Today,IOS 7 dropped to the general public. As usually comes with the release, there was an Xcode update. I updated.
For some time, I’ve been using the git bundled in Xcode as it makes it simpler to get updates as they come with Xcode. Today, that yielded an amusing message.
I use git via an alias in my .bashrc
alias git='xcrun git'
A simple version check reveals all:
git –version
Oops… git is apparently subject to Apple’s licenses.
Cheesy post titles aside…
I just discovered the very simple but incredibly useful RESTClient at: http://code.google.com/p/rest-client/ .
It’s a simple Java GUI app for testing out one’s REST services. You can choose your: URL, HTTP method, add any custom headers, add a body for PUT/POST, set auth info, SSL info, and do simple scripting.
This is an incredibly useful tool, AND a far cry better than doing it all on the command line with curl.
I’m taking time away from adding spit and polish to the exciting Here, File File project to say WOO HOO!
The whole team (Adam, Buck, and I) are psyched! A few days ago we found out Here, File File is a finalist in the AppsFire Apps Star Awards. And today, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) published a great HFF write up.
If you haven’t seen our promo video yet, give it a whirl!
I’ve used the unix filesystem search utility find for many years. Though, like most things, until forced to learn its deeper secrets, I generally get by with only the most basic knowledge.
One of the cool things about find is that you can specify a search and then execute an action on the results, all in one command.
This example is probably my most common use of find:
find . -type d -name .svn -exec rm -fr {} \;
This means: find, in the current directory (.), a directory (-type d), named .svn (-name .svn), and for every result (-exec) remove that directory (rm -fr {}) . The “{}” represents the matched path string, and the “;” is required to end the “-exec” command.
I have an older G4 Mac Mini I use for testing the Mac app I’m working on (Here, File File F.K.A. Welcome to Your Mac. It’s just nice to have a machine that I can test both 10.4 and 10.5 as well as PowerPC compatibility.
Yesterday I needed to do some updates on the 10.5 system and couldn’t remember my password.
Google was my friend and showed me an Apple Knowledge Base article to solve the problem.