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• How to export Safari's Reading List into other services

  Sander April 11, 2022 at 11:33 am

  I'm always collecting interesting links to read later, but like to try out a bunch of services. It's very easy to add links to Safari's reading list (particulary on iOS), so I used it quite a bit. Now I've switched to Pocket, I'd like to get those links out.

  The thing you might not know is that Reading List items are stored as bookmarks.

  Pocket can import browser bookmarks, but you might not want to import non Reading List items. This is how you do that:

  Step by step

  1. In Safari, File > Export > Bookmarks. Save all your bookmarks, this is the disaster recovery backup.
  2. Delete all your non-reading list items.
  3. Export the bookmarks again, as reading-list.html. Delete them from Safari.
  4. Import the reading-list bookmark file into Pocket.

  If you use Safari for regular bookmarks, restore the browser bookmarks without the reading list items:

  1. Import the bookmarks you exported in step 1.
  2. Delete your reading list items.

  Bonus

  If you have other browsers with bookmarks you want to add to your reading list, you can use the same idea to get them into pocket, using Safari as a way to prune any bookmarks you don't want to import.

  #bookmarks #macos #pocket #safari #technology

• Sander March 8, 2021 at 1:30 pm

  TIL you can move sticky notes between workspaces so that you can track what activity is happening on each.

  #macos #status

• Making Recents more useful

  Sander November 8, 2019 at 10:02 am

  

  So if you open Recents in the sidebar it's likely it's full of files you have no idea you recently opened. It's most likely that you didn't. We can make Recents more useful by restricting the last opened date, and make using it more convenient. This is how:

  1. Open Finder, then Recents in the sidebar.
  2. From the cog menu, select Show Search Criteria, add a criteria via the plus button.
  3. Change the filter name to Last Opened Date within last 14 days and press Save.
  4. Name it My Recents, and enable Add to sidebar.
  5. From the sidebar, drag the smart search into the dock next to the Trash.
  6. Optionally remove the recents icon from the sidebar. You can restore the item via Finder > Preferencers > Sidebar by dragging it back in.

  As a bonus tip, update the icon for the smart search (just like any other folder and app) as follows:

  1. Open /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/ and search for "Recents" to find the current Recents icon, or choose an alternative.
  2. Right click on the My Recents icon in the sidebar and choose Get Info.
  3. Drag the preferred icon from the folder into the icon slot in the top left of the Get Info window.

  This changes the icon in the window title, but I haven't found out how to change it in the sidebar.

  #macos

• Sander October 7, 2019 at 10:16 am

  Can’t believe the #macOs firewall is still off by default in 2019!

• Sander July 20, 2019 at 11:39 am

  I’ve wondered for years why #macos and #windows don’t supply an update service for applications to hook into to keep themselves updated. I guess it’s a lot more complex than building an updater.

• Fix for Google Chrome Bouncing Forever in the macOS Dock

  Sander May 26, 2019 at 1:18 pm

  I had the issue where it was not possible to launch Google Chrome. It would bounce in the dock forever without actually starting. Trashing the application and associated files (with Hazel) did not work.

  Other people had the same problem:

  • https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6664186?page=2

  The following instructions will help get Chrome back up and running.

  The Fix

  The solution to this issue is to remove all application settings. Start a terminal:

  cd "/Users/`whoami`/Library/Application Support/Google"<br></br>mv Chrome Chrome.old<br></br>mkdir Chrome<br></br>open "/Users/`whoami`/Library/Application Support/Google"

  Now start Chrome. If it starts correctly, trash the Chrome.old folder.

  Restoring the folder

  If the fix did not work in your case, use the following commands to restore the original folder.

  rm -rf Chrome<br></br>mv Chrome.old Chrome

  Good luck!

  #macos #chrome

• macOS doesn't use a swap file when running from an external SSD

  Sander April 20, 2019 at 10:53 pm

  So I was seeing graphical glitches, freezes and Activity Monitor indicated memory pressure. Turns out macOS doesn't mount a swap file, as I am running from an external SSD install.

  This is easily fixed. I can't believe it is a problem though.

  By the way I had to change the end of line 4 (because the command in the Ask Different answer returned multiple results) to:

  VM_VOLUME=$(/usr/sbin/diskutil list | grep "VM" | awk 'NR==1{print $7;exit }')

  It's easy to add the launch item using Lingon X and start it with sudo ./mountvm.sh for the current session.

  #macos

• Updating Homebrew for macOS Sierra

  Sander October 20, 2016 at 1:50 pm

  If you've just upgraded to Sierra and previously had Homebrew installed you may find that it no longer works because of the stricter security feature in macOS. In order to get Homebrew back up and running you need to execute the following commands in your terminal (thanks thehitmaniptf):

  sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local
  xcode-select --install
  

  The first command simply gives your local user account ownership of /usr/local (where brew installs things). The second command updates the Xcode command line tools without which Homebrew cannot compile packages.

  Once this is done you can successfully update Homebrew as normal, and diagnose any remaining issues:

  brew update
  brew doctor
  

  After running this you will receive instructions on how to restore the permissions on /usr/local as after updating Homebrew no longer will use this path.

  Update 6th Nov, 2016: When using cask you might get told to update the cask room location:

  sudo mv /opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom /usr/local``

  #macos

• Traktor streaming to SHOUTcast servers using LiquidSoap

  Sander February 27, 2016 at 10:59 am

  I've been using Traktor for years now as my deejaying solution and broadcasting tool. The one missing feature on the broadcasting side is that it can only stream directly to Icecast servers, lacking the ability to stream to SHOUTcast based servers. Most servers use the SHOUTcast streaming protocol which grew popular through the MP3 movement back around the turn of the century. We will setup a transcoding link to enable streaming to SHOUTcast servers.

  This guide will focus on OS X but on a general level is also applicable to Windows users.

  This replaces my previous guide at https://sites.google.com/site/traktorshoutcast/

  Overview

  We will need the do the following things:

  1. Install Homebrew, a package manager to help set things up.(OS X)
  2. Install and setup Icecast, a streaming server that will accept the Traktor stream. (aka local streaming server)
  3. Install and setup LiquidSoap, a transcoder that will connect to the local stream, and broadcast it in SHOUTcast format.
  4. Configure Traktor's broadcasting settings to point to the local streaming server.

  Also useful is to keep the SHOUTcast stream (remote stream) details to connect to at hand (host, port, password).

  [

  ](http://vandragt.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/12/Traktor-Broadcasting-2.png)

  1) Install Homebrew

  Homebrew is a terminal package manager to add / remove / update OS X software and compile it from source code for us, so we don't have to.

  Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple didn’t.

  To install, follow the directions on http://brew.sh. Currently (as of Feb 16) that says:

  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Run /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install" target="_blank">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install</a>)"

  Follow any instructions about the Xcode commandline tools.

  After everything is setup you can run brew update to update your formulae, brew upgrade to upgrade to their latest versions, and brew doctor to diagnose any issues with your particular installation. Keep the terminal open for the next step.

  2) Install and setup Icecast

  Icecast is a streaming media server which [...] can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between.

  We will setup the local streaming server so that we can connect Traktor and the transcoder to it.

  Install

  In the terminal window you left open, run brew install icecast.

  If I remember correctly, everything should go smoothly and before long you'll get a message saying it's successfully installed.

  Configuration

  To keep the configuration files we are about to create nicely together, create a broadcast folder somewhere (I used ~/Music/Broadcast).

  I have prepared a very simple configuration file for you, download it from https://gist.github.com/svandragt/f7ecb720416a68f096a1 (right click the raw button and select Download Linked File As.. and save it as icecast.xml in the broadcast folder you just created).

  • This configuration file is insecure and uses the default Icecast passwords, please change them as I have done so that others on your network cannot login and disconnect your stream whilst broadcasting.
  • Notice that the mount point is /traktor.ogg, on port 8000, on localhost (your own machine).
  • I've taken out everything that is not necessary to keep the file as simple as possible. There are all kinds of settings you can add, see http://www.icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.1/config-file.html">http://www.Icecast.org/docs/Icecast-2.4.1/config-file.html

  You won't have to change the contents of this file, apart from the passwords. This configuration creates a mount point on http://localhost:8000/traktor.ogg for Traktor and LiquidSoap to connect to.

  Starting and Stopping the Local Streaming Server

  In the terminal window, in your broadcast folder, run icecast -c icecast.xml. It should show a few warnings but no errors, and your local streaming server is now running. Stop it now by pressing ctrl+c.

  3) Install and setup LiquidSoap

  Our flagship is liquidsoap, a swiss-army knife for multimedia streaming, notably used for netradios and webtvs. Liquidsoap is a powerful and flexible language for describing your streams. It offers a rich collection of operators that you can combine at will, giving you more power than you need for creating or transforming streams. But liquidsoap is still very light and easy to use, in the Unix tradition of simple strong components working together.

  We will install the program and setup a flow (configuration) to connect to the local streaming server, and broadcast it to the remote stream.

  It should have been simple to install using brew, but unfortunately it was not. After several days of debugging here is a working set of instructions I produced.

  Install

  In the terminal window you left open, we will run the following commands:

  1. brew tap drfill/liquidsoap -- This enabled homebrew to install it.
  2. brew install --env=std liquidsoap --with-shout -- this installs LiquidSoap using the standard build environment with shoutcast support

  Grab a drink. After a while hopefully all works fine. I noticed that LiquidSoap is now recommending OPAM to install it so you could try that if this doesn't work for you. (http://liquidsoap.fm/download.html) - I have not tried it.

  Configuration

  As before, I have created a very simple flow. You will need to setup one flow per destination stream so if you play at multiple radio stations / SecondLife clubs then you will need multiple flows.

  Download it from https://gist.github.com/svandragt/af43c07d5842c9c429d5 (right click the raw button and select Download Linked File As.. and save it as example.liq in the broadcast folder).

  This time you have to edit it, to add the remote stream details. Change the following lines to suit your purposes:

  • output_host = "example.com"
  • output_port = 8124
  • output_pass = "mypassword"

  The configuration above is for broadcasting to a SHOUTcast server at http://example.com:8124 (using the password mypassword). Leave the rest of the file alone or make a copy and start experimenting LATER, see http://liquidsoap.fm/documentation.html. LiquidSoap is very powerful.

  Starting and Stopping the Transcoder

  In the terminal window, in your broadcast folder, run liquidsoap example.liq. It will start showing a lot of messages, and because you are not currently broadcasting also some errors. Stop it now by pressing ctrl+c.

  Traktor

  Start Traktor and open the Preferences menu item. Open the Broadcasting tab.

  Use the following information to point to the local streaming server:

  Server settings:

  • Address: localhost
  • Port: 8000
  • Mount path: traktor.ogg
  • Password: hackme (but you changed this, right)
  • Format: Ogg Vorbis, 44100 Hz, 192 kBit/s (highest quality, bottom option)

  You can enter whatever you like in the Metadata Settings.

  

  In Traktor, click the broadcast button (the little attenna). It will flash because the local streaming server isn't running and therefore Traktor cannot connect to it. Whenever Icecast is running but the button is still flashing, check that the password and other connection details match.

  For now, click it again to stop broadcasting.

  All together now

  Before you start streaming:

  1. Start Icecast and keep it running.
  2. In Traktor, click the broadcast button and confirm its not flashing.
  3. Open another terminal window / tab in the broadcast folder for the next step.

  When you start streaming:

  1. Start LiquidSoap with the flow of your remote stream. Keep it running.
  2. Start deejaying!

  When you are finished

  1. Stop broadcasting with Traktor.
  2. Stop liquidSoap to let the next DJ on the stream.
  3. Stop Icecast because nothing is connected to it now.

  Final thoughts

  I hope this helps anyone having trouble deejaying online, I enjoy it very much and if you'd like to listen to deep house / electronica, please listen to my mixes.

  #macos #music

• iTunes App Updates Sync

  Sander April 13, 2011 at 11:52 am

  Wouldn't it be useful if iTunes would (have at least the option to) sync app updates to your device automatically after downloading them? How often I have forgot to sync and find out later in the day that my apps are still out of date.

  #macos #windows