OSX
Case Insensitive Autocomplete in OSX
I tend to spend a lot of time in the OSX Terminal. One of the rather annoying defaults with this application is that, by default, autocomplete will be case sensitive. (Autocomplete is when you hit tab to automatically complete the file or folder name you are typing.) Some developers I know will simply try to keep all folder names lowercase to avoid this issue, but there is an easier way.
Unix Trick: PBCopy
Last week I blogged about my favorite Unix trick. Today I’m going to look at another – PBCopy.
Unix Trick: Brace Expansion
Last week I blogged about my favorite Unix trick. Today I’m going to look at another – probably my second favorite Unix trick.
My Favorite Unix Trick
Yesterday I saw this interesting tweet from @markbates:
Could not verify the SSL certificate for RubyGems
Today I ran into the following problem when running bundle install.
Permissions for id_rsa are too open
Last week I was lucky enough to have my laptop upgraded (yay SSD) which meant I needed to configure a new install of OSX Lion. Most of my files are stored online (email, documents, code, etc) but I made sure to keep my SSH keys in order to have a smooth transition.
Configuring Postgresql on OSX Lion
I ran into an issue today while trying to install PostgreSQL on OSX Lion. I followed the excellent documentation on this site – basically doing:
Turn off beep sound in OSX Terminal
This is something that will drive you crazy unless you turn it off. By default, Terminal will beep when you hit TAB to autocomplete and there is more than one result.