Tag Archives: Mac OS X

Mac OS X MAMP Timekeeping Web Application Primer Tutorial

Sometimes when you program, especially for administrative type functionality, there are useful programs to write, that are able to become web applications, but in a limited set of platforms. So it is today with our timekeeping web application that relies … Continue reading

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Mac Keychain Access Utility Home Network Primer Tutorial

A couple of days back on our Macbook Pro laptop I had occasion to think about our home cable and wireless network (equals “some of our” work cable and wireless network). Have you gone for a nap?! Most people have … Continue reading

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Web Browser History Export Primer Tutorial

Yesterday, when we presented HTML/Javascript Units of Measure Game Tutorial as shown below, we showed you a big long list of web URL references embedded into our Javascript and commented out via the prefix “//” to explain where out there … Continue reading

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Linux vi Buffer Sort Primer Tutorial

The Linux (or unix) command vi is a powerful command line editor tool which has a long history with unix, may have a long learning curve for beginners, perhaps. Our last tutorial about the vi command line text editor was … Continue reading

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Mac OS X Users and Groups Primer Tutorial

Underpinning a Mac OS X MacBook Pro laptop’s workings is a Linux or Unix-like BSD operating system. This operating system, like a lot of others, uses files that have permissions and ownership. If you have file permissions they are for … Continue reading

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Mac OS X Text to English Speech Primer Tutorial

We’ve got a few new ideas today … Text to English Speech via Mac OS X’s command line say command used by PHP via exec to make say.php (which is useful as a download to a Mac OS X laptop … Continue reading

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Mac Finder Copy Paste Move Rename Tutorial

We’ve said before how similar and similarly useful are the Windows Explorer and Mac (OS X) Finder desktop applications on a desktop or laptop computer, when we presented Mac Finder and Windows Explorer Primer Tutorial all that time ago. So, … Continue reading

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Mac WYSIWYG HTML Editor Primer Tutorial

It’s common to be asked whether you can run a blog not knowing any HTML. For us, the answer to this is, yes, it is possible, but life is much easier if you learn some HTML. Supposing you work on … Continue reading

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