to use the Linux ‘scp’ command without a password to make remote backups
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How to fire MacOS notifications with AppleScript and Scala
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What if background windows could be displayed with a gaussian blur effect
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Scala error: Shell scripts hang indefinitely on MacOS 10.13 and 10.14 (won’t run)
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MacOS “LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error”
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How to un-hide a hidden Mac OS X window
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Teleport: The Unix/Linux ‘cd’ command, improved
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Unix/Linux: How to use sudo and curl to download and install a command
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How to print all the Java system properties
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How to change the Mac Terminal title from the command line
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How to use multiple filename search patterns with Linux find
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Scala code to find (and move or remove) duplicate files
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MacOS ‘launchd’ examples (launchd plist example files)
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How to make a backup copy (ISO image) of a CD or DVD using the MacOS dd command
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Why is my MacBook warm when the lid is closed (in sleep mode)?
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MacOS: How to recover lost (deleted) system items in the Finder
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How to access a USB drive while in Mac single-user mode
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Using sed to add a newline on Mac OS X
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The AppleScript for loop (and while loop) examples
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How to customize AppleScript dialogs (dialog boxes buttons and icons)
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How to run a Unix shell script from the Mac Finder
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AppleScript/Unix: How to get the current MacOS foreground application name
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How to use AppleScript to display a dialog from the MacOS Unix shell
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The Unix/Linux `htop` command
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Java/Scala: How to determine the monitor sizes of multiple displays
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How to open a MacOS Terminal in the current Finder folder
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Where to save your custom MacOS AppleScript programs
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Did you know: You can use JavaScript for macOS scripting
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iTunes AppleScript examples (command examples)
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AppleScript list manipulation examples
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A shell script to change between MacOS dark mode and light mode
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A large collection of Gnuplot examples
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Jeyes, a Java version of Xeyes
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Example: How to use javapackager to build a MacOS application bundle
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The Blue Parrot
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macOS: How to put keyboard focus on the Mac menubar
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Rapid Mac HTML form prototyping
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How to easily determine the blocksize of a filesystem
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How to uninstall macOS applications
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AppleScript tip: if/then syntax
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Create an AppleScript list with the every keyword
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AppleScript tip: script a program that isn't scriptable
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AppleScript “repeat while” examples
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The AppleScript delay command
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AppleScript Safari URL tip: How to open multiple URLs in Safari tabs
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AppleScript “random” examples
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AppleScript “list” examples
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Mac Finder - how to open a new Finder window
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Mac OS X: Unix sed commands I use to clean MacDown HTML output
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Java 10: How to implement About, Preferences, and Quit menu items on MacOS
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Java: How to list of all the available Java/Swing fonts
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Unix find command: How to move a group of files into the current directory
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A shell script to download a URL (and test website speed)
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How to use `curl` to get headers from a URL
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Looking for a Mac HTML WYSIWYG editor
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The Mac OS X (macOS) “won’t shutdown” (slow shutdown) problem
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Java AppleScript: How to run a multi-line Applescript command from a Java program
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AppleScript: How to display a number in a dialog
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An AppleScript list iterate/loop example
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An AppleScript “list size” example
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How to Stop “Upgrade to MacOS High Sierra” Notifications
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A Linux shell script to rename files with a counter and copy them
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sed on macOS: How to append multiple lines of text to an HTML or XML file
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Blurry text in a Mac OS X Java Swing application (solution)
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Scrivener 3 for macOS (review)
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A command-line speed test app
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A complete Java Ant MacOS Jarbundler build script
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How to build a macOS application from a Java Jar file
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A free, complete, Java Mac OS X application
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Amazon Kindle eBook self publishing for Mac (and Windows) users
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How to type smart quotes on Ubuntu Linux
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A Mac/Java javapackager example (getting the application bundle root directory)
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Good javapackager video (macOS + Java)
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Apple: Maintaining Your Signing Identities and Certificates
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The macOS application signing process doesn’t sign all files
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Getting a Mac/Java app ready for Apple’s Mac App Store
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How to show the full path to the current Finder folder
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Getting global keystrokes in a Java or Scala Swing application
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How to set the Java version on Mac OS X (macOS) systems
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Creating Mac Finder bookmarks (Part 1)
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How to insert text with a custom TextMate Bundle snippet
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macOS AppleScript example: Display clipboard contents in a dialog
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How to copy the macOS Terminal path to the clipboard
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Mac OS X Finder FAQ: How to open the Finder from a Terminal window
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MacTex LaTeX installation path on macOS (pdflatex not found)
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How to get MacOS Message app to sync up with iPhone messages (get it to update)
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AppleScript code to read file contents into a list (array)
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How to copy text from the MacOS Terminal to the clipboard
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IntelliJ IDEA: Keystrokes I commonly use on MacOS (OS X)
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How to replace newline character with sed on Mac OS X (macOS)
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Free Mac eReader applications
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Cerebro, a Spotlight-like launcher for Linux
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Designers choosing form over function
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MacOS softwareupdate command (how to ignore updates)
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Ubuntu running on a 2008 27” iMac
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The best Linux laptops of 2016
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Steve Jobs: Products vs profits
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How to hide annoying MacOS update notifications
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Mac exodus?
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Two more Textmate commands (capitalize, CSV to list)
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Apple has an iOS/macOS “Stagefright” security flaw
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Akka Streams stencils for OmniGraffle
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Simple iTunes AppleScript script examples
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