Month: August 2017

Shell aliases

Shell aliases

Shell aliases are woefully underused. Painfully, I frequently see people do the following:

  • Type a shell command with the same 4 arguments cd into the same folders
  • ssh into the same machines or devices
  • Run the same sequence of commands

Aliases are super easy. Just open your ~/.bashrc file (or …

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Xcode nuclear option

Xcode nuclear option

If you’ve ever had a bizarre problem in Xcode and you’ve given up hope, this post is for you. Some frustrating things you might see:

  • Breakpoints stop working
  • A framework or library can’t be found that the compiler found moments ago
  • Symbols in linked frameworks are no longer found
  • This
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Set up timed or recurring scripts

Set up timed or recurring scripts

It’s fairly straightforward to leverage launchd to run a script either at specified intervals or at specific times of the day. I find that most people only want to do fairly simple things, so I’ve kept this simple.

The way launchd works is that you create a plist, then run …

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Sharing scripts between machines

Sharing scripts between machines

If you use multiple Macs, you may find yourself writing and editing scripts that could be useful on all of your machines. This is another potential use of iCloud Drive. Here’s what I do:

  • I created a “bin” folder at the top level of my iCloud Drive
  • I set up
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