So you’re a digital photographer, videographer, graphics designer, or other creative? Are you faced with choosing a computer for digital photography, video editing, or heavy graphical design? Here are some computer buying tips for photographers […]
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Did you install Microsoft Silverlight on your Macintosh, no longer visit websites which need it, and are tired of the pop-ups that ask to update it? Here is how to painlessly remove Microsoft Silverlight from […]
Here is how to recursively use the command-line utility chmod to change directory and file permissions in Linux and macOS easily. It uses a combination of the utilities ‘find’ and ‘chmod’. I use these popular […]
Here is a simple way to get a disk usage summary in Linux or Mac OS X using the command-line. The “du” command is the conventional choice but gives a lot of information by default. […]
Here is how to install the LAME module for Audacity v1.2.x audio software on macOS. Install and/or extract both LAME for Audacity v1.3 and v1.3 to /usr/local/lib/audacity. Create soft link: mkdir /Library/LAME ln -s /usr/local/lib/audacity/LameLib […]
Here is how to use the command-line utility rsync without the archive flag (-a). What does the flag -a default to? It is the “archive mode”. -a, –archive; archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X) Where: […]
The –delete flag in rsync will deactivate if something goes wrong during the sync, such as invalid files. I’ve just seen this happen.