It has been a while since I played around much with launchd, but I ran across a problem recently that it seemed perfectly suited to solve. The challenge was as follows: there is a particular application that I need to run as root. When that application persists files, those files get written with root as […]
Running Mac OS X Maintenance Scripts (tags: launchd Mac OSX tutorial reference)
img2icns via Shiny Frog (via Hawk Wings): an image-to-icon conversion utility (tags: icon Mac OSX graphics freeware) Launch time via Macworld Secrets: a good round-up of launchd’s settings… (tags: launchd Mac OSX) Yahoo! Autos Green Center Hybrids, bio-diesel, natural gas, E85… Info and shopping on “green(er)” automobiles. (tags: automotive energy environment) kuler via LifeHacker: Adobe […]
Been toying around with doing this list for a while now. The question: What are the top 10 software applications for OS X (that aren’t out-of-the-box, mind you) that are absolutely essential? The top 10 apps that I couldn’t live without: Quicksilver (http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/) – The launcher to end all launchers. Is there anything this app […]