Some file extensions were still not supported by my QuickLook. If I must edit configuration files I don’t need a preview, I open them directly in my text editor. So maybe that’s the reason why I still didn’t add their support. Anyway today I only wanted to have a quick look into some configuration files, thus I followed the steps of this tutorial by moondark. In my case I added the following UTExportedTypeDeclarations section to TextWrangler’s Info.plist.
<key>UTExportedTypeDeclarations</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>UTTypeConformsTo</key>
<array>
<string>public.text</string>
<string>public.plain-text</string>
</array>
<key>UTTypeDescription</key>
<string>Plain text file</string>
<key>UTTypeIdentifier</key>
<string>com.barebones.textwrangler</string>
<key>UTTypeTagSpecification</key>
<dict>
<key>com.apple.ostype</key>
<string>TEXT</string>
<key>public.filename-extension</key>
<array>
<string>conf</string>
<string>ini</string>
<string>bak</string>
<string>types</string>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
I have configured Terminal’s style as Homebrew but it’s only used for the first window if Terminal is launched. If I type the shortcut Command+N the new window has the basic style which I don’t like, it’s just white so not really stylish. I knew that defaults exist to modify an application’s settings using a shell.
defaults read com.apple.Terminal
If you type this in your shell you get the settings set for your application, in my case for Terminal. I was interested in the entry “Default Window Settings”. The value of this key was Basic though I have explicity set it to Homebrew in the configuration panel.
defaults write com.apple.Terminal "Default Window Settings" Homebrew
This line affects the style permantly. Restart Terminal to read the new settings and enjoy the new style.
This was a good question as I looked for it yesterday. Some research on the net gave me the answer. Adium stores the picture as an inline image in a .plist file. So go to ~/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default and open the file Account Status.plist. In the data section you find the inline picture. Create a new html file with the content
<img src="data:image/png;base64,">
Now copy the content of the data section (without the data tags) and paste it behind base64,. Open the html file in the browser and save the picture on your disk. That’s it.
Apfelnase wrote about MindNode – a Mac application for creating mind maps easily and very fast. If you are using MindNode feel free to tell about your experiences. In writing a post and referencing to this site you can win a license for the Pro version.
I’m still using the previous version of Mac OS X and that’s why I can’t use MindNode yet. In March I’m going to switch to Leopard which is supported by MindNode.
I’m still not able to use MindNode Pro but I assert you that I need it. Because I can’t tell you much about MindNode I show you how to make mind maps with OmniGraffle which isn’t well suited for that. Hopefully I can even take part of the lottery to win a license for MindNode Pro.
Creating a mind map in OmniGraffle isn’t made as intuitive as in MindNode. If you compare the video with the screenshots of MindNode it’s clear that OmniGraffle isn’t optimized for mind map creation but MindNode does.
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I was reading this post and couldn’t read the text without loss of concentration all time. The fu**ing annoying flash animations on the left side disturbed me.
Now I’ve installed ClickToFlash (Leo, Tiger). It’s a WebKit plugin that prevents loading flash contents. Instead of it a static image is shown. To load it just click it.
If you wish to load flash contents automatically just right-click on a unloaded Flash box and add the site to your whitelist. If no right-click is available in older versions try this (type it in your shell) :
defaults write com.apple.Safari ClickToFlash.whitelist-array-add "slopjong.de"
Happy flash free surfing!
Update: It wasn’t flash. These are gif animations 
