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Packaging a .jar as .app file for macOS
When you write a Java application, you’ll get a
.jarfile in the end. If you launch this file in macOS, you’ll end up having the default java icon in the Dock (depending on the application) and you are unable to save the application in the Dock. It just doesn’t feel right. -
Terminal Notifier
Terminal Notifier is a command-line tool to send macOS notifications, which are available since Mac OS X 10.8 and newer, using the shell. Useful when something happens in a long running script you wrote.
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The ultimate Docker cleanup command
If you use Docker (native and especially machine, which has only limited virtual disk space on macOS), you might have some problems with all those images you build during development polluting your hard drive. Good thing is, if you want all of that stuff gone, there is a neat oneliner that will do exactly that!
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Xen Server Admin Cheat Sheet
Here are some helpful snippets for Xen servers.
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How to convert AIFF to MP3 on command line
XenOrchestra is a great tool to manage your Xen servers with a single web interface. It is particularly interesting for me, because it can install missing patches automatically. Updating is one of the most annoying chores regarding Xen Server, because you can only install on patch at a time using the XenCenter Management Interface.
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How to convert AIFF to MP3 on command line
If you’ve ever recorded a really big track (big as in file size), and you have a website where you’d like to upload it, but the website has a size limit, you’ll have to re-encode you track into a different format which is smaller. Of course you could just use an online converter but most of them also have a size limit and you would literally just waste your time uploading.
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How to change the swap size for Docker on macOS
Long time, no post. That’s what we call holidays. Anyways, here’s how to increase the size of swap available in Docker.
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How to get full native resolution on a MacBook Pro with Retina
If you have a MacBook Pro with Retina display and opened the system information program, you might have noticed that the MacBook Pro’s native resolution is 2880x1800px but you can only set it to the scaled version of 1920x1200px in the system settings. The reason for this is that the full resolution looks ridiculously small on a 15” screen. But if you got good sight, you can still work on it (my opinion).