Command Help using Manual Pages (man) (OS X, Linux, BSD)

As you start using the command line, you’ll come across thousands of different commands, all with their own options and ways of taking options.  Every command is different, but help is on hand in the form of man pages. Manual Pages (or man page for short) are the documentation distributed with every command (or, at …

Changing the Default Format Screenshots are Saved As (OS X)

When you take a screenshot in OS X, using the default button combination, you’ll notice that it’s saved in PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format. You may prefer another format, such as JPEG, but it’s not obvious on how to change it. From within a Terminal, you can change it pretty easily: defaults write com.apple.screencapture type …

Enable and Disable the OS X Dashboard Completely

If like me you never use the Dashboard within OS X, you’ll be aware that it’s silentely in the background using up some resources.  You may have removed all of the widgets from the Dashboard, but it’s still there in the background, just not displaying anything. This process definitely works in OS X Leopard (10.5), …

Wuff —- Wuff!! from Mac OS X to a Screen Session on Linux

If you use OS X, and manage multiple machines over SSH, you’ve probably come across and used screen. You may have noticed that if you SSH to a Linux host from Mac OS X, and try to use the backspace or tab key within a screen session, that you get the “Wuff —- Wuff!!” prompt at …