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Must-have OS X apps for developers and designers

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Re: Must-have OS X apps for developers and designers

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Post by mikec3k »

I'm not familiar with AppTrap, but I use Hazel for that and a lot more. In addition to moving associated files to the trash when you move an app to the trash, it also lets you create your own rules for things like sorting & color coding downloads, removing backups older than a particular age, and automatically deleting trashed files over a certain size or that were sitting in the trash for a certain time.

Re: Must-have OS X apps for developers and designers

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Post by mikec3k »

homosaur wrote: post #10
civilian wrote: post #5

> Tower for pushing code to GitHub. Makes Git simple. Say goodbye to the command line. http://wheningit.tumblr.com/post/32917749004/when-someone-sa...

Not sure why you'd spend $60 or whatever Tower is when SourceTree is free anyway. I'm not sure that Tower does a single thing that SourceTree doesn't.

I have both Tower & SourceTree but I use the command line most of the time. The only time I use one of those tools is when I have to do something complex like cherry-pick or resolving conflicts.

Re: Must-have OS X apps for developers and designers

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Post by tvon »

steeve wrote: post #14
pico303 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

zsh + oh-my-zsh. Better than any GUI. But thus guy lost me when he said he "wasn't any good at the Terminal". And using Spotlight over Alfred? Launchpad? who uses Launchpad? Crazy.

Allow me to point you to prezto https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto , which is a lightweight version of oh-my-zsh. I couldn't stand waiting 10+ seconds to open a new prompt...

Excellent, now I don't suppose you know of a stripped down Janus?

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Post by zacksjoden »

bluetidepro wrote: post #23
Y0L0 wrote: post #17

Using your DSLR as a Webcam is a great way to destroy the sensor.

I second this. Doing this has ruined my friends DSLR. Not sure the technical reasons behind this, but it does indeed have consequencing effects.

I've read about this a bit for mods on DSLRs for taking older Canon's and allowing them to record video. If the DSLR isn't designed for recording video the sensor isn't designed for continuous light exposure which will heat up an ruin the sensor. I don't know the differences but I'd imagine using one of the newer DSLRs that have video recording capability as a webcam would be fine.

Re: Must-have OS X apps for developers and designers

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Post by drivebyacct2 »

civilian wrote: post #5

> Tower for pushing code to GitHub. Makes Git simple. Say goodbye to the command line. http://wheningit.tumblr.com/post/32917749004/when-someone-sa...

I don't know about "hipster", but I genuinely feel sorry for "developers" that can't take a few hours to learn the basics of the terminal. I can't imagine having to use a GUI to do my development. (IDE, or SCM, or otherwise, even my documentation is all commandline via godoc)
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