A website tipped me off to a Terminal command that lets OS X users (the geekier ones) view UNIX “man” pages* as PDFs.
However, since the command is long, it would be hard to remember and difficult to type. I wanted to make an alias (a custom UNIX command) that would be shorter, but Bash (the default terminal in OS X) does not allow aliases to accept arguments (variables), which is critical to making this work.
This hint will add highlighter styles to the styles menu of the OS X apps TextEdit (which is part of OS X) or Bean (a slightly better freeware app):
If you are a Mac user using the beta release of the EGW CRE 2008 software (Ellen G. White Writings, Comprehensive Research Edition 2008), you may be interested in this little app I wrote. What it does is allow you to launch multiple instances of the EGW CRE 2008 app simultaneously. This was requested in the comment thread for “EGW CD-ROM via Darwine on OS X“.
Get it here: Dictionary Cleaner
From the website:
“One of the great features of Mac OS X has aways been the built-in spelling checker. Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to see what words you’ve added. But with Dictionary Cleaner, a convenient System Preferences pane for Mac OS X, now you can.”
If you keep up with technology at all, you know that all software has bugs (sometimes LOTS of bugs), and many applications contain security risks. You probably also know that many companies and independent developers regularly release updates to patch these problems, as well as to occasionally add new features. You probably receive occasional reminders for certain apps, or for your operating system. Wouldn’t it be nice to be notified whenever any of these new releases are available? In fact, you can. Read on….
Making Updating Easier
