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    open -p doesn't work...

    I've been trying to do open -p commands on my Mac, but so far it's failing. [localhost:~] me% open -p see Sep 07 23:59:23 open[535] No such file: /Users/me/-p Sep 07 23:59:23 open[535] LSOpenFromURLSpec() returned -10814 for application (null) path /Users/me/see. Sep 07 23:59:23...
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    AppleEvents in terminal

    Is there a terminal app that does AppleEvents? I'm pretty keen on AppleEvents and have been working with it on Radio Userland. Apparently there's a Perl module for this, but I'm pretty clumsy at Perl. Can anyone help?:confused:
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    crashreporter

    Changing <pre>if [ "${CRASHREPORTER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then</pre> to <pre>if [ "${CRASHREPORTER:=-YES-}" = "-YES-" ]; then</pre> in /System/Library/StartupItems/CrashReporter/CrashReporter will enable crashreporter, which records all crashes at /usr/libexec/CrashReporter.
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    sherlock goodies

    I wonder if anyone noticed this but Sherlock includes English substitutions for the same words with different tenses. Check /Library/Find/English Substitutions. Editing this file can further refine your searches if you're particular over tenses. If you're wondering why Sherlock won't...
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    is /usr/local the same as /Users/someName

    By the way, /usr is a directory of the parent directory of the parent directory of /Users. So...
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    BBEdit instead of vi

    i logged in as root then tried the command, but then it didn't work after i closed the window on which i had made the alias. and then i decided to slot in a file at /usr/(whatever)/tsch/aliases but it refused to budge because of not enough credidentials. hmm.
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    ftp-login so slow

    I don't know about you, but everytime I use ftp on the gui (eg BBEdit, transmit), it's really very slow, so I always use the ftp command in the terminal. no harm done.
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    can't install apps in apps folder

    I was installing LimeWire on my Mac on Mac OS X 10.0.3 but it doesn't work! When I change to /Applications as the installation directory the LimeWire installer chokes and says that i do not have enough system credidentials. Then I enabled root and tried again. It didn't work. In fact...
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    mac won't boot up

    I remembered from somewhere that OS X won't install on a partition more than 8GB, so I partitioned my HD into 12 and 8GB portions. Yay. Last night the Mac refused to boot up again: because of network file sharing. Until I popped in the Mac OS X install CD and installed the base components of...
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    mac won't boot up

    well, i did try verbose mode and zapping the pram last night. the thing is that the os couldn't identify the hard disk. i tried installing x on x as well yesterday before posting the thread but apparently it didn't work too so i went to buy a new hard disk. now i can't install mac os x...
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    mac won't boot up

    My iMac Rev. C is being a serious bitch -- it won't start up. I have no idea why. I normally use it at night when it's connected to the Ethernet line, but now (without the Ethernet) it is not working. I just booted the Mac and have been waiting for the past 10-20 minutes for the smiley...
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    dock customisation

    I realised that I couldn't get the Dock to fill up the whole of the bottom part of the screen. This isn't irritating, but I find it more UI-ly to get it to do that. And apparently there hasn't been a hack to this yet. Doh. Can anyone help?:confused:
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    Recent screen grabs

    no, actually an equaliser IS a visual representation of audio. the directions are pretty confusing, so do it like this: open up the itunes equaliser window then use either of these keys: Q, W, A, S, Z, X it'll bring up three lines of words that describes the kinds of effects used in the...
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    Change Startup Disks During Boot

    I'm pretty sure I've heard of this option key thing somewhere. It seems that in Mac OS 9 on Revs. A,Band C iMacs, this option closes all windows on login. On later machines though, I'm not sure. I've used this option key thing on my Rev. C iMac/OS X Final and it works!
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