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Macupdate Desktop does this for $20/year.
The MacUpdate.com website is the most actively updated website for Mac software that I know of. They often notify me of updates to software before I'm even aware that they are available, even if it is popular software that I use frequently.
The app can be set to automatically run even X hours or days. In addition, ...
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You should be able to turn your script into an application with Automator - Applications -> Utilities -> Automator.app. Look for an option called "Run Shell Script" and once you're done, it should behave like other apps in that anything that is dragged and dropped on it will be run with it. Good luck!
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You can download a live or an install disk image and copy it on an USB drive. Just look at these instructions from the Debian installation guide.
For more detailed instructions, read the Ubuntu guide for creating a live stick. The procedure is identical; just do that with the Debian image.
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Goto your Home Folder -> Library -> Preferences and delete the file :
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
If you can't find the files use this method - From the Finder menu bar, select Go ▹ Go to Folder and copy the following line into the text box that opens:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Then, restart, or log out and ...
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Apple's Keynote may primarily be for presentations, but its diagramming tools also hit all your requirements: simple interface; polygons of arbitrary number of sides; connection lines (select two shapes, right click, "Add Connection Line"); cost of USD$20.
As a bonus, you'll have great presentation software to show off your cool new diagrams.
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One simple idea first: hold down the option (alt) key as you choose Finder > Empty Trash (see Apple's HT1526).
If that doesn't work, I noticed that if you look closely in your Get Info screenshot, you can see that the file is actually in /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/.Trashes/501, not ~/.Trash.
I'd try rm -f ...
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The .bash_profile.macports-saved... are not actually executed, they're just backups. You can remove them if you don't need them.
.bash_history contains the last commands you executed on the shell. There's no point in deleting it, but you can remove it if you want.
If you uninstalled MacPorts (and deleted /opt), you can remove from your PATH all the ...
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You can combine AirPlay in iTunes 11 and up with something like AirSever to accomplish this with good results and very little effort. (Note: For more options on how to turn your Mac in to an AirPlay receiver please see: Can I use a Mac Mini as an Airplay audio receiver?)
Install the AirPlay receiver software of your choice on the machine you want to stream ...
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iTunesHelper will run if you open iTunes, or do something that opens an iTunes service.
The only way to completely disable iTunesHelper is to…
Quit iTunes and remove iTunesHelper from Login Items.
Go to /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/
You can use Finder's Go to Folder to go there - paste in the path as above.
Rename iTunesHelper.app to ...
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I would start with running sysdiagnose every time the Mac becomes unresponsive. Once you have 5 to 10 events, you could start the process of troubleshooting this for a software issue, but if the problem is something that happens all the time, you will quickly start to notice a pattern to what and when this happens.
If it's an infrequent issue (and it is ...
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This is a lot easier than my comment, so I thought it was worthy of answer status:
go to /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
there you will find:
ApplicationsFolderIcon.icns* DesktopFolderIcon.icns DocumentsFolderIcon.icns
DownloadsFolderIcon.icns LibraryFolderIcon.icns MoviesFolderIcon.icns MusicFolderIcon.icns ...
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The python bindings for Net-SNMP are not built by default (Net-SNMP docs) and are not part of the default install on OSX.
The can be installed from the Net-SNMP source code or via package managers such as macports.
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Sometimes the RAM doesn't clear properly - try running "purge" from the terminal - this will (as close as possible) clear the inactive RAM for you.
Also, the more RAM you have, the more your computer will use when idle for the background processes. This is normal and it won't get in the way of your performance.
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Try deleting the savedState directory:
rm -r ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.finder.savedState/
When I tried running killall -kill Finder, that worked, but open -Fa Finder or command-clicking Finder's Dock icon didn't.
You could also try to:
Disable ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Finder.plist by temporarily moving it somewhere else.
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Enable show path in the view menu (not sure about the menu names but it should appear at the bottom of the finder window) then cmd + double click the folder you want to open, in this case, the last folder is your current folder.
I made an image but can't post it :\
Edit: Image example
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