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Mac OS: Eμφάνιση και απόκρυψη κρυφών αρχείων

mikrohelen — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:42:10 +0000

Εξ’ ορισμού το mac os δεν δείχνει τα κρυφά αρχεία στο σύστημά μας. Μερικές φορές όμως χρειάζεται να επεμβούμε σε κρυφά αρχεία για να αλλάξουμε κάτι. Για να εμφανιστούν τα κρυφά αρχεία στο Finder ανοίγουμε ένα παράθυρο Terminal και γράφουμε τα εξής:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder

Όλα τα παράθυρα στον Finder γίνονται αυτόματα update και εμφανίζουν κρυφά αρχεία και κρυφούς φακέλους.

Για να επανέλθουμε στην αρχική κατάσταση (απόκρυψη κρυφών αρχείων), θέτουμε την μεταβλητή FALSE, δηλαδή γράφουμε στο Terminal παράθυρο τα εξής:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE killall Finder

How to customise keyboard shortcuts in Eclipse

mikrohelen — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:33:28 +0000

The first thing to do when moving to a newer version of Eclipse is to customise it. One of the most useful features of Eclipse is the recommendation of methods, variables etc with the use of keyboard shortcuts. So, when you press the shortcut in your keyboard, all the available methods in the API appear as a list and you can select one of your choice.

Recommendations in eclipse

However in the versions for Mac OS the default shortcut is not very convenient as in windows (ctrl + space). In order to change this or any other shortcut you should do the following:

1. Go to the menu Eclipse -> preferences

2. On the preferences panel select from General, the Keys tab. In this tab you can customise all the keyboard shortcuts

3. The shortcut for recommendations is called “Content Assist”. In order to change the default shortcut, select it from the list and on the Binding field write the combination of your preference as it is shown in the following picture

How to change keyboard shortcuts in eclipse

How to Sync google Calendar with iCal

mikrohelen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:30:00 +0000

iCal is a really handy Mac OS application. One of the features I love most, is that it can detect events from your Mail application and automatically import them to a calendar. It saves so much time. Recently I integrated my Google calendar into my iCal application so that it can be automatically updated with new events that pop into my email.

The latest version of iCal in Snow Leopard has the option to add a google calendar account. This is also described here. In brief the steps are:

1. Go to iCal application

2. Select from the iCal menu the Preferences…

3. Select the Accounts

4. on the left panel press the ‘+’ button to add a new account

5. For Account Type select Google from the drop down menu

6. Insert your google mail address and password and press the ‘Create’ button

7. Go to the Delegation tab of the created account and select which calendars you can access (in case you have more than one Google calendars)

iCal is automatically refreshed and now you can see any event from the Google calendar. You can also erase, create and edit an event. However, sometimes there might be some problems when iCal is trying to communicate with the Google server and update the calendars. But most times it works smoothly.

In your Mail application when iCal finds a new event, it surrounds it with a box and a drop down menu giving the option to create an iCal event.

If you select it, a new window pops up with the details of event that were detected in the email. In this window you can edit these event details and you can also select in which of your calendars the new event should be added.

Among the other calendars, the Google calendar also appears. So, the Google calendar was automatically updated through iCal. And that’s awesome .

How to edit Normal.dotm in Mac Microsoft Word 2008

mikrohelen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:36:00 +0000

Recently, I had to install from the beginning the whole Microsoft Office in my MacBook because I messed up with the Normal.dotm and then my office couldn’t work with the EndNote. Now that I’ve learnt a lesson, I would like to give some general advice.

1. First of all, DO NOT create a new Normal.dotm from a blank document and replace your default Normal.dotm document. This might have worked with previous versions of the Word but it doesn’t seem to work with office 2008 (at least in my laptop). That was my mistake the first time and the result was disaster! The word couldn’t communicate with the Endnote X2, so I couldn’t add and edit any reference. Damn you Microsoft!

2. If you want to edit the Normal.dotm, DO NOT open it directly from its location. Usually, the Normal.dotm is placed in /users/your_username/ Library/ Applications/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/Normal.dotm. If you open it directly from that location the office will open a new blank document, so whatever changes you make, the normal file will not be affected.

One correct way to edit your Normal is the following:
Open the Microsoft Word and then go to the Menu: File->Open… browse for the Normal.dotm and open it. The file opens with the name Normal.dotm so the changes you make will be saved there.
Modify the Normal and then just press the save button. Voila, the next time you open a new blank document in Word, it will have the desired template.

If you just want to edit the fonts, size, paragraph and these changes to be saved in the default format, you can follow this alternative path:
In a blank document press the button for the toolbox (Formating Pallete) to appear. Then you can edit any Style by selecting Modify Style.. (this option is in the drop down menu of each style) . In the window that appears make the changes you want and don’t forget to check the box that says “Add to template”. Then the changes will be automatically saved in your Normal.dotm.

However, if you want to add page numbers, default header etc in your template you’ll have to go with the first way.