Archive for the 'Hint' Category

Generate LAME-encoded audio MP3 from text – Mac OS X Hints

December 2, 2012

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20040926192411975 also, afconvert (which is built in), viz:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/26099/is-there-a-way-to-convert-audio-files-in-mac-os-x-or-the-command-line-without-us then push onto iphone wirelessly
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407487,00.asp

say -v Vicki -f a.txt -o a.aiff
afconvert a.aiff -o a.m4a -f m4af

Article: New Gmail Search Operators

December 1, 2012

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-gmail-search-operators.html

Out of date plug-ins – Google Chrome Help

November 25, 2012

http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1181003

Here’s a simple script to accomplish this:

#!/bin/sh -f
/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome
–allow-outdated-plugins

exact rsync commands to sync the my data directory

November 11, 2012

cd directory-where-DATADIR-is
rsync -av –delete /Volumes/mbg/DATADIR .

Info on VPNs

October 12, 2012

http://www.expressvpn.com
http://www.vpn-providers.net
http://www.vpnreviews.com
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9205401/3_personal_VPNs_offer_safer_Wi_Fi http://lifehacker.com/5759186/five-best-vpn-service-providers

How do I send encrypted email?

October 7, 2012

http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_send_encrypted_email.html
Nice discussion of using gpg

Mac OS X: About Disk Utility’s erase free space feature

July 23, 2012

zeros deleted files
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3680

Getting gmail to send through Yale SMTP

July 10, 2012

see gmail settings +
http://www.yale.edu/its/email/howdoi/authenticate.html#outlook

Settings :

SMTP Server = mail.yale.edu
username = your netid (mine = mg2..)

Alternatively,
SMTP Server = smtp.gmail.com
username = user@gersteinlab.org

for both check secured connection using SSL

Yale VPN – Yale ITS

July 1, 2012

http://www.yale.edu/its/network/vpn.html

use Cisco AnyConnect
then go to
vpn server vpn2.its.yale.edu

chrome pdf

June 23, 2012

Good idea on how to disable Chrome’s PDF viewer (from JC in the lab): 1) Type in chrome://plugins to access the plugins in Chrome. Disable all PDF viewers. There should be only 2:
“Chrome PDF Viewer (Disabled)”
“Adobe Acrobat – Version: 10.1.3.23”
2) Disable them both. Try downloading a PDF. It should go straight to a download instead of a viewer.