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Arch Linux – my useful tools
rsync wget sushi – nautilus image preview with space bar terminator (pacman) tweaktool remmina – rdp / vnc client backintime – backup tool gui for rsync anki owncloud-client libreoffice gimp … Read More
ext4 file system support on OSX
Two options found for using ext4 drives on OS-X. 1. install a proven driver – not nice if we do not want to install system changes to OS-X. Paragon ExtFS … Read More
rsync – for photo backups (OSX to Ubuntu SMB storage)
Use rsync to incrementally update files on Ubuntu server’s samba SMB share. The SMB is mounted @ /Volumes/PHOTOBAK rsync -avxE –progress –delete /Volumes/photo06-2015/ /Volumes/PHOTOBAK/ OPTIONS USED: -a = –archive // … Read More
Ubuntu SMB share (smbd) for OS-X / Windows clients
Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/How to Create a Network Share Via Samba Via CLI Install Samba sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install samba Set a password for your user in Samba sudo smbpasswd -a … Read More
Raspberry Pi – install and resize mounted partition
Install from USB Flash onto sdcard here: https://ubuntu-mate.org/raspberry-pi/ Re-size file system There are no utilities included for automatic file system re-sizing. However, it’s not hard to do manually. Once booted: … Read More
OSX Volume Cloning – using asr (Apple Software Restore)
CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) – a great tool – is no longer free !!! Not cool! Especially since OS-X has built in facilities to make the same functionality happen via … Read More
DaVinci Resolve 12 – Export / Render in 25 fps
In order to render (export) a video in 25fps, the editing timeline needs to be created with 25fps before adding any media to the MEDIA POOL. This needs to be … Read More
OSX Time Machine to Network Volume
For SnowLeopard 10.6 use: https://anitechtalk.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/time-machine-dns323/ http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140415132734925 1. MOUNT YOUR NETWORK VOLUME where you want to store the backup bundle, and you have write rights to. 2. Open DISK UTILITY, and … Read More
dovecot IMAP local server on OS-X for mail archives
Work in progress… Main issue of changing mail clients on OSX is the “special optimized for Spotlight” .mbox format used for mail storage structure. Even after a clean system reinstall, … Read More